I came to Germany 25 months ago on a Blue Card visa and have been working at an American tech company that employed me through an EOR through a proxy company
La imagen es una caricatura dividida en dos paneles, creada por Quino, que muestra una escena con un grupo de personas vestidas formalmente observando una escultura. En el primer panel, la escultura está cubierta por una tela, y los personajes parecen estar en una ceremonia de revelación. Un hombre con un sombrero y un bastón está al frente, sosteniendo una cuerda que parece estar conectada a la tela. A la derecha, un árbol está lleno de pájaros.
En el segundo panel, la escultura está desvelada, revelando una figura con múltiples pájaros en su estructura. Los personajes continúan observando, ahora con expresiones de asombro y alegría. La escena sugiere una transformación de la escultura, que ahora parece simbolizar la paz o la libertad, representada por los pájaros.
La imagen utiliza un estilo de dibujo clásico, con trazos detallados y un contraste de luces y sombras que resaltan la escultura y los personajes. La composición y los elementos simbólicos,
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La imagen es una caricatura dividida en dos paneles, creada por Quino, que muestra una escena con un grupo de personas vestidas formalmente observando una escultura. En el primer panel, la escultura está cubierta por una tela, y los personajes parecen estar en una ceremonia de revelación. Un hombre con un sombrero y un bastón está al frente, sosteniendo una cuerda que parece estar conectada a la tela. A la derecha, un árbol está lleno de pájaros.
En el segundo panel, la escultura está desvelada, revelando una figura con múltiples pájaros en su estructura. Los personajes continúan observando, ahora con expresiones de asombro y alegría. La escena sugiere una transformación de la escultura, que ahora parece simbolizar la paz o la libertad, representada por los pájaros.
La imagen utiliza un estilo de dibujo clásico, con trazos detallados y un contraste de luces y sombras que resaltan la escultura y los personajes. La composición y los elementos simbólicos, como los pájaros, sugieren un mensaje sobre la importancia de la paz y la libertad.
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The image depicts a well-maintained community garden with a central dirt path flanked by raised garden beds. The beds are filled with a variety of plants, including flowers and vegetables, with some covered by white arches. The ground is covered with wood chips, and there are benches along the path for visitors to sit and enjoy the garden. In the background, there are trees and a cloudy sky, suggesting a tropical or subtropical climate. The garden appears to be a place for community engagement and gardening activities.
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OTTAWA - Canadians thinking of planning a trip to the United States are being advised by the Government of Canada to perhaps consider going anywhere else on the entire fucking planet for their summer vacations.
Trump's antagonism of foreigners is going to destroy one of America's main exports, which is higher education. This will be terrible for our trade deficit, about which Trump claims to care so much.
It will also have a devastating impact on science and education in the US. Here at the University of Illinois, we (like all other American research universities) absolutely depend on the tuition we get from foreign students.
I think Trump relishes in what this will do to science and education (after all, he and his ilk depend on an ignorant populace), but I suspect he has no appreciation for what it will do to our economy.
My senior cat has a growth on her abdomen. I don't know what it is; the vet says it could be nothing serious, but it's getting bigger, faster, and she keeps grooming it until it bleeds.
I've been trying to save up to pay for the surgery, estimated to cost $3700 last July, but I'm a broke student, and ASPCA has no appointments. Please help me help Mimi.
CashApp: $Naomisdebtrelief Venmo on request Old GFM fundraiser: gofund.me/55f2dad6
Mimi is my friend. She talks to me every day and purrs her love and affection. I need your help to be able to get this mass removed from her abdomen to make sure it's not malignant or harmful to her health.
Please help me help Mimi.
CashApp: $Naomisdebtrelief Venmo on request Old GFM fundraiser: gofund.me/55f2dad6
I still need funds to pay $4000 to have it surgically removed from my cat's belly and biopsied, and whatever other help you feel generous enough to offer.
Please feel free to share. CashApp: $Naomisdebtrelief
I sent this picture to the vet who saw her last July and gave us the estimate of $3600. A different vet from the same practice said to call the location that performs surgery, make an appointment for a new assessment and estimate.
I need help paying for this, please. Not only is the surgery going to cost me, this new appointment to assess the surgery will cost.
Please feel free to share. CashApp: $Naomisdebtrelief
Over the past year, you can see the progression of this mass on her belly. It started as a small, dime-sized lump that I mentioned to a home visit veterinarian from The Vets when they came to treat a scratched cornea in 2023.
Please help us get this mass surgically removed. I'm in school full time, raising my daughter with only a small benefit after my husband passed away last year. I barely have enough to keep us going.
I've tried surgery suits, cones and all manner of restraint to keep her from grooming this mass on her belly. It's increasing in size and she's able to get out of her cones. The surgery suits get messy in the litter box and have to be constantly removed and washed.
Please help us pay for the surgery to have it removed and biopsied.
Just when I'm making progress in school, things are starting to get worse for my cat's health. She seems ok. She still demands food and cuddles very loudly. I hope beyond hope that she will be ok.
I need help to make sure by taking her to a vet for removal. Please help. gofund.me/f7c6c325
I took Mimster to the vet yesterday. To continue with assessment for surgical removal of the mass on her belly we had to have a heart enzyme test. An additional $319.00 & I still haven't had the pre-surgical tests done.
They wanted to do $919 of tests yesterday for surgery. If the cardiac enzyme test comes back making her ineligible, the other testing isn't necessary so we only did that one.
#mutualaid We scheduled an appointment on 9/8 w/ a surgeon who can treat her in case of malignancy. I had to cut Mimi's scab off yesterday. It is oozing and things r sticking to it. I'm sure you can imagine. I hate that she has to deal with this. She's sitting next to me right now, being the same sweet fuzzy menace she was when we adopted her from the shelter, making biscuits in her little cubicle.
Please help me pay for diagnostics of this mass growing on her belly. gofund.me/54e86d36
Started back to classes this week. Had to bring my kiddo with me until her school starts back next week. The professor also brought her middle school aged daughter to class so its no big deal.
Mimi's wound stopped oozing. I keep watching for changes in behavior, eating, drinking, elimination, etc.. I asked the vet for signs of infection and they haven't responded. I'm just trying to keep her on her regular routine.
Mimi is 9 years old & one of the great loves of my life. She's in good spirits, eating like a champ, and otherwise healthy. She has a mass on her abdomen and needs a radical mastectomy. I have several vet quotes ranging from $1500 to $3600 for just the surgery and biopsy.
I'm a student, a mom, and a recent widow. After being laid off, I don't have this kind of expendable income. Every cent is accounted for.
Vet appointment today was hopeful. She seems healthy and once the mass is removed will likely live a comfortable life.
Thanks for helping me afford a consultation w/ a specialist at BluePearl. New estimate is $8400 for outpatient surgery.
Reaching out to the charity that turned us away & a few others. Life continues to life. Had to buy uniforms for the kid which were required in public school?! ConEd bill is 2 months past due, etc...
Re: Mimi's surgery- The hospital can offer some assistance, & I submitted an app to another charity org that is currently reviewing my application.
Fingers crossed that they'll cover it, but I still need to raise what I can to contribute, & they suggest I do and apply for more help. The specialist at the hospital was really hopeful that the mass is growing away from the body wall. I feel the momentum towards her recovery.
Another update! We have a pledge of $1000 from the Onyx and Breezy Foundation. I am contacting other charitable organizations to raise funds. We have 30 days to take advantage of this grant, so I'm doing everything I can to gather the funds and get this surgery scheduled ASAP.
I have 30 days to use this grant of $1000 from a charitable organization for my cat's $8000+ mass removal surgery. I am repurposing a 5-year-old gofundme from the pandemic that helped me avoid homelessness to raise money for Mimi's surgery.
Help us raise the funds to get Mimi back to health, please! gofund.me/617cda8c3
Please help build momentum by sharing this with all of the animal lovers in your lives. Mimi is a true sweetheart, a really lovely, biscuit making, purr machine. She meets us at the door after long days, sleeps on my legs almost every night, catches flies like a champ and deserves a long healthy life.
I should have insured her when we first adopted her but being laid off in '22 would have made continued payment impossible. #catsofmastodon gofund.me/54e86d36
Mimi is a true sweetheart, a really lovely, biscuit making, purr machine. She meets us at the door after long days, sleeps on my legs almost every night, catches flies like a champ, and deserves a long and healthy life.
When you're trying to finish a research prospectus for a fellowship application with a decent stipend and your cat needs your lap more than your laptop does.
Please help me get Mimi's surgery paid for. The hospital can shave $1500 0ff and Onyx and Breezy can help with $1000 if the surgery is within the next 20 days.
I need to raise $5900 and just this weekend raised $550.
It's been 14 days since Onyx and Breezy agreed to pay for $1000 of this $8400 surgery for Mimi and I only have 16 days left to use it.
The vet hospital can shave $1500 off for financial hardship. I need to raise another $5400. I'm tired y'all. I am strapped in for a long fall semester, planning research projects, trying to keep Mimi healthy and my human child succeeding in school.
Mimi deserves a shot at healthy elder kitty status and I need help getting her there. gofund.me/7354018f3
Checked w/ the surgeon who is to perform the mastectomy. During their initial consultation they said that if I wanted to have pre-surgical testing done at our regular vet it might be more cost effective.
I asked what testing would need to be done pre surgery & the response scared the shit out of me. They need a chest x-ray to make sure there's no metastasis of the tumor, and a CBC to check her organ functions to make sure she doesn't have any risks during anesthesia.
Checked w/ the surgeon who is to perform the mastectomy. During their initial consultation they said that if I wanted to have pre-surgical testing done at our regular vet it might be more cost effective.
I asked what testing would need to be done pre surgery & the response scared the shit out of me. They need a chest x-ray to make sure there's no metastasis of the tumor, and a CBC to check her organ functions to make sure she doesn't have any risks during anesthesia.
Presumably, my feline life companion is in surgery. I said I would pay when I came to pick her up. I asked why the $200 deposit wasn't in the estimate but was assured that I have a credit.
I'm more scared they'll charge me more than I have than I am she has a serious illness. She's a healthy booger; screaming at me for breakfast she can't have and climbing furniture to get it as if she suddenly has thumbs & can open it and eat.
Russia's goal in Iran is to sink the US into a deep dark unwinnable quagmire that financially ruins and ultimately destabilizes the US government. At this point they will be free to seize the entirety of Eastern Europe.
Some people, man. Sure, I totally can see how Russia, or China is going to supply Iran with nukes and services to install and launch them. /s
I also see how Pakistan is making good on its promises to "defend" Iran using its very limited amount of nukes. Or Turkey, or the other shithole places no migrate armies are invading in hope for "a better life"
Very few people live in those countries due to free will. They are simply stuck there, and I bet they too have their opinion about what is happening and why.
I think it's UNLIKELY that Russia supplies Iran with nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are a powerful deterrent and Russia does not want to deter the US from invading Iran, they want to encourage the US to invade so that they can trap them there and bleed them out.
Except the new administration emphasized this countless times. "no boots on the ground", "no attempt at regime change", "if you do not dismantle it we will do it for you", "we did it for you, come back to diplomacy".
Its a fool's hope to have THIS administration making THAT mistake.
Oh, I think they'll find a way. Maybe they start sinking US naval ships with hypersonic weapons, maybe Iran attacks American troops across the border in Iraq, for Russia there is only one goal, and no price is too high for achieving it.
Granted, waging this type of MISSIONS is expensive, those munitions cost a fortune. This is positively going to be a factor, especially after all that was spent on the rebel groups lately.
But the US has in-house replacements, the US did not need to visit another country to and buy supplies. The Russians already have one real war on their hands, while the US is not at war.
The Chinese have no battle experience, and I totally foresee that their own technology will be at least as hard to conquer than overcoming the US mastery of theirs.
None of these nations, including the US, has plenty of time, resources and opportunities to draw this out or escalate.
The side-effect of this is how much time, money, resources, efforts the TDS entities are going to spend on this. You watch, people and entities are going to bleed money and political credit on this.
We never had a more incompetent political, elite class in modern history, this is Andy Rand-level stuff.
I agree with the decisions of this current administration. I do not take to the streets, draw up or pay to print signs and slogans, sit in circle-jerks and listen to frustrated rants.
What's more, its not difficult to see into the future. Trump has three-more years left, and the TDS crowd must budget very, very carefully. Nothing will change the plans of the current administration, that cabinet had 4 years to draw up the plans.
Here's how I think it will work: > Strait of Hormuz closed until further notice > Oil over $100, Russia making bank > Anyone who tries to sail through the Strait of Hormuz gets attacked > Attackers on small boats, run to Iran and hide out in the mountain-side, impossible to effectively target with air strikes > Only Possible Solution: America must secure the Iranian coastline to re-open the strait. > Achievement Unlocked: Boots on the ground
You can say it's open as much as you want, but if a missile pops up out of the mountains and hits one of those large slow moving incredibly expensive tankers, nobody else in the world is going to consider it open.
What could happen is supersonic missiles are taking out AEGIS cruisers. This is what makes supersonic missiles a threat to the US Navy, as losing AEGIS will leave the flat tops PRACTICALLY vulnerable to conventional missiles attacks.
But anything protected my AEGIS is PRACTICALLY invulnerable to conventional missiles.
The hypersonic missiles were designed by Russia to overpower the US military. Basically the entire Russian re-armament has been designed specifically around fighting with the US.
It's possible that Aegis weapons can shoot them down, but they have not been able to effectively defend Tel Aviv so it's looking like they can't...
There is no defense against anything flying that fast, the physics are so prohibitive. But those weapons are still very expensive, and just like the cheap Tommy-cookers in WW-2 cheaper cheaper AEGIS-like cruisers can make them even more expensive.
Just when the enemy finally figures out how to kill something made by the US, they realize they do not have the capacity to kill them all the US send in their way.
James, you keep bringing up oil tankers. The military has their own platforms integrated that can supply whatever is needed by the carrier fleet thousands of miles away from port. The US military have no need for commercial crude transports.
The reason I'm bringing up oil tankers is because if Iran has the capability to hit them, pool's closed. 20% of the world's oil supply goes offline, get ready for obscene levels of inflation.
Hmm, even if that is impervious to anything Iran can throw at it (and it seems that nothing is impervious to hypersonics, so...), I don't think it's gonna move enough oil to impact oil prices.
Supersonic missiles are going to be used to attack carrier groups, and in the carrier groups the AEGIS cruisers are the highest value targets as sinking them will provide targeting access to all the other assets from below the sea to the skies.
But again, these missiles are precious resources, the alloys and minerals used in their school-bus sized bodies, the manufacturing and assemblies must be flawless. Its not like anyone has the capacity to take out all the AEGIS cruisers in all the US carrier groups, firing two or three at one cruiser to make it sure is a pipe-dream.
I think the answer to hyper-sonic missile defense is already pretty obvious, in the Golden Dome. These missiles cannot be deployed in a few hundred miles - they need vast distances to burn through their stages and reach altitude. Early detection can send cheap interceptors that will neutralize them regardless what maneuvering capacities they have.
As long as the carrier group is fueled, serviced and rearmed - nothing else matters.
I don't think it will be an issue. Only Wictor seemed to notice fielding a battleship rail gun, but it has implications for los aiming, which is still needed. The Houthi weren't aiming from land.
Just like an asteroid, you can shatter it but you cannot destroy it. Instead you will shatter the core and spread the impact zone. This is the case with everything coming with a vertical impact, and the larger / faster the ammo you send up to counter it the worse is the eventual return.
This is all theory. These weapons are not main field provisions. They will not be protecting Iran anywhere, there will not be supplied to their vassals or allies. They are too expensive to waste on a regime already beaten and demoralized.
I don't get it. Russia has a thing that apparently no one can shoot down and they've been using them to blow holes in Israeli buildings. Why not shoot one at an oil tanker? It's not like it won't blow a hole in a tanker just as well...
So your contention is that they're so inaccurate that they can only really hit "a city" ? Oil tankers are pretty big, so even if they're just accurate enough to hit a city block, they should have no problem with a tanker.
Has the BM-220 engine been at least estimated to sink a US AEGIS cruiser? This is the kind of arguments that is constantly argued, as the traditional way to sink ships is by breaking their keel, break them in half.
Some punctures do not count. The ship maybe scuffled instead of being sank, which means that personnel, cargo, intelligence maybe transferred in time diminishing the losses.
Supersonic missiles are not ballistic, they have no payload. Their warhead is simply based on E-MC^2 as the payload, and this is their limitation. They must come down as close to vertical as possible.
So no, if the BM-220 cannot support the launch payload necessary to sink (not just puncture) the AEGIS cruiser then it a waste of resources, causing only damage.
I wanted to write "hypersonic" not "supersonic". The terminology is getting muddied because these days most military gear that flies is around or over MACH. Even drones are getting pretty snappy.
This whole retarding tread was started by a TDS victim, hoping Donald Trump will make a mistake and gets booted. Typical TDS behavior, not willing to reflect as long as Trump is in "power", and not willing to accept the fact that the rest of the three years will pass with of without their approval.
Ok so drone-boats to attack anyone who is trying to attack oil tankers... possibly, but then they can also fire hypersonic missiles at them.
Oil tankers are extremely expensive and if one gets wrecked then no insurer wants to touch any others until there's some kind of guarantee of safe passage... It might well be that they will not insure a tanker to pass through the Strait until either the Iranian government promises safe passage, or the land along the shoreline is officially under the control of someone else (e.g. the US), so there you have it, boots on the ground or else no oil.
For @msnbc.com i wrote about the Trump administration's decision to eliminate the LGBTQ youth specialty line in the 988 call system and ending a $26 million contract with the Trevor Project. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 20 and wounding 52 others, state media reported.
Das Bild zeigt eine stilisierte Zeichnung einer Frau mit dunkler Hautfarbe. Sie steht in einer entspannten Pose mit den Armen über dem Kopf und den Augen geschlossen, was eine ruhige und zufriedene Haltung vermittelt. Sie trägt ein weißes, netzförmiges Oberteil und eine passende weiße Röcke, die ebenfalls ein netzförmiges Muster aufweisen. Der Hintergrund ist in einem tiefen Burgunderrot gehalten, was die Figur hervorhebt. Die Zeichnung ist in einem minimalistischen Stil gehalten, mit klaren Linien und flachen Farben, ohne detaillierte Textur.
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De borduurtraditie tatreez is niet alleen belangrijk erfgoed voor de Palestijnen, maar ook uitgegroeid tot een instrument van verzet. Fatima Abbadi geeft elke vrijdag les in de borduurkunst. ‘Tatreez moet een herinnering bij je achterlaten.’
Axios 21 Jun 25 -- GLAAD reports # of films with LGBTQ+ characters declining. pbly due to anti-DEI efforts. 2024: 23.6% 59 of 250 2023: 27.3% 70 of 256 2022: 28.5% 100 of 350 Fewer family/animated films w/ LGBTQ+ characters. And screen minutes per LGBTQ+ character also down.
Costa Rica Aims to Close Paternity Leave Gap with Bold New Proposal
A new bill in Costa Rica aims to give fathers in the private sector a full month of paid paternity leave, matching the benefit public sector workers already enjoy. Right now, private sector dads get just eight days—two days a week for four weeks—to bond with their newborns. Public sector fathers, on the other hand, […] The post Costa Rica Aims to Close Paternity Leave G [...]
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in reply to Anae • • •La imagen es una caricatura dividida en dos paneles, creada por Quino, que muestra una escena con un grupo de personas vestidas formalmente observando una escultura. En el primer panel, la escultura está cubierta por una tela, y los personajes parecen estar en una ceremonia de revelación. Un hombre con un sombrero y un bastón está al frente, sosteniendo una cuerda que parece estar conectada a la tela. A la derecha, un árbol está lleno de pájaros.
En el segundo panel, la escultura está desvelada, revelando una figura con múltiples pájaros en su estructura. Los personajes continúan observando, ahora con expresiones de asombro y alegría. La escena sugiere una transformación de la escultura, que ahora parece simbolizar la paz o la libertad, representada por los pájaros.
La imagen utiliza un estilo de dibujo clásico, con trazos detallados y un contraste de luces y sombras que resaltan la escultura y los personajes. La composición y los elementos simbólicos,
... show moreLa imagen es una caricatura dividida en dos paneles, creada por Quino, que muestra una escena con un grupo de personas vestidas formalmente observando una escultura. En el primer panel, la escultura está cubierta por una tela, y los personajes parecen estar en una ceremonia de revelación. Un hombre con un sombrero y un bastón está al frente, sosteniendo una cuerda que parece estar conectada a la tela. A la derecha, un árbol está lleno de pájaros.
En el segundo panel, la escultura está desvelada, revelando una figura con múltiples pájaros en su estructura. Los personajes continúan observando, ahora con expresiones de asombro y alegría. La escena sugiere una transformación de la escultura, que ahora parece simbolizar la paz o la libertad, representada por los pájaros.
La imagen utiliza un estilo de dibujo clásico, con trazos detallados y un contraste de luces y sombras que resaltan la escultura y los personajes. La composición y los elementos simbólicos, como los pájaros, sugieren un mensaje sobre la importancia de la paz y la libertad.
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