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Chiqui Esteban May 19, 2023

f the U.S. defaults on June 1, the first payments it will miss will be military pay and retirement, Veteran's benefits and payments to Medicare providers. Here's all that's at risk, detailed day by day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/18/debt-ceiling-default-deadline-payments/

If the U.S. defaults, will it miss Medicare payments? What about Social Security? See what’s at risk.

A breach of the debt limit would be uncharted territory for the United States

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban May 12, 2023

Please welcome the 'Tinder of debt'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/national-debt-cut-game/

How much would you cut from the national debt? Play our game

Cutting the national debt isn't easy. The U.S. inherited a debt of $31 trillion. Without any changes, it’s projected to grow to a whopping $52 trillion by the end of the next decade.

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban May 11, 2023

George Santos's website described him as a Wall St. financier whose family fled the Holocaust and mother escaped 9/11 and who also found time to rescue cats and dogs.
After he was elected, journalists discovered that most of his biography was untrue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/george-santos-resume-lies/

See the evolution of George Santos's lies in his campaign biography

George Santos’s campaign site was edited to add or change details in his biography. Once his fabrications came to light, many details were removed altogether.

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban May 7, 2023

Europa es rojiblanca (y los otros colores de las grandes ligas europeas).
Sí, también tengo newsletter de fútbol
https://chiquiesteban.substack.com/p/europa-es-rojiblanca

Europa es rojiblanca

La equipación media de cada una de las grandes ligas cambia poco, con una excepción.

Fútbol Innecesario

Chiqui Esteban Feb 7, 2023

I got only one right on this quiz ('transgender') about which President was the first one to include a certain word in a SOTU. That's way below what I should have gotten just by luck.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/state-of-the-union-speech-history-quiz/

Quiz: Which president introduced these words to the State of the Union?

Biden introduced “ironworkers” and “pistol” into State of the Union history in his 2023 address. Can you guess who was the first president to say these other words?

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban Feb 3, 2023

The map of snow winners and losers so far, by Tim Meko and Bonnie Berkowitz of course has DC (and almost the whole East Coast up to New England) as losers. West Texans have seen more snow than New Yorkers!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/02/03/us-snowfall-extremes-map/

From snowy West to snow-starved East, a map of winter winners and losers

In this odd winter for U.S. snowfall, western peaks are loaded but New York and D.C. are nearly bare.

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban Jan 30, 2023

As the U.S. braces for an ice storm this week that will include Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and other southern states, the Post's graphics team built a fake metropolis to show how extreme cold could wreck cities not used to it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/cold-infrastructure-transportation/

This fake city shows how extreme cold impacts transportation and infrastructure

See how frigid temperatures and heavy snow can wreak havoc on everything from a city's hospitals and power grid to its rail and air transportation.

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban Jan 27, 2023

Great story by Luis Melgar, Azi Paybarah and Tyler Remmel looking at how George Santos' about me page in his campaign website has changed since 2020, adding and removing stuff until becoming half of what it was two and a half years ago.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/george-santos-resume-lies/

See the evolution of George Santos's lies in his campaign biography

George Santos’s campaign site was edited to add or change details in his biography. Once his fabrications came to light, many details were removed altogether.

The Washington Post

Chiqui Esteban Jan 25, 2023

I have the weirdest issue.
My Chrome browser is showing me the background of a particular website (and not others) light grey, although is white: it's not grey for anyone else, is white for my on Firefox and others.
I have no idea how to solve this.
Any clues?

Chiqui Esteban Jan 24, 2023

The Post is sending me some less-than-subliminal messages from the homepage.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/spain-remote-work-visa-digital-nomad/

Want to work from Spain? Apply for a new digital nomad visa.

Who’s eligible, how to apply and thoughts on deciding where to live in Spain as a digital nomad.

The Washington Post