ImWaitingForRetcons

Ah, but the question is, is this a moral universe? Or an apathetic universe?

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Absolutely - DOGE is illegal, and needs to be reined in, if not flat out abolished - however, unless the congress actually gets its act together, I think the federal government agencies will continue to be gutted.

And to be fair, while DOGE is nothing but a bunch of lying fucks, they are in fact targeting the military too- they’ve demanded the pentagon cut their budget by 8%.

Donald Trump’s Best, Biggest Country in the World, the Biggest, Juiciest Country there is, you know it, folks, No Illegals Allowed, No Fentanyl, All the Guns! And Covfefe!

molecular biologists rolling their eyes

And on a more serious note, considering how much of science is doing admin, attempting to get grants, and data science, almost every scientist is very, intimately familiar with maths.

I don’t remember for certain, it was a while ago, but I believe that Uber penalises drivers who cancel too many rides

Bengaluru, India, set up something similar. It’s called Namma Bengaluru, and it’s usually much easier to get rides here than on Uber or Ola (their local Uber competitor) since all the money goes to the driver instead of having to split it. However, I believe it’s open source instead of a worker owned co-op.

While the republicans are both funded by and work towards the interests of the wealthy, democrats claim to work for the working class while still relying on the wealthy for funding - creating a conflict that keeps magnifying.

Protests only work if they’re disruptive. Otherwise, people just ignore them and move on.

Mangione II?

Even if they didn’t get to play, they still spent the whole day with a smile on their face - that’s more than what most of us can say…