service is up the staff

Freudian slip?

Hah! It gets better than that.

We are going to have to pay again in taxes to make up for the new shortfall.

For me audiobooks are key. I pour through them when doing mundane tasks, traveling, or just sitting to “read”. They aren’t for everyone, but also don’t let anyone tell you they don’t register the same way as regular reading. They do.

Downsides include resell (you can’t) and people around you not realizing you’re into a book the same as if you had one open. Also, if you zone out it keeps going without you.

I love ‘em though. I was never an avid reader until I got into the audio versions.

Statistically *improbable

Texas

equipped with a stick and a string

Ahh, brings back fond memories of childhood. Powerful shit that combination.

I’ve seen several articles pointing to $374B in exports for 2024 (including wiki), with no formal numbers for 2025 yet. Those numbers seem off.

Here is a good one that shows energy exports.

This is another that discusses overall trade. Noteworthy is the significant change in economic complexity.

In the end though, I have many more questions. This has peaked my curiosity and I’ll be doing some deeper research tonight.

For those who care about democracy. For those who care about any one other than billionaires. For those who care about life on this planet.

Find another place to shop.

Well who is any one individual - or even a small group of outside individuals - to decide what’s “best” for the country? That’s why we have “for the people”.

It’s going to take time to overcome the “before body cam” era, but this ending brings some hope. And proof they are needed.

Yes. Military strategists will always tell you that isolation and alienation are the best strategic defense.

You can be contagious for several days before symptoms appear and you even know you are infected.

You need to become the criminal to oust the criminal civil offender.

The deal follows the blueprint of the so-called “minerals deal,” a 2025 agreement giving preferential access to U.S. investors through a U.S.–Ukraine reconstruction fund.

That deal has borne fruit, with Ukraine awarding a lithium project on Jan. 9. to a consortium of investors including TechMet, a mining company backed by the U.S. government.

But do they get more missiles? What does Ukraine receive exactly- does anyone know? The original linked article for the “blueprint” says military assistance could be offered.

Years ago Microsoft had its OneNote Notebooks as proper files, you could move and copy them and such. Now it’s nearly impossible to get your hands on a “tangible” file using this software.

During that transition- from usable to shit, I made the mistake of uploading my notebook, with all of my uears of course studies (college, professional certifications, etc) into onedrive. That way it could be backed up! A year later I moved my files again into a different system, moving away from OD. They were MY files after all.

What I didn’t know was that Microsoft had moved my Notebook somewhere else into their cloud, on my behalf, and changed my Notebook file to a shortcut/pointer object. There was no indication it was a shortcut as with other documents (the little arrow) on windows. It looked just exactly like the original file.

Well when I tried to open this “file” I got the rudest awakening: Microsoft couldn’t find the “linked” notebook. “What fucking linked notebook?” Apparently, when I moved my “file” (shortcut) out of overdrive, they saw that as a deletion and DELETED the now referenced file they helpfully moved for me.

All of this without ever a single notification; Microsoft deleted years of critical notes with no recourse for recovery. It was just gone.

Ass holes.

He’s buying an exit plan

It’s what they have left.

Edit: They are probably running low on fuel too.

This is what they do, throw multiple conflicting orders at you and when you don’t follow one of them you get shot in the face.

What are the 14 other indications on this visual?

Yes. In the Us.