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time.com The Scathing Details of George Santos' Ethics Report

The House Ethics Committee found that Santos spent campaign funds on Botox treatments, designer goods, OnlyFans, and Atlantic City trips.

The Scathing Details of George Santos' Ethics Report

Lots of good details in there but the highlights:

>Santos funneled at least $200,000 to his personal bank account from RedStone through a series of transactions in 2022. Some of those funds, according to the report, were allegedly utilized to settle personal credit card debts and indulge in luxury purchases at establishments such as Hermes, Sephora and OnlyFans, the website known for its adult content.

>Santos inflated six personal loans he made to his own campaign that were reported at $81,250, when in reality they totaled just $3,500

>use of more than $2,000 in campaign funds at a resort in Atlantic City, more than $3,000 on an Hamptons Airbnb's, and travel and hotel charges in Las Vegas that corresponded to the time when he told staff members he was on his honeymoon. His questionable campaign spending also included $6,000 worth of luxury goods at Ferragamo stores, $1,000 in ATM withdrawals, $800 at a casino, and money to pay his rent.

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Old School Cool @lemmy.world nbafantest @lemmy.world

Grandpa and his mom, smoking while in his uniform

Grandpa recently passed away and I found this pic of him smoking. I didn't know he smoked. My grandma made him stop before she would marry him.

This is probably around 1955.

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We're Going to Die Here

www.theatlantic.com ‘We’re Going to Die Here’

A firsthand account of tragedy and heroism from the slaughter that left more than 900 Israelis dead

‘We’re Going to Die Here’

This isnt NSFW, but does contain accounts of a family hiding for 10+ hours in a safe room while terrorists invade the outside community.

Probably the least NeoLiberal post, but it has some good insights into a liberal Israeli's political views and the future.

Bibi is going to have like 100% approval and simultaneously 0% approval.

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The Big City Where Housing Is Still Affordable

web.archive.org Opinion | The Big City Where Housing Is Still Affordable

Tokyo has succeeded in maintaining an abundance of affordable housing because it has no downtown, many railroads and laws that make it easy to build.

Opinion | The Big City Where Housing Is Still Affordable
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Berkeley rents fall amid construction boom

darrellowens.substack.com Berkeley Rents Fall Amid Construction Boom

The city's government rental registry reveals that rent controlled apartments are declining in price as Berkeley undergoes a housing boom.

Berkeley Rents Fall Amid Construction Boom

More evidence that building housing makes housing more affordable

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Strong Towns: New Zealand’s Legalization of Incremental Housing Is Bearing Fruit

www.strongtowns.org New Zealand’s Legalization of Incremental Housing Is Bearing Fruit

New Zealand has proven what stateside housing advocates have been theorizing for years: Loosening restrictive zoning rules can increase housing supply and stabilize rents.

New Zealand’s Legalization of Incremental Housing Is Bearing Fruit

Summary: The “downzoning” of the 1970s and 80s and resultant single-family zoning across the island nation in many ways mirrored the suburban development pattern visible across the U.S.

However, when an 11% spike in population between 2013 and 2018 strained supply in Auckland, the nation’s largest city by both population and landmass began reevaluating where it was headed. The city’s home prices doubled between 2009 and 2016, Business Insider reported. “People even began to pay hundreds of dollars a month to rent garages in Auckland without bathrooms or kitchens.”

Unwilling to continue down this path, Auckland turned to incremental development. In 2016, the city upzoned approximately three-quarters of its residential land area under the Auckland Unitary Plan, legalizing duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes on single-family lots.

The number of construction permits issued more than doubled. “New housing units permitted have increased every year since the policy was enacted, with all of these increases occurring in the city’s upzoned areas,” a 2021 research paper by Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, the Director of Economic Policy at the University of Auckland, stated.

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www.foxnews.com Elderly driver plows into Los Angeles car dealership dragging customer 20 feet to her death

Los Angeles officials say that an elderly woman accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes outside a car dealership on Wednesday morning, driving into the building and leaving one dead.

Elderly driver plows into Los Angeles car dealership dragging customer 20 feet to her death

It's my god given right to drive a 5,000lb vehicle. Any attempt to make sure I'm fit to drive this safely is an assault on my god given rights.

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www.strongtowns.org Five Cities That Repealed Parking Mandates in 2023 (So Far)

In recent years, a rapidly growing number of cities across North America have begun repealing harmful, wasteful parking minimums. Here are a few highlights from the first half of 2023.

Five Cities That Repealed Parking Mandates in 2023 (So Far)
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Way to block entire instances?

I'm not a big porn user, but I get an absolute ton of posts from lemmy.nsfw

It's clearly all porn, is there a way to block the entire instance with voyager? All I see are block communities.

I also don't want to block all nsfw posts

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[Adrian Wojnarowski] The 76ers are matching Paul Reed’s three-year, $23M offer sheet with the Jazz, sources tell ESPN.

The 76ers are matching Paul Reed’s three-year, $23M offer sheet with the Jazz, sources tell ESPN. Per sheet’s terms, Sixers must guarantee last two years of Reed’s deal if they win the opening round of playoffs this season.

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