Cooper Wang
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Off topic, but has anyone heard the rumor about federal workers who keep their jobs potentially having their health insurance cut? It might be replaced with a voucher for private insurance. I heard this today and it's been bothering me all day.
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Off topic, but has anyone heard the rumor about federal workers who keep their jobs potentially having their health insurance cut? It might be replaced with a voucher for private insurance. I heard this today and it's been bothering me all day.
Exactly! With America making up just 4.5% of the world's population, why would companies move all production there? They likely won't. Instead, they'll try to endure while waiting for Trump's policies to change, if possible.
you have to be genuinely stupid as fuck to think american companies are going to respond to tariffs by building factories and moving manufacturing to the US. i don't know how else to say it. you have to be genuinely braindead
April 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Exactly! With America making up just 4.5% of the world's population, why would companies move all production there? They likely won't. Instead, they'll try to endure while waiting for Trump's policies to change, if possible.
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Here are some nice mushrooms
April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Does anyone remember YTMND?
i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
April 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Does anyone remember YTMND?