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I hit rock bottom earlier this year. I was sad, sick, alone, and seemingly out of options. But I’m happy to say that I’ve got a new lease on life. I’m happier, healthier, and more social for only $8,000 a month, with 6.4% APR financing.

Before, I would spend every night alone in my room. Now, I see my friends multiple times a week for only $89 down, with no additional cost due at signing, except tip.

In basic conversations, I used to have nothing to say. Now, catch me contributing movie opinions, show predictions, and $224 yearly MSRP to the manufacturers of the latest Woody Harrelson vehicle.

I’m just so grateful to be a qualified lessee. I can live my life on my terms and the terms of its indemnity clause. Each day almost feels like a gift.

I finally mustered the motivation for the gym and the capitalization for its monthly payment. Today, I’ve got abs and a loan that spans the entirety of my newly extended life.

NJ requires climate change education. How's it going?

The Lever team speaks with a former Hawaii state representative about the recent disaster in Maui and how the community aims to rebuild.

After surviving a plane crash, a filmmaker experiences a radical shift in consciousness and a newfound acceptance of death

- by Aeon Video

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As the Biden administration funds carbon sequestration projects, residents worry about ruptured pipelines and mass asphyxiation from leaks.

The post Louisiana Rushes Buildout of Carbon Pipelines, Adding to Dangers Plaguing Cancer Alley appeared first on The Intercept.

As modern medicine extends the human lifespan, quality of life is not keeping up, raising thorny ethical dilemmas

- by Robert S Gable

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The concept of the atomic void is one of the most repeated mistakes in popular science. Molecules are packed with stuff

- by Mario Barbatti

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Tribune’s excellent article on Labour’s New Deal for Working People, Labour Turns Its Back on Workers’ Rights, highlighted the attempt by factions in the Labour Party to undermine this transformative policy document and, in particular, its commitment to a single status for workers.  Since then, Labour’s Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner, has denied any watering down […]

His private jet “crashed.” I must say it’s a nice change from falling out of a window, though still a standard (people who have reason to believe powerful people want them dead should not fly in private planes.)

There were other people in the plane and they may not have “had it coming” (I don’t know) but Prigozhin was a piece of human garbage whose prison sentence was, for among things, choking awoman so he could rob her.

I won a bet with a friend on this, who thought that Prigozhin couldn’t be taken out without causing a clash with his troops.

This is classic: what Putin did was separate Prigozhin from his loyal troops so he wouldn’t have to fight them all, then take him out. The delay was to let those Wagner members who were still loyal to Prigozhin realize the loss. (The remains of Wagner will now mostly be integrated into the military.)

The reported death of 'Putin's chef' following his attempted mutiny against the Kremlin shows how fragile the Russian President's grip on power now is

Yesterday, the – Flash Germany PMI – was released, which shows that “German business activity” has fallen “at fastest rate since May 2020”. Also released was the – Flash Eurozone PMI – which revealed that “Eurozone business activity contracted at an accelerating pace in August as the region’s downturn spread further from manufacturing to services”,…

The claim that the PM's failure to declare his wife’s investment in a childcare company subsidised by his Government was ‘inadvertent’ is open to question

Hela Mrabet and Jack Page The rise in commodity prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a direct and noticeable impact on consumers’ bills for energy and food. But firms also felt the brunt of higher costs. How did firms pass on these cost shocks through the supply chain and all the way onto consumer … Continue reading How do firms pass energy and food costs through the supply chain →

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey tells Byline Times he backs 'minimum service' requirement on Lib Dem MPs after Nadine Dorries fails to speak in Parliament for over a year

How do we move forward "living with COVID"?

AS logging protests continue in earnest across the Mid North Coast, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole moved a notice of motion in NSW Parliament last week to protect the livelihoods of timber workers and the industry’s contribution to the economy. Concerns are held for the future of native forestry in NSW as Labor considers following...

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DETECTIVES have released CCTV images and are appealing for information following a robbery at Coffs Harbour last month. About 6.25pm on Wednesday 5 July 2023, police were called to a liquor store on Park Avenue, following reports of a robbery. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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THE team at John Logan Entertainment have been burning the midnight oil to put everything in place for this year’s Buskers Festival. This year’s event will be held from 5-7 October, in the second week of the school holidays. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone...

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This new talking point is just plain weird. It’s all over Fox News that Biden doesn’t care about the Maui fire victims: Okaaaay: For some weird reason, the fact that Biden stopped to talk to a dog handler and pat the dog is being portrayed as more evidence of his cold indifference to suffering. Whatever. This is clearly an official talking point that’s coming out of Republican circles following the old Karl Rove strategy of “attack your enemy’s strength” as they did with John Kerry. But that was attacking him for something he’d done long in the past that couldn’t be verified. This is something that’s happening in real time. Not that it will stop them. They have realized that they can say anything — up is down and black is white — and their audience will believe them because they see nothing else. And if they do happen to see something that refutes the MAGA media, they just think it’s fake news. And honestly, the right is so performative now that it’s really all just a big game show to them. It doesn’t matter if it’s true. All that matters is if it owns the libs.

Political Economy Seminar

The uncertain foundations of sustainable investing and the politics of risk

Speaker: Dr Claire Parfitt, University of Sydney

Date and time: Tuesday 12 September at 12 noon

Location: Social Sciences Building (A02), Room 650, The University of Sydney

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The last time Trump skipped a debate was January 28, 2016. Remember this? Those were the days. I’m going to guess that won’t happen this time. Ron DeSantis has been admonished not to go after Trump and instead take on Vivek Ramaswamy and he’s already sinking like a rock in the polls. Chris Christie will likely be the lone Trump critic and he’ll probably be pretty harsh. But what difference does it make? This debate is basically a death watch pageant to determine who will be in position to step in if Trump is unable to run? Nothing will ever beat this moment, however. He’s so dignified. The good news for Trump lovers is that he’ll be with Tucker Carlson on his Xitter show: The interview between Carlson and Trumpalmost didn’t happen, according to two people familiar with its planning.The men had been talking informally for two months about possibly setting up an event to draw attention away from the Fox-hosted debate.