Last I checked (just now), US representatives make $174K/year. They're not allowed to keep donations for themselves and I can't find mention of any additional pay packages.
Can you show me where this additional $126K is coming from?
Seriously, the cyber truck is an embarrassment. The only positive thing I can say about its design is at least it doesn't have a tall, blunt front end that minimizes pedestrian visibility while maximizing pedestrian fatality, as seems to be the current trend.
Do you have any sources for "basically it's almost ensured that most multicellular life is toast" or is this supposition? I'm a biologist and, while I think anthropogenic climate change is an extreme threat, have yet to see even the most extreme projections getting us anywhere near what you're suggesting.
All commercial AIs are filled with censorship. What's interesting about it is learning what different societies think is worth censoring and how they censor it.
Right to work means non-union employees can't be forced to pay dues in a unionized workplace. It has nothing to do with at-will employment, which allows an employer to terminate an employee without cause at any time.
I'm there with you. We bought the first Model S Refresh. We knew he was a piece of shit then, but the same could be said of any automotive CEO. Then he rapidly got worse and now it's my shame mobile. I actually love the car, but I feel so fucking gross driving it.
I am a microbiologist, there's no way in hell that's a virus.
Edit: it's probably a radiolarian skeleton, maybe genus cornutella.
Edit 2: it's indeed a cornutella skeleton: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12782032