If you know someone providing full time care, reach out to them. Ask them how they’re doing or if you can support them in any way.
Even giving them an hour of rest and recovery can make a world of difference /end
I'm still seeing comments saying, "I don't need the NWS! My weather app is better!" Folks don't understand that that cool app is just a parasite that feeds almost entirely off NWS data. The ignorance is stunning.
Egg production is only down about 4% from last year, but prices have more than doubled.
While the industry blames bird flu, critics are accusing the largest egg companies of price gauging.
They point to the fact that corporate profits have soared in recent months.
Aldi has fresh produce, a variety of meats and seafood, most of the staples, an amazing cheese selection, and fun frozen foods/snacks AND you can leave there with a weeks worth of fresh groceries for under $100. Don’t let weird snobs shame you for feeding yourself
NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
i personally love pasteurization and vaccines. i love modern medicine. i love the world that allowed my mom to have children that all lived to adulthood. i love how we eradicated polio and measles and fucking hpv
Whether LLMs can (or cannot) write well, better or worse than students, is irrelevant. The purpose of writing an essay is not the essay. The essay is how you pursue the goal of learning how to write, learning being the purpose. If you want to learn how to write you must write.
At least 11 federal agencies targeted by the Trump-Musk firings and cuts “have more than 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints or enforcement actions into Mr. Musk’s six companies”
per @nytimes
CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is dismantling USAID, which feeds the poorest children on earth.
This is oligarchy at its worst.
Musk’s actions are not only immoral and unconstitutional, they are counterproductive to our standing in the world.