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These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
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Read Brian Krebs on Big Balls, the guy who just got access to one of America's key cybersecurity entities.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...
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I get that a lot (for that very reason) 😂
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Can’t help ya on the grits. This southern boy ain’t a fan. Shocking, I know! 😂
As for sausage (bacon, bologna, whatevs)… cast iron is your friend. At least, it’s my go to.
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Eggs were my weak point all my life. I cheated and got a non-stick pan for nothing but eggs. Sam the Cooking Guy finally got it to sink in that low and slow is the key to good eggs. Now we usually split one of my omelettes for breakfast. 😁
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A stupidly basic thing that keeps getting lost here is that non-defense discretionary spending is a relatively small portion of the federal budget. Slashing the federal workforce tosses a bunch of people into unemployment but doesn’t ultimately save that much money as a percentage of the total.
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In the way that parliamentary systems have things be "tantamount" to a vote of no confidence, this should be seen as tantamount to a vote to dissolve the Senate
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THIS is why Democracy is failing. The majority of Congress thinks they’re untouchable so they’re enabling this shit show. The other two branches of government have already failed us. Democracy is right around the corner.