RecessKickBallStar
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A woman walks through a shopping mall amid the Russian government's disastrous attempt to block VPN's that resulted in nationwide collapse of electronic payment systems.



BREAKING: All young men between the ages of 17 and 45 are now no longer allowed to leave Germany for more than three months without permission.




To the people of the United States of America

fanfiction about a US-Russia alliance to destroy Europe shows once again that a lot of the MAGA commentariat has come to regard “Europeans” as their greatest enemies - greater even than their genuine geopolitical rivals.





Feels like a predator playing with prey before the inevitable🇷🇺 Historical Footage shows a Ukrainian FPV drone chasing a lone Russian soldier in the field!


👀 Zelenskyy tells @BarakRavid he hasn’t spoken to IsraeliPM Netanyahu in more than 2 years.




Feels like a predator playing with prey before the inevitable🇷🇺 Historical Footage shows a Ukrainian FPV drone chasing a lone Russian soldier in the field!


We have the utmost respect for the Ukrainian people’s immense efforts in defending themselves against the Russian attack - now for more than four years. Every single woman and man in 🇺🇦 is making an immeasurable contribution. It is to Ukraine’s particular credit that it is fighting highly effectively even with limited resources. The innovative strength and the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian people are an inspiration to us. We are grateful to be able to support 🇺🇦 with the resources at our disposal. @AKamyshin

Why is matchmaking expensive? To illustrate, here’s how I’ll lose money on a client’s $49,000 package. Client is 46, 6’2, exited tech founder. He’s looking for a woman 27-33, very specific criteria around match personality, appearance, and profession. Without diving into specifics, she: • Isn’t easily searchable online... • Isn’t likely to reply when we find her… • Isn’t likely to be single… • Often has a deal-breaker trait we can’t screen for without a phone call… • Isn’t necessarily interested in my client… I was expecting this to be a difficult search, so I quoted $49,000. I wasn’t expecting ~100 hours of labor to find each match, not including communication with the client! To date I’ve spent $45,000 on salaries for the women staffed on his search, plus $2,750 on styling and photos, and we still owe the client 2 matches... Before considering overhead (let alone opportunity cost) this will be a huge L financially. Things balance out though. Most engagements are profitable. Some engagements are quite profitable. For example, a new client in NYC paid $30,000 and paused after his first match, because he’s 99% sure we found his wife. That's still a new relationship, and engagements last 9 months (6 months of active matching + up to 3 months of pause), so we could be on the hook for more work in coming months. But you get the point 🙏










