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iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•US Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States
6·1 year agoSo the Republican plan is cutting off your nose to spite your face? I’m sure voters will love that. Wonder how many of those projects are in swing states.
Also does the executive branch actually have the power to cancel these grants? I doubt it.
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•State superintendent calls for Turning Point USA chapter at every high school in Oklahoma
2·1 year agoSpends the 3rd lowest in the country per student on k-12 education?
…maybe this is actually a trick to get adults they don’t have to pay to watch the kids for a while
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Military says it will ‘continuously’ monitor bathrooms to comply with anti-trans order
29·1 year agoImagine the mental gymnastics required to decide continuous monitoring of yourself in intimate spaces is more private than the chance a trans person could use a stall in the same bathroom.
Nothing is wrong with trees, but the microalgae CO2 capture rate is 50x higher````` .
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•White House Says Gold Reserves May Be Used to Purchase Bitcoin
81·2 years agoIt goes to whoever can provide Bitcoin. So, likely an exchange. Which ultimately gives the money to people selling Bitcoin. Many of whom are in North Korea and Russia.
Crypto investment is very risky. Too volatile. Too virtual. No protection against theft/fraud. Also a govt should really invest in companies in its own jurisdiction.
That seems fair
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•NIH announces incredible cuts to all active and future grants
1·2 years agoThanks for the quote, but it’s still not a cut to the grant itself.
Believe it or not, I also think university research depts should continue to exist and that major budget shortfalls due to this are not in our best interest.
Hope your abrasive remarks are making you feel better.
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•NIH announces incredible cuts to all active and future grants
11·2 years agoIf my statement was wrong, feel free to correct it. But based on reading the article, this change is not a “cut” to grants as you indicated in your title.
Will this change cause significant disruption? Almost certainly. But there’s an argument to be made for the change, namely that NIH grants should support the science rather than the university and that university overhead costs should be subsidized in some other way.
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•NIH announces incredible cuts to all active and future grants
12·2 years agoThis isn’t a cut (yet), it’s a budgetary allocation requirement. It matches what is already required by most private non-profits.
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Texas governor buys billboards warning migrants they'll be raped if they illegally cross border
7·2 years agoThe billboard says many women are raped by the ppl guiding the illegal border crossings.
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•Texas House introduces bill to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve
51·2 years agoAs of March 2024, El Salvador’s bitcoin gambit stood at a 50% profit, with bitcoin having recorded a new all-time high of over $69,000. --the article
iceonfire1@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•'That's Oligarchy,' Says Sanders as Billionaires Pump Cash Into Trump Campaign | Common Dreams
122·2 years agoYeah and the senators who ratified women’s right to vote were all elected by men but they still did the ethical thing.
At least Sanders seems to want to reduce billionaires’ disproportionate influence on politics.
Maybe you’re ok if Elon Musk’s opinion on how much you should get taxed counts a billion times more than yours, but you really shouldn’t be.



I mean he tried. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Peace_and_Justice_Party
He was also regarded as independent for many years.