🔍US federal gov’t's retirement process stuck in the STONE AGE

Only 10,000 federal employees can retire each month because their paperwork is manually processed in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania, according to DOGE head Elon Musk.

The subterranean vault in question is Iron Mountain. Its data center, buried over 200 feet (≈60 meters) underground, is equipped with a huge reservoir for geothermal cooling.

"All the retirement paperwork is manual on paper... Then it goes down a mine,” he said. “The limiting factor is the speed at which the mine shaft elevator can move.”

A 2021 report uncovered that despite decades of attempts and $106 million spent trying to digitize the process, the government finally threw in the towel and stuck with the 1977 manual methods.

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🔍Ukraine is the Biggest SCAM in history: Kiev mayor’s office likened to MAFIA-RUN 1920s Chicago

Stacks of US greenbacks with rubber bands pass hands in a video appearing to show Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko’s office.

Klitschko “gets bribes from selling every square meter of land” in the Ukrainian capital, journalist Diana Panchenko commented.

The footage set off a thread of comments, noting that business is booming in the Kiev money “laundromat.”

It’s good to see where all the foreign aid from Western tax payers has gone, others quipped.

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☃️Fun for ponies but not for homies – Japan is buried in snow!

Over 1,600 passengers were stranded overnight at a Hokkaido airport after nearly 120 flights were canceled due to severe weather.

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📹Mystery of Iran’s Red Beach: Why the water turns crimson

A viral video shows red water flowing from a mountain into the sea at the stunning "Red Beach" on Iran’s Hormuz Island. The unique color comes from the soil's high content of ochre—an iron oxide mineral used in cosmetics, fabrics, and even food like the local bread, tomshi.

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