ViridianNott

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not true. The money they receive from loan repayments is factored into the national budget, so forgiving loans means that the government has less money for other programs.

It’s true that they’re not literally spending money here, but it’s the same end result.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Stable diffusion + Automatic1111 + custom models and LoRAs. Completely free, only takes an hour or so to set up, and is top of the line.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well banning all types of cause nights seems to be like a decent way to shut down the negative discourse. But I really wish the league would take a tough stance and continue them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The headline is correct though, because the US government gave Ford $9.2 Billion as part of a plan to combat china’s growth in EVs. How on earth could that be disingenuous?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I am just very weary of the idea that the government should use federal funds to bail out people who simply made poor decisions. Plenty of people get through college with a reasonable amount of debt, instead of some insane 6-figure total. Let me elaborate:

My girlfriend is a graduate student with a family poor enough to qualify her for the Pell grant, and yet she will have less than 50k in debt when she graduates! Better yet, she only took out so much in loans because she knows that she can expect to earn a 6-figure salary with her pharmacy degree. Her pharmacy school costs $40,000 a year, and yet she is able to pay most of that money up front by working 30-hour weeks during the school year, and 50-hour weeks during the summer). It's tough on her, but she has an incredibly bright future ahead because of the hard work.

If you look at the demographics, the poorest people in our society - those who are food insecure and/or homeless, have a median of 0 DOLLARS of student loan debt. That's because many of them were too poor to even consider college in the first place! Those with 6-figure debt are often members of the middle class who didn't come up with a reasonable plan for paying what they owe based on their credentials, and didn't take measures to reduce their loans during college. Instead of using federal funds on those people, I want it to go to someone who is truly in need.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

$10,000 would actually eliminate debt for a lot of borrowers! IMO if $10,000 is a “drop in the bucket” you have a personal problem, not a political one.

My girlfriend is a Pell grant recipient so she would get $20,000, and that wipes out more than half her pharmacy school debt

 

"A study reports data from the first phase of the Chinese Pangenome Consortium including 116 de novo assemblies from 58 core samples representing 36 minority Chinese ethnic groups."

In a time where the CPP is constantly pushing the narrative of China as a united ethnostate, it is important to acknowledge the minority groups that are actively discriminated against under their regime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cool idea! I do feel that a drug like this could exacerbate the risk of autoimmune diseases, though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I used Apollo since it’s inception, and Alien Blue before that. Now I’ve deleted all Reddit apps and exclusively use kbin, for the last week or so.

 

I mention the extension in particular because it is easy to set up use for those of us who don't want to dig through browser settings to set up a redirect rule

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"delayed reporting"

growth is still great though, proud of this community

 

Layman's explanation: This sounds like it could a huge step forward in fighting cancer! While this result is bound to only be applicable and practical for a subset of tumors, it gives rise to the possibility of a new or existing drug that can weaken tumors and make them easier to fight.

The α2-adrenergic receptors mentioned in the study play a crucial role in the regulation of a ubiquitous signaling molecule called cAMP. Using an agonist (a small molecule that activates a receptor) for α2-adrenergic receptors would decrease cAMP signaling in immune cells, which can provide them the cues necessary to activate against a tumor. In short, tumors normally do a good job of hiding from your immune cells, and activating their α2-adrenergic receptors seems to partially circumvent this problem.

I'm a biologist who is accustomed to interpreting the fine details of these sorts of studies, so do feel free to reach out with any specific questions.

 

Find it on kbin at kbin.social/m/bdsmcommunity, or on your local instance using [email protected] or /c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit is inevitably going to reign in porn use as part of the IPO rollout… that’ll be the day the site truly dies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

please... god... do not keep calling us keebinetters

 

"We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence."

I think EVERYONE should read this... it is so easy for media to manipulate people into thinking that the world is somehow darker, weirder, or more dangerous than it was before... I think this article will help people think critically about what inflammatory news tells them

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