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@DarrigoMelanie Maybe in Palo Alto. A 4/3 in the North Bay is still $500-600 k.

Immigrants didn’t do this. Private equity and real estate investors exploiting the people who need homes did.

@jerkface5150 @jennyrozelle @DFendl10 Nope. They are required to follow Best Medical Practices. Because if they don’t, the hospital is liable for a malpractice suit.

@suetheob @jennyrozelle @DFendl10 True but theyre probably looking at the dollars it cost at that point vs longevity of life

Your estate plan is only as good as the people you put in charge of it. Naming the wrong Power of Attorney, Executor, or Trustee can turn a well-drafted plan into a mess.

@MarkHertling @WokeMitt Thank you for saying that.

@WokeMitt Yes. In a big way.

Anyone have a problem with our military leaders making their soldiers salute the UFC fighters as they walk to the cage, or nah?

@vrexec There used to be buses. Now there is afternoon club at school.

Why does nobody talk about how diabolic it is that society’s built around “9 to 5” type work schedules yet schools get out around 3? Who came up with this idiotic system? My wife and I abandoned this insane lifestyle five years ago, but if you and your spouse/partner both have “normal” jobs… then who picks up your kids?

@beyoncegarden She will never qualify for social security. I ponder if she knows that.

who’s gonna tell her😭-

@JeremyTate41 Muslim kids need to know the culture they live in. Christian kids living in Saudi Arabia should know something about the Muslim culture they are living in.

Just got off with the New York Times wanting my thoughts about the new mandatory reading list in Texas. I kept repeating that I think it’s awesome. Then she asked me if it concerns me that Muslim students will now have to read the Bible in school. I said that’s awesome too.

@jennyrozelle @jerkface5150 @DFendl10 I believe the hospital has a legal process in place to navigate that situation.

Indiana had a pecking order - and I’m sure all states do. For example, Indiana’s priority order is: 1. Court appointed guardian 2. A spouse 3. An adult child 4. A parent 5. An adult sibling 6. A grandparent 7. An adult grandchild 8. The nearest other adult relative in the next degree of kinship who is not listed above 9. An adult friend who has maintained regular contact with the individual and is familiar with the individual’s activities, health and religious or moral beliefs 10. The individual’s religious superior if the individual is a member of a religious order I’m genuinely not sure what they do if someone shows up without an ID, can’t communicate, etc. … so they don’t even know who to look for in the above list. I’m sure at some point the medical provider just has to do whatever is in their best interest (but I’m not sure - so I’m guessing!).

@tonyver45 @doggintrump Could also be he just gained some weight all over, including his face.

@suetheob @doggintrump Both brothers have had extensive facial surgery, especially Eric. Still lacking chins.

Who cares

@ocmom520 @AMLabEcon And there nothing wrong with that especially since living at home saves them serious money.

@suetheob @AMLabEcon Sure. I guess. I know nothing about those schools besides kids don't want to go there. I don't know any kids in my daughter's HS who have chosen to go there. If they don't get into a good UC, they seem to always choose the 2-year cc route to transfer into a better UC.

I often get asked by parents, what does my kid need to achieve to earn a place at UC Berkeley? The answer is, I don’t know. There used to be an implicit social contract that if a California resident excels in school and is a very high achiever, there would be a predictable path to one of the leading campuses of the University of California system. Until the early-2000s this was explicit in that between 50-75% of incoming classes had to be admitted on the basis of academic criteria alone (GPA, SATs, APs). A high school student basically knew what they had to hit to get admitted to Cal. UCs no longer considers SAT/ACT scores, and letters of recommendation are generally not part of the application. The remaining academic record is heavily based on grades, course-taking, "school context", supplemented by personal insight questions (in the AI era!) and activities. But in an era of substantial grade inflation, transcripts have become a noisy signal. True academic achievement matters much less than it used to. The result is, while not literally random, highly unpredictable and illegible admissions. For California families, it is no longer clear what level of achievement is enough for their kids, or even what kind of achievement the system is trying to reward. I suspect that is not what most families in California want.

@JupiterKunt @MagnusOpus33 @ChristopherHale Did thouest try to turneth it offeth and backeth on again?

@MagnusOpus33 @ChristopherHale Nah. Chicago brothers will always be Bro. Good to keep the man grounded.

@ChristopherHale Disrespectful to his brother He needs to have greater respect. Yes he has brothers but now God has called him to be the Vicar of Christ which means he has 1.4 billion Catholics as well as many other Christians who look to him for spiritual guidance not computer fixes

John Prevost, the pope’s older brother, rang from Chicago with a computer problem — because Bob, as the family still calls him, has always been the one who fixes these things. “John, I’m the pope,” Leo reminded him. The reply came without a pause: “Oh, sorry pope. My computer is broken.” thelettersfromleo.com/p/john-im-the-…

@LeeMerrittesq Texas white man.

A 36-year-old man from Texas flew to Bogotá, Colombia and allegedly sexually abused a 7-year-old boy on a balcony in broad daylight. Neighbors heard the screams. They filmed. They called police. Because of them, three children ages 4, 7, and 15 are now safe. Sources indicate he may have adopted all three of those children. Let that sink in. This is not an isolated incident. Colombia has already turned away 100 foreigners for sex tourism in just the first half of 2026. American passports are being used to exploit the most vulnerable children in the world. Colombia’s president is now calling for visas to stop predators from entering the country. 🎥: @cbsnews / @lilialuciano

@paleonormie Those early years of kids are also critical time for the primary parent to earn social security credits. Dropping out of the workforce means delaying getting qualified for social security.

resume gaps (even for justifiable things like having a 2yo at home) are punished so brutally in our employment system that spending 20k a year just to keep the W2s coming is worth it for many people

@Angry_Staffer Full blown cankles

But seriously, he looks terrible

@MegKeene @AmmiHirsch That last line is the kicker.

This OpEd from @AmmiHirsch puts eloquent words to the problem facing the Reform movement: “What we often forget, but ignore at our peril: while our movement is a religious body, much of the Jewish world expresses Jewish identity in secular form — through a fierce commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. We cannot succumb to those who preach a false philosophy of Jewish universalism that camouflages disdain for Jewish particularism under the guise of a sometimes sweeping, self-righteous, sanctimonious and suffocating misunderstanding of tikkun olam — social repair.” We left the Reform movement six years ago for the Conservative movement. It was painful, but we felt the need to raise our kids in more unapologetically Zionist spaces with more rigorous Hebrew education than what our local Reform shuls were offering. But I care about the movement and it’s vital that it stops ordaining anti-Zionist Rabbis, among other things.

@ocmom520 @AMLabEcon It is still a UC education and diploma.

@AMLabEcon @suetheob Those 12% get auto admit to Merced or Riverside, which are the only 2 non-desirable UCs.

@MargaretKalb @missy_lynnk @AMLabEcon All that matters is the diploma say University of California. Most people have no need to go to Berkeley. Get back to me if the kid is applying to grad school math or science and we’ll talk.

@missy_lynnk @suetheob @AMLabEcon Came here to say this. Merced allows the 12% claim to stand, even if nobody wants to go there.

@Primal_Birth @wrowclif Live baby and live Mom is the goal.

I think the point is yes modern medicine saves lives but maternity care has swung the pendulum too far. They don't practice individualized or evidence based care in the vast majority of cases, and yes, a live baby in a bassinet is a huge metric, but not the only one. Outcomes are not improving.

Most things I can understand why people get all pissy, but "Sure aren't as many babies in the cemetery as there used to be" sets people off every time and I still never expect it. Funny enough, it's still the main reaction I have any time I walk through one.

@TerryWatkinsJr1 Deng also instituted the One Child policy to slow/stabilize population growth enough to allow industrializing to catch up

China did not pull people out of poverty through socialism... Mao died. And Deng said call it socialism or whatever but lets make money and thats that. It is a system of state capitalism with authoritarian controls.