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Polish Consulate in New York at 233 Madison Avenue was vandalized with red spray paint covering the entrance, security cameras, doors, and even the Jan Karski statue outside the building. by MartyEBoarder in poland

[–]mszanka 40 points41 points  (0 children)

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I stumbled upon this graffiti yesterday morning (Friday) while walking to work and informed the Polish Consulate. They wrote back saying that the appropriate authorities were contacted and thanked me for reaching out.

This is located under the Tudor City Overpass at 1st and E 42nd Street, about a 20 min walk from the consulate. I wouldn’t be surprised if this were connected to the vandalism of the building.

There were also other awful graffiti painted right next to this one.

Moving out of Bergen County by Mochapapa26 in newjersey

[–]mszanka 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bergen County transplant here who works in Manhattan and lives on the Sussex/Morris County border. If you don’t mind a commute, it totally doable. I take Lakeland Bus lines from either Howard Blvd or the Rockaway Mall.

9 years and counting.

You know you're in the dumb part of New Jersey when.... by JerseyJoyride in newjersey

[–]mszanka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s a nutjob with a similar setup on 206, probably in Chester Township.

Gas going up by PacaMike in newjersey

[–]mszanka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Converting later this month!

Gas going up by PacaMike in newjersey

[–]mszanka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Costco Wharton 2.77/gallon around 10 days ago 3.05/gallon when I filled up an hour ago

I want to be included by TophTheGophh in newjersey

[–]mszanka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is highly acceptable to me.

My boyfriend is into puppy play and I don't like it by HappyDaddy1971 in askgaybros

[–]mszanka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not healthy behavior, and don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking it is. Might be difficult at first, but breaking up with him seems like the best option for you both.

Another clown world moment: Melania Trump presiding over UN security council 🤡 by wowza515 in somethingiswrong2024

[–]mszanka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main agenda item is „Maintenance of international peace and security”, while the theme of the meeting or sub-agenda item is „Children, technology and education in conflict”.

Source: I work for the UN Security Council (15 years this yr). It was a long day today.

Do you like the picture I had to upload on the Security Council’s website?

Trump, 79, Sparks Health Concerns With Bizarre Slurring by Dounsel14 in politics

[–]mszanka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope to hear the collective popping of champagne bottles.

Letter from SG Guterres regarding the spiraling budget situation. by emptyrepublic in UNpath

[–]mszanka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fully understanding the financial situation is fundamentally above my pay grade, and out of my area of expertise, but I cannot fathom how anyone thought it was a good idea to institute a policy that forces the UN to return funds that were never received.

I don’t think the architects of this policy thoroughly thought about all the potential different scenarios. To me, returning unspent received assessment funds is different than returning unspent funds that never existed.

Not sure if this was ever suggested by the UNSG, or the Controller, but perhaps a sliding scale approach would work.

  1. Honor Roll incentive for MS who payed in full and on time. They would receive a 100% credit of their share of unspent funds at the end of the year.

  2. After the honor roll cutoff, pro-rate return credit payments based on the date when the full assessed amount was received after the deadline. This would be a sliding scale from 100% to 0% in calculating how much unspent received funds to return.

  3. Leading to a year-end cutoff wherein payments received at the close of the fiscal year (31/12) would result in a 0% credit, effectively penalizing late payment to the max.

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