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@besttrousers Abolish SNAP and First step. Cut taxes

Say what you will about the effectiveness of UBI, I really think we should try to design something that works better than this.

@Molly85224872 @Clyde69420 @razibkhan Are they?

@Clyde69420 @razibkhan But Razib said he thought maybe “modern humans” emerged in NE Africa. The Khoisan are, obviously, modern humans.

@jdcmedlock "disabled"

Great chart on Medicaid work requirements from Aella

about one out of every fifteen times I tell the baby "no," he actually leaves the thing alone and crawls away but he makes sure that I know he's not happy about it he's just like his mom 🥲

@selentelechia Minnesota food is... Not Good

yeah Minnesota Mexican food is... Not Good

@selentelechia Just the men?

eigen told me insider trading is legal for congressmen is he right is that fucking true my god just send them all to jail

@rational_wiki he's retarded but of above average intelligence

@skooookum make dnd minifigs

@fawfulfan why are they sending out checks?

As it stands, SSA is very prompt at payments, and very good at detecting fraud. Just 0.3% of checks go out in error. I don't really get why we have to spend millions ripping out and replacing a system that works, even a very old one. Seems like the only reason is "Elon wants to."

I've never actually heard any substantial argument for why we *have* to rewrite Social Security's database systems. Like, yeah, I'm a software engineer myself, I get COBOL is basically what Stegosaurus programmed in. But what specifically is the benefit to using a newer system?

@alkonata Do the Feds have any authority on this?

@damienics @MattZeitlin Elon is a government official now. It's not lobbying anymore

@MattZeitlin They already make and sell e-buses, including school buses, in California. It shouldn't be that difficult to get cars going, but Elon might lobby against it

We need to allow BYD to sell and manufacturing cars in America but condition it on BYD setting up a joint venture with an American automaker and technology transfer

@ArmandDoma Why is that surprising? blacks supported gay marriage at the same rate as republicans. They aren't woke except when it comes to pro-black stuff.

It’s wild that the net political impact of the Great Awokening was that nonwhite voters became…more Republican

@mattyglesias room and board have gone up dramatically and most colleges require freshmen to live in dorms or with their parents.

@GnomeWicked_ @capitalismandf1 @cremieuxrecueil They can mew in detention for an hour.

What's the story behind the popularity of mewing among children and teens?

@GreenBeltTory @alt_ccc Having to write everything twice because of Quebec

@ArmandDoma @bendreyfuss That makes corruption less likely. Most bribes are on private chains.

@bendreyfuss It’s on chain, so not only can you legally give Donald Trump bags of cash, you can credibly point to a leger that records that bribe

What’s the theory of the case for the Trump memecoins being a vehicle of public corruption (and not just further evidence that Trump is a low rent scam artist)? People are going to buy his stupid coins and then say “I bought your coins, now approve my government contracts”?

@selentelechia @webdevMason They are easier. Easier for the OBGYN.

@webdevMason when I was pregnant the first time more than one male friend asked if I was going to opt for a C-section bc they're easier had to explain that they are not, in fact, easier

Reading the responses, I'm realizing that a ton of people very confidently believe that c-sections happen when a woman is anatomically flawed in some way that prevents a vaginal birth And that's... basically never the case? C-section is definitely not a narrow hips thing

@Aldamir @razibkhan @FrancoisOuell15 The Feds already send Alaska ~30% of their budget with most of it going to healthcare.

@razibkhan @FrancoisOuell15 Apparently 40% of Greenland's budget is Danish subsidies. I can't imagine the US paying that out that sort of money merely to maintain a European style welfare state.

@eyeslasho @keatingsdaddy There just aren't enough albanians in the world for them to be huge. They would basically have to be the jews of crime and welfare dependency to even register.

@rowan_mc_donald @yishan @cremieuxrecueil Just sub diced pancetta with a dash of liquid smoke.

@yishan @cremieuxrecueil at least in ny where i live, you can buy most ingredients prep-prepped. chopped up onions and garlic are ubiquitous. It’s just the raw bacon that would need prep - and even that you /can/ buy chopped up, only it’s also pre-cooked

This looks awesome. Stuff like this is going to help people save time and get generally better meals and it'll be especially useful for the elderly and infirm who still want to eat something nice. I love kitchen automation!