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SimonBolivar

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  1. I have a graduate degree from a school in the University of Nebraska system and their president sent us this email today going over the changes to the system. 1.) The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy recently joined the NIH in capping Facilities & Administration (F&A) rates at 15%. These caps, which help cover research infrastructure like lab maintenance and staff, if enacted on all federal awards, would result in an estimated $60 million annual revenue loss for the university system. 2.) Since Jan. 22, 74 federal grants totaling $91.6 million have been terminated across our campuses—representing a loss of over $46 million in incomplete work. While we continue to assess the full impact, these changes reflect broader shifts in federal funding priorities. 3.) The recent release of the federal preliminary budget suggests reductions in federal support for sponsored research programs and many other key areas. While this is just a recommendation at this time, it does signal a desired direction for further cuts that could impact universities nationwide. This is a system that does relatively little research compared to most other states too.
  2. Needed something light so I picked up: and it's a silly, fun, quick read but I noticed that I could only keep my attention away from John Le Carre for so long and finished his 2nd boo, A Murder of Quality, in a few hours. His 3rd book is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold which I'm excited to pick up to shift away from a murder mystery and back into more spycraft.
  3. Great recs, usually a night at Blue Note or Birdland is my favorite night in Manhattan. Bonus for Blue Note because it's a quick walk to Pomme Frites by NYU.
  4. I remember I had the...pleasure...to visit Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg in the summer of 2001 and every single small store seemed to be themed as a memorial to Dale Earnhardt. I'm sure they switched to 'Merica themed on September 12.
  5. C. arabica 'Nana': This is a dwarf variety that only grows 12 inches tall, making it ideal to grow indoors. How many beans are we getting per plant though?
  6. I watch about 4 hours of Jeff Gertsmann content a week. He'd fit in great on here.
  7. On the path to be the strongest American Junta yet. With just a couple exceptions, I'd be so kickass if this chart was entirely inverted.
  8. "Homemade" Big Red Ice Cream was everywhere in my youth.
  9. Contrary to popular belief, the air quality isn't anything to write home about.
  10. No they were separately served, but now I wish she had. Bread based casseroles are some of my favorite "bad foods". Once or twice a year I'll make a breakfast one with 2 cans of crescent rolls, cream cheese, and spicy breakfast sausage.
  11. My absolute favorite dish growing up when served with canned green beans and frozen rolls. I believe mom made it with cream of chicken instead of cream of mushroom though.
  12. We're talking about bad food, not one of America's best ideas.
  13. Jesus, imagine wanting your kids and grandkids to work in a factory for their whole life. I mean an honest job is something, but that being the goal has to resonate with about .05% of the population when it comes to their kids and grandkids in 2025.
  14. Lol, yall haven't seen the headline from the future New York Times yet? TRUMP LONE SURVIVOR OF AIR FORCE ONE CRASH, DECLARES WAR ON BIRDS
  15. Yeah, I'm always commenting on life here in MAGAland working directly with mostly white olds in non-Austin, DFW, Houston, San Antonio Texas and there has certainly been a shift. 1.) They are not buying the tariffs at all. "His stupid tariff idea" is a common sentence 2.) They would, without a doubt, still crawl over broken glass to vote for him and every other R today.
  16. Hell just make it the USA vs the artist formerly known as Yugoslavia and it'd be crazy good.
  17. From the NYT
  18. It happens pretty regularly in the "new" tornado alley of the lower south on expected outbreak days. I noticed that weather.gov has moved around the location of Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlooks. Hopefully it isn't on the chopping block, also I noticed that it was Norman that called for the Minnesota tornado watch. That seems unusual for how far Norman is from Minnesota, but I don't really keep up with Minnesota severe weather to know if that's new.
  19. Fun to think of the clubs that Wrexham will be a league above next year: Cardiff City Reading (probably) Wigan Bolton One of Hull City/Luton/Preston/Derby/Stoke
  20. Off topic, but England related. Truro City won the National League South to get promoted to the National League which is a first for any team from Cornwall. Lower leagues are so much fun.
  21. Breakfast was always served with a mixture of peanut butter and maple syrup for the biscuits. Instead of a "full English" breakfast, we had a "full Mexia".
  22. Interesting, I didn't know they left Alabama outside of going to the Georgia Dome or for other bluebloods. Here's their future P4 schedule 2025: @ FSU, Wisconsin 2026: @ West Virginia, FSU 2027: West Virginia, @ Ohio State 2028: Ohio State, @ Oklahoma State 2029: @ Notre Dame, Oklahoma State 2030: @ GaTech, Notre Dame 2031: GaTech, @ BC 2032: Arizona, @ Minnesota 2033: @ Arizona, Minnesota
  23. I don't know if it's hard or just something that teams avoided for Ws. BU has home/home the next four years with Auburn and Oregon which were scheduled AFTER the Briles fallout, so it certainly seems doable for most teams. I don't see many true bluebloods traveling to most B12 locations though as teams like Ohio State fill their P4 requirements with other bluebloods like UT, Georgia, and Bama. Edit: and it looks like Ohio State is playing @BC and UT plays @ ASU in a few years, so I guess places that are major travel destinations will get some blueblood travel.
  24. It's no East Bernard.
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