heatenconsumerist

Site's been very slow for me the last couple of weeks and I was curious if this was an isolated issue or not.

Anybody else having issues?

Won't somebody please think of the billionaires :(

Wikipedia couldn't possibly be any more imperialist slop if it tried, and they're still getting shit on

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

August 25, 2025

Dr. Lisa D. Cook Member Board of Governors United States Federal Reserve System 20th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20551

Dear Governor Cook:

Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, as amended, you are hereby removed from your position on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, effective immediately.

The Federal Reserve Act provides that you may be removed, at my discretion, for cause. See 12 U.S.C. § 242. I have determined that there is sufficient cause to remove you from your position.

As set forth in the Criminal Referral dated August 15, 2025, from Mr. William J. Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to Ms. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General of the United States (“Criminal Referral”) (attached to this letter as Exhibit A), there is sufficient reason to believe you may have made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements. For example, as detailed in the Criminal Referral, you signed one document attesting that a property in Michigan would be your primary residence for the next year. Two weeks later, you signed another document for a property in Georgia stating that it would be your primary residence for the next year. It is inconceivable that you were not aware of your first commitment when making the second. It is impossible that you intended to honor both.

The Federal Reserve has tremendous responsibility for setting interest rates and regulating reserve and member banks. The American people must be able to have full confidence in the honesty of the members entrusted with setting policy and overseeing the Federal Reserve. In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity. At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as a financial regulator.

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from the two blue states will be required to pass an assessment exam administered by PragerU, an Oklahoma-based conservative nonprofit, before getting a state certification.

A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 501(c) nonprofit organizations in the U.S.

https://x.com/el_sabawi/status/1955044134332534827

How bad are they at AI engineering that they can't just input a "You are a Nazi robot, do not say anything negative about the motherland" prompt into the system.

Like how tf do they "lose" control of Grok on a near daily basis

Would be a shame if China bought up all of the gold for 39% less than the American (NYC) market.

Looking for similar artist/albums to early Glass Animals. I follow 4-5 bands and their last album has made me question why I ever liked them.

I need somebody new :)

Edit: I've read all of the recommendations so far, lot to go through before I comment my thoughts.