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1. Savings-focused finance account I follow on X talks about how he’s getti... 
 @86ee8b2c there's a great bit in craig ferguson's "riding the elephant" memoir where he talks about getting divorced in california. after getting half, the ex-wife also gets 40% of the man's gross earnings for half-as-many years of however long they were married.

so, say you're married six years. your ex-wife gets 40% of whatever you earn (pre-tax lol) for the next three years after the settlement. can't knock the commies! they get things done. 
 nostr:npub1a0qxpztc73n47hp37wxfqt6thaakt97seu7satuv7uz65mnlq37sxu3tmr nah, they're gay as shit 
 @60d98082 @ebc06089 This music video remains the closest approximation to how entertainment really works, IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZaHf8RP6g 
 nostr:npub1a0qxpztc73n47hp37wxfqt6thaakt97seu7satuv7uz65mnlq37sxu3tmr are they still retired? 
 @7502a322 @ebc06089 They're still making music—Banghalter helped produce (at least some of) Arcade Fire's album Everything Now.

Julian Casablancas gave a funny update a couple years ago when he was asked about them and he said de Homem-Christo had really gotten into aliens.