Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
@msacuthbert.bsky.social
Computers, AI, musicology, medieval, Artusimusic.com — longtime MIT prof, now Honolulu, Hawai’i
Your local supermarket claims Bud is $18/six-pack, but with your loyalty card it's only $8. Should you pay taxes on the $10 saved at the end of the year as income? No! College scholarships work the same way but the new administration wants to tax the discounts.
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Republican Proposal Would Make College Scholarships Taxable Income
Republican lawmakers are considering making college scholarships fully taxable to help pay for continuing tax cuts that mostly benefit wealthy families.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Your local supermarket claims Bud is $18/six-pack, but with your loyalty card it's only $8. Should you pay taxes on the $10 saved at the end of the year as income? No! College scholarships work the same way but the new administration wants to tax the discounts.
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
www.forbes.com/sites/edward...
Pulling the security details from retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and threatening to demote them after retirement -- is that the strong support for our military that was once the Republican party's clearest advantage?
January 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Pulling the security details from retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and threatening to demote them after retirement -- is that the strong support for our military that was once the Republican party's clearest advantage?
Small earthquake felt in Honolulu about 2 min ago.
December 3, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Small earthquake felt in Honolulu about 2 min ago.
Reposted by Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
Very cool: At 4PM today (US EDT), the University of Kentucky will livestream a press event about their project to virtually unwrap the Herculaneum Scrolls. This is a project that PI Brent Seales has been working on for 20+ years and has received funding from both NEH & Mellon. engr.uky.edu/live
LIVE: Announcement on Herculaneum Scrolls Breakthrough
BACKGROUND: The Herculaneum scrolls are among the most iconic and inaccessible of the world’s vast collection of damaged manuscripts. Burned and buried in th...
engr.uky.edu
October 12, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Very cool: At 4PM today (US EDT), the University of Kentucky will livestream a press event about their project to virtually unwrap the Herculaneum Scrolls. This is a project that PI Brent Seales has been working on for 20+ years and has received funding from both NEH & Mellon. engr.uky.edu/live