the whole world burns

A Coder in Courierland

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A programmer who quit his job and became a bike courier. Unrelated, he wrote a book. And has photos on his website of someone eating kittens.

Unemployed Germans forced into sex work

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Well, not quite -- but:

Under Germany's welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job -- including in the sex industry -- or lose her unemployment benefit.

What the devil?

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