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Ireland Rolls Out Pioneering Basic Income Scheme for Artists

Ireland Rolls Out Pioneering Basic Income Scheme for Artists

Published by Sam Flores

DUBLIN, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Ireland rolled ‌out ​a permanent basic income scheme ‌for the arts on Tuesday, pledging to pay 2,000 creative ​workers 325 euros ($387) per week following a trial that participants said eased financial strain and ‍allowed them to spend more ​time on projects. Ireland began the three-year trial in 2022 to help artists ​recover from ⁠COVID-19 shutdowns. While similar pilots have been tried in San Francisco and New York, Ireland’s Culture Minister Patrick O’Donovan said the scheme was the first permanent one of its kind in the world. The move will “set Ireland apart from other countries ‌with regard to how we value culture and creativity,” O’Donovan said, launching the ​scheme in ‌the James Joyce Room ‍at Bewley’s ⁠Cafe, a Dublin cultural institution which hosts lunch-time theatre performances. “This is a gigantic step forward that other countries are not doing.” The randomly selected applicants will receive the payments for three years, after which they would not be eligible for the next three-year cycle. O’Donovan said he would like to increase the …

If A Man Can’t Do These 10 Basic Things, He’s Likely A Low-Quality Person | Lori Peters

If A Man Can’t Do These 10 Basic Things, He’s Likely A Low-Quality Person | Lori Peters

Published by Jenni Sidey

I’ve seen and been through it all when it comes to low-quality men. I’ve suffered through not being his priority, all his problems, his promises that as soon as “fill in the blank” changes, we’ll be together.  I could go on and on and on — so many basic things that, in retrospect, signaled there were issues. Is waiting for a low-quality person to change worth it? If he does put more effort into your relationship, will it last long enough for marriage? Let’s take a look at some must-haves for a potential life partner before you even consider saying “yes” and “I do.” If a man can’t do these 10 basic things, he’s likely a low-quality person: 1. Have hard conversations If he avoids tough conversations or just plain won’t do it, get out. I know that seems harsh, but as time passes with bad, weak, or no communication, you will get frustrated. You’ve lived long enough to know that life throws challenges at you, and you don’t want to go it alone. You’re in …

US doesn’t gun down citizens”: Biden says ICE’s actions in Minnesota “betray our most basic values

US doesn’t gun down citizens”: Biden says ICE’s actions in Minnesota “betray our most basic values

Published by Sam Flores

Former President Joe Biden denounced the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, saying that agents terrorizing Minneapolis residents “betrays our most basic values as Americans.” “We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized,” Biden wrote in a statement shared to X. Biden stopped short of naming President Donald Trump directly, but noted that no chief executive has the power to end the American experiment on their own. “Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it’s our own government targeting American citizens. No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we — all of America — stand up and speak out,” he wrote. Start your day with essential news from Salon.Sign up for our free morning newsletter, Crash Course. Biden …

Tesla Kills Autopilot After Storm of Criticism, Paywalls Basic Features

Tesla Kills Autopilot After Storm of Criticism, Paywalls Basic Features

Published by José Betancourt

Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images The concept for Tesla’s driver-assistance system, Autopilot, has been around for well over a decade. Elon Musk’s EV maker has long used the term to describe features like advanced cruise control and auto-steer, all the while admitting that drivers still need to be able to take over at any time. But in light of plummeting sales and shrinking profits, Tesla has killed the feature in the United States and Canada for good. It’s a major reversal after over a decade of Musk making yearly — and flat-out wrong — predictions of achieving fully autonomous, or Level 5, driving “next year.” Autopilot has also been caught up in several high-profile investigations by federal regulators, following hundreds of crashes and dozens of deaths involving the feature. The EV maker has also faced a litany of lawsuits over the software, including a $329 million wrongful death settlement last year. To raise much-needed revenue now that car sales have taken a major hit, the company has instead paywalled most of the basic features. …

Tesla kills Autopilot, paywalls basic safety feature

Tesla kills Autopilot, paywalls basic safety feature

Published by skeptic

Tesla has officially removed Basic Autopilot as a standard feature for new Model 3 and Model Y orders in North America, effective immediately. The move forces buyers to subscribe to the $99/month Full Self-Driving (Supervised) package to access lane-keeping capabilities that were previously free. It appears to be a somewhat desperate move amid demand and profit headwinds. What is changing for new Tesla buyers? For nearly seven years, Tesla included “Basic Autopilot” on every vehicle. This suite consisted of two main features: Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC): Matches the speed of the car in front of you. Autosteer: Keeps the vehicle centered in the lane. Under the new 2026 pricing structure, Autosteer has been removed. New vehicles will now only ship with Traffic-Aware Cruise Control. Buyers who want the vehicle to steer itself on highways must now pay for the software that was once standard. Advertisement – scroll for more content This pricing adjustment comes just weeks after Tesla announced it will stop selling FSD as a one-time purchase in February, pivoting entirely to a subscription-only model. By removing the free tier of Autopilot, Tesla creates a “gap” …

3 Basic Life Skills Every Millennial Learned By The Age Of 12 | Dr. Gloria Brame

3 Basic Life Skills Every Millennial Learned By The Age Of 12 | Dr. Gloria Brame

Published by Jenni Sidey

Millennials helped chart our digital social territory. Having gained the ability to use paper and pen at a young age, they went on to program the code that radically influences our social sphere to this day. Parents of Millennials may not have had the tech-savvy of their kids, but they had the desire to own the technology. So having Millennial kids around had an added benefit. By 12, most Millennial kids who had access to technology were socially primed to take control of all the household digital advances. Long before the days of AI-generated 24-hour online tech support chatbots, we just called in the local Millennial kid to figure out how to set an Away Message on AIM Messenger — if you know, you know. Here are 3 basic life skills every Millennial learned by the age of 12: 1. How to get around using a real map, not GPS simona pilolla 2 via Shutterstock One of my relatives worked for Rand McNally, so I had my choice of maps, and I loved looking at …

Sharon Stone Talks Taylor Swift, ‘Basic Instinct’ in F-Bomb-Filled Speech

Sharon Stone Talks Taylor Swift, ‘Basic Instinct’ in F-Bomb-Filled Speech

Published by Daniella Wilson

When Sharon Stone walked up on stage inside the Sofitel hotel Friday night to accept a career achievement honor during the Astra Awards, she immediately turned her attention to “the kids” who questioned who she was and why she was at their table. “Someone came over and said, ‘Who are you and why are you sitting here?’” the veteran star explained before quoting herself from the clips reel that just played. “As she said, ‘Fuck you.’” Though she said it with a smile, that should give you an idea of how the next nine minutes of Stone’s acceptance speech went. It was a “fuck”-filled address that covered everything from Basic Instinct to Taylor Swift and seemed designed to inspire actors and artists to go after their dreams, be a “decent person” and get to work. “Fame without awareness, success without purpose is pointless,” Stone said at the top of her remarks after calling out her tablemates. “It’s really interesting because I wasn’t the first person they offered Basic Instinct to but I was the person …