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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

I do.

Clearly, these men have never had to take an infant in for vaccinations.

What a great comeback

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

Throw in a drained can of Rotel if you want more spice!

I’m southern, so mine has grits and hot breakfast sausage 🥰

I love a good breakfast casserole.

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Oregon: stay chilled.

Same. I despise phone calls. FT is fine, especially when it’s my kid.

Nobel, for sure. 😑

Stupid fool.

Giant panda, FuBao, playing with her dodecahedron

Why, they are for Pandas—of course!

Better than… the Daily Mail? Agreed.

I like it! And it is very you.

So... all the live web cams of Portland are fake?

Yes!

Gorgeous

FB needs to be put down.

Could also become a demand for any opposition party whose votes are needed to pass legislation. If such a party were to exist…

Excellent advice. My 31 yo child and I share music and film recommendations regularly. She insists that my desire to seek out new music keeps me from being “old”.

“Sexual matador” 😩

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

I wonder how his in-laws feel about all of this.

Tweet from the VP: Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most. Yet she oozes with contempt. My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much happier person if you showed a little gratitude

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

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Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to child sex abuse Under a plea agreement, Morris was given a 10-year sentence, but he will serve only six months in an Oklahoma jail.

Trump’s proximity to so many of these people is remarkable.