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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch (www.space.com)

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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Efficiency is when the government abandons all its investments, lets everything fall apart, and drives all scientists to take jobs abroad before the next uncontrolled pandemic paralyzes the country.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's going to be measles or some other preventable disease

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It'll most likely be avian flu, which is pretty bad. The Trump people are trying to ban MRNA vaccines and cut the vaccine research that might have helped with it.

[–] ZeroPoke@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Then its war with Canada to distract from the disease and to take their resources. #IWantOffThisRide