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Lawyer Sues The IRS, Demanding It Recognize Pets As Legal Dependents [ [link removed] ]
I feel like a pretty decent case could be made for that one. Obviously not to the same extent as humans, but you also wouldn’t be spending/deducting as much money on them as you would humans
Phone Addiction Signs: What People Would Rather Do Than Give Up Phones [ [link removed] ]
What would it take for you? I don’t have a problem, I can quit any time I want
I’m sharing some of my fiction writing as a serialized story. Paid subscribers can read the story each week, but free subscribers will be able to follow what’s happening in the story through news reports from the in-universe site “NewsGator”
The Last Four Years Ch. 9: Global Response to U.S. Shelter Plan: A Mix of Praise, Criticism, and Calls for Unity [ [link removed] ]
In The Last Four Years, a comet is four years away from hitting Earth. It’s not enough time to stop it, but long enough to get bored waiting for it. It is a story about what people do with the time they have left. Families trying to stay together, scientists trying to find a way out, and leaders holding civilization together
The Last Four Years Ch. 8 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 7 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 6 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 5 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 4 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 3 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 2 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 1 [ [link removed] ]
Also Worth A Look…
20% of Today’s Jobs Didn’t Exist in 2000 [ [link removed] ] - Something to think about when people talk about AI destroying jobs. Of course that doesn’t help if you’re out of work right now, but at least in the long run we’ll be OK
Firefox Survey Finds Only 16% Feel In Control of Their Privacy Choices Online [ [link removed] ] - Ne’er-do-wells only have access to the information you choose to put out there. If you’re really worried, you can just live in a cabin in the woods and stay off the internet entirely
Having nightmares? Science explains what your brain is going through [ [link removed] ] - I mean, I think we all know what our brains are going through these days
Woman discovers man hiding in trunk of driverless Waymo taxi when ordering ride [ [link removed] ] - They only claim to be driverless. They never said anything about being creeperless
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI [ [link removed] ] - *insert Palpatine “Ironic” gif here*
A Costco Manager’s Unexpected Kindness Turns a Coat Donation Into a Holiday Surprise [ [link removed] ] - My America was always great
Hawaii board votes to change official name of Hawaii Island [ [link removed] ] - I’m still going to call it “Sears Tower”
Virginia’s drunk raccoon exposed as serial offender [ [link removed] ] - I hope he’s hit rock bottom and can finally get the help he needs
High-roller sues Las Vegas casino after real-life ‘Hangover’ experience [ [link removed] ] - That’s one strategy for trying to get out of a $75k bill
Florida Student Holding Clarinet ‘as if It Were a Weapon’ Sends School Into Lockdown: Report [ [link removed] ] - Clarinet players were always fine, it’s the flute players you have to watch out for
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