Freedom and democracy are only dead if you stop fighting for it. Keep voting. Keep protecting your privacy as best you can. Do everything you can to speak out against bullshit like this.

if the offices are empty, why not use that money for a government program to guarantee down payments of first time home buyers?

The Biden administration is doing that also, it just doesn’t make as good a headline.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/16/white-house-announces-new-actions-on-homeownership/

If utilized as it should be, this Is a really good idea. It creates desperately needed housing, indirectly supports work from home, rescues downtowns struggling from customer loss, helps prevent default on tons of property loans (and preventing something akin to the 2008 crash).

Yrs ago this would have (foolishly) increased my trust in the companies, but I’ve long since learned that companies building a “coalition” doesn’t mean squat unless it’s actually utilized to create positive change.

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It’s kinda looking that way, but I’m not counting the chickens before they hatch. https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-lesson-maga-world-careful-what-you-wish-opinion-1833086

Because Windows 11’s primary new feature is SOC level DRM.

Can you please what this means in idiot proof terms?

I will always be thankful for Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Marsha Linehan. I have never been diagnosed as borderline, but the lack of basic coping and interpersonal skills was obvious. It wasn’t a cure, but it has given me a foundation on which I was able to move forward with deeper, therapeutic processes. Frankly, I think everyone should go thru all the modules at least once.

I love doing this as an adult; tho not a tidal wave. The motion of the water gives a mild sensory deprivation affect for a second.

And God forbid you move too fast for the machine to keep up! Fucking “modern” technology.

Off the top of my head, the cdc does track flu. How they track and calculate is beyond me. It confuses me as to why stuff like this is tracked, and yet the government is so determined to leave people in the dark.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

I wonder if this would be such an emergency if it wasn’t for the world cup and the Olympics.

Don’t get me wrong, bed bugs suck (I’ve dealt with them myself), but closing schools? Maybe it’s just because I’m American and I know our country wouldn’t do shit like that for us.

He’s using his legal problems as part of his campaigning tactic.

I will take a look. Thank you.

Tho it doesn’t have any pharmacies listed right now, those site will hopefully soon list where novavax can be acquired. https://us.novavaxcovidvaccine.com/

Thank you for the suggestions!

Reccomendation on brands?

R/Greebles and r/crabcats!

Spying on the pussy next door.

Absolutely this. Roombas are like stupid puppies; you think you have the house roomba proof, only to come home to find it stuck in some obscure corner, whining pathetically.