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S.B.A loan for home repair in disaster zone

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S.B.A loan for home repair in disaster zone Is it wise to take advantage of sba loan in disaster zone? They’ve allowed folks with damage to their homes by Helene to take out low interest loans. Would it be wise to get as many large projects done that were even slightly damaged with these low interest loans? Fence, driveway replaced, etc. The loan officer seemed like he was encouraging m…

Reddit Personal Finance 687 2024-11-07

Project 2025 Would Be A Transportation Disaster

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Project 2025 Would Be A Transportation Disaster The Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership, better known as Project 2025, isn’t exactly new, but it’s been getting a lot more attention ever since “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” released an excellent episode highlighting how cartoonishly awful this blueprint for a theoretical Trump second term actually is.… Read more…

Jalopnik 491 2024-07-19

Extreme heat and Hurricane Beryl make a disaster pileup in Texas

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Extreme heat and Hurricane Beryl make a disaster pileup in Texas A flooded motel is seen after the passage of Hurricane Beryl in Surfside Beach, Texas, on July 8th. | Photo by Mark Felix / AFP via Getty ImagesWidespread power outages in the wake of Hurricane Beryl pose a new threat as temperatures soar in Texas this week. Beryl tore through the Lone Star State yesterday, killing at least six people and knock…

The Verge 646 2024-07-10

Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’

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Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’ Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is about to launch a new AI-powered Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on your PC. Recall is part of the new Copilot Plus PCs that are debuting on June 18th, but experts who have tested the feature are already warning that Recall could be a “disaster” for cybersecurity. Recall is designed to use local AI …

The Verge 515 2024-06-03