Not really related, but maybe a little. One of things I have noticed that is bad (but I am not sure how to fix) about public service budgets is that they are all usually "use it or lose it". There is no real incentive to save or do long term project planning. Because, if you do not use your budget, the next year you will probably get less. So, there is mentality that you had better spend all your money each and every year, even if you don't have much to buy or really need it. This is not unique to the US. Pretty much happens world wide.

A cheese grater without LEDs. Weird.

Its not a bad idea. Similar to countries offering incentives to have more babies. Italy villages selling houses for 1 euro. Have to be creative and think "outside the box".

Conflict of interest in politics/government? Who would have thought that ever occurred!! LOL

@Jolly said in Don't have a clue...: I'm glad I was able to get George's started with vim, vigor and vitality. LOL The problem is that, even today, no one really knows how general inhalation anesthesia works. There are lots of theories about various ion channels across cell membranes affecting depolarization thresholds, and all that crap. But, in final analysis, it's speculation. Intravenous drugs are better understood, however. "Better" ≠ "Completely" And this guy is just slinging Andrew Weil bullshit, while probably making good bank.

It's an age old truism. Whatever humans can do to screw up, automation/computers can do it faster.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2023/09/21/a-guide-to-unemployment-benefits-for-workers-impacted-by-the-strike/70894542007/

He was married in 1963. 60 years ago. His wife survives him.

The Lancet study shows that there is trace amount of the vaccine mRNA in breast milk, presumably the study takes no position on whether that is a "safety" issue (otherwise it would have been bigger news and Public would have cited that part). Given the above, the Lancet study does not support that claim that the CDC "lied about safety" even if the CDC "had repeatedly assured pregnant and breastfeeding women that it was safe to get vaccinated." But the fact that it IS there should not have been censored by Meta. Had Public's claim been limited to stating that trace amounts of mRNA is there in breast milk, that would have been an accurate restatement of the Lancet study's finding; but Public went outside of accurately restating the study's finding and went into the territory of accusing a public health agency of "lying" about "safety" -- this is not supported by the Lancet study. This went beyond citing a study and got into sensationalism and scare mongering. For that, I have to sympathy for Public's article being limited by Meta/Facebook. (Show me that the Lancet study says that the trace amount of mRNA in breast milk is unsafe and I am ready to change my mind on this.) Facebook/Meta is a private platform/enterprise. If you don't like Facebook/Meta, go post your stuff somewhere else (like, say, Substack). Facebook/Meta owes Public no duty to carry or promote any of Public's posts or articles.

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Don’t know about the US but we have been making patio bricks and other high foot traffic ground covers here out of locally recycled tires for the last fifteen or more years. Fairly well established business that exports products internationally.

The poor protestors asked the judge if they could go back to Texas and Zoom in for their hearings. He said nahh..you hang around. The gall. You shut down a bridge, inconveniencing hundreds of commuters, then you want to go home because it would be more convenient? Then they were told to stay away from that particular bridge, and they asked what if they needed to cross it? Judge said find another bridge.

@George-K said in Tolerance!: In the comments: "There is a linier relationship between the number of bumper stickers a car has and the batshit insanity of the owner" Absolutely.

Well, if waist-to-hip ratio is a more meaningful number, then I wouldn't mind using that in place of BMI. It's similarly easy to measure.

Maybe it's a three-prong problem...With the rise of the NP, Master degree nurses available to teach are in short supply... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nursing-schools-are-turning-away-thousands-of-applicants-during-a-major-nursing-shortage-here-s-why/ar-AA1hJiIn?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=W129&cvid=9ff7cc78b3fb43e38cce80a64c506073&ei=21

“Damn… Wish I was 17 again…”

@George-K Penguins and leopard seals are not fussy.