ImWaitingForRetcons

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[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

This wasn’t correct even before then lol.

Royalty would marry for diplomacy, whether externally to other royalty, or internally with powerful nobility.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

But a significant portion of funds are often allocated at the state or federal level from various grants. There’s nothing stopping the federal government from setting up a “fix potholes” grant - if there was a proper infrastructure bill, this would a part of it. Of course, the incentive structures that dominate modern decision making at the upper levels will never see it hair without major changes.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

But a significant portion of funds are often allocated at the state or federal level from various grants. There’s nothing stopping the federal government from setting up a “fix potholes” grant - if there was a proper infrastructure bill, this would a part of it. Of course, the incentive structures that dominate modern decision making at the upper levels will never see it hair without major changes.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Humans definitely lean towards the latter than the former

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Free Tube is an option

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 92 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, seems to have worked out for the chillis - there’s more of them now than ever before

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 42 points 2 months ago (8 children)
[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

While swans are mostly monogamous, there are instances where they aren’t as well: https://chipperbirds.com/swans-monogamy/

Of course, if monogamy is an ideal to be strived towards, swans do do a much better job than humans.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Ah, but the question is, is this a moral universe? Or an apathetic universe?

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely - DOGE is illegal, and needs to be reined in, if not flat out abolished - however, unless the congress actually gets its act together, I think the federal government agencies will continue to be gutted.

 

The memes from 2020 are a gold mine of relevant thoughts and ideas

 

Personally, Gaza and his anti-railway workers union action was enough to destroy any credibility he had so far.

 
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