With the rise in life expectancy I think this is a new problem, but you’re likely right that it will continue as power is not easily relinquished.
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19·8 days agoI think this is less the legitimacy of the tests but the hypocracy of the admin putting such importance in the thing then retalitating against lower level people when one of their own appointees fail.
Insert “not like this” matrix meme here.
2·19 days agoD+o+c = … 5?
The FBI said the information came from a “sensitive source with excellent access”
So signal not compromised, but a member of the chats was leveraged to share its contents.
8·1 month agoSurprise! Full text does that, too.
Thanks for the link! :-/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/58/text
Stupid bit of text conflating concepts and creating it’s own definitions. Everyone should have abstained.
Every instance I’ve seen with actual details has been improper use of real property tax exemptions. In many states you get a discounted tax rate by declaring your home as your primary residence. If you own several properties you only get the discount on one, which is supposed be the one you live at the most (ie primary residence).
The “fraud” part comes in play if you claim multiple properties as your primary. It’s harder to do that if the properties are in the same state, but it’s easy if they’re in different states since states don’t talk with one another. It’s so easy that it’s often accidental.
We’re talking a few grand a year in tax savings. It’s ripping off your state by under paying and people in these positions should know better so it’s harder to give them sympathy, but elevating what may be an accident to a supposed major scandal is a silly headline making exercise.
And why is this happening? Retribution, of course: first person I recall being attacked in the manner recently was MTG.
393·2 months agoI don’t think that could have been written any harder to understand.
6·2 months agoWell damn. Lead restrictions weren’t Federal law until 1986. TIL.
https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/use-lead-free-pipes-fittings-fixtures-solder-and-flux-drinking-water
Although some areas added local restrictions starting in the 1920’s, industry lobbies kept the things on the market for decades. Ugh.
Nobody in the last century+ has lead freshwater pipes.
That said, some of our underground infrastructure is very old, and those old iron pipes had fittings sealed with lead and oakum.
Water flowing through such pipes have pH and chemicals carefully controlled to avoid that lead corroding or dissolving. The Flint, Michigan disaster was a direct result of not managing water chemistry correctly, but there are hundreds if not thousands of communities at similar risk who are kept safe by water scientists and engineers doing their job correctly.
That said, hot water tanks do accumulate minute quantities of undesirable metals over time, and depending on a wide variety of variables between the water source and your tap it could result in unhealthy levels of things you don’t want to consume.
So yeah, don’t cook or drink from the hot water tap.
5FU is a very common chemo for a variety of cancer types. Increasing it’s effacacy while reducing side effects would be a major win.
7·2 months agoGreat. Originalism cross bred with Catholic theology. Just what the world needs again.
6·2 months agoEasy 24+ hour on a pixel with graphene for me. OP may not tolerate loss of tap to pay functions, though.
13·2 months agoOctober 29, 2024
22·2 months agoIt would have been awesome if true.
On the other hand, giving ink cartridges to a child who doesn’t know what it is would be a wild trick!
Better provocative headlines:
“Trump approval still at 39% despite months of controversies”
“39% of US citizens unaware of fall of nation”
4·2 months agoAegis - TOTP authenticator Audile - recognize music Aurora Store - play store alternative frontend Auto-auto Rotate - remember rotate settings by app DNSnet - lightweight VPN blocklist, ie ad blocker Radiodroid - radio streaming Futo Voice Input - pair with Heliboard for voice diction. Several models to choose from. RoMote - have a roku? Now your phone is a remote control. SmartScan - local LLM to classify and search all your photos.
Time to EDC TP.
That reads as stupid as it was to type.