@dotkrueger "building a bomb that can destroy a whole city is not possible. you'd need hundreds of thousands of tons of TNT to achieve it" - man that didn't know about nuclear fission.
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Dan Smith
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We're not going to travel beyond the solar system, according to Leonard Susskind. And neither are aliens, coming to visit us.
We may not be alone, but we are stuck here for, essentially forever.
1. The nearest star is 4.24 light years away. The fastest spacecraft ever built would require 6,600 years to get there.
2. Surely we can just build faster spacecraft. The problem is to get to anywhere close to the speed of light, we need exponentially more energy.
3. Chemical rockets will just not work. Even fusion rockets won't work. Even 10% of the speed of light is not achievable. The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation prevents it.
4. Interstellar dust becomes hand grenades when traveling anywhere close to the speed of light. Ships break.
5. Space radiation will kill us over the time need to travel interstellar distances. Impossible to protect without massive shields, which require massive energy to accelerate and de-accelerate.
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@Fansibubble @DrDiGiorgio @AbrahamIdokoko Of course they have to. Why otherwise would poor people be on Medicaid? There is a federal law that makes them eligible. Therefore, services have to be rendered.
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@danschmidt @DrDiGiorgio @AbrahamIdokoko Its not the same though. They have to provide a free lawyer. They don’t have to provide free healthcare.
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If there are 50 people who want to see the neurosurgeon but he only has 10 appointments available, how does one guarantee that right to healthcare?
European Commission@EU_Commission
Healthcare is a basic right. Not a privilege. Not a luxury. This World Health Day, we stand for access, protection, and care for all.
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@RepMariaSalazar Please switch parties. There is not a single conservative sentence in that bill.
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READ. THE. BILL. BEFORE. YOU. OPEN. YOUR. MOUTH.
Calling the DIGNITY Act “amnesty” isn’t just wrong. It’s a deliberate distortion and it exposes just how little you know about the bill.
This is enforcement first: zero tolerance for criminals, permanent border security, and hard, earned requirements to step forward and face the law, so American workers are protected, not undercut.
Amnesty is the chaos you’ve defended, millions in the shadows, no control, no accountability, and a system that stopped working a long time ago.
No shortcuts. No giveaways. No blanket forgiveness. That’s law and order. That’s DIGNITY.
Congressman Brandon Gill@RepBrandonGill
The Dignity Act is mass amnesty and would constitute a terrible betrayal of our voters.
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@willmenzies @DrDiGiorgio @AbrahamIdokoko The same thing that happens in Germany if you have private insurance and don’t pay: they’ll pursue collection via the courts.
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@DrDiGiorgio @AbrahamIdokoko What happens if you don't pay the hospital for your healthcare?
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@Fansibubble @DrDiGiorgio @AbrahamIdokoko Great analogy. You only have the right to a government provided lawyer if you can not afford one. The judiciary will determine your eligibility.
In the same spirit the executive determines your eligibility to get government provided healthcare aka Medicaid.
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@BrianaRoseLee @damnidc__ Following that "logic", isn't she also sleeping with her own dad? Or uncle?
Either women have autonomy or they don't. Make up your mind.
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@damnidc__ She is quite literally the exact same age as his daughter. It’s like he’s sleeping with his own daughter. He is a creep.
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Pedophiles aren't just old men touching up little kids
They're also men who are 50y old and flirting with a 19/20 year old girl
☆@fwskiiii
Tobey Maguire (50) is currently dating mishka Silva (20)
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@BusyMom3Kiddos @mauddweeb Yes the same way short people don’t get extra time for physical tests in the military.
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@mauddweeb So for a dyslexic who legitimately takes longer to read you think they should just get stuck with a bad score because too freaking bad?
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my hot take is that there should be no time accommodations for a /standardized test/ ever
if someone is blind? Yeah they get adjustments so they can literally take the test. But extra time is fake. No one should get extra time. It defeats the whole purpose of the test.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”@MrDanielBuck
Curious everyone's thoughts: Any student who receives accommodations receives a diploma and standardized tests scores with a flag noting that they got accommodations. A small counter-incentive to accommodation-nation, but something is better than nothing, no?
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@ThatGMoney @3A_Advocate @GoKnights_Go @CricketSurfing @cturnbull1968 The San Francisco airport is running by private security. It works there, why not everywhere else?
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@3A_Advocate @GoKnights_Go @CricketSurfing @cturnbull1968 It makes no goddamn sense for national and public security functions to be conducted by private industry.
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@PattyMurray @grok which other crimes are also less likely to be committed by a person than getting struck by lightning?
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The average person is more likely to be struck by lightning than they are to commit voter fraud.
Seriously. That's a real stat.
I'm voting NO on the SAVE America Act.
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@PatrickHeizer @arctotherium42 If a human has cancer and it's killing them either quickly or slowly, why not give this a try? What's the downside?
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@arctotherium42 No, not correct.
Better: "If you have an antigen, it is ~trivial to make an mRNA vaccine against it. What is not trivial is proving that an mRNA vaccine is both safe and effective."
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Am I interpreting this Tweet correctly - individualized n=1 mRNA cancer vaccines are trivial to make but are never used in people because you can't do an RCT with one person? This seems like a gigantic regulatory failure.
Patrick Heizer@PatrickHeizer
Sorry to be the downer because this is an impressive story in some senses. But it is ~trivially easy to make a single mRNA vaccine. It's not hard. I cure mice of various cancers with various therapeutics all the time. I've made mice lose more weight in a month than tirzepatide does in a year. What is hard and expensive is proving its BOTH safe AND effective **in a randomized and controlled study in humans** while ALSO manufacturing it at clinical scale and grade. I am happy for this man and his dog. It is impressive. But y'all are overhyping it.
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@BeardedCaverNM @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan Got it, you don’t know the specific criminal statue the staffer should get charged with regarding the implementation of the executive order. Thanks for clarifying.
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@BeardedCaverNM @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan Ok so what will he be charged with? Name a statute or stop replying.
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Goddamn, this gorgeous airhead could’ve had such a beautiful life as some intelligent, successful persons trophy husband, but instead he let Elon convince him that he wasn’t as dumb as a box of rocks, and got him to break the law for him.
Molly Ploofkins@Mollyploofkins
DOGE Lead in deposition details how he emailed documents to his personal device to then send with Signal
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@BeardedCaverNM @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan I still don't see a statue. What criminal charge is the Doge staffer facing for acting on the EO?
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@danschmidt @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan And the ICA was a response to "executive" overwatch by Nixon. All DOGE kept referencing is the EO. An EO does not become law until codified. DOGE canceled grants that had already been approved.
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@BeardedCaverNM @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan My question is about cutting grants, not exfiltrating data. The latter is likely illegal, the former, I’m still waiting for statues.
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@danschmidt @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan I'll name two for you -
18 U.S.C 1924 unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents.
18 USC 641 conversion of government property or records.
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@BeardedCaverNM @CollinCusce @samueljdonovan He’s part of the executive following a (at the time at least) lawful executive order. How exactly is he breaking the law?
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A DOGE bro just admitted he thinks veterans’ issues are “DEI.” 🤦♂️🇺🇸
He terminated grants that helped veterans because he supposedly “read books” about how bad they are… then couldn’t name a single book. 📚❌
As a veteran, I honestly don’t know how anyone who served could vote for Trump — never mind half.
Veterans deserve respect and support, not culture-war nonsense.
#Veterans #VA #SupportVeterans #Accountability
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@MinuteofZombie Alexander Hamilton was 21 (or 19 according to some sources) in 1776. Madison was 25.
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These are literally kids setup to take the fall for illegal actions ordered by Musk.
Molly Ploofkins@Mollyploofkins
DOGE Lead in deposition details how he emailed documents to his personal device to then send with Signal
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@AOC @NancyMace Why don’t you fix it and sponsor the bill for a vote?
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@NancyMace The only fraudulent activity here is your covering up how you were endangering survivor info, attacking one of the few other survivors in Congress, & refusing to fix serious flaws that endanger victims without consent.
Fix it and people will vote YES. x.com/aoc/status/203…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
More details here: x.com/aoc/status/202…
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AOC voted down my resolution to release congressional sexual harassment records.
I don't want to hear one more word from her about Epstein.
She voted against the truth. She voted against survivors. She is a fraud.
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