adrie in the wild

NY Times: Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos The White House sought to clarify the proclamation on Saturday, but many companies remained cautious. “We are still flying in somewhat foggy conditions,” one attorney said.

Fortune: White House scrambles to clear up H-1B visa confusion after panic throws corporate America into chaos overnight

Politico: White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul The Trump administration announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but the White House says it will only apply to new visa applicants.

NDTV World headline: 'Return To US Within 24 Hours, Don't Leave': Meta, Microsoft To H-1B Visa Holders

Well-oiled machine. Only the best people. etc. etc.

Super great business environment.

Singin' in the Public Domain event tile, featuring the Lockette, expressing open content.

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:

⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!

🧵👇

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Pls do the same.

Kuster, 68, said her decision to retire was based on many factors, including Donald Trump’s approaching return to the presidency, but she hopes it will also encourage Democrats to make room for younger generations in the halls of power. “I’m trying to set a better example,” Kuster told the Globe. “I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still very successful and very productive — but others who just stay forever.” And as for a role in a new Trump-led Washington, she said: “I’m just not the best gladiator for it right now.”

New Hampshire Rep. Ann Kuster reflects on retiring from Congress at 68: ‘I’m trying to set a better example’

www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/26/n...

My fiancé and I are 27 years old. We both live in ATX and have a dual income salary household to where we could definitely support a child. But because of the Texas state legislators decision about women’s autonomy, my man’s getting his vasectomy today.
Texas, killing more families than making them

I love bluesky because I love moderation without any bits cluttering up my timeline. It’s truly like 2014 twitter again

Checking in and tweeting because I know it pisses mark and Elon off

what else are they supposed to do? Die???

NTSB says the door plug from Alaska 1282 has been found | KATU NTSB says the door plug from Alaska Airlines flight 1282 has been located by a man named "Bob."NTSB has said that Bob is a school teacher in Portland.This is

The door plug from Alaska Airlines flight 1282 has been located by a school teacher named Bob, NTSB says

House Republicans to Broaden Higher Education Inquiry Beyond Antisemitism Emboldened by the resignations of two prominent university presidents, House Republicans are planning an aggressive inquiry into academia, long one of their favorite targets of attack.

anyways it’s gonna take like five minutes for this whole thing to turn into a witch hunt for “cultural Marxism” on college campuses aka actual antisemitism

Of course he’s talking about reviving a law meant to protect the us from foreign espionage in wartime for mass deportations of migrants JUST AS we’re finally getting the reports of how many foreign governments bought influence during his admin

Some of my favorite people are teachers, scientists, journalists, librarians, historians...

All far right targets now. All of them.

Source: Asia Economy via Naver [English source] [English source] [+1,649, -180] And why should we have to "imagine" if this were to happen to us? We are not like you guys who went and stole another's land. [+546, -56] We have never gone into North Korea to establish settlements. We have never forced North Koreans out of their homes and killed their people with excavators. [+311, -18] Israel crossing the line [+323, -92] Rich video coming from murderers who stole another's land [+105, -4] Israel, I hope you realize that the video you put out is exactly what you're doing to Palestine right now. Taking their land and killing them for opposing it. Don't act so clean now. [+65, -4] The war is unfortunate but we as a country have never gone into another's land and forced them to move... We have much history involving independence activism, but never did we go and kill civilians over it. [+55, -6] There is something wrong with Israel if they made this video only in Korea and not for e

[+47, -2] Why is Israel always acting like the victim? It's not like they haven't been as gross as Hamas. They deny Palestine the rights to their land for decades now and are acting like the victims? Gross. Flabbergasting that they even thought to make this video when they're the ones bombarding Gaza right now... how are they any different from Hamas? [+34, -4] If Hamas are terrorists, then Israel are slaughterers. It's amazing how they refuse to face the reality of what they've been doing to Palestine all these years. [+37, -8] While this is indeed a mistake on Israel's part... I do have to remind everyone that Israel was one of the only countries who took Korea's side when the rest of the world was acting wishy-washy during the Dokdo dispute. They put Dokdo on their own maps for us. They also weren't afraid to criticize Japan on the issue of comfort women... so let's not hate them too much. - [+19, -0] What does this have anything to do with anything?

lmaoo the israeli embassy in seoul released a video about a fictional attack on seoul by hamas to try and garner sympathy and the foreign ministry got it taken down but the more important thing imo is the embassy getting absolutely curb stomped in the replies

Is that what it highlighted?

here is my embroidery update :) a lot has filled in but there is so much more to do 🌺🌼 celebrating the small wins and sore thumbs

A selfie of a girl in a tan dress with a sheer short sleeve cream cardigan smiling in a long mirror

I just want to be ur rizzler

rock collecting hike went superb

visited my home town and scribbled it down

As scandalous as this is—and it is—no one is “meant” to work in “hazardous jobs.”

I'm an extremely honest thinker who isn't beholden to anyone and has a lot of hands-on life experience at a quirkily wide array of activities.

If you are great at packing a carry on you really should be fine. They just have a TON of hidden fees

Just a reminder that Elon’s extremely racist grandfather moved the family from Canada to South Africa because he hated diversity and loved racial apartheid.

You’ve heard of discord kittens but have you heard of 1960s poor pussies?

I’m finally home for the holidays!!! Godbless myself for doing all that work now it’s time to be myself again

How did I escape - I got worried once stuff started like blowing up and may I add.

We have a volunteer fire department whilst living in a powder keg

Try breathing in a small town…

It’s also kinda hard to breathe here for some reason idk..

Does anyone know how their content moderation is here. I’m genuinely curious about their policies and if they employ FTEs or contact workers

Every year for Christmas I go back and visit the chemical plant town I grew up in and there is always a new hit piece on how our town leaks formaldehyde into the air.

As a former metamate all you need to know is meta kills anything with profit now a days and everything you love (I assume threads) will be reduced to garbage fire soon