When faced with an unexpected $1,000 expense, more than one-third of Americans would borrow the money, according to a new Bankrate survey. That may include tapping their credit cards, seeking money from friends or family or taking out a personal loan....
I sold my car and quit driving altogether and bought a bike and scooter and I save money now.
If I made more money I could have that luxury but take a look around, so many car loans are shit. The cars are shit too. And drivers keep getting worse imo.
Cars are a huge drain on the wallet and an unnecessary expense for many.
Ignoring the security implications, I miss kb large old raw html websites that loaded instantly on DSL internet. Nowadays shit is too fancy because hardware allows that, but I feel we’re just constantly running into more bugs first and then worry about them later....
In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to “an affront to human dignity” in visits in April and May....
Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Texas cannot enforce a new law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal judge said Tuesday in declaring the legislation unconstitutional.
The families of almost half a million food insecure children in Pennsylvania collectively owe nearly $80 million in public school lunch debt, according to Sen. John Fetterman’s office. Across the US, more than 30 million kids can’t afford their school meals and the total debt is $262 million annually.
Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
I mean, it's kind of inevitable. According to the stats on this page the total biomass of our livestock is 3.9% of all animal biomass, the total biomass of humans specifically is 2.3% of all animal biomass, and all wild mammals is only 0.3% of the biomass (with all wild birds accounting for a further 0.1%).
According to this article 38% of Earth's land area is used for agriculture. The remaining 62% is presumably generally among the less fertile sorts of land - mountains, deserts, etc.
It's not even a question of climate change. We've reduced the total volume of non-human-centric biomass on Earth, replacing much of it with a monoculture of our highly successful species and its domesticated associates. We've also spread around some hangers-on, like rats, that have filled a lot of niches that used to be occupied by more diverse local species. The remaining biomass simply cannot sustain as many species any more.
The only way to stop or reverse this trend would be to reduce the human population and increase its agricultural efficiency. Fortunately, that is possible. But only through continuing advancement of our technology and standard of living.
The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt on Thursday, outlining plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores.
No I will not watch your fucking video.
No I will NOT watch your fucking video.
NO I WILL NOT WATCH YOUR FUCKING VIDEO.
Written instructions that I can search in and not have to fuck around with timestamps to find the part I need, then rewind it, then rewind it again, then... oh look it's your stupid sponsorship read, because I give approximately negative-one fucks about Raid Shadow Legends or goddamn Squarespace (which you could've used to post written fucking walkthroughs, but here we are).
GameFAQs was the shit. Dozens of walkthroughs for every game, usually with some awesome ASCII art of the game’s title screen, a table of contents, and an easily searchable code for each section so that you could CTRL+F your way to the exact part you need. All in a deliciously lightweight .txt file that loads in seconds because it’s only a few KBs.
Still looking for a good word describing that strange mental state you’ll find yourself in when you know how to mask almost perfectly, but just learned that you can’t keep that up any longer, because that was the thing that almost crushed you.
Have you checked out a book called Unmasking Autism? If not, it may help you a lot. www.amazon.com/…/B09BBM2WQJ/
I haven’t finished it yet but it’s been immensely informative.
One thing I learned from this book is that autism, among other things, until recently was not viewed from point of “how is this person feeling or experiencing this?” it gets viewed as how the Autist is different or bothering neurotypicals by not following social norms. And I saw a hint of that idea in the picture.
Masking is exhausting and energy intensive. You’re having to consciously recognize you’re doing something different, and figure out what is expected and fake it and pay attention to whether you think they know you’re faking or not.
Social networks in Iran have been flooded with compromising footage featuring several known ultra-conservative officials engaging in homosexual activities. While homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, the Iranian regime has attempted to deny the videos and cover up the scandals. We spoke to a former religious authority...
44% of Americans can't pay an unexpected $1,000 expense from savings. ‘We're just not wired to save,’ expert says (www.cnbc.com)
When faced with an unexpected $1,000 expense, more than one-third of Americans would borrow the money, according to a new Bankrate survey. That may include tapping their credit cards, seeking money from friends or family or taking out a personal loan....
Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts (abcnews.go.com)
Prima Bittyrina (leminal.space)
For her first Halloween (2020) Little Bitty was a ballerina
Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data (venturebeat.com)
I miss older html internet
Ignoring the security implications, I miss kb large old raw html websites that loaded instantly on DSL internet. Nowadays shit is too fancy because hardware allows that, but I feel we’re just constantly running into more bugs first and then worry about them later....
Over 60 percent of Gen Z have an anxiety disorder (thehill.com)
US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say (www.reuters.com)
In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to “an affront to human dignity” in visits in April and May....
Federal judge rules Texas public drag show ban is unconstitutional - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Texas cannot enforce a new law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal judge said Tuesday in declaring the legislation unconstitutional.
U.S. Senate Dems Want to Cancel All Student Lunch Debt: A "Term So Absurd That It Shouldn't Even Exist" (www.commondreams.org)
The families of almost half a million food insecure children in Pennsylvania collectively owe nearly $80 million in public school lunch debt, according to Sen. John Fetterman’s office. Across the US, more than 30 million kids can’t afford their school meals and the total debt is $262 million annually.
Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns (www.axios.com)
Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
Someone's in trouble! (lemmy.ml)
Yup. Nope. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Medical debt could be barred from ruining your credit score soon (www.npr.org)
The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt on Thursday, outlining plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores.
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How about that? (lemmy.ml)
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Uh huh. Uh huh. (lemmy.world)
Neurospicy (lemmy.world)
Still looking for a good word describing that strange mental state you’ll find yourself in when you know how to mask almost perfectly, but just learned that you can’t keep that up any longer, because that was the thing that almost crushed you.
Nutella sitting in her favorite corner (lemmy.world)
Obama on religious Freedom (lemmy.world)
Edit: Turns out this quote is fake. Thank you everyone in the comments for letting me know.
Sextape scandal reveals the ‘double life’ of Iran’s ultra-conservative authorities (observers.france24.com)
Social networks in Iran have been flooded with compromising footage featuring several known ultra-conservative officials engaging in homosexual activities. While homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, the Iranian regime has attempted to deny the videos and cover up the scandals. We spoke to a former religious authority...
Idaho’s Teacher of the Year flees state after being attacked for LGBTQ+ allyship (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Karen Lauritzen said it has been the hardest year in her 20 years of teaching...
How smart speakers, fitness trackers and even baby monitors are being used by domestic abusers (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1221538...