they are not real businesses in the insurance sense. its all federal money for flood insurance. they're just servicers kinda like mortgage originators.
why is the federal gov doing this? let Texas and Florida die if they cost that much. their bad people just fuck everything up and the real estate seems destined for trash in 50 years.
Scary this has to explained but this is a good eli5.
I think you’re allowed to listen to every song on the open internet too.
its not a totally international sign of distress to fly a flag upside down. half of all Japanese flags are flown upside down everyday.
they think the shipping company owns it's cargo?
holy shit. I've been getting alerts about it, but that video is so much worse than I imagined.
Mike Pence is a national hero. he knew about these and said he wouldn't accept them even if delivered. he stood strong when thousands outside wanted to lynch him. As much as I don't agree with him, he is a true patriot. I don't think he gets enough credit. without his backbone we would be in an even crazier place.
This American Life had a good segment about a content moderator at Twitter
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/797/what-i-was-thinking-as-we-were-sinking/act-two-7
Like the main content moderator who quit.
Note it's 30+minutes and takes a little while to get to Twitter, but it includes reported interactions with Musk.
It talks about the election group of moderators.
I love going to art museums and eating the paintings.
this goes into it a bit and is a good listen in general. https://overcast.fm/+AAyIOzvst0E