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She honed her skills in case files and court scheduling. She knew the quirks of each of her senior partners. "},{"_id":"2JJQPE4SNVAAPGQJRNYQAQ5TVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A year ago, new software rolled in — AI tools that scanned thousands of pages of case law in seconds, summarized legal documents with eerie precision, and auto-generated legal briefs. "},{"_id":"EIL5H5TJH5AHHHQLYAZ7BRGNXM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I loved the AI,” said Tish, “even as I realized it made my job optional. My hours shrank. With two kids heading for college, I had no choice. My former role largely vanished and I took an online course in legal tech, then landed a job where I handle compliance automation.”"},{"_id":"ETWTNBDH3VEJFD4QT5SUXKSLSU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>The wakeup call </b>"},{"_id":"SMFMNMXUWNGJ3AHVA5LJ4LDYOA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The ground under the workplace is shifting. 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In fields where AI software standardizes or digitizes tasks, AI performs the functions entry- and mid-level professionals formerly handled. If your role includes predictable, repeatable duties, automation will touch some part of it — if it hasn’t already."},{"_id":"U3W74HESTNB5BOR3FFC2BEMBRY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Which jobs are most at risk</b>"},{"_id":"KT26HDZK4NH5RETTNTGS2BHQNY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Roles centered on routine tasks — data entry, standard analysis, basic accounting, report generation — are among the most exposed to AI tools that work faster, cheaper and around the clock. Software that can generate summaries, schedule meetings or scan contracts is already doing what many employees once did. "},{"_id":"NU3TGHYKLBEUPDBA5LOKHURB3M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Which jobs are rising? </b>"},{"_id":"HS2JPP3G6VELXKTP2WJCFQIUHM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Demand is rising for professionals who can interpret AI outputs, visualize data trends and pair machine insights with human judgment. Roles such as prompt engineers, machine learning developers and data interpreters are expanding. According to LinkedIn’s 2024 <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/linkedin-news_linkedin-jobs-on-the-rise-2024-the-25-fastest-growing-activity-7153386501580423168-k8ev/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/linkedin-news_linkedin-jobs-on-the-rise-2024-the-25-fastest-growing-activity-7153386501580423168-k8ev/\">“Jobs on the Rise” report</a>, demand for AI-related roles grew by over 150% year-over-year."},{"_id":"U7OFOPO74ZDNRPHYVIZLC5VTWU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But machines can’t replace distinctly human skills: emotional intelligence, critical thinking, leadership, creativity and ethical decision-making. "},{"_id":"QHLTA3NBVJEG3NIE4EQBJ3OSTM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Adapting without starting over</b>"},{"_id":"NYCNKWB5ERB7NP4NRJU6JYQTEI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In a world where AI now drafts reports, analyzes contracts and even answers customer service calls, no job is immune from transformation. But that doesn’t mean you’re out of options. For employees facing uncertainty, the smartest move is to lean into change with a plan to grow forward."},{"_id":"UFGUHQCZ2JF7RKGCJXCBGJT2CY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reinvention doesn’t always require starting from scratch. Often, it means reframing existing experience through a new lens — pairing what you already know with the emerging demands of the workplace. In a world in which AI tools change and improve weekly and monthly, learning how to learn — and applying that ability and agility across changing roles — might be your most important skill. AI won’t take your job, but someone using AI might. The real question becomes: If your role disappears, what’s your next move?"},{"_id":"I7FMC5JM2JFZRDXPZYR44I7XPQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Preparing for a career pivot</b>"},{"_id":"XLMRYEL2LBGDDPJ7LMQOUXAVOM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It’s not about chasing trends — it’s about preparing for career resilience. Here’s how to develop your action plan:"},{"list_type":"ordered","_id":"BTS6FDRPFNHFBNUMFQ56LL4AMQ","type":"list","items":[{"_id":"GBIR3O6LEZBT5HU5QKC7PU3IGU","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Audit your strengths and talents and match them to the potential new and growing fields. Two resources you might find valuable: LinkedIn’s <a href=\"https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/emerging-jobs-report?selectedFilter=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/emerging-jobs-report?selectedFilter=all\">Emerging Jobs Report</a> and World Economic Forum’s <a href=\"https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/\">Future of Jobs Report</a>."},{"_id":"HCQNAM3PHNC7BKTCWXPFPYD3JE","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Develop a hybrid skill set pairing human-centered abilities with tech fluency. Visit AI-related and future-proof skill development platforms, available on Coursera, edX and Udemy. 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She asked for forgiveness, and I took her back.</i>"},{"_id":"VHM2ESNWARCCFCF26RF7VPBH3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Nevertheless, it didn’t work out and, fortunately, we didn’t have kids, so it was easy to finally get out of the situation. I’m happily married now, and I hear she is too.</i>"},{"_id":"T3DF5IZUQVEARCMFTFNPJSD32Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>I discovered some old photos that my mother saved that triggered some unpleasant memories. I contacted my first wife’s brother and sister and told them that their sister was an adulterer who wrecked two marriages, mine and the guy she cheated with.</i>"},{"_id":"SEAPDWGKKJGC7FB2XVRDL7N3QE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>The only person who doesn’t know is her father, who is now an elderly widower. On one hand, I feel he should know the true story of what happened with his daughter and me. On the other hand, I think that it’s enough that the brother and sister know. Should I just drop it and move on? Tell dad the real story?</i>"},{"_id":"WSDC6Y4CJJDQNCISVOZYMZOLAU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>– A Picture and a Thousand Words</i>"},{"_id":"YXT3MBEXUFAR3PJ4LL3T4UGQBM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Dear Picture</b>: If you don’t move on, you’re going to be actively inviting the kind of chaos and unhappiness into your life that you sought to escape by leaving your marriage. So, please don’t continue to tell her family members about what she did. In fact, it’s best if you don’t communicate with her family at all. 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Give yourself the gift of freedom by processing what you’re feeling, finding healthier ways of managing those feelings, and leaving the marriage and its injuries in the past."},{"_id":"G4TIKPV52RDMVE7MVCRKROWC2Y","additional_properties":{"_id":"6OOPP2HKCRFVVL564BIMCKHU6Q"},"type":"divider"},{"_id":"PYSKOQATGRA6HDZDLJTLOHBZPQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i><b>Dear Eric</b></i><i>: Even before the pandemic, I worked a remote job full time from home. However, I have always had to deal with people (friends, family, neighbors, etc.) thinking that “working from home” equals “free to do whatever I want, whenever I want.” I get a lot of requests to “just go out to lunch today” or “let’s have an early happy hour” or “let’s go shopping.” Mostly these come from people who are either (A) retired, (B) have either flexible schedules or (C) are on shift work that does not take place when I am working.</i>"},{"_id":"3JPHJONEYJFFPI4YDPT6JPGZSA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>I am very dedicated to my work and generally, unless I have a medical appointment or something of that nature, I am working. Therefore, in response to these invitations, I have explained (multiple times) that I am working the same eight hours that everyone in an office works – but they don’t seem to be getting it. “You can take off just one hour!”</i>"},{"_id":"O3NQKYS7EFDSFIGRLFUS2FXBME","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>I just keep explaining my hours, but I can’t be the only one going through this, right? What does everyone else say that can’t be construed as rude?</i>"},{"_id":"KHOJKWXHJVH5ZP24Y3XFMXPSJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>– Eight-Hour Day</i>"},{"_id":"NMQZIE6UXBC6NCUP2GV7NXRIGY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Dear Eight Hour</b>: Some light rudeness might be in order because these people are just not getting it and at this point it seems intentional. 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Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story.</i>"},{"_id":"P2HVXADJPJG5JHUKK4R5RRBXSM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743988887539},"type":"text","content":"On April 1, 1974, Oliver “Porky” Bickar and a band of merry pranksters flew smoke bombs, diesel oil, a gallon of Sterno, rags and 70 kerosene-soaked tires to the summit of Mount Edgecumbe at Sitka. He lit them on fire and painted out “April Fools” in 50-foot letters. To those not in on the joke, it appeared as though the dormant volcano was erupting. Bickar called it “<a href=\"https://xn--the%20story%20of%20porkys%20rising%20-%20alaskas%20greatest%20ever%20april%20fools%20day%20prank-4p45d7ckn9a/\" target=\"_blank\">Porky’s Rising</a>,” as on the custom jacket made to commemorate the event. It is one of Alaska’s finest legends. However, it is not the only volcano hoax in Alaska history. The second greatest volcano hoax in Alaska history is less well known, not a part of Alaskan lore in the same way as Bickar’s epic prank, but it is a fun yarn all the same."},{"_id":"QIEA7NRIUBEFZKBNIIPRMQ65YI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743988887540},"type":"text","content":"The second greatest volcano hoax began on March 13, 1957. Harry Groom, a geology professor at what is now the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Pete Russell, a sophomore geology student, were enduring a frustrating day. Mount Vsevidof, a volcanic peak on Umnak Island, was smoking, and the Navy dispatched a plane to investigate. Groom and Russell wanted in on this action and believed they had secured seats on the flight. That afternoon, their participation was abruptly canceled and then reconfirmed. 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Why not “blow this thing up,” take it to another level? So, they began a whispering campaign. Student by student, they spun a tale. Per the Polar Star campus newspaper account, “Word reached the University of Alaska campus of geologic disturbances concentrated heavily in the Brooks Mountain Range. Wien Airlines bush pilots pinpointed the trouble spot. It was Stony Mountain, buried deep within the inaccessible ridges of the wildest mountain range in the wild north, and it was coming apart at the seams. Not, as mountain are want to do, at the top, but at the seams.” In some versions, one of the gashes was a half-mile long."},{"_id":"UOUUOYXAP5BXHBNR5JBGXMYTYA","additional_properties":{"_id":1743988887544},"type":"text","content":"Coincidentally enough, this was the same month when alcohol was banned on campus. Students protested by digging a grave and filling it with a large number of conveniently available empty bottles. 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Groom and Russell were now part of a team selected from the university’s finest, prepping to visit the site. Some expedition members would have to risk their lives and parachute down to the ground to collect lava samples and take measurements. Russell here added another key spin to the hoax. They needed volunteers, Russell said, and anyone who signed on would receive $50 — approximately $600 in 2025 dollars — plus an excused absence from class. In recognition of their bravery and possible sacrifice, jumpers would receive $100."},{"_id":"XKS3SVPKPZFODF5VJY7FS52FJ4","additional_properties":{"_id":1743988887547},"type":"text","content":"The rumors eventually spread off campus. Late that evening, yet another student called a local radio station: “Do you know anything about the reported eruptions in the Brooks Range?” They replied, “So far, that report is unconfirmed,” but added, “There have been other telephone calls about it.” Other frantic calls shook grocery and merchant store proprietors out of bed as worried individuals sought provisions."},{"_id":"HWZGEI23MND5PH2S5LDIXZ6HXU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743988887548},"type":"text","content":"It was a largely sleepless night on campus. No matter the realities of geography, the atmosphere was stricken with apocalyptic fears, or hilarity if you knew the truth of the matter. Depending on who you asked, the Seward Peninsula was now sinking into the sea. The young men and young women parted that evening for their respective dorms. Kisses and promises and surely nothing more were exchanged. The order was for the men to meet at 5:30 a.m. in the Eielson Building, suitably attired for Armageddon. 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The women, locked inside Hess Hall, wondered what the next day would bring. Meanwhile, someone obtained 12 sticks of dynamite. This was the 1950s, after all, a slightly different era in terms of safety standards, in a mining area, and at a school with a heavy mining focus. The perpetrators blasted the dynamite off College Road, easily audible throughout campus. Faces appeared in windows. “There’s lava flowing through the streets!” shouted one woman. “No! What about the things I haven’t done yet,” exclaimed another."},{"_id":"OS4CQCKKKBFDXJIXSPJ2ESU3U4","additional_properties":{"_id":1743988887551},"type":"text","content":"A series of recent events fueled the tensions. Besides the actual smoking volcano in the Aleutians, two different earthquakes had woken area residents less than a week earlier. 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That has raised concerns among immigrant rights’ advocates who have <a href=\"https://www.aclu.org/cases/las-americas-immigrant-advocacy-center-v-noem?document=Complaint#legal-documents\" target=\"_blank\">sued</a> the Trump administration and argued that keeping detainees at the remote center will be <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/politics/migrants-guantanamo-costs.html\" target=\"_blank\">costly</a>, and result in violations of due process rights and humane treatment."},{"_id":"6NKMHLLNUVELPLL3LDQAONYQ5I","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968303},"type":"text","content":"Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, a NANA shareholder and former board member for the corporation, said she was dismayed to read a <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/guantanamo-migrant-jail-akima-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">recent article</a> in The Guardian that discusses that contract and concerns about Akima facing accusations of civil rights abuses at some migrant detention centers."},{"_id":"ZIKDZZT3ENE3JJM4OTA6NWBCZY","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968304},"type":"text","content":"She said this <a href=\"https://alaskapublic.org/news/2018-07-19/for-some-alaska-native-corporations-immigrant-detention-is-big-business\" target=\"_blank\">issue</a> also <a href=\"https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2018/07/24/alaska-native-corporations-are-a-billion-dollars-deep-in-border-control-contracts/\" target=\"_blank\">cropped up</a> in 2018, and she and other shareholders are disappointed to see that it is continuing."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"adn"},"copyright":"Anchorage Daily News","address":{},"syndication":{"search":false,"external_distribution":false},"auth":{"1":"1007371335fcc4819e3ade30b1d0fb96e31c16e4b8da0fc282d0dc373d544517"},"caption":"Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, a NANA shareholder and former board member for the corporation, photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in Anchorage. 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Founded <a href=\"https://www.akima.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Akima-Brochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">30 years ago,</a> the company “supports federal missions on over 2,000 active contracts,” the report says."},{"_id":"OX2N57CD7BBOHECJPZ77EFHDAE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743551751340},"type":"text","content":"Contracts of Akima subsidiaries include creating immersive training environments for special forces and ensuring mission readiness for aircraft, including jumbo jets and Air Force One, the report says. The companies operate satellite systems for the Department of Defense, conduct environmental studies for the U.S. Geological Survey, and maintain critical infrastructure at NASA and other agencies, the report says."},{"_id":"SEOKTCD6CJCR7AUZIVVNFSYOCE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743551751344},"type":"text","content":"Akima, which means “to win” in the Iñupiaq language, pursues benefits under the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program. The program provides contracting advantages to Alaska Native corporations, which have been <a href=\"https://ancsaregional.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2013-ANCSA-Economic-Impact-Report.pdf#:~:text=states%20that%20ANCSA%20Corporations%20are%20classified%20as,of%20whom%20could%20be%20individually%20eligible%20for\" target=\"_blank\">designated</a> as minority and economically disadvantaged. The 8(a) program <a href=\"https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/8a-business-development-program\" target=\"_blank\">allows </a>companies to team up with experienced partners, and pursue large, set-aside or sole-source contracting opportunities with the federal government."},{"_id":"O3AIDQF3I5FUZFCUSGPF5WELEM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968314},"type":"text","content":"The Guardian article, published in February, raised concerns about some Akima subsidiaries and immigrant detention centers."},{"_id":"RKPT2VURCND47LO6G7IRUJTJAI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743727709621},"type":"text","content":"The story said that Akima Global Services runs multiple migrant detention centers, including a detention center in Buffalo<b> </b>and Krome North service processing center in Florida."},{"_id":"GE5QTKGILBD65DY4GQPTYCFP3Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1743727709622},"type":"text","content":"The Guardian reported that:"},{"_id":"K4JCEP64GJHHHGPUL3UTT6CI7U","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968315},"type":"text","content":"• <a href=\"https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_HSCEDM15D00002_7012\" target=\"_blank\">Akima Global Services</a> was faulted for violating use-of-force standards in incidents at Krome North service processing center in Miami, in an <a href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-04/OIG-24-21-Apr24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">audit </a>last year by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General. Guards used inappropriate force on multiple occasions, including a chokehold on a detainee and pepper-spraying another detainee through a solitary confinement door slot, though the detainee didn’t threaten anyone, the audit found."},{"_id":"JP4XS4XMM5F5PKXE3K53YKDADQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968317},"type":"text","content":"• The detention center in Buffalo was the subject of a <a href=\"https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/advocates-demand-investigation-ices-retaliation-and-abuse-against\">civil rights</a> complaint, when immigrant rights groups accused guards of using physical force and solitary confinement to deal with hunger strikers protesting prolonged detentions in cells and an end to free phone calls to family."},{"level":3,"_id":"ISD3OJUZLNHATFKL4JFNWCNEAM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743979142896},"type":"header","content":"Opposition to NANA’s involvement"},{"_id":"5BH5HCLKZFAQHICDWZR3V4DQJA","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968320},"type":"text","content":"Schaeffer, along with two other NANA shareholders, <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/napaaqtuk\" target=\"_blank\">organized</a> a survey last month on Facebook to ask how shareholders viewed the corporation’s involvement in the detention centers, which was <a href=\"https://alaskapublic.org/news/2025-03-28/alaska-native-corporations-shareholders-question-migrant-detention-contracts\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported</a> by Alaska Public Media."},{"_id":"IZ57ZD6XA5FNPGCWOBX4YRGA24","additional_properties":{"_id":1743554047122},"type":"text","content":"“Mostly I’m wondering why we’d even be in this line of work because it goes against everything we are as Iñupiaq,” Schaeffer said, referring to traditional Iñupiaq values."},{"_id":"NBMQWPYKOFDUJKQHZXLTYPERQI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743551751330},"type":"text","content":"Those values are <a href=\"https://www.nana.com/about-us/mission-values/\">spelled out</a> on NANA’s website and in a <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/393248898\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> from Akima."},{"_id":"G2UZL2CNKVHDBGJJNYEBXZ5SEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968323},"type":"text","content":"They include treating everyone with dignity and respect, honesty and integrity."},{"_id":"THL53OFXLJELNNHONITOIM73GQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1743788436068},"type":"text","content":"The survey was small. Over a week, 102 people responded anonymously, all NANA shareholders, Schaeffer said. NANA is owned by more than 15,500 Iñupiaq shareholders."},{"_id":"5FFUY5HHYVHU3G5E2FOX3VOXZQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1743551751334},"type":"text","content":"The survey asked if NANA should allow subsidiaries to operate immigration detention centers and provide services for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement."},{"_id":"VOUPT3IYL5FKFMRQGY2SV7HNT4","additional_properties":{"_id":1743551751335},"type":"text","content":"By far, most<b> </b>said NANA should not let its subsidiaries provide those services. A small minority said it should."},{"_id":"FEJPTDHLVJEMXFQLW5ERJ6MFKA","additional_properties":{"_id":1743789730772},"type":"text","content":"Close to half didn’t know Akima operated immigrant detention centers."},{"_id":"63BT4TMI2RDA7PBAGCWLI4KHKE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968328},"type":"text","content":"The results were presented to the NANA board at the corporation’s annual meeting last month in the village of Shungnak in Northwest Alaska, Schaeffer said."},{"_id":"BLY7N24SSZH77L5G6U6ZPC3GUU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743709968329},"type":"text","content":"Schaeffer said NANA leadership has provided no direct response to the shareholders who organized the survey. She said she and other shareholders plan to press the issue in a letter to the NANA board."},{"_id":"YG2ZYEBNMBCFFD5EEEPWVJJMIM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743788436073},"type":"text","content":"Kat Napaaqtuk Milligan-McClellan, an author of the survey, said she wrote a letter to NANA leadership on this same topic in 2018, urging them not to pursue any contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the future, she said."},{"_id":"Q6Q22FAZPJBTBGB5UJKT3QUIEU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743788436074},"type":"text","content":"“Nothing has changed since then,” she said. “We still have contracts with ICE, even though we know that there have been several issues with Akima and ICE in the past.”"},{"_id":"NQEU6E2B6VE4VCB36ULJZ2VP2M","additional_properties":{"_id":1743788436075},"type":"text","content":"The survey results are reassuring, she said."},{"_id":"X2GW52ORYNBAXIMYAF4DQOJBOA","additional_properties":{"_id":1743788436076},"type":"text","content":"“It was really helpful to know that other NANA shareholders agree that NANA subsidiaries should not be working with ICE, and that the mistreatment of immigrants goes against” Iñupiaq values, she said."},{"_id":"PHWCFCCSHJD7LA2OI4P5OHZCRQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1743551751348},"type":"text","content":"Many survey respondents included statements with their answers. 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Our incomes were similar, and we split the assets almost down the middle. He was a lazy, selfish, philandering husband, but he’s a decent dad. Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career. My income has doubled, while his has remained relatively stable. He doesn’t know what I make now; I know his salary because it’s public information.</i>"},{"_id":"QBMAXFPLNVHMXN6YWVNZ2M5GZ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Our child is headed for college this fall. We agreed in the divorce that all of our kid’s expenses would be split evenly between us. I’ve been saving and have/will have enough for my half of the tuition. However, the kid earned enough in scholarships that I can easily pay 100 percent of their remaining expenses myself. I suspect that even half of the reduced college expenses will be a hardship for my ex. 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Saddling the kid with student loans is not in the cards.</i>"},{"_id":"DVVOPLL6XVAPRGOZPWSZZLBWFE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>Thoughts?</i>"},{"_id":"RCBUOA2V6NDGPDPMJHHU7FJROM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>– Splitting the Bill</i>"},{"_id":"AGIY7UTCEZG73IHUPO6SDK6IC4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Dear Splitting:</b> Option A, I beg of you! Firstly, not all public information is need-to-know information. I’d lump your ex-husband’s salary (and general financial state) as squarely in the Don’t Need to Know category. Thinking through all the angles is kind of you, but we can overstep with kindness, too. Keeping your eyes on your own wallet will be healthiest for you and for the separation."},{"_id":"WWHSPRKPLFBRJH6IPOMEEBCOPM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Secondly, there will definitely be other expenses in your kid’s future. Unexpected Costs is the name of the game in your 20s. 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Did you watch Laura Ingraham’s <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDu9mDjXfqs\" target=\"_blank\">March 18 interview</a> of President Trump on Fox News? Where he claimed Canada was “meant to be the 51st state?” Where he sarcastically called the elected prime minister of a sovereign country that has been our ally for well over a century “Gov. 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Why are you attacking our closest allies instead of defending them? Because you think Trump wants you to? Are you that afraid of the man? I’m really ashamed to find you, Colonel, of all people, crouching low in your trench to keep out of the crossfire. Time to tighten those puttees and charge bayonets. Or at least toss a couple of grenades over the lip of your trench in defense of our allies, our Constitution, and the rule of law."},{"_id":"DQXS6B2WBBDHXHEH2Y7MCPYS2M","additional_properties":{"_id":1743899866192},"type":"text","content":"I would like to hear you — just once — loudly and publicly disagree with the illegal and immoral idiocy that Trump and his entitled billionaire bullyboy Elon Musk spout every day. 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