Someone was probably mean to them but it wasn’t her. She is also not the first to be attacked.
She described finding herself suddenly surrounded by the pack after they “jumped out” from a drain in Perdana Park at about 6am local time.
“At first, I thought it was a cat, but the creature jumped out and bit me while I was running, and there were many of them … I could not even stand up when it happened,” she told local media.
I was thinking small controlled explosives disguised as damage from the storm but your idea is way cooler tbh.
Both him and the guy that helped him commit fraud end up dead. This was definitely a hit and not a water spout. (Maybe)
From wiki:
Lynch and Chamberlain went on trial in San Francisco on 18 March 2024. Lynch was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy, while Chamberlain faced 15 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy. Both pleaded not guilty.[35] The court heard evidence and arguments over the course of 11 weeks, and one count of securities fraud was dropped. The jury retired for deliberation on 4 June.[36] On 6 June, Lynch and Chamberlain were found not guilty of all charges.[37] Chamberlain died after being struck by a car while running in Stretham, Cambridgeshire, on 17 August.[38]
700 000 years is still in viable dna territory. We could bring them back.
It’s a common misconception but that only works with guns, and only if it happened in a 100 km wide abortion free zone.
Ortega government is a repressive authoritarian one and it’s been tightening the screw for a long time. A lot of priests have disappeared in the middle of the night which is crazy when you consider it’s a very religious country. Tourists and expats who have been critical of the government on Facebook in the past are being banned from the country and expulsed mid stay, actual Nicas know not to talk bad of Ortega online. There was a lot of very fucked up things happening during the protests.
There is also essentially no middle class and the water quality and housing is terrible. There’s a lot of kidney problems amongst kids because of the water quality. The one good thing about the country is it’s free healthcare, which is kind of funny seeing the poorest country in central america implement something that is apparently out of reach for the richest country on the continent. The healthcare obviously isn’t great and you still have to pay for your medication but still.
All that to say that the article is skewering things a bit. If it truly cost 400$, the country would be essentially a graveyard. A lot of them don’t even make minimum wage, the country doesn’t have the infrastructure to actually police it’s businesses.
This is really the crux of it:
What you do is adapt: you eat rice, beans, instant soups, cheese when you can afford it, or a cheese substitute like cream because it goes further,
There hasn’t been a time in Nicaragua’s history when this wasn’t the main stable diet. Their national meal is rice and beans pan fried, it’s what they all eat for breakfast. They don’t mention what they consider basic foods in the article but I’m guessing they added meat everyday or ketchup and relish to the list (any kind of name brand sauce or products are brutally expensive). Sadly, a basic “western” diet is essentially out of reach for all average citizens of developing countries. We live in luxury while the rest suffer.
It’s also worth noting that the US is essentially trying to starve the Nicas using sanctions so they revolt. Although the price of beans and rice has gone up, we aren’t there (yet) as the article makes it seem. I don’t think it’s the best solution, it’s definitely the worse for the population, but authoritarian governments are difficult to dislodge and political assassination are a no go these days so idk.
I completely agree with you. UBI is overall a good idea, I just think UBI alone won’t be enough to properly deal with massive job loss and certain aspects of our economic systems are going to greatly reduce its impact. It’s a very complicated problem and we have some serious decisions to make, it’s further complicated by the fact that the best solutions will probably end up dealing a blow to the billionaire class and big corporations and they will most likely fight tooth and nail to keep the status quo.
Oh 100%, I’m just saying his use of the word is in no way wrong like half the comments seem to imply. Everyone knew exactly what he meant and the definition is in most dictionaries.
This seems to pop up everytime the word is used and it’s a major pet peeve of mine.
My comment is only aimed at those that think third world only means the historical definition when that hasn’t been the case for at least two decades. The word third world is almost always used to mean developing country in day to day conversation.
My main fear is how this will affect renting and house ownership. Rents will probably go up as UBI comes into play and what’s left won’t be enough to save for any kind of down deposit. I doubt UBI will be enough for monthly mortgage payments in any case.
It’s already very hard to move past the renting stage, I imagine it will be impossible once on UBI.
The cast would be comprised of land and business owners. Again, it’s already almost the case, I just think UBI without careful considerations would amplify it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/third world
Maybe saying all dictionaries is a bit much, I only checked a few.
Developing countries would be the synonym for third world in the definition used by OP.
Languages evolve over time, all dictionaries now have OPs use of the word as the first definition.
It sounds like the beginning of a cast system, I can’t imagine it not being abused in our current economic system. It’s also essentially welfare + a bit extra so you can actually live on it.
How will this deal with home ownership and paying for your kids education? And then your kids end up being stuck in the same situation they were born into with absolutely no way forward. It’s already like this in a sense but UBI is very likely to amplify it imo.
But I think that every essential service should be state owned. electricity, groceries, clothing, internet etc.
I’m right there with you. To think our food security hinges on a bunch of fat cats and the stock market makes me nauseous. If I start talking about the telecom industry, I might just throw my phone. Change is long overdue.
A big part of that is it’s all state owned. Having private companies in charge of something as vital and important as energy infrastructure is just pure folly imo.
It’s just an innocent bug that happens every update!
The only physical proof you can have of a person that lived before photography is a body. So no, Jesus did not have a publically marked grave and we do not have his bones.
That being said, there is a difference between proving something historically and proving it in the court of law. Historical evidence points to Jesus having been a person that lived around that time.
Fried chicken has historically been used to mock black culture, not celebrate it
Well now you can pull one out whenever it starts getting yellow and regrow it. It won’t take many for him to start brushing.
They literally knew about the attack before it happened. Genocide was always the primary goal.