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by matwood 2y ago
As an adult I haven’t come across many cons. I’m not a jerk about it unless someone tries to push their beliefs on me so it rarely comes up.
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by matwood 2y ago
I work in the library space and know librarians from all over the US (world really), and what you say is absolutely true. They really do try and represent diverse viewpoints in the limited physical space and budgets they have.
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by matwood 2y ago
It's not just librarians, but many states have laws protecting patron privacy around what they have read. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/statelaws
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by matwood 2y ago
As an atheist I often know the religious texts better than those who want to tell me I'm going to hell or whatever. As a kid I was thrown out of Sunday School for asking too many questions because I took the time to read the damn book.
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by matwood 2y ago
Yeah, back in the late 90s I was able to observe a number of surgeries (different story) and I remember the counting being almost fanatical. They had what looked like a shoe holder that hung on a door for putting each rag that was used. Eve
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by matwood 2y ago
I agree the democrats have terrible messaging, but what would really help 'regular' Americans is universal healthcare, free education, and maybe even UBI. As departments get DOGE'd a lot of 'regular' Americans are s
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by matwood 2y ago
Until recently, the US brand was where exceptional people wanted to go study and work. If you want to send the world's best and brightest to other countries that's fine, but it will have negative long term impacts on the US.
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by matwood 2y ago
This is spot on. The US has enjoyed enormous wealth and prosperity, but it's been mostly captured by the top 1% of private individuals. The GOP has done a masterful job redirecting the blame to China, DEI, immigration, etc... when the
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by matwood 2y ago
> it's hard for me to not think that's crazy and why can't that money go to average americans The democrats have been trying to pass universal healthcare and free higher education it feels like forever . UBI has even come
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by matwood 2y ago
> I said it's crazy how much money harvard gets A place that has all the facilities, faculty and pedigree to pull some of the best researchers from all over the world. It's in fact crazy that Harvard, or any R1 university, woul
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by matwood 2y ago
First, it's not blind. These big universities are where a ton of research happens. It makes sense that research dollars will end up there. Second, I agree that local schools (I guess you mean K-12?) should get more money. DOGE is busy
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by matwood 2y ago
You also forgot the birthday military parade he wants that's been estimated to cost ~$100M.
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by matwood 2y ago
> immigrants as a whole are less likely to commit crime than American citizens They are more likely to be victims of crime because they often can't/won't go to the police. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire&#
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by matwood 2y ago
> It's fascinating when you consider how many people claimed to have voted for Trump because he is a liar. It's wild. I have no idea if he meant to do this, but by being a known liar it let supporters pick and chose what to agr
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by matwood 2y ago
The PoS Miller says that so Fox News has a clip to play. Meanwhile in court under oath they say the exact opposite, admitting it was an 'administrative error' Garcia was deported at all.
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by matwood 2y ago
> The government said on Saturday he’s alive. Not exactly a group known to say anything factual.
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by matwood 2y ago
My speculation all along has been that he's already dead. Among other reasons, it's one of the main reasons they are fighting not only his return but any other type of hearing that he could attend.
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by matwood 2y ago
Assuming they pick up and send someone out of the country quickly, it's already de facto suspended now.
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by matwood 2y ago
Watch out everyone. As long as they can get you on the plane before anyone realizes, then apparently nothing can be done. And SCOTUS is ok with that.
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by matwood 2y ago
> but what do I know about government efficiency, anyway? Absolutely more than anyone at DOGE...
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by matwood 2y ago
When I took a lot more pictures, LR was hard to beat. I use Photomator now, but if I ever get back to taking tons of pics again I know I'll resub to LR.
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by matwood 2y ago
No one really answered your question. We talk about endowments as a single pot of money the school can do anything with, but that's not really the case. Much of the time the money has to be used for specific purposes, and it's set
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by matwood 2y ago
> I just can't imagine being the guy who decides to litigate this as long as possible knowing they renditioned an innocent father. The original gov. lawyer was put on leave after not wanting to be that guy. https://www.ny
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by matwood 2y ago
Are we talking about what philosophically the government should spend money on? I think education and general research is a good expenditure. And R1 universities are probably the right places for that research. Before Trump, people from a
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by matwood 2y ago
Upsetting Trump 25 years ago... https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03/31/columbia-t...
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by matwood 2y ago
Bravo!
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by matwood 2y ago
The worry is that you only said Canada and ignored the other two.
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by matwood 2y ago
Apple has been preparing in this exact manner since Trump was POTUS last time.
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by matwood 2y ago
> repeating this trite lie The WH repeats this lie constantly. Anytime they get pushed on the absurdity of tariffs they mention VAT like it's in anyway related. The right wing outlets then amplify and we further dumb down America.
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by matwood 2y ago
MAGA really has gotten people to believe all the VAT BS. VAT is basically a sales tax for all products. It does not typically advantage import or domestic products. If Trump wants to implement a 10% sales tax on everything purchased in th

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