More bad news for the US science community
NCAR is not only one of the leaders in climate science, but is an exceptionally important institution for space weather and upper atmosphere modeling. This will be an enormous loss for the scientific community. As someone in the atmospheric and space science community, this decision will have devastating consequences for decades to come.
Working as a freelancer as a second job in Finland
I have a question that I’m hoping someone will be able to help with. I plan on moving with my Finnish partner next year to Finland. I should have permanent residency upon arrival. I will already also have a full time position in Finland that will not be associated with my freelancing. However, I am hoping to do work as a freelancer as well. Specifically, I would like to continue bug bounty hunting. How does taxation work? I’m aware that I will have to pay taxes on any income made but my partner is concerned that I may have to pay social security regardless whether I earn additional income or not. So for example, if I make 10,000 euro over the course of the year doing freelance work, that will be added as a second job but on the same tax card right? And therefore my taxes will increase based on my overall income. Is this correct? And I also assume I would be required to pay social security on the secondary income. As a second example, if I make 0 euro over the course of the year, I understand that I would need to still declare the zero on my taxes, but would I be responsible for any additional taxes despite no additional income? Would some baseline threshold social security still apply? Sorry for the likely stupid question, but I want to understand what to expect and not get any surprises during tax season. Thanks to anyone who is able to help!
NASA leveled by Trump
Not only is Trump leveling science funding at NASA, like he did with the National Science Foundation, but look closely at the budget. Beginning next year at 800 million and by 2030, 3.5 billion (nearly 20% of its budget), NASA is required to work towards “Commercial Moon and Mars Infrastructure and Transportation”. The ultimate subsidy for the commercial space sector. They also eliminated STEM engagement program, which provided funding for the next generation of scientists to participate in NASA opportunities. I can’t wait for all this greatness Trump has been preaching to arrive.
The death of science in America
NASA is also looking at massive science cuts. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/trump-administration-proposes-slashing-nasa-budget-by-24-percent [https://www.space.com/space-exploration/trump-administration-proposes-slashing-nasa-budget-by-24-percent]
DuckDuckGo's Default Settings
I’m curious what everyone thinks about DuckDuckGo’s current settings. I have my browser settings set to delete history, cache and cookies on closing. This creates an issue when using duckduckgo as my primary search engine. Their ‘default’ settings (available right below the searchbar) seem far from privacy focused. AI Chat is on by default and used ‘sometimes’, as well as ‘advertisting’ and ‘location’ settings that are on by default. This requires me to have to change the settings every time I load my browser due to any settings I save being deleted by my browser setup. I don’t want to install a duckduckgo extension. How do others deal with this? I know you can ‘save anonymously’ your settings in the cloud, but I’m not eager to do that. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d6832ba5-de0c-4d72-98d9-e517de5bc022.png] [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27685262-8e38-4174-84b2-61d182775533.png]
Does anyone else readily choose the handicap stall if it is available?
I will always choose the handicap stall because I like the space between myself and the next stall. It seems like the US bathroom system encourages games of battle shits and I’m not willing to play. I’ve only had one instance where I walked out and a person who actually needed it was waiting. I felt terrible, but it was only once out of hundreds. Does anyone else do this?
Someone(s) in Virginia is using a sharpie to remove the signature requirement on voter ballots
Chew toys for extreme chewers
I have a 40 lb Samoyed who is a specific type of aggressive chewer. It isn’t so much she destroys any toy I give her because of how hard she chews, but rather she is like a sniper. She finds the weak point in a toy and carefully chews it until the toy is destroyed. I had to stop giving her stuffed toys as she stripes the fur off of them and eats it. While nylon bones work, she will go through them in a few days. And I don’t want to give her toys so hard they will wreck her teeth. The problem is when I go to pet stores, all the toys labeled for “aggressive chewers”, she finds the weak spot and destroys the toy within one day (sometimes within an hour). I just recently got a tuffy ring and I was hopeful but she is chewing the ends and eating the fabric off of it. Does anyone else have a dog like this and if so, what toys have worked for you?
Totally not a grift
New poll shows Harris within 5% in Texas
