No idea. I don’t play wordle.
My wife will sometimes ask me to solve it after she’s guessed two or three times, which I sometimes do.
Sadly, this probably reflects much of the world’s current level of trust in America’s word and agreements.
“Prime Minister Mark Carney used the phrase “not worth the paper they were written on” to describe rushed, minor trade and tariff-relief deals that other countries signed with the United States. He made the comments during a CBC News Interview on trade and tariff strategy via Bloomberg, explaining why Canada would not rush into a weak or one-sided agreement”
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Florida going to be Florida
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The high school I work at has never had a library.
Not a whisper of dissent. What sheep!
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The wrath of the MAGA mob in the voting booth is enough to keep most Republican politicians in line.
That’s probably not going to change until after 2028.
Time for another note about the Trump administration’s approach to funding US science. But let me make something clear right up front. When I talk to people about this subject (and that includes some journalists as well) and say what I’m about to at the end of this paragaph I am sometimes met with disbelief. But I mean what I say and I am trying my best to say what I mean: The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.
That’s it. That’s the story. They are naturally not putting it in those words, but instead talking about “gold standard science” and the “reproducibility crisis” and funding “bold inquiry” for “transformational breakthroughs”. This is all bullshit, and it’s important to realize that. Shameless hand-waving bullshit, delivered in a how-dare-you-think-otherwise manner is the defining style of the entire Trump administration. You can see it in every appointee, in every part of the executive branch, and in the pronouncements of all of Trump’s supporters. I realize that this is a simple heuristic to apply, and a very unambiguous and unflattering one, but I find it to be all too useful and all too accurate. Give it a try.
Much more at
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/assault-science-funding-continues
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I can confirm that quote from the conversations I’ve had from two of my kids. One an executive director at a major university and the other a published doctor working at a research hospital. Both have said as much. They are disheartened by the politicization of medicine, the disregard for human life, the denial of proven facts, the funneling of funds into junk science and “religious education” that is politically connected. The institutions are being gutted and stripped of value, at what point do the empty shells that are left collapse completely.
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Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.
Skimming further, they guess Americans wagered maybe $300B if you add polymaket/kashi but only $30 billion in net losses.