That was a key part of Rick Singer’s scam — parents made “donations” to a charitable organization which then funneled payment to the psychologists, coaches and test-takers.

Are you, like me, suffering from a diagnosis of O.L.D.?

It’s dumb. Probably little actual writing time is saved because, in most cases, someone writes a script for a video.

Slate does that with podcasts. Click on the title and boom, it’s audio! It’s not clickbait, it’s clickfuckyouwe’retoolazytolabelourcontent.

Yep. When reading, it’s much easier to scan and skip content irrelevant to me, a skill I developed as a teen when facing pages of “mood-setting” description that advanced the plot of an assigned novel not at all.

It’s worked out ok: she’s made fantastic contributions as a Senator and she persists.

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I’ve said to myself for years, “If I wanted to watch a video I’d go to a TV news site not a blog or newspaper site,” usually after some carefully selected curse words.

Has to be within the last 18 months because Nielsen is in the photo. Remember, however, that the White House comms team panders to and mollycoddles Individual-1's vanity, so the photo is probably altered. Gizmodo Jan. 2019

Whaaaaaat?! turntable needle screeching over vinyl

Thanks for this. I’m due for a check-up/annual appointment in the next month and was thinking about researching boosters beforehand.

100%. Reading the posts from Amazon warehouse temps last year, I was astonished at how hard the work is. The turnover of temps seemed extraordinarily high. If the majority of people can’t make the targets, maybe the problem is the targets not the people? Of course, avoiding an employer’s obligations to employees is…

And no god-forsaken book deal + tour!

Being a peri-crone, the idea of handing over data on my ovaries to a silicon valley broseph/ina chorus makes me cranky. Fuck their apps and their data hungry clients wanting to exploit what they think is wrong with me.

There’s HUGE money paid for data of expecting parents. Pregnancy and the arrival of a first baby is a time when families drop significant amounts of coin on products such as clothing, bedding, furniture, strollers, car seats, diapers/diaper service, breastfeeding accessories (pumps, pads, bras) and/or bottles &…

She resigned/was fired because she wasn’t willing to risk jail time by acceding to Individual 1's demands - ignore court orders, violate laws, y’know nothing big.

Removed: Youtube video linked in my previous post.

Speaking of ferocious animals in game reserves (Kruger National Park is in South Africa, 1500 miles south of Serengeti NP):

A coffee gift card with a thank you note can be a nice idea after a networking meeting you’ve requested.

How many men has he neck nuzzled? How many men have had their hair sniffed and the backs of heir head kissed by Biden?