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jeffw , 1 year ago to news in Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail

I, for one, am offended that you are implying White House doc and totally non-partisan dude Ronny Jackson would have been embellishing things when he said Trump was a paragon of mental and physical health.

jeffw , 1 year ago to news in Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges

I feel like Teva, for a comparatively smaller manufacturer, gets too many headlines about this kind of shit

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

In the past twenty years, against a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure and declining trust in institutions, Musk has sought out business opportunities in crucial areas where, after decades of privatization, the state has receded. The government is now reliant on him, but struggles to respond to his risk-taking, brinkmanship, and caprice. Current and former officials from nasa, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration told me that Musk’s influence had become inescapable in their work, and several of them said that they now treat him like a sort of unelected official. One Pentagon spokesman said that he was keeping Musk apprised of my inquiries about his role in Ukraine and would grant an interview with an official about the matter only with Musk’s permission. “We’ll talk to you if Elon wants us to,” he told me.

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Domino’s pulls out of Russia 18 months after Ukraine invasion

I mean, to be fair, they stopped all financial support to Russia in 2022 (still took too long). This was just a pre-existing licensing agreement. I doubt they could’ve revoked it. Most people don’t think to put a “must stop operating in any country that commits war crimes” clause in their licensing deals

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in He Needed a Liver Transplant. But Did the Risks Outweigh the Reward?

While I agree with mandatory organ donation (or shifting to an opt-out system instead of opt-in), I don’t think Tyler could have been saved. Performing the transplant was a bad call. Even his mother says so at the end of the story

jeffw , 1 year ago to mildlyinfuriating in Shopping at Target

Not quite as bad as the nightmare fodder that is 2010s Kmart.

jeffw , 1 year ago to technology in Tesla knew Autopilot caused death, but didn't fix it

Ford Pinto says what?

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Air travel has gotten more violent. Flight attendants want training to fight back.

Took me a second, ngl

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Medicine without doctors? State laws are changing who treats patients.

Is it? It’s just about nurses practicing without doctors.

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Air travel has gotten more violent. Flight attendants want training to fight back.

Weird how all these people get assaulted, yet police shoot someone 10 times when they’re still 10 feet away and unarmed

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in What Just Happened at West Virginia University Should Worry All of Us

Not unlike USPS

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Russia’s Lunar Lander Crashes Into the Moon

Reminds me of the SpaceX’s “unscheduled disassembly” or whatever they called it

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Georgia teacher fired after reading book on gender to fifth-grade class

Kids know about sex lol. They also understand gender

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Both Parents Agree: The Child Is Being Harmed. Which One Will the Court Believe?

Yeah, that was pretty weird shit to say. Idk if publicity is gonna help. Imagine everyone you know knowing that your dad molested and abused you… probably tough shit for a kid

jeffw OP , 1 year ago to news in Both Parents Agree: The Child Is Being Harmed. Which One Will the Court Believe?

I think it also serves as a warning about men’s rights movements and the phony psychology their manufacturing to support themselves