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Children and teens in foster care across California will be able to attend state and community colleges free of charge under legislation signed into law this week.

Through the new Fostering Futures program, the state will allocate $25 million to cover tuition for foster youth attending a California State University, University of California or a community college, according to state Sen. Angelique Ashby's office.

Yes, in California.

That he chose to film his video on the site of the lynching of an 18 year old black man is just the shit-frosting on a shit-cake.

That is pretty darn awesome.

Juno isn’t kidding https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-is-the-difference-between-two-pyrex-types/

Imagine what would happen if instead of all these laws and punishments being aimed at women, someone proposed forcing men to accept some responsibility. Even just making them pay child support for 18 years, let alone personally caring for their children.

We all know women would be dying like flies if any of this “pro-life” legislation had any impact on men.

So it gets glossed over and pushed under the rug “it’s all the woman’s fault, she’s a slut.”

Until your mind cracks open upon seeing the bumper sticker that says: 100% of unwanted pregnancies are caused by men.

For me to be powerful, someone else must be powerless.

For me to be strong, someone else must be weak.

For me to be smart, someone else must be stupid.

For me to be clean, someone else must be dirty.

For me to be right, someone else must be wrong.

Maternal mortality rates in the US were already abysmal. And the difference between red and blue states is appalling.

Louisiana: 58.1 per 100k

California: 4 per 100k

What are the red states doing with all the federal tax money donated to them by the blue states? How could they remain this horrific when they receive so much aid? How can they look at their maternal mortality rates and unabashedly proclaim their states to be “pro life”?

(Stats from World Population Review)

Edit: and let us not forget that the #1 cause of death for pregnant women in the US is murder by their husband or boyfriend. That statistic is going to get worse now, too.

Best of luck to you! I had a coworker who lived in an RV for a few years. It saved her a ton of money. Her goal was to save enough to buy a house, which she did.

Maybe it boils down to deciding if they should be regulated like motorcycles or like bicycles? All the laws and requirements are already in place for each, but no-one has decided where they fit yet; instead they are categorizing them as toys.

Terry Pratchett. It was at a book signing. He stayed very late, until every last person got their book signed. Generous and warm with everyone in line.

Used kid trailers are pretty cheap, too. ($100 or so). They convert easily to cargo trailers. Bicycles really do create “unfettered liberty.”

Subscription economy (what we’re getting) vs library economy (what we want)

I was just reading about car companies requiring subscription fees to “unlock” functions of the car you own. From that straight to this. My brain is in a whirl right now…

Time to pull up my big boy undies and start riding my bike. That sucker ain’t controlled by anyone but me. <middle finger to the car companies, wobbles down the road on a two-wheeler>

“I’m free! I’m free! Can’t get me now, suckaaaas! I’m so smart!”

<crosses DMZ>

“Ohhhhhh… shhhiiiiiiiiii….”

I get a kick out of watching the immaculate shiny “pavement princesses” frantically dodging manhole covers. Not even potholes, just those barely perceptible round metal manhole covers that my little Honda Fit merrily rolls over with nary a whimper.

(The actual ranch trucks just nonchalantly barrel over everything, I’m talking about the pristine city-only ones.)

Brief stretches without bus lanes would be a non-issue if drivers would yield to busses like they are supposed to.

I wish I could feel like that all the time.

Bicycle tour leader. Will really lean on the skills you learned in public service, and you will be on a bike all the time. https://www.adventurecycling.org/

There are physical therapists who specialize in CRPS/RSD. It might be worth finding one to work with your knee.

You might get a kick out of this, could bring a little life to your Bible study. http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.org/