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Trump Appointee Seeks to Cut Off Funding for Global Internet Access Group

nytimes.com
3 points·by greenbush·6년 전·0 comments

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greenbush
·3년 전·discuss
I've read that Magnesium L-Threonate is better taken in the morning to help your brain function better during the day. So, I take this in the morning and Mg glycinate at night.
greenbush
·3년 전·discuss
Your statements about "percentage of income taxes" are misleading. Two points:

1. Your 3% and 39% actually reflect how much more absolute income the rich generate compared to others. For example, if a rich person has $10 million in income and someone from the bottom 50% person has $100k in income, even a 15% income tax (for example) is $1.5 million and $15k respectively. Given our massive wealth inequality, your 39% income tax number tells us that the top 1% are capturing a massive chunk of the total income generated in the US. A quick quote from a 2021 Forbes article: "billionaires collectively hold two-thirds more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of all households in the United States, according to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies." - more wealth generates more absolute income.

2. By focusing solely on income tax, you're ignoring Total Taxes, which for example include sales tax. Low-income Americans face higher payroll tax rates than rich Americans. There are also many more tax-reducing benefits for the poor in our tax code, for example, Long-term capital gains and qualified dividends overwhelmingly accrue to the rich.
greenbush
·4년 전·discuss
Cola is highly acidic, which causes gut problems, especially when drinking it on an empty stomach. It caused GERD for me and I had to take omeprazole to fix the damage. And, of course, I mostly stopped drinking cola, especially on an empty stomach.
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
Seeing the full article requires a subscription. Alternatively: https://archive.md/LFK1U
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
I prefer Q-Dir, a freeware from SoftwareOK, which as tons of great freeware utilities for Windows. https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
If you've never had the opportunity to try a durian: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/travel/a-love-letter-to-a-...
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
Actually, studies have shown that placebos work sometimes even when people know. This is a great podcast about this topic and the page also has links to some studies: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/29/718227789/all-the-worlds-a-st...
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
non-paywall: https://archive.is/COcpb
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
For this use case, you might be better off using Windows VPS providers. For about $6/mo, you'll get a VM pre-installed with Windows 2019 server. Just google "Windows VPS" and you'll find tons of providers.
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
Some more detail on the hospitalized people below:

"One vaccinated, hospitalized COVID-19 patient had received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and three had received the Janssen vaccine."

"Four additional, fully vaccinated patients aged 20–70 years were also hospitalized, two of whom had underlying medical conditions."

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7031e2.htm
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
The cheapest I've found so far are Walmart's Spring Valley Omega-3, 1000 mg, 180 count for $15.48.
greenbush
·5년 전·discuss
Without the paywall: https://outline.com/BhvmzU
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
.. which is about 14% more deaths in 2020.
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
Misinformation: "It's February 3rd, Australia and the USA closed their borders to China"

1. Taking a connecting flight via another country to the US was not banned. Taiwan, on the other hand, banned all Chinese citizens from entering - from all countries.

2. The US only blocked Chinese citizens from arriving via direct flights from China to the US, but American citizens (and some others) were allowed: "Since then [the ban], nearly 40,000 Americans and other authorized travelers have made the trip" [0].

3. The administration did not setup stringent/effective screening for arriving passengers with symptoms or follow ups for the 430,000 people who arrived directly from China until April 4: "430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced" [0]

[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/us/coronavirus-china-trav...
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
Anyone else here in Fethiye? :) It would be great to meet.
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
It's called a Residency Permit - just google it. The length of time depends on your nationality, but it's 1 year for citizens of an OECD country.
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
Is this appointment for a Residency Permit? I think it varies greatly by the location of the immigration office. In Fethiye, it was easy.
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
Well, there's been a long term strategy to make the Supreme Court business-friendly (pro-capital) and anti-labor: "The US supreme court may soon become plutocracy's greatest defender" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/amy-co...
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
For the science geeks, here's a great TEDx demonstration with lab experiments: "The mathematics of weight loss " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIlsN32WaE
greenbush
·6년 전·discuss
For those that aren't running Pi-hole, you can use NextDNS instead on all your devices and router ... and it has a Samsung blocklist that you can enable easily.