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  • Patrimonialism is less a form of government than a style of governing. It is not defined by institutions or rules; rather, it can infect all forms of government by replacing impersonal, formal lines of authority with personalized, informal ones. Based on individual loyalty and connections, and on rewarding friends and punishing enemies (real or perceived), it can be found not just in states but also among tribes, street gangs, and criminal organizations.

  • You deserve every generalization you give to Russians or Israelis or Saudis or Iraqis or Afghanis.

    Your country started it.

    You fucking bully.

    Come on. We’ll be your second Vietnam. Losers.

  • Infants can generally support their own neck at six months.

    At that point, just based on your description, I personally think a child of that age would be able to either stop lolling their head or fuss if they were uncomfortable unless they were to a point of significant distress.

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  • Depends who you ask.

    You my boss? It’s the work. And I was in IT.

    Wife? The kids.

    Kids? Because I like the smell of White OutTM.

    Just kidding. I don’t actually say those things, I make better jokes but I can’t remember them anymore because my face caught up and nobody asks anymore.

    In my case it’s genetic. I started getting greys in my early 20s and was fully grey by 30. This happened to my father. This is seemingly happening to my son. But only one of two biological sons yet the other has curly hair like my father that me and the other platinum child don’t have at all.

  • Among them, for example, was a $470,000 grant to study the evolution of mint plants and how they spread across continents. As best we can tell, the project ran into trouble with Republicans on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation because of two specific words used in its application to the NSF: “diversify,” referring to the biodiversity of plants, and “female,” where the application noted how the project would support a young female scientist on the research team.

    Other projects our AI assistant led us to included:

    Developing a device that could treat severe bleeding. It seems to have caught the committee’s attention for using the words “victims” — as in gunshot victims — and “trauma.” 

    Creating biosensors to detect infectious diseases. The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care” — that is, the place where people receive medical treatment — and “barrier,” referring to a part of the biosensor itself.

    Designing eye-tracking technology for diagnosing and treating concussions. It appears to have gotten flagged for referencing “traumatic” brain injuries and the “status,” meaning the condition, of patients.

    From https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation

  • Insolent pigs is how the US now sees the rest of the world as well. Except Russia and China.

    Every single leader and citizen is an insolent pig to Americans and Russians. We are pawns and commodities in their race to the bottom of humanity and to prevent progress.

    They are cultural bullies told from birth they are special because of their collective strength.

    Greece is striking and protesting in the hundreds of thousands over the rail incident.

    France rioted over retirement age.

    The French Revolution happened in a society of poverty and oppression.

    But every day we hear how it's not possible, we are all trapped in our jobs.

    No, you don’t care enough because you are a bully culture. And a lot of you see benefit in the results of this upcoming war killing billions while you drill baby drill.

    You are allowing everything taught to you as example from history. From Jesus to Galileo to Hitler. So what is it? Malice or stupidity? Hint: it’s both on a national scale. This is what you did with the freedom you jerked over the world, and the role of protector you took and now ask payment for.

    Your president is a traitor to your country. Your country is a traitor to humanity.

    Nobody intelligent sees anything but WWIII being Americas fault. Allowed by the greedy and stupid to be perpetrated by their gods - old white men and billionaires who all plan to leave us to die.