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Many preppers devote their resources, time and effort to their home gardens to provide food for their family or to sell fruits and vegetables at the farmers’ market. Before SHTF, it would be wise to protect your garden from looters and intruders so your hard work doesn’t go to waste. If you’re not sure where

Amid high inflation and rising prices, more and more Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. A study in November 2022 showed that 63% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. While expectedly this figure largely includes lower-income households, even higher-income individuals are struggling; 47% of individuals earning more than six figures are living paycheck to

No brownie points — Heres why slashing insulin prices will actually save Big Pharma money The cuts will kick in just as a federal cap on Medicaid payments is eliminated. Beth Mole – Mar 14, 2023 10:25 pm UTC Enlarge / In this photo illustration, insulin pens manufactured by Novo Nordisk are displayed on March

Green Check Verified (GCV), a fintech provider of compliant cannabis banking solutions and services, recently completed a $6 million Series A funding roundled by Mendon Venture Partners. The news comes on the heels of the companys launch of Green Check Connect of GCC – a new marketplace enabling marijuana-related businesses to find reliable financial service

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness. This story also ran on The Press Democrat. It can be

Last week, a state court in Minnesota ruled that USA Powerlifting must allow Jaycee Cooper, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, to compete in the female division in USAPL competitions. Readers of this site can probably guess my general opinions on this ruling transgenderism and trans-identifying athletes are just one of the

That’s just not natural — All the ways the most common bit of climate misinformation is wrong We’ve looked at natural cycles and causes. None of them can produce this warming. Howard Lee – Mar 15, 2023 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / Is it natural, or is it us? (It’s us.)Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images reader comments

Amid high inflation and rising prices, more and more Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. A study in November 2022 showed that 63% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. While expectedly this figure largely includes lower-income households, even higher-income individuals are struggling; 47% of individuals earning more than six figures are living paycheck to

generative pre-trained transformer news — OpenAIs GPT-4 exhibits human-level performance on professional benchmarks Multimodal AI model can process images and text, pass bar exams. Benj Edwards – Mar 14, 2023 6:47 pm UTC EnlargeArs Technica reader comments 163 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit On Tuesday, OpenAI announced

BlackRock Inc BLK is reportedly selling its robo-advisory company FutureAdvisor to Ritholtz Wealth Management. What Happened: FutureAdvisor informed retail clients that the New York-based Ritholtz will acquire it, reported Insider, citing an email sent to clients. Ritholtz confirmed the companys acquisition but did not disclose the details of the deal, according to the report. After

No brownie points — Heres why slashing insulin prices will actually save Big Pharma money The cuts will kick in just as a federal cap on Medicaid payments is eliminated. Beth Mole – Mar 14, 2023 10:25 pm UTC Enlarge / In this photo illustration, insulin pens manufactured by Novo Nordisk are displayed on March

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosis message at the annual South by Southwest festival could be summarized in three words: Follow the money. Pelosi uttered that specific phraseand similar versions of itseveral times during her interview with Evan Smith, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, as part of the magazines Future of Democracy summit this morning

The world has gone mad, but in a beautiful touch of irony, an annual college basketball tournament known for its own brand of mayhem is here to offer us some relief. March Madness has always been a huge distraction for me. When I was an elementary-aged homeschool student and that first Thursday morning slate of

As retail traders continue to exert their influence on the markets, the brokerage landscape is turning ever more competitive. In some ways, what were seeing is an accessibility arms race, where the offering of exchange-traded securities and derivatives is increasingly being tailored to beginners and smaller investors. The idea is to make access to these

generative pre-trained transformer news — OpenAIs GPT-4 exhibits human-level performance on professional benchmarks Multimodal AI model can process images and text, pass bar exams. Benj Edwards – Mar 14, 2023 6:47 pm UTC EnlargeArs Technica reader comments 163 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit On Tuesday, OpenAI announced

In the early 2000s, lots of banks offered a variety of rewards for debit cards – it was the status quo. However, the federal government enacted the Durbin amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010 which effectively reduced the rewards for debit card use. While the amendment added more protection for consumers, debit card rewards

Google Cloud is still in the red, you know… — Google Workspace launches annual plans, 20% price increase for monthly users Higher prices are live for new users; existing user prices increase next month. Ron Amadeo – Mar 14, 2023 10:45 pm UTC EnlargeGoogle reader comments 49 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share

Teen shot on Upper West Side, nearby shootings connected: NYPD Police are investigating after a trio of shootings on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, including one that saw a school placed on lockdown after an injured victim ran inside. Police say the shootings are all related and connected to gang activity. “It’s scary because

America’s recovery from the Great Recession over a decade ago wasn’t as smooth as many hoped. And things took another turn for the worse with theWuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This should be a sign for preppers to get ready for something like an economic collapse.(h/t to AskAPrepper.com) After experiencinglockdowns, the combination of ongoing shortages and

Jeremy Hunt will on Wednesday announce billions of pounds to boost business investment and measures to bolster Britain’s workforce, including a big expansion in free childcare, in a “Budget for growth”. The chancellor has pledged that business will be the main beneficiary of any tax cuts in his Budget, but he is constrained by a