I unironically support Trump's gutting of all kinds of Science funding. We don't need to see fancy colorful pictures of distant space objects, galaxies, nebulae and shit. GIMME EAT!
I don't fuckin' care what eggheads masturbate yourself with. Just don't use public funds for your phallic rockets. Interested in the skies? Go buy a telescope. The homeless and hungry are done footing the bill for your fancy distractions, which don't bring them any tangible benefits. You could be making shit up!
@purrperl I think you're barking at the wrong tree. Funding for research projects is really tiny compared to all the wealth those tech firms and adjacent people are currently hoarding, while doing nothing for the public. Research projects, esp. those applying for public funding, almost always have to argue their benefits, while nobody is questioning real estate projects or now them fancy AI tools. I understand this is complex and sounds like gibberish most of the time, but the information is transparent and out there. It just takes learning and time. Things that aren't easy exist.

@lumiukko

As for disproportionate wealth allocation, that can be fixed using AlohaCoin v2. A cryptocurrency where everybody gets fed, and noone gets ahead.

https://rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-new-web

No more billionaires. Zuckerberg and Bezos have to stand in the grocery line, like everybody else.

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