Almost 18 and need some financial adcive Hi! i have 2 months until im 18 and i get 10k when i turn 18. im in EMT training right now and when i graduate im going to work for an ambulance company and make about 43k a year (not including overtime) and i get a raise after 6 months. I need some advice of what to do with the money, i want to get a car but michigan auto insurance is insane. W…

Changes to my newsletter Hey, everyone! I just got a notice, the cost to send my newsletter  will increase 150%, mid-December. It’s way too high!  I am working to reconfigure things, to get the cost down. The new cost is based not only on the number of subscribers, but the number of emails sent, monthly. I got on the Source

Amazon to invest another $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon announced today that it’s pumping another $4 billion into Claude AI maker Anthropic, bringing its total funding amount to $8 billion. This latest round follows $1.25 billion last September and another $2.75 billion in March. Along with the money, Amazon wrote in its blog post that Amazon Web Services…

Red Wings fire coach Lalonde, bring in McLellan The Red Wings have fired coach Derek Lalonde and named Todd McLellan as his replacement.

100 Best Protest Songs of All Time – Rollingstone Magazine Heard about this article and list today on The Beat with Ari Melber. He had Chuck D on for additional context. Thoughts. Additions. Subtractions. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-protest-songs-1235154848/ submitted by /u/planeruler

‘Earned Not Given’: Ryan Day jokes about LeBron James playing for Buckeyes The Ohio State Buckeyes coach was asked if the Los Angeles Lakers star could play for the CFP national champions.

O.J. Simpson’s estate to fight $33.5M suit payout The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment stemming from the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman nearly 30 years ago.

The Nails – 88 Lines About 44 Women submitted by /u/DrClawizdead

UF’s Caglianone ties DI record with another HR Florida’s Jac Caglianone homered in a ninth straight game Friday night at Vanderbilt, matching former Nevada slugger Tyler Bosetti for the longest streak in Division I history.

Grappling With Reality In 2024 Dealing with aging, job loss, illness, etc.  Just off the phone with an entrepreneur. We brainstormed his options, given the current conditions. Smart use of time, energy and resources. It’s rough ahead! Quit being gaslit and get yourself together? Related: Adapting To The Gig Economy Do you have a realistic view of of the future?

I offer coaching for a mobile game on Fiverr. I get pretty good orders. I think of setting up my own website where i sell my services. Does this make sense? How high will the costs be for me to get people to see the website? Google ranking etc. Should i just stay on fiverr? . submitted by /u/Head_Hawk4747

how to edit to get this look? how can i edit my photos to have this look? submitted by /u/AssociationObvious56

An Xbox VR headset is on the way, but it’s a ‘limited edition’ Meta Quest How Meta envisions an Xbox-branded VR headset. | Image: MetaMicrosoft is teaming up with Meta to create a limited edition Meta Quest VR headset that’s “inspired by Xbox.” While both Microsoft and Meta aren’t sharing full details on this VR headset, it sounds like it’s simply going to be a skinned Meta Quest 3 (or future unannounced version) that…

Cheese – Hold or Hand Luggage I am flying from the UK to Kuala Lumpur via Doha (3 hour layover). I’ve been asked to take some cheese across for a friend. As far as I can see there is no issue taking cheese into Malaysia, but I’m unsure whether to pack it in my hold luggage or hand luggage. It’s sealed in wax. I’m thinking the either way I’ll put it in a thermal cooling bag. …

Fastest Shutter Speed on Canon SL2/200D? I’m not a professional photographer, so pardon my question. Is 1/4000 the fastest shutter speed I can obtain with my Canon SL2? I didn’t know if there was a hack or a setting I could go into to open up a faster speed option. If not, what are some “old” cameras that have a faster shutter speed? I know there are current cameras available in the $2…

Help!!! My mom is way behind on retirement Mom is immigrant so she does not know, but she is way way behind on retirement. She is 54. She loves to work so Idt she really has a set retirement age. She works at a job that does not offer 401K. She has a retirement account that she only contributes $50 a month so it is nothing. She owns a house ~450K since 2005. She has 70K in her bank. Mayb…

Laid off in Michigan. Never filed unemployment before. My company got acquired and I was part of a round of layoffs. According to the age discrimination section of the exit packet I was given, I was 1 of 43 people to lose their job this pay period. Due to my interest in /r/personalfinance/ I feel somewhat overprepared for this situation, although I’ve never been in it before (I’m 41, and if I’ve eve…

Empathetic Schauffele: ‘Tough spot’ for McIlroy Xander Schauffele said Rory McIlroy will eventually have to answer questions about his U.S. Open mistakes, but he understands why McIlroy is stepping away from the game.

Splitting nyc in two hotels Basically im staying there for 5 nights, then hitting Boston on the weekend to be with friends, and going back to nyc for another 6 nights. Since i already have to pack to go to Boston for the weekend, I can split my nyc stay into two hotels. Everybody says its unnecessary but since I need two hotels anyway, what would be a nice 2-location combo…

Policy for posting work on personal socials Hi! Looking for examples or guidance for a social media policy for employees personal pages. We have the standard ones that cover the basics, but our issue is that we often have employees posting their work on their pages rather than sending the info to marketing to post on the organizations site. I am supposed to put together a document that i…