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20% of Colorado uses Medicaid/chip, which is going to be cut. Use @5calls.org to call your representative and complain.

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He comes right out and says it. "I hope my Hispanic friends... I mean colleagues aren't going to..."

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All of this is a good reason why tipped wages are bad for everyone involved. Restaurant patrons don't know that employees are being paid properly and don't know the true cost of their meal and employees don't know what their wages will be. leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1...

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Pretty cool 'Dr Tiago Dias da Costa, a bacterial pathogenesis expert at Imperial and co-author of the study, added: “It’s about 10 years of research which was condensed in two days by co-scientist.”' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Be aware if you use signal. I use signal not because I have anything important to communicate but to provide cover traffic for those who do.

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I thought public/private partnerships were in vogue? Indiana proposes cutting literacy due to Medicaid shortfall "The program, credited with improving Indiana's child literacy ranking, is currently funded 50% by the state and 50% by local organizations." www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/l...

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I used to think about Rome every day, but then I......uh? What was I talking about? www.wsj.com/science/envi...

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Who could have guessed that "Russia, Russia, Russia" was a promise.

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So good to see this

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"It certainly looks like it was access “without authorization” that the CFAA punishes because there was no authorization that this particular status as a White House employee could endow him with to entitle him, or his delegates, the access they took."

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The fact that the manufacturer is listed as "generic" has me a little worried.

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“We’re more hopeful with Trump, at least he is a God-fearing man and anything he does will be more than we had from the last administration,” said David Carson, 75, a landowner in Barnardsville who said he received more than $40,000 from Fema. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Texas is moving on from the Waco Siege to the Wacko Liege www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Damn, they're all "thinks about Rome daily" types. "He argues that a robust understanding of the Constitution requires being steeped in ancient sources and theories about natural law, divine law and Roman law" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...

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Seems like a bad move if you actually care about funded, efficient government. The seasonal employees are saying "why suffer until May 15". I imagine tax processing will be very slow this year & non-existent the next. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

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I forgot that RFJ Jr played Leland in Twin Peaks.

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People rightly complain about all the hype on LLMs, but it's important to know that the general AI techniques are having huge impacts in other parts of science. This article describes the of deep learning for enzyme design. www.geekwire.com/2025/researc...

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"...those consequences are not inevitable even though Trump and Musk and their allies want you to think they are" Some solace on a bad day.

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We should bring back para-beavers for forest restoration en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...

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