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Woman loses appeal over child’s birth certificate after ex-wife had sex with donor
  • Pretty much.

    TLDR; Lesbian couple got a third party to donate via artificial insemination, after a few attempts it didn't seem to work, one of the Lesbians (unknown to her partner) had sex with the third party, and either way a kid came from it. The couple later divorced, they were trying to determine the visitation rights, when it comes out that the child might have been conceived in a manner that wasn't from artificial insemination, thus the non-genetic mother was stricken from the birth certificate. Think it left off on both the mothers and third parties were getting custody or something.

  • All junk
  • It's a lot more rare for sure. Some still do have nice stuff, but it's much, much more of shitshow than it used to be. Unfortunately not many independent thrift stores around me, and the few that are generally have nice deals even less often than goodwill.

  • Who might Kamala Harris pick for VP? Three favorites emerge
  • Amazingly, Cooper (Reagan clone) is actually pretty sane. I'm from NC, and he's probably one of the best governors we have had. Unfortunately, he has served two terms and can't serve another (Josh Stein is the logical next choice, but the Republicans have been running Mark Robinson hard, who is crazy with a capital K, so we'll have to see), and while I doubt he'll be picked as vp, I would absolutely be happy if he was.

  • Joe Biden suddenly cancels speech, tests positive for COVID
  • Per unit time. He's been having some mistakes and they have become more frequent. For example, when he basically planned a press conference to dispute/explain the verbal mistakes he made at the debate with Trump, and proceeded to have the massive one of calling Zylinski "Mr. Putin" about an hour before, causing them to cancel it. Again, he's in his 80s, but it is still pretty depressing to those that aren't supporting him completely due to his opposition to Trump.

  • Joe Biden suddenly cancels speech, tests positive for COVID
  • Yeah, but last time Biden didn't have as many verbal gaffs and was generally viewed in a positive manner due to his connection with Obama. His presidency has been relatively stable (given how much interference from the Republicans during it), but in the last year his popularity has gone down due to his actions over Gaza (he could have loudly and publicly stated he did not agree with the Republicans in congress and boosted his approval ratings easily) and his increasingly worrying speech patterns. I don't actually think he has dementia (more that he's in his 80s), but calling one of our allies the name of their enemy could definitely cause a political issue. I do suspect that a lot of the previous voters will probably still vote Biden, but they would probably vote for any halfway decent politician that opposed Trump. The problem is that some less convinced voters have been berated when asking questions about his fitness for the next 4 years, which does raise the bs alarm. And yes, I know Republicans have definitely been stoking that fire, but if the default response is to deflect then you are going to make those potential voters anxious.

  • Monthly US consumer prices post first drop in four years as inflation subsides
  • While that is a better trajectory, I do kind of have the mildly pessimistic view that a large part of the costs of good going down isn't truly a positive sign for inflation, but the market forcing prices down due to decreased spending. I'm luckily in a decent position financially (my bills are paid, rent, while not cheap, is paid on time), but the cost of pretty much everything has become so much higher with not much of an increase in earning. If the minimum wage were forced up it would probably help, but idk, every person I've talked (in person) about the issue with is pretty negative about the issue.

  • Swiss right seeks to block Eurovision’s ‘celebration of satanism and occultism’
  • The problem as I see it is that those crazy people discovered the internet, and met the other crazies that reinforced the stupid stuff they believed. And when enough of them got together, people started to notice and someone was like, "I can make money off this by making them interact with non-crazies." The first probably was Facebook, but after others saw how profitable it was, they decided to have their own slice of the pie, which in turn made those fringe groups more noticeable.

  • Mushroom ID help

    Found growing in a pot with a hibiscus plant, not entirely sure how it got there but the recent excessive rainfall has made it fruit.

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    Great views

    Went on the Blue Ridge Parkway this week, and had a blast! The Parkway feels amazing with the top down, and all of the curves make for some interesting driving.

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    Best Hat

    I recently took a trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway, and I got something I though y'all might enjoy along the way!

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