@ajlamesa Which, let me be clear, is enough reason for it to continue to exist. Probably.

@ranboy @ajlamesa They're taxpayers too, so you'd be wrong there. What do you do? Because I'm reasonably convinced I don't care about your job and will delight in its elimination.

@stewak2 Lol how are you still finding these nuts?

@soblackandblue @BeezyManzell @kittypurrzog And Brianna Wu

@boutros555 <Sigh> I hate this. And also you're probably right...

@cordes_tax @korlando2251 ProConnect is cheaper than UltraTax? How are you liking PTO's question-based input?

@cj_ohio @kittypurrzog They could mute instead of block, maybe. I understand the need to just reduce the noise though. Kind of sad, because it does create a silo and can unintentionally remove good-faith "opposition" (for lack of a better term) from the conversation.

@ocmom520 @benryanwriter And at less-prestigious schools that can't negotiate a higher percentage, school administration will make up the discrepancy by, eg, charging researchers more for the use of school facilities. Leading to less research output from lower-tier schools.

RT @jessesingal: 3/ The spectacle of people who are terrified of the power of wealthy institutions and actors to affect the daily lives of…

@TrishtheSkeptic @Rando8715401 @nycexpatmom @kittypurrzog And you don't think soft-power initiatives like USAID had something to do with that?

@Rando8715401 @goldnecklace2 @jwilcox79 How can you remember pictures of iron lungs and think endemic polio is just fine?

@goldnecklace2 @Rando8715401 @jwilcox79 So, so many of these. Did they really change? Are they revealing who they actually were all along? Are they just reveling in schadenfreude right now and will be "normal" again in the future? Hard to tell.

@ajlamesa Yeah I found that surprising. Solid take from Furman.

@taipan168 but in my stupid big Tiguan I feel much more secure. Idk, I think there's more that goes into the US preference for big cars than just American machismo or whatever. Especially for frequent freeway drivers.

@taipan168 And it's kind of terrifying driving a small car (eg Mk 6 Golf) in the midst of herds of trucks at freeway speeds. It feels much safer to be in a larger vehicle of the type Americans are perpetually lambasted for. So I was wondering if the car-truck ratio was similar in AU