[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 5 points 4 days ago

Linux.

That said, it’s not for everyone. I don’t want to be tech support for relatives who can’t figure out how to use AirPods or how not download more bloatware during the course of general home computer use.

Needing one patch for one thing would mean a new computer because “nothing works” for at least one relative.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 15 points 6 days ago

Yeah. We’re pretty much over as a country.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Here’s another issue. Can we believe any of the numbers being posted on federal .gov sites any more?

I’ve been reading a lot about the inception of the welfare Queen idea, as pushed by Reagan first in California and then in our government as a whole ever since. So I initially started reading this as Trump numbers to support that nonsense.

I want to believe it is what it says it is, a warning sign to us all.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Healthcare started laying people off, including nurses, engaging hiring freezes, and tightening 2 months ago. After the senate pass, they’ve promised more cuts.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 14 points 1 week ago

This is simply how the GOP raises money now.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

I feel called out. I immediately thought of this TOS during that Seinfeld episode.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 10 points 1 week ago

And the judicial branch of government is officially dead.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Don’t forget about defunding rural hospitals.

Hospital income is 30-60% Medicare & Medicaid. Urban leans towards 30%. Rural and critical access lean heavily to the 60% side of things.

As such, the expectation should be cuts in medical service availability.

The biggest loss leader in the medical hospital line up is mother/baby & NICU. This is why not every hospital has these services. Or why a corporate chain in an area has 1 between their hospitals. The expectation here needs to be that less mother/baby services will be available going forward.

Don’t think for one second that hospitals cannot shut down.

Zephorah

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