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  • It's especially bad on reels/shorts for pretty much all platforms. Tons of financial scams looking to steal personal info or worse. And I had one on a Facebook reel that was for boner pills that was legit a minute long ad of hardcore porn. Not just nudity but straight up uncensored fucking.

  • It's not literally unprecedented but this is more than voting for a bill. It's supporting a rule change in committee and presumably on the floor. Rule changes are almost always party line votes. Even in a compromise that requires support from the minority party it's viewed as the basic responsibility of the majority party.

  • That and the large ad networks even on sites like YouTube and Facebook literally are advertising scams. Every time I browse shorts on either I get ads that are obvious scams of the "There's a new $6400 monthly health credit see if you qualify." variety. On one of Meta's apps I got an ad that was for male enhancement that was straight up clips of uncensored hardcore porn. Not just nudity but full on PIV sex. If they can't even do the work to properly screen their ads they can get fucked, I'm blocking all of it that I can.

  • The statement continued by saying that the survival rates and outcomes for Dr. Bynon’s transplant patients are among the best in the country.

    Hm. Can't help but wonder if perhaps he was trying to weed out patients that would drag down these statistics.

  • Because his client is claiming absolute immunity. So he has to hold that position even to the utmost absurd hypotheticals. If there is anything at all that isn't covered then the immunity is not absolute, and he's forced to argue degrees about which acts or crimes are covered. At that point the entire argument collapses as the result is quite obviously "at least some acts" and "at least many if not most crimes" are not covered by any sort of immunity. There's nowhere else to run with the argument.

  • And it's almost impossible to go broke with winning 1 billion. Even if you are only left with "only" 500 mil after taxes, and you manage to lose 99% of that, you are still left with 5 million.

    This jackpot was $1.3B. If they take the cash payout instead of the annuity that immediately reduces to $621M. They'll owe 37% on that (well 37% on the vast majority in the top tax bracket) for the year to the IRS. And then it looks like 8% to the state of Oregon. So somewhere around $341M. Still an unimaginable sum.for most. Just wanted to clarify because I think a lot of people assume the "cash value" is post-tax.

  • I think that's actually a pretty bad sign for the person that won, to show up the first day possible to claim it. It seems like it would be much more prudent to get some legal and financial advice beforehand. Like if I won I have zero idea how to handle that kind of money on even the most basic logistical level. Hopefully it doesn't ruin their life.