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(Translation of excerpts taken from this article): "Almost 6 out of 10 Argentinians are poor [...]. The number skyrocketed after President Javier Milei began his presidency: the rate went from 49.5% in December, to 57.4% in January, with over 3.5 million new poor people (data provided by UCA). These represent the worst numbers since the "corralito" crisis in 2002, far above those from the first semester of 2023 when the poverty rate was 40.1%. In total, there are about 27 million poor people in a country with a population of 46 million inhabitants." "The reason for the current deterioration is simple: Income is growing at a much slower rate than that of inflation, and the breach expands exponentially. In 2023, prices went up by 211.4% and salaries went up by 152.7%. In January, the monthly inflation was 20.6%, and the year-on-year inflation was 254.2%, the highest in the world." "The situation is especially difficult when it comes to the groceries. Food prices went up by 300% over the last 12 months [...]." The article goes on to describe the current situation that millions of people face and the rise in destitution rates (up to 15% now). Milei himself has already said that it'll continue to get worse (!) but denies having any responsibility, blaming past governments for the current situation.

EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500mn penalty over music streaming Financial Times / Javier Espinoza / February 18, 2024

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Tensions between the two Caucasus neighbours have remained high since Baku re-captured the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh last September in a lightning military offensive. "Our analysis shows that Azerbaijan wants to launch military action in some parts of the border with the prospect of turning military escalation into a full-scale war against Armenia," Pashinyan said at a government meeting. "This intention can be read in all statements and actions of Azerbaijan," he added. Yerevan is concerned that Azerbaijan, emboldened by its success in Karabakh, could invade Armenian territory in order to create a land bridge to its exclave of Nakhchivan. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who won re-election this month, said in an inauguration speech Wednesday it was Armenia, not Azerbaijan, that had outstanding territorial claims. Pashinyan and Aliyev previously said a peace agreement could have been signed by the end of last year, but internationally mediated peace talks have failed to yield a breakthrough. On Tuesday, both sides accused each other of opening fire on their volatile border, in a skirmish Armenia said left four of its soldiers dead. Source

@:54 The way this MF is smiling through the entire statement and when he says "I can only imagine if it happened during the 11:00 service...if there's anything good of it, she didn't get in there and do a lot worse." Like wtf?!

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and DALL·E/Bing Image Models, announced their first text-to-video model named Sora! Examples below:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/14/russia-is-preparing-to-launch-nuclear-weapon-into-space/ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-plans-brief-lawmakers-house-chairman-warns/story?id=107232293

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3TkhmivNzt/ what do we think?

Singer Cat Janice Signs Off Song Rights to Her 7-Year-Old Son (modernparenting-onemega.com) It debuted at #37 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart

https://www.euronews.com/2024/02/10/hungarys-president-resigns-over-child-sexual-abuse-scandal

She posted this on her "Threads" which is disgusting.

Trans woman sues boyfriend to get testicles back (detroitnews.com)