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by esalman 2y ago
Your example is anecdotal and does not present the whole picture.
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by esalman 2y ago
His current biggest fan just had one delivered. I see some ring wing celebrities buying too. It remains to be seen at what point his hillbilly fans start replacing f150s with cybertrucks.
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by esalman 2y ago
No changes is a deal-breaker.
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by esalman 2y ago
I exclusively fly Southwest for my work trips between LA and SF several times a month. It's more chill and the flight credits don't expire. I hope they continue to allow flight credits without any cancellation fees. Otherwise I ha
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by esalman 2y ago
IIRC a Jewish billionaire funded a van which drove around campuses doxxing students who had little or nothing to do with the protests. He also sent lists of those students to potential employers.
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by esalman 2y ago
You can argue that you take a giant risk being born Palestinian and coming to US.
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by esalman 2y ago
If US shine and trust is based on proliferation of war then it probably deserves to erode.
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by esalman 2y ago
Lack of trust on voting system has been brewing for a while. The Democratic establishment has successfully and unsuccessfully tried to shoehorn choice candidates last few election cycles. While republican candidates have been questionable,
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by esalman 2y ago
Turns out conservatism and far right demagoguery is not great for progress.
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by esalman 2y ago
What if aligning with Chinese interest becomes the best way to make money? What stopping the Chinese government from providing better incentives to businesses and academics?
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by esalman 2y ago
Even before the submarine stunt, he called an entire field of nanotechnology BS. As a PhD researcher that was the moment I knew he cannot be trusted as authority on any matter related to science and engineering- not because he's an idi
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by esalman 2y ago
Strongly believe it's the second. Just learned from Twitter tariffs will be rolled back in a day or two.
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by esalman 2y ago
4 out of those 5 headlines you listed are basically empty promises. Otherwise known as clickbait.
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by esalman 2y ago
Why have US universities slowed down or stopped recruiting PhD students? Seems to be a direct result of Doge shenanigans.
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by esalman 2y ago
Understood. Honestly it makes sense. He promised his base something and he delivered in his first term, and he is going about it the same way this term. His base has good reasons to approve.
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by esalman 2y ago
47.9% of those who voted, not the total population. I am not a US citizen myself and I did not vote, for example.
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by esalman 2y ago
This. What DOGE has showed is that the US government is the most efficiently run government in the world, in fact we already knew that. The corrupt politicians are the real issue.
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by esalman 2y ago
Peak capitalism.
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by esalman 2y ago
Saying this is stupidity is an underestimation. One does not simply become the most powerful and the richest man on earth by playing stupid. In fact we are stupid for believing so- that's exactly what they want.
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by esalman 2y ago
Do you think the government does not track your car already? Much easier to lecture private citizens about privacy than the government ha.
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by esalman 2y ago
It's a good thing you are "starting to settle" 2025. I mean before 2020 they disbanded federal bodies for pandemic prep and look what happened.
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by esalman 2y ago
Cannot help but feel gig working is what stopping minimum wage from rising.
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by esalman 2y ago
Aren't we already enslaved and subjugated by the ruling class? (Again, a philosophical one)
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by esalman 2y ago
It's funny (and sad) that the US federal workers are being made to experience the same FUD we immigrants face for years, some for decades, over job security, livelihood, taking care of family etc. That too for absolutely no good reason
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by esalman 2y ago
I wouldn't be able to elaborate well so I asked ChatGPT and here's some pointers. 1. Familiarity Breeds Apathy – Most people grow up with the assumption that life exists only on Earth, so they don’t question it deeply. It’s just &
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by esalman 2y ago
Remember when Texas attorney general said that some geriatric folks must be sacrificed for the sake of economy? Crisis is what they want.
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by esalman 2y ago
This is more of a philosophical/spiritual question than a scientific/technological one.
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by esalman 2y ago
Agreed. Government should stop giving silicon valley companies billions of dollars to build electric cars whose effect on climate change is debatable, or build rockets to go to Mars which won't materialize in our lifetime and when Mars
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by esalman 2y ago
This is true. I had a hard time concentrating on my PhD research during the 45 presidency.
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by esalman 2y ago
I don't think it is different. The point is, the same people who did not complain about Obama's policies in 2016 are finding issue with the same policies in 2024. So the motive is purely political and improving FAA hiring practice

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