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we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate

submitted 19 hours ago • 1258 comments

A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college…

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Gemini offered to draw a diagram of the transition state of an SN2 reaction. Like a fool I asked it to go ahead!

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

headline construction masterclass

submitted 3 days ago • 492 comments

Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse

submitted 3 days ago • 7376 comments

According to this paper, the removal of mask mandates in schools in early 2022 is responsible, through spillover infections, for nearly 22,000 deaths that year alone—9 percent of all American COVID mortality in 2022.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules. It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.

submitted 3 days ago • 553 comments

“Domino's customers who order by phone in Atlanta, for instance, are likely to reach an AI assistant that speaks with a Southern accent…[Domino’s] has also developed a voice that speaks using African-American Vernacular English.”

submitted 4 days ago • 53 comments

A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37B in potential legal liability from 11 fed agencies as of Inauguration Day. As he exits, these agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?

submitted 5 days ago • 142 comments

If you were wondering how DOJ civil rights investigations get started these days: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

submitted 5 days ago • 173 comments

Things that are important: -How much of the federal government Musk was able to destroy in four months -The impact this had on people's welfare and lives -Which parts of the federal government proved resilient Things that are not important: -How Musk feels about Washington

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

Every time Chris Cillizza trends, I remember these tweets.

submitted 6 days ago • 252 comments

“defaced” lol they left a note on it

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Oh, I'll bet they are. * INDIA STUDYING IMPACT OF U.S. COURT DECISION ON TARIFF DECISION -- INDIA TRADE MINISTRY SOURCE @reuters.com

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

Hey Savanah, vete a la mierda! 🖕

submitted 7 days ago • 400 comments

My wife, a now long-retired management consultant, used to have a general rule "A company can't cut its way to profitability." While cuts to people and programs may be necessary immediately, it's only by growing revenue that a company can return to profitability. The same thing goes for governments.

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