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People think that the Brexit Referendum was when the UK timeline split, but imo it split when the Alternative Vote referendum failed back in 2011.
People think that the Brexit Referendum was when the UK timeline split, but imo it split when the Alternative Vote referendum failed back in 2011.
Japan goes crazy with abbreviated words. E.g. JK for Joshi Kousei (high school girl).
Drag queens rage at scary Marjorie Taylor Greene lobbying Congress and demand protection
Because historically the purpose of marriage was the secure economic and political alliances, and importantly produce heirs so that wealth stayed in the family. Even the idea of formally asking for the consent of the two people to be is only around 1000 years old.
Marriage first and foremost is a legal contract to bind your wealth together. The romance is just marketing.
Ten key moments in the history of marriage - BBC News - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17351133
Religion is the OG fandom war
When the usually wet anal canal in ur pants catches fire before the dry season 😔
Ngl dipping the fries into their breakfast butter is so delicious and bad
Sous vided Indians 😋
Techbros were pitching how we’d invent self replicating carbon capture nano machines in the future
If she is fluent in English then there are some legit options (as in, will comply with minimum wage laws).
There are tech “consulting”/talent agencies which offer gig work where you help assess AI, i.e. rate and correct LLM responses, correct road signs etc.
There are also some foreign news stations which run English programs, but pay gig workers to rate/correct their pronunciation.
Volkswagen got all the flack because they were the first to get caught. Subsequent independent testing revealed that basically all manufacturers cheated their emissions, and actually to a much larger degree than Volkswagen.
Diesel emissions scandal - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal
The value of a university education truly is priceless 😌
Japanese government announces plans to welcome AI innovation
The AI innovation:
Fujikawaguchiko is just the official name, most refer to it as Kawaguchiko (this is the main train station there).
Not that unusual in English either, e.g. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Stratford-upon-Avon.
If a male clownfish’s mate dies, the male will change sex and mate with its offspring to continue the family line.
Presumably why Marlin was so desperate to find Nemo.
While certainly not the majority, feature phones (known as garakei) enjoy a cult following in Japan.
Bear in mind that feature phones in Japan were a literal decade ahead of smartphones in terms of features. They already had features such as GPS, email, internet browsers latest 90s and early 2000s.
The Mysteries of Japan-Only Phones — sabukaru - https://sabukaru.online/articles/the-mysterious-early-world-of-japans-cellphone-culture
This only applies to discount brokers, all of which are licensed, regulated brokers.
You do, in fact, “own” the stocks you buy.
The internal plumbing of securities clearing, settlement, and registration is not a concern to retail investors.
Stop buying into juvenile conspiracies.
And if for some reason you are still not satisfied, you can always opt for a “full service” broker or ask to register the shares in your name, both of which are much more expensive.
Do I own my shares? – Trading 212 - https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008702918-Do-I-own-my-shares
More likely they were way ahead of that by setting the draw distance as the speed of light.