matte jones

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EA's annual Ebitda is around $1.5 billion, which should be enough to service the interest payments. But the publisher has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million in annual costs including $170 million in "organizational efficiencies," per Bloomberg. In other words: mass layoffs

here. question of etiquette. i've been shortlisted for some, basically, "good at social media" accolade. but i've never heard of the agency putting it on, and i suspect you lot haven't either. my question is: how much of a big deal am i supposed to make this.

advise not ever checking this personally because you'll drive yourself insane: some jammy bellend who has almost certainly forgotten they even have an account won £50,000 on the premium bonds off £20 in the account

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House House's Big Walk is equally smart as their Untitled Goose Game in the way it wields its silliness, similarly playful and exuberant, and stuffed with innumerable delightful little touches. Otherwise, it's not much like Untitled Goose Game at all. Our review: https://bit.ly/3RFnP49

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so funny to return to console exclusive games at exactly the most expensive conditions to produce and sell consoles. it's like if the mayor from jaws wanted to open up the beach BECAUSE there was a shark.

It's boring and expensive but infrastructure is the best way to deal with the future. Water companies should have been building reservoirs, but they've been loading up with debt and paying dividends. Nationalise, build, and prepare for this being what summer is now.

Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown

Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfall

theguardian.com

You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant

'“When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’
Rates of conditions such as ADHD and autism seem to be ever growing, but some adults diagnosed in childhood are happy to be free of their labels”

Excerpt From
“‘When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’”
The Times and The Sunday Times
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If we’re discussing covid, back in August 2020 the Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak, introduced a programme that subsidised £850m for people to congregate in enclosed spaces and get infected with the disease that killed people, then the state broadcaster depicted him as a superhero