bumblecat (78)in #government • 11 hours agoThe government funding bill scuttled by Trump and Musk yesterday did indeed contain lots of dubious spending.On the other hand, it seems clear the GOP isn't really interested in fiscal restraint, as shown by Trump's demand to…bumblecat (78)in #luigi • 2 days agoHypocrisy!Personal targeted violence? Terrorism! Impersonal indiscriminate violence? Civilization! This dissonance is what…bumblecat (78)in #hardcore • 2 days agoHard-core mode.There is this special mode in video games called "Hardcore" which usually means if your character dies, you lose all…bumblecat (78)in #trump • 3 days agoImmigration according to polls.Yeah the most honest thing someone can say about immigration policy polling is that it is incredibly mixed and highly…bumblecat (78)in #boxing • 5 days agoLogan and McGregor?maybe someday logan will box an actually active, actual boxing contender that has an actual chance of being…bumblecat (78)in #barnacles • 6 days agoThe weirdest thing I do because I care is I don't step on barnacles.I think there's a low but non-zero chance that they're sentient (~5% chance) and stepping on them would cause acute…bumblecat (78)in #govenor • 6 days agoDrones, apparently!Maryland's governor sees stars in the sky, and videos them to post his "drone" footage. At one point, the…bumblecat (78)in #conspiracy • 7 days agoAnti-vaxxer movement targeting most effective vaccines.I think the part of the anti-vaxxer movement that is the most bonkers is that they are most focused on getting rid of…bumblecat (78)in #europe • 8 days agoFDA speed.Speaking of Europe vs the US on health issues, I think people see the FDA as uniquely slow, but it is actually one of…bumblecat (78)in #bird • 9 days agoThe CDC says the child in Marin county tested negative for all influenza types in their confirmatory testing.Doesn't definitively rule out an infection (we've had a few suspected cases this year that had poor samples that…bumblecat (78)in #israel • 10 days agoWhen you let countries do war crimes they tend to keep doing them.remember when hundreds of millions of people said that Israel was using oct 7th as an excuse to expand its…bumblecat (78)in #productivity • 11 days agoThe productivity gap between countries.In smaller minded circles, cities and communities, a large majority of the people you work with, will attempt to make…bumblecat (78)in #jobs • 12 days agoJobs report.Missed the November jobs report. We added 227k jobs in November. And the unemployment rate was 4.2%. Decent jobs…bumblecat (78)in #spacex • 13 days agoFour years progress.Just four years ago, a spectacular crash of a Starship prototype with only 3 engines....up, hover, bellyflop…bumblecat (78)in #open • 13 days agoMy Credence in this is not very high.A lot of problems here including Sam Altman's credibility and the questionable ability of people who are specialized…bumblecat (78)in #sports • 14 days agoJordan or LeBron?I've always felt the debate of Jordan vs LeBron to be so pointless. The summary below helps put it in such better…bumblecat (78)in #health • 15 days agoWe are "officially" in flu season now.And flu activity is ramping up. We have some jurisdictions with moderate and high influenza-like activity. We are…bumblecat (78)in #post • 16 days agoAnother new Navigator post mortem election poll.Trump far and away ahead of Harris on the top 3 issues to voters: inflation, immigration, and the economy. Inflation…bumblecat (78)in #uhc • 17 days agoA sign of times to come?This is just the first pitchfork, the first torch. Now we've elected an octogenarian billionaire playboy that's…bumblecat (78)in #unitedhealthcare • 17 days agoObamacare forced us to buy from a private corporation whose main job is denying services.The closed the recession and preexisting loopholes but allowed gouging with copays, caps, substitutions that don't…
