I love how the word lieutenant is combination of the French words for "place" (lieu) and "holder" (tenant). We should just call this dude the placeholder governor from now on, just to get his panties in a bunch.
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I'm waiting for them to send out exactly $1000 to all public employees (1000/1000s of employees). "We didn't say $1000 each!"
Is this the height of US Intelligence collection? "I'm just going this wildly speculate about the intentions of a foreign group because it benefits the social capital of my allies." Why even report this nonsense? Have women and children suffered while in captivity with Hamas, yes. Have women and children also suffered in captivity in Israel, yes. Do women and children daily suffer injustice due to economic and social inequities on the US, a resounding yes! Does the US treat foreign refugees as poorly as Hamas or Israel, possibly even worse. That's my hot take, I don't think it took that much "intelligence" to figure out.
I'm upset Axios would even publish this propaganda piece while also openly stating that there is no evidence to back it up. Shame on them.
"La Donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto. Have you seen a pasta sauce commercial? Then you've heard this aria.
Old phone? I'm still running a Mi A1 as my daily. I'm on LineageOS 19.1. There have been rumblings of Lineage 20 coming to it, but the Dev community has largely dropped off.
I'd check if there are any local high-schools or support services that are looking to get phones intot he hands of underprivileged teens/adults. A Mi A3 is likely still better than the low end Samsung garbage, or even an old iPhone (below X).
Better to have it be reused than become a paperweight in a cupboard.
If you are on Android, you really should download ReVanced. You can add adblock and sponsorblock, and you will barely ever see ads again.
I actually refused to watch YT on mobile because it was too annoying an experience, but 'vanced makes it much more like the good old days of no ads everywhere.
I'm always hesitant about these reports about teacher shortages. I was a teacher in Manitoba and spent years bouncing from term to term as school divisions are under severe budget constraints and have no permanent roles to give out. They say we have a teaching shortage as well, but what they mean is no one will become a substitute teacher to make $30,000 a year. Or that no one will take the plethora of "part-time" positions where they are offering a 0.2 or 0.3 position which pays $25,000 a year (but of course expects a host of admin and extracurricular work so you don't really have the luxury of finding another job). I left teaching for a 50% pay cut in the heritage sector. The reduction in income hurts, but not being jerkd around by the system is a nice change. I'm not really in a place in life where I can relocate, but I would happily move to Quebec if the supposed guarantee to permanent teaching roles was really as good a the media makes it out to be.
Sorry for the off topic rant. Affirming a student's chosen pronouns makes a world of difference, and being able to make sure you school's data system can accurately report those chosen pronouns and whether or not parents should be informed of those pronouns can be a literal lifesaver! I've taught students who committed suicide because their parents emotionally and physically abused them for being gender fluid, and having teachers who (for their own bullshit reasons) refused to change a single word in how they referred to that student. If all it takes is changing a field in our data system, and admin reminding teachers just how important that identity can be to a teen, that is a simple change that can literally save lives. Stop using teens lives as a pawn in you pearl-clutching vote grab Conservatives!
I used to make it the traditional way as well: searing the meat, stewing, separately stewing the pearl onions and herbs.... Then I discovered I can make it taste identical (and have much more tender beef chunks) by just making it all in the Instapot. You do it in 2 steps so your veggies don't turn to mush, but it takes around an hour, 2 tops. You can still cook the pearl onions on the side if you want (I have opted for just cutting up yellow onions, as pearls or shallots are not readily available where I live). You could probably preecook the beef in the Instapot the day before and have the Bourginon finished in half an hour if you wanted!