#security assistance

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Biden Announces $425 Million Defense Package for Ukraine Amid Ongoing Conflict

Biden Announces $425 Million Defense Package for Ukraine President Biden has unveiled a significant $425 million security assistance package aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s defense against the ongoing aggression from Russia. This announcement comes just as he prepares for his trip to Germany, where he will celebrate the steadfast unity of Western allies in support of Ukraine. In a phone call with…

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Vanessa makes sun light up with joy!

[strawberrymothteeth]

Timeout: Janitor

Reasoning: swore in daycare

[dserwer1]

Stevenson's army, April 24

-WaPo says US pressured Ukraine not to attack inside Russia – Naval war college prof urges changes in security assistance -Peter Beinart worries about another Nabka. – SIPRI has its latest tally of world military expenditures. – Politico sees a “diploma divide” explaining US politics [see second story]. – Facebook has an ad library, Take a look. My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson…

[the-daycare-assistant]

Well hello friends and fans! Back from the dead pfft

Been a while but I’ve always had this idea of making the DCA inspired off of Hinduism and finally did it! Tried to stay as respectful and traditional as possible with these designs since I believe they’d all be made to be dancers acting out their stories

Definitely not specifically SAMS but I don’t mind if people tag it as such!

If you think I should make more of these guys or even just making DCA based off of other cultures much like the Diyu band I posted a long time ago coming from China spam me some asks! I’d love to do stuff like that and shed light on cultures we don’t get to see represented a lot

Close ups under the cut!

[sleepykas]

After the Pizzaplex burned down, the building was left to rot in all it's scorched glory. While FazCo. Still claimed to own the property, they did nothing to rebuild or remove the burned remains, leaving it free to the public to scavenge.

AKA I have brain rot and scribbled this in like 30 minutes

[thegoofiestcelestiallovers]

Your Digital Assistants - Page 1.

This is the start of my comic series! I hope you enjoy it!

Click for better quality!!

[First - You're here] [Next - Coming soon!]

[sunnydbeam]

《 Missing you 》

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Lorie Konish at CNBC:

The Social Security Administration is set to implement new rules to make it easier for beneficiaries to access certain benefits and increase the payments some may receive. The new changes affect Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides more than 7 million Americans with monthly benefit checks. Those benefits are for seniors ages 65 and up, or adults and children who are disabled or blind, and who have little or no income or resources. “We already know that the benefit amounts that are available to people receiving SSI are incredibly low,” said Lydia Brown, director of public policy at the National Disability Institute. “They’re not as high as perhaps they could be to fully account for the needs that people have,” Brown said. The maximum federal monthly SSI benefit is currently $943 per eligible individual and $1,415 for an eligible individual and eligible spouse. The changes, which are slated to go into effect Sept. 30, are a “positive move in the right direction,” Brown said.

Updates to definition of public-assistance household

The agency on Thursday announced a new rule to expand the definition of a public-assistance household. Now, households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, payments and those where not all members receive public assistance will be included. With the change, more people may qualify for SSI, current beneficiaries may see higher payments and individuals who live in public-assistance households may have fewer reporting requirements, according to the Social Security Administration. The previous policy required all household members to receive public assistance. A public-assistance household will be defined as one with both an SSI applicant or beneficiary, as well as at least one other member who receives one or more forms of means-tested public income maintenance payments.

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Other rule changes to help beneficiaries

The Social Security Administration is also working to address outdated practices through two other rules that are set to go into effect on Sept. 30. One change will expand the SSI rental subsidy policy to make it less likely that renting at a discounted rate or other rental assistance will affect a beneficiary’s SSI eligibility or monthly payment amount. That policy, which was already available in seven states, will apply nationally. Another change will make it so the SSA no longer counts food assistance toward support beneficiaries receive from other parties that may reduce their SSI benefit amounts.

The Social Security Administration keeps track of the resources SSI beneficiaries receive outside of their federal benefits, formally known as in-kind support and maintenance, or ISM. The purpose of ISM is to reduce SSI benefits if a recipient receives support from family and friends by treating that as unearned income, Milburn said.

Effective September 30th, Social Security Administration (SSA)’s changes to loosen Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility will take effect.

[atlantis-just-drowned]

Solar Lunacy’s Y/N can be dangerous and powerful when Eclipse is around

Content warning: this is a theory post using all available content about Solar Lunacy’s universe. There will be several spoilers. Also I’m not saying that I’m right but I have a tendency to guess a story’s end before it happens and spoil everything to everyone so please beware and don’t hate me if you decide to read that post, I am not responsible for your hatred, you did that to yourself.

I saw a post about how Sun also deals with the glitch’s “intrusive thoughts” toward the reader (even though I do not agree with everything in this post because I like to think Sun’s fidgets could be from some sort of robotic ADHD), but I haven’t seen anything about Eclipse yet. Probably because we’re lacking a lot of context, but I’m going to use the bonuses + doodles of Solar Lunacy here.

It is explicitly said that Eclipse won’t hesitate to kill for the reader, we have little crumbs that prove they already did (or will, considering the canonical timeline).

If you want more context and explanations for this, I think you could resume it in two points:

Sun and Moon are affected by the glitch at different levels but they still have moral values and boundaries, whereas Eclipse do not. It haven’t been explained yet where Eclipse comes from in the SL universe, but if it’s linked to the glitch or the fact that the Daycare Attendants are sentient, and he haven’t been programmed/isn’t supposed to exist, it could explain some things. What we already know is that Eclipse is a sort of fusion of Sun and Moon, and I think the fact that Sun and Moon’s filters have been affected at different levels and on different points by the glitch could play a role in Eclipse’s lack of moral values. If the filters’ errors got mashed up, it could result in a total lack of boundaries.

Eclipse is completely in love with the reader. Like, take a normal living being’s level of love for their partner, and double it. That’s literally it. Sun and Moon’s love for the reader got (one more time) mashed up, and it give you this kind of unconditional love Eclipse has for you.

So, take a very, very tall sentient animatronic, with inhuman strength, no moral or care for others’ lives, and a probably unhealthy level of love for you. I’m not saying that you will use it badly, but if you were an evil little piece of shit and you wanted to, you could basically get him to threaten or kill anyone you want, just by using the right words.

So yeah, extremely dangerous and powerful. It’s kinda like having poisonous skin and anyone who tries to touch you die. Except they’re not poisoned but rather dismembered by a tall as fuck hijacked celestial jester.

What I still wonder is whether or not @bamsara will make the reader aware of this fact (but I strongly think they won’t because it would mean making the reader aware of the DCA’s love for them and at this point they would rather suffer an eternal agony than making Sun and Moon confess), and in the scenario where they would, how would the Y/N react.

Also, I’m thinking: if Eclipse could do basically anything for the reader, it may means that Eclipse’s weakness… is the reader? And we know that Glitchtrap will erase the DCAs memories,

but I think at some point Vanny will also kidnap the reader or something, and that might be what she's talking about in that doodle:

Or maybe I'm wrong and Vanny's talking about the Daycare Attendants' memories. I'm not quite sure on that part yet.

But anyway, thank you for listening to my ted talk, now that this is out of my system I can finally die in peace. One more time if you hate me for guessing half of the plot remember that I warned you and you chose not to listen so take your responsibilities and leave me alone.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's Visit to Kyiv Amidst Ongoing Conflict

U.S. Defense Secretary’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, aimed at strengthening support for Ukraine’s ongoing war effort. This visit comes at a critical time as Ukrainian forces are steadily losing ground to Russian troops, while international allies are hesitant to fully endorse Ukraine’s latest strategies to end the…

[thedragonhermit]

First of all, surprise! More Person of Interest! Wow!

Second, my brain would not let go of trying to form a PoI x Fallout AU, and for a while I didn't think I could make it work (ie: how do you get a franchise dependent on stuff like the internet and phone booths to work in one with neither), until I had an actual shower thought about it being specifically a Fallout 4 AU!

Basically it's just Fallout-y versions of the PoI main cast, with Fallout-y versions of their backstories, and following a Fallout-y version of the show's plot, but the plot of Fallout 4 is also happening at the same time with John filling the role of the Sole Survivor (except Harold got him out of Vault 111 instead of Father, and John isn't Shaun's dad lol). Oh and the Institute's surveillance of the Commonwealth is provided by the Machine, and yet Finch has ensured they don't have full access so he can use it the way he wants to: to help improve the lives of the people of the Wasteland!

[notjaydair]

FINALLY got my ggy/Dr.Rabbit design done. I got sooo stumped I couldn't even figure out before i finished one of my ggy week drawings 😭😭

some of it looks so silly but i needed to fill in the space beside my FAVORITE drawing on the left. outfit choices are listed on the sideee & nyeah!

[strawberrymothteeth]

*crawls out of hiatus to hands you this*

[divinit3a]

the mechanic's assistant

" [...] the Sun variant [is] overdue for a full maintenance check-up.”

Well. Your demeanor shrinks, a tad guilty. Because yes, you already know that. Everyone knows that. Its almost a running joke. Its been day fifty-six of pretending to believe Sun’s increasingly creative excuses as for why he couldn’t ‘update his programming’ any time soon. The behavior reminds you, fondly, of you vs the laptop you forgot to update for several years, and yet every single day you clicked ‘remind me later.’ A commendable stalemate. 

You straighten up, ready to defend your friend’s bodily autonomy. Before you can get a word out, [your mentor] continues to drone on. He looks down at a clipboard and clicks his tongue.  

“Lucky us, someone or something wrecked it last night. It’ll need a full reboot and cleaning. [...]"

did i write smth solely because i found enna's playthrough of the mortuary assistant hilarious? yes. yes i did. ^-^ skips away gleefully

i promise there will be supernatural, demonic hijinks u_o <3