A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
It is very important to know The Worst Witch (1986) is *not a musical*.
Tim Curry makes you forget this, and the story so far, and indeed most of your life leading up to that point, for three glorious, scenery-chewing minutes.
It's funny that even when Elon's generating his wildest fantasies in Grok where he's like cowboy cyberGuts terraforming Mars to make Blade Runner real, he's completely fucking alone. The background lyrics are literally begging the listener to not abandon him
If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.
[missed connection]
You — trying on some dainty red heels at the mall shoe store
Me — wearing four shoes, one on each hand and foot, rapidly skittering through the aisles like an ancient lizard creature until Mall Security catches, restrains, and tases me repeatedly
HOME DEPOT: We didn't tweak the design or anything. The skeleton just started doing it on its own. And the only thing it says is the exact date that you will die. We cannot kill it because it was born dead.
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it
But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge.
A rare moment of clarity and hope
Web development fucked.
Design fucked.
Freelancing fucked.
Content creation fucked.
Education fucked
Blogging fucked.
Dev rel fucked.
Hard to find a purpose in this brave new world.