There are some things they can do like agreements/contracts going several years into the future, but the problem is anything they can do that on its face locks in the next admin, can be undone by the courts…which they now control at the highest level by a 6-3 majority, which at best remains only a 6-3 majority for the next 4 years and probably much much longer than that. Thomas will retire in this admin and they’ll get a new young ultra conservative in his place.

They’re gonna fuck everything up. They promised to.

They have a razor thin margin in Congress though, so anything requiring purse strings (money) our best hope is that they’re just really dysfunctional (which we know they are) and fight too much about how much to hurt other people to get much done.

But yeah, it’s looking dark.

The stress from all of those social events is also likely having a negative impact on your immune system, further muddying things.

I apologize. I did not realize the seriousness of the situation. I will refrain from any further light-hearted jokes.

Groundhog Day (1993)

Or how you accidentally steal someone’s cat…

So… nihilism?

To shreds, you say…

It’s got flavah

Low and middle-income countries in Asia face significant disparities in scientific capacity and ability to influence public policy, which is likely to affect responses to future pandemics, climate change and technological advancements such as Artificial Intelligence, according to the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA).

I originally read the title as “it is more difficult to influence public policy in least-developed countries based on this study” but it appears it’s actually “it is more difficult for scientists to advocate for science-backed policies in least-developed countries.”

As you can see, they never will. You must seize the wig.

I only have the one tone and it’s apparently the wrong one…

This is also, from what I understand, a symptom of “complex trauma”…which can be caused by living in a world that is not designed for you and forces you to mask yourself at all times for years/decades at a time.

Edit: And based on your other comment it could certainly be a cause of the trauma that your therapist is apparently sensing.

We’ve been tricked into thinking either that hard work pays off or this specific hard work thing will pay off. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. But all the time it leads to more work.

My expert psychoanalysis of your entire personality based on a one sentence post is either you’re happy where you are, or you’re afraid of change.

If you try and argue with a raccoon, you’re gonna look like the crazy one. So might as well do as he says and take his drugs.

“Everyone find a partner”

Something something bury that bone

Robert Jordan also happens to be the pen name of the author of the Wheel of Time series, and I made a joke about it.

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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan

Amazing to think that if not for this poor hiring choice we never would have gotten the Wheel of Time series.

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