I'm just spitballing here, but Medicare and Social Security are funded by their own tax. Military is therefore the largest expense funded by our regular federal income taxes, which is where Congress operates with discretion and chooses to prioritize that over things that help people.
I moved a couple states away from my family to minimize any interaction. It's not just politics. Their politics are, however, and indicator that they're not the type of people I want to associate with, so the extra distance facilitates less contact.
Of course, I moved to Iowa, which has since shifted from purplish to red. At least I'm on a blue city.
I shared this with my wife, who takes Adderall, and your comment is going to finally pull her away from Reddit to Lemmy. Thank you for your service.
He has a very low bar by most of the developed world's standards, but he refused to lower it further for maga, so he's history now.
I was about to say, old reddit in browser works fine, but I use Mullvad, so I never noticed. I'm increasingly spending more time here too.
I work in college financial aid. Students are eligible for federal/state funds if they've been granted asylum and in the country for at least a year since being granted asylum. So many still have an application pending. The process shouldn't take more than a year, but I've personally seen someone whose application has been pending for seven years, and I've heard of longer ones. In the interim, they get a temporary status and work authorization, but I can't imagine the stress they're under while waiting this out and watching the new administration work against them.
Back-office college financial aid at a larger state college. Financial aid mostly disburses by batch process, so my job is to audit that. Some things, like external scholarships, are manual and require a quick reassessment of the financial aid package to ensure the student is still eligible for everything (if anything, loans need reduced sometimes per regulations). Some things require "professional judgement," like when a student is not yet 24 but claims to be independent due to unusual circumstances. There's more, but it's really just an accumulation of batch work, queues, and audits which require a reasonably good working knowledge of regulations.
I was using Sync for Reddit before the API issues (switched to old reddit with ublock and Firefox after that), and the creator make Sync for Lemmy with the same feel.
I still have it but only follow niche and local subs for which there isn't enough engagement here yet.
Let me know when they make a flag for Dumbfuckistan and I will fly that shit.
Their business is more important than integrity, and they've seen that the president will attack anyone who tries to get in his way.
It's the Swedish bakers dozen so you can eat 3 raw eggs + shells on the way home and still have a dozen eggs to put in the fridge. It takes three eggs to equal the calories found in a small donut which is why the bakers dozen eggs is 15 instead of 13.
I know the frog mating calls for all species of frogs in my area and volunteer for the local DNR to survey frog populations in my county. It's a good indicator of water quality.
I took a random amphibian research class as an elective, loved it, and still do it 20+ years later.
Cars with oil filters like that always roll in when you're not busy, so they don't get to cool in the lot, and you get to watch your skin melt when you accidentally touch metal. Good times.
Yeah I was gonna say let me cross over real quick. I'm American, so I'll bring my own guns as long as you can provide some healthcare.
They're just going to need more people in general, so they can let us die sooner and replenish the workforce.
Yeah Mullvad is coming in pretty steady on that front.