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This is my replacement for all news related to Trump: Today the President, yet again, said something stupid/ hateful/ despicable/ divisive/ dangerous/ stupid/ and or wrong. A reminder that America gets the government they vote for.

@SandyofCthulhu If they had placed all the money in a big pile and set it on fire it would have been more interesting, I’d probably have kept watching the episodes . Hey they’re setting another pile of money on fire this week! This time it’s $50 bills! Can wait for the finale when it’s $1’s

The Rings of Power pulled off an amazing feat. Not only did they turn the most regal elf into a nagging harridan, but they destroyed the orcs as a fearsome force for evil by giving them human, instead of orcish, motivation. They took the span of experience offered by Tolkien's world and squeezed it from both ends until it collapsed like an accordion, trying to squish everyone into a gray moral mush. Well done Amazon.

@johnkoenigcmdr I had the toy version that shot little disks.

Packing for an overnight stay away and this is totally normal—I’m normal 🤣 #Space1999

@mariana057 I now wanna make decorative DNR bracelets and sell them on Etsy

Husband: I want you to have this bracelet, it belonged to my grandmother.. Wife: why does it say “do not resuscitate?”

@CalcCon @JundeMorsenWu @pfau The tuition for foreign students in Graduate STEM depends on the program, but lab facility’s, materials, research programs all come out of research funding. And there are only so many slots available. Non STEM, and non Tier 1 programs, foreign students are a cash cow.

Mostly correct, incentives matter But in a STEM PhD program, the US taxpayer or some company pays And where does that money go? Overhead to university administratora who discriminate against the best American students and push policies like math equity on our kids Even with the Supreme Court decision, they are still discriminating against our kids in secret And of course they charge ridiculous tuition plunging American kids into a modern indentured servitude with useless degrees in a market that’s flooded with foreign talent

I’m an AI PhD at Oxford wanted to move to the US for years, but it never worked out. Maybe I can share why. To me, it feels like the US is making it harder and harder for Chinese talent to come or stay. First, Trump signed PP10043, which meant I couldn’t go to the US for any graduate school. That’s why I had to turn down my Stanford offer and come to Oxford. Later, I qualified for an EB-1A (the extraordinary ability green card). But because I was born in China, I’m stuck in a country-specific backlog that could take another 4–5 years. Meanwhile, on the other side, I’m getting 3–4 emails from China almost every week. They offer high salaries, free housing, generous research funding, and even offered an astonishing amount of money just for me to come back and have a conversation. I’ve always loved the American spirit. I truly believe my abilities could have a bigger impact there. But honestly, the whole process has been incredibly frustrating. All of this makes me wonder whether I should just give up. Why am I spending so much energy trying to go to a country that doesn’t seem to want me, when another country is doing everything it can to bring me back?

@iowahawkblog Send lawyers, guns, and money to get me out of this

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@CalcCon @JundeMorsenWu @pfau Its incentives. America has been able to attract top talent from across the world. America has also been able to attract foreign money. Universities do a little from column A to get generational minds, and a little from column B because foreign students pay full rate.

Let me spell it out for you You’re being here takes a spot away from an American student Your professor , being allowed to hire you, just incentivizes him / her from ensuring the American students at his university are doing well His/her university doesn’t invest in the local high school and elementary school programs that are failing because they can draw up upon your talent and your resources This is not a criticism of you, nor is it any form of bigotry The fact we want you to do well It is simply a realization that incentives matter and that the country has a systemic problem with the education system, unless you were here to help fix that why would we want you?

@J0hnADouglas If you have demonic magic, why would you waste the effort for unreliable mechanisms? What logistic problems are being solved with a demon train?

Is an atomic powered demon train too unrealistic for a fantasy setting? Asking for a friend

@Hot_Pepper76 Her Copacabana performance on the Muppet Show was fantastic. youtube.com/watch?v=LCGSZm…

Goldie Hawn and another star during the filming of the 1979 CBS television special. Do you know her name?

@72ps @Hot_Pepper76 Normally one would have to go to a bowling alley to find a woman of your caliber.

@Hot_Pepper76 She starred with Dudley Moore in a movie and became quite well known because of that.

@Rainmaker1973 How long can it support combat missions? It obviously needs jet fuel.

The USS Abraham Lincoln has a crew of over 5,000 sailors and officers, making it one of the largest communities at sea. It can operate for 20+ years without refueling, using two efficient nuclear reactors.

@johnkoenigcmdr 56 was older in the 70’s

So I’ve always thought of Victor as the ‘wise old man’ but here’s the thing I turned 59 last week and Barry was 56 while filming this so who’s the old man now 🤣 #Space1999 #BlackSun

@Hot_Pepper76 Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefers

Keep on adding to this list...who is missing?

@Hot_Pepper76 Little River Band Cheap Trick

@BradRTorgersen Isabella Rossalini

Okay, so, here's a question: of all the actresses, models, etc., you're aware of in the past 100 years, who would you cast as Helen of Troy? If you had the ability to literally cast anyone? This is supposed to be a woman of extraordinary poise, presence, and beauty, capable of moving nations to war. 🤔

@johnkoenigcmdr I had the big one too. Someone who has one should make 3D scans of the parts. It would be cool to 3D print a fleet. Maybe even a Mk IX Hawk.

I love her your honor #Space1999

@ThatEricAlper I bet she weighs the same as a duck!

@TruthDespiteMSM @MacFarlaneNews If we can’t sue him as President, seems also fair that he cannot initiate lawsuits in his personal capacity while president.

Bizarre ruling that will never survive appellate scrutiny. Basically the court determined that POTUS is effectively prohibited from suing the federal government during his tenure. It raises serious due process and procedural questions. Is the statute of limitations tolled? Does this court contemplate the establishment of some sort of unbiased international court solely for cases where POTUS is the plaintiff?

Judge Kathleen Williams in her blistering takedown of Trump slush fund: "Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to mail a copy of this Order to the State Bar of New York, of which Acting Atty General Blanche is a member AND to the DC Bar, of which Assoc. Atty General Woodward is a member"

@NickMilnerPhoto @TheCinesthetic There can be only one! Anyone who says differently deserves a broadsword to the neck

@TheCinesthetic I would have liked to have seen a Highlander sequel.

What unmade sequels would you have liked to have seen

@MadMonkofPunk @TheCinesthetic A Reno Williams sequel would have also been nice.

@TheCinesthetic They wrote the script! Had a crossover with BTiLC, with Jack Burton!