One Sick Vet
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‘We believe the first phase of the Return to Tangibles secular theme, where investors wake up to the new market regime, is ending and the next phase is dawning as geopolitics, inflation, fiscal health and elevated rates put real assets at the forefront.’ sarmayakar.substack.com/p/return-to-...
This is an excellent article about what has been happening with federal funding for scientific research.
These 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under Trump
Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research.
npr.org
Today is Jim Henson's birthday! Born this day in 1936. Why not celebrate by hanging out with your weirdest, funniest and most creative friends?
i will NOT be doing that. see you all in portland in 8 hours or something. or in greenland. or in hell.
we're boarding now. a gate attendant literally screamed at us to board by boarding group... and a hundred people just laughed in her face. we have formed a self-governing society at this point and her attempt to order us around is oddly funny
i've always wanted to visit iceland sure wish i hadn't been holding that monkey's paw when i said it
89 groups, including the AFL-CIO, AFT, and NAACP, asked Congress for an emergency hearing on student loan servicing errors: wrong bills, false past-due notices, and lost PSLF credit. #StudentLoans #PSLF
89 Groups Ask Congress For Emergency Hearing On Student Loan Servicing Errors
89 groups, including the AFL-CIO and AFT, urge Congress to hold an emergency hearing on student loan servicing errors, PSLF losses, and SAVE confusion.
thecollegeinvestor.com
ALT TEXT: Calling a forest "undeveloped land" is such a strange way to describe it. Nothing is undeveloped about it. It's an ecosystem doing exactly what it's supposed to do.
In contrast Vought and Kratsios have largely killed NSF and its decades-long mission of funding the best discovery science. “For many U.S. scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the agency they know and loved died on 10 Sept.”
NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
science.org
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
nytimes.com
More importantly, we can prove that there is little fraud in these programs. The real issue is that creating administrative burdens on top of administrative burdens in the programs results in individuals who are totally entitled to benefits losing those resources. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39327781/
Rationing Rights: Administrative Burden in Medicaid Long-Term Care Programs - PubMed
Administrative burdens impede disabled people's efforts to exercise their right to live in the community as afforded to them under the American with Disabilities Act. The opaqueness and associated burdens with waiver programs are a way to conceal these burdens, thereby demonstrating how burdens "nea …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BREAKING WaPo: JD Vance and admin officials are set to announce that they're removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage — claiming that they were fraudulently enrolled in the program, according to three people with knowledge of the forthcoming announcement.
Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud
Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.
washingtonpost.com
When they dub the Star Wars films in other languages do they fuck up Yoda's sentence structure in a manner reflecting the dubbed language, and also is there a language where Yoda's fucked up sentence structure is the one that's correct and it's everyone else's sentences that suck
We're going to see more of these bogus stories trying to rehabilitate the image of DOGE bros who happily did massive damage. The premise of "oh we really thought we were helping" is a lie.
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 3d agoSad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Thinking about how important the midterm elections are. Please vote.
Ba-dee-ya Saye, dost thou remembir? Ba-dee-ya Daunsing yn Septembir Ba-dee-ya Nevir were ther clouds that daye!
My personal rule is, always vote. Pick the least worst candidate. Pick the best referendum answer. The worst people don’t want you to vote. Vote
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 3d agoI keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.
The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”
thedartmouth.com
Air to Ground Message: DISPGND CNTL SAYS A CONSTRUCTION CREW WITH AN AUGER ACCIDENTALLY CUT A BUNDLE OF ABOUT 400 ATC CABLES...OOPS. Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Airbus A321neo A: #a73d46088f6 F: #f65c3225273
These guys are wreckers, and it's a lot faster to smash stuff than it is to build or rebuild.
FAA ISSUES GROUND STOPS AT NEW YORK JFK, LAGUARDIA, BOSTON AIRPORTS AS FALLOUT FROM TELECOM ISSUE WIDENS
Trump Accounts are a student asset on the FAFSA, assessed at 20%. A parent-owned 529 is assessed at 5.64%. On a $25,000 balance, that's $5,000 vs. $1,410 in lost aid per year. Here's the full comparison with 529s and UGMAs. #FAFSA #TrumpAccounts #CollegeSavings
Trump Accounts Count As A Student Asset On The FAFSA
Trump Accounts are a student asset on the FAFSA, assessed at 20% like a UGMA. Here's how that compares to a 529 plan and what it costs in aid.
thecollegeinvestor.com
I’ve been told this too, from UN sources - the US will sanction the #ICC as an institution this week, & that they have considered designating the Court as a terrorist or terrorist supporting body. All for Netanyahu (and Putin). States that believe in the rule of law must denounce this lunacy.
I was not prepared for the indignities that come with aging/chronic illness.
as a PSA: Chewy returns have been enshittified I just had to return something, and it is no longer a smooth process Label and ship it, fine Verify that it's arrived, fine 5-7 days for Chewy to "process" the return in house Then 3-5 more days for the money to return to my bank
