LaceyLou

Speaking of these 800 numbers.... I recently had to change cell phone providers, and had to be on a phone call in order to complete activation of a second line. Of course, during this call I was offered 'multi device protection.' I said no. The rep then continued to tout the advantages, and I said no again. He started to continue to try to convince me and I said, yet again, NO. Several days later, I got an email welcoming me to guess what? If you guessed the device protection plan, you're right. So I had to contact them again, and jump through all of the hoops to cancel a service I repeatedly said no to. UGH. I think we should start a pool, and those who guess correctly as to whether or not I'll be charged anyway will be the winners.

Wellness farms? Sounds more like reeducation centers. I'm pretty sure that's why he says they'll 'reparent' them.

Of course! (really it's a way to establish a state sponsored communication system)

If not, I think it might be soon. Is a government buyout still on the table?

Be careful of sharing TikTok videos-evidently the one with the woman claiming to be getting $2500 in food stamps is a parody account. LOL.

To this day my oldest brother calls Tupperware "Suckerware." And it feels like Amway has been around forever.

I also get tired of people constantly posting about selling things like Plexus, Scentsy, and other things like that. I don't say anything for the same reason (though I will snooze or unfollow the ones who post nothing else.

Chocolate everywhere, and I can't eat chocolate. I wish I could find a blondie that didn't have chocolate chips.

Is he also using a child as a human shield? And yes, while I wouldn't say I want our former allies to boycott us, I think it's the right thing for them to do.

Sounds like somebody's repeating what everybody around him is saying. And I wouldn't be surprised if Musk honestly doesn't understand that little kids will do exactly that.

I've worked in both academia and industry, and there are definitely good things about industry-typically you'll get higher pay, better benefits, and it's a lot easier to get a lot of the day to day things (pipet tips, reagents, etc), without having to jump through a series of hoops. The biggest benefit of academia, for me, is that it has been a lot more stable-followed closely by being able to work around a diverse group of students, researchers, and technicians. In industry, I was laid off 3 times in 5 years, whereas my last couple of jobs I've been at for 15, and 5 years respectively.

True.

She's either incredibly naive or forgets how many times we've heard this from her.

I recently re-read a Dave Brandstetter mystery in which one character rails against rights for people with disability, claiming that 'now they make the rules for everything!' I remember thinking when I first read it that it wasn't the kind of thinking that would ever catch on. I was quite naive in those days....

Soy is woke.

Parts of VA could end up uniting with DC, which will then become a state.

VA can join at the same time much of the Northeast becomes Canadian-I don't know if PA will want to join or not at this point.

Same.

I wonder how long it'll be before my job, as well as many coworkers, is history? I hope that Canada and the European Union is watching, and ready to take on the research and our many talented researchers. Didn't Vance say that college professors are 'the enemy?'

While true, even small steps in the right direction help.

I'm guessing he didn't share this kind of belief with her before they were married. He sounds like yet another person who sold his soul for power.

The sin of empathy

While I hope it doesn't come to this, I'm thinking French Revolution level of violence. I was thinking of Hunger Games, but have never seen it and so can't compare.

And it also isn't a man in a miniskirt who's even now deleting all sorts of accomplishments women have made from certain government websites.

They might very well be seeing an 'uncut' version that's actually edited to make her seem as bad as possible.