And yet these are the masters of leadership and efficiency we are supposed to trust to remake our government?

More than ever, it is crucial that we have options beyond SpaceX, which ties us to a racis, narcissistic autocrat. Not that Bezos is much better...

The issues with TP-Link can be easily solved, just use Openwrt on them. Problem solved.

I don't find this argument particularly compelling. One could make a strong case that X is a vehicle for Musk's racist agenda... Why are we OK when the propaganda is from a wanna-be autocrat and get all worried when it is state sponsored?

I think a balance needs to be struck. If engaged students are forced into a language with little or no practical value, they'll get frustrated. Those students will have ideas and want to develop them, and they'll need to use a different language. Why can't python be used to teach fundamentals, so highly engaged students can directly apply what they learn? I remember learning Java in the 90s and being frustrated that it was so hard to make a useful utility.

Surely Wicked is also a prequel, technically speaking. I agree not in the same vein as Mufasa or Moana 2...

No surprise here... They see an opening with Trump to remove regulations, so they can take greater risks with OUR deposits. But don't worry, the FDIC protects our deposits. At least until DOGE 'deletes' it.

Cooking with a black plastic utensil for 10 days will expose you to the annual limit.... That seems very concerning. Not as bad as hitting that limit in one day, but hardly comforting.

Donation to Trump's inauguration coming in 5...4...3...2...1

This is related to rides booked via the Uber for Teens service specifically.

How is that relevant? We're talking specifically about the Uber for Teens service here.... It is aimed at providing a service for young people, and Uber itself touts the special safety features and how "Your teen will always be matched with highly rated and experienced drivers"... They are selling this as a "safer" Uber. They should back this up.

I don't think the majority of Trump voters really thought through the full ramifications of what Trump's proposed actions will be. Nor did they consider that his expansions of executive power will be used by the opposing party when the office changes hands, assuming we have elections in the future....

1) The facility is regularly inspected by health officials who have no desire to die from some new disease any more than you do. 2) It is primarily (if not exclusively?) a breeding facility. These animals were not part of experiments yet, and will be sold to other facilities. The design of this facility does not support the type of work you describe. 3) regardless, the animals should not have gotten out. However slight, it is a threat to human health. It also raises the issue of humane care of the animals. The facility has a duty to provide safe housing (including sheltered, heated areas depending on the species), food, and veterinary care. Animals that escape are at risk themselves, and it constitutes a failure of care.

This is a breeding facility, not a research lab. The animals are housed in outdoor enclosures. But there still should have been a better safeguard to prevent this.

I have visited this facility several times on inspection tours. The facility in question is a breeding facility, supplying animals but I don't think they do much, if any, research. Calling it a lab conjures up images of animals housed individually indoors in tiny cages. A more accurate picture of this facility would be a zoo: large, communal enclosures outdoors with climbing structures and other apparatus. Escapes do happen, especially when animals are kept outdoors in social groups. The fact that this resulted from human error,while unacceptable, does say something about how well the facility is designed otherwise. IF we accept the necessity for animal testing, I think it is more humane to raise the animals under these conditions. I can't speak to where they all end up, but a significant number go to research on organ transplantation. Remember the recent articles on patients receiving pig hearts? That could not have happened without animals from this very facility - they paved the way for determining how to reduce immune rejection of xenotransplants. There are too many unknown variables for us to model this in any way other than the use of non-human primates.