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I don’t think USians realize how big is everything that have been happening since Trump took power for how the world other is defined. I think, for real, this is the end of the “American century”. I don’t think there’s a way to turn back to pre January-2025.

Mind you, it’s not even about Trump. He and Vance and half of the republican party could die tomorrow and little would change.

The root of the problem is not even Trump on his own, but what he had plain to see: the US system is flaky and untrustworthy. Even if he step down tomorrow, I don’t think anyone could see the US again without a new, modern constitution and a deep societal change.

You see, the shit Trump and Musk are pulling is something there some people in every country of the world like to do locally. But I don’t think there is a single democracy where what’s going on in the US could happen.

The kind of three branches capture that Trump has managed would be very hard to achieve in any modern democracy that have gone past a two-party system. In almost every country in the world there is also a figure (a president of the republic, a queen) that could bring down the executive branch if they decide to not comply with a judge mandates.

And what’s more, even if they managed to fully capture all the branches, society wouldn’t accept the kind of changes Trump has been doing. Sure, those can still happen, but it would be a long, long work, with lots of brinkmanship and small steps (see Erdogan or Orban, or even Putin).

If, let’s say, Le Pen gets elected in France and she tried to do even a fraction of what Trump has done in the last two months, Paris will be in flames. Literally. There would be blood in the street. If they do something like that in Spain, the MPs would need to enter the Congress by helicopter because if would be besieged by demonstrators. There would be violent crashes with the police every day. There would be general strikes, massive demonstrations in the streets. The opposition parties would made the parliament a zone of war.

Look at how Argentinians have reacted to Milei doing just a diet version of what Musk is doing. Look at what happened with Liz Truss. No politician in their right mind could think of doing that they are doing in the states, and if they did it, the chances are they wouldn’t last long.

The fact that this can even happen is almost as terrifying than what’s been done. And I don’t think the US can walk back from that on the international stage.

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Keep your fucking cats indoors. Not only for their sake, but for the billions of song birds they kill every single year.

Plus, you dingdongs arguing for outdoor cats, bird flu is almost always fatal to them and it's fucking everywhere.

If you want to feel infuriated just look at this Reddit thread. Hundreds of comments supporting outdoor cats and insisting that only crazy Americans keep their cats indoors.

Comments basically boil down to:

tHe Uk Is DiFfErEnT!!!11

there are no predators in the UK

cats need to roam/hunt

"I've only had 3 cats killed by cars so it's fine"

Americans are stupid

I hate UK outdoor cat culture so much 😬😬😬

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I have no idea what this is, but current WIPs by working titles:

#5

#10

Stardust

5+1

Tagging whomever!

wip title ask game tagged by @rrat-king!!!

Redwoods 3 (previously redwoods 2)

Back in the Bricker fic

tim fic???? in 2025??????

tagging @the-flying-robins, @vibrantstarfire, @dchuntress, and anyone else who wants to play!!!!!

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they always taste like you.

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"In Sacramento, California, an estimated 6,615 people are experiencing homelessness, a number that — while still heartbreakingly high — has declined 29% since 2023, according to the latest Point In Time counts. 

But a new project, which has been in the works since 2022, might bring that number down even lower.

A new 13-acre property purchased by Sacramento County will soon be home to the Watt Service Center and Safe Stay. 

The county broke ground on the mixed-use service center this week, which will provide shelter, emergency respite, safe parking, health services, and more to community members who are unsheltered — meaning they don’t have a place to safely sleep at night.

“We wanted to do something that is not only larger, but a large-scale campus to provide more than just the shelter,” Janna Haynes, of the county’s Department of Homeless Services and Housing, told KCRA3 News.

The Watt Service Center will have amenities to help meet the needs of anyone staying there, including bathrooms, showers, laundry, and food, as well as mental health, treatment, and employment services.

“You can also meet with your case manager, get behavior health services, look for a job, get rehousing services, a place for your dog,” Jaynes added. “It’s really everything you need, not only for your day-to-day life, but to hopefully end your homelessness.”

While the center is a costly offering, the city explained that it is ultimately less expensive than allowing the homelessness crisis to go unmitigated.

The land was purchased for $22 million and will cost an estimated $42 million to construct the center. According to ABC10 News it will be mostly funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.

While the center will have the capacity to host 225 beds in Safe Stay cabins, 50-person capacity in Safe Parking, and 75-person capacity for emergency/weather respite beds, it will serve countless others outside of the 350 total people it can house at any given time.

According to a press release from the county, “conservative estimates” have found that over the course of 15 years, the center will serve 18,000 people.

In 2017, the city found that the average cost for an “unsheltered individual” was about $45,000 a year, considering public systems like county jail, shelters, behavioral health, and more.

With the projected impact of the shelter, that cost lowers to less than $3,600 per person.

“If you break down the funding, it’s actually not that expensive,” Rich Desmond, county supervisor for District 3, told ABC10.

“It’s a heck of a lot cheaper than letting someone stay out in the community, unsheltered where they are extremely expensive in terms of the emergency response from fire, our emergency rooms, our law enforcement response.”

Providing what the county calls “wraparound services” not only brings down costs but truly helps people meet their basic needs.

“The really great thing about this site in particular, that we don't have at any other shelters, is the sheer size and the ability to really wrap everything people need,” Emily Halcon, director of the Department of Homeless Services and Housing with Sacramento County, told ABC10. 

One notable feature is the center’s Safe Parking spaces, which are the first of their kind in the city. People living in their cars will now have a safe place to park, monitored by security.

“We know a lot of people who are unsheltered actually are living out of their cars,” Desmond said, “maybe a family that’s barely hanging on but they still need that vital transportation to get their kids to school or get to work.”

This support is especially helpful for those who are newly homeless, Halcon added, building on the amenities provided in the county’s two other “safe stay” facilities. 

While Sacramento County just broke ground on the Watt Service Center, officials say they hope to begin moving people into the facility in January 2026.

“Our staff is putting in extra time and attention to this campus, ensuring that it houses everything we need to end homelessness for people,” Desmond said in a statement.

Once it’s up and running, Jaynes told KCRA3, they plan to onboard formerly unhoused community members as part of the staff at the facility.

“When you have a conversation with someone who understands where you’ve been, and you see the success they’re having now,” Jaynes said, “it really does give you hope something could be different.”

-via GoodGoodGood, January 24, 2025

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i am having a realization i may be 'computers georg' - computer engineer, has 6 computers and wants another. do i have a problem

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Here's your good news post for the day.

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Not as homoerotic as the last one, but by jove, y'all get a psych/soc dissertation, so that's service!

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in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21

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Friendly reminder that Booster and Ted are happily together as a couple in Teen Titans Go (it’s strange but at least they’re happy)