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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, almost all of Trump’s grant freezes are related to science and tech research that is funded by the government so the US remains competitive in commerce, defense, etc.

This shit is shortsighted AF.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s not just that. It’s also technology communities that aggressively push Linux.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Good news is that the vast majority of NPR’s funding is not from the government.

That said, now is the time to set up reoccurring donations.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Paz probably didn’t expect Trump would do them dirty like this.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Agreed. Vandalism will 100% increase rates. I’m just saying that since the vandalism didn’t really start gaining popularity until Feb, we’re not going to see it in this until March at the earliest.

If I was motivated, I segment out Feb and see if the data changed radically.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Agreed, but give that people didn’t start aggressively lashing out against Musk until after inauguration and after DOGE started doing shit, I imagine the earliest proactive rate adjustments would be rolling in during March at the earliest.

Vandalism will 100% raise rates, but the date cutoff strikes me to me too early for that to show in the data.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

I’m betting that this almost entirely a result asshole Telsa drivers getting into more accidents, not vandalism.

  • We already know that the brand is a leader in can accidents.
  • The time range is Feb 24 to Feb 25
  • Rate calculations are heavily driven by the previous year’s cost’s (Feb 23 to 24).

Telsa has armed a bunch of suburbanites with heavy ass cars that come with acceleration speeds that are rival a corvette. That alone should drive up accidents.

There is a reason fast engines have always come with higher insurance. People get in more accidents and worst accidents.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

And in addition to friend and family getting on watchlists, this also means that a LOT of businesses are going to start keeping a lot of cash around if they want to keep prices down.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

Given what Trump is doing to the American economy, it might be better to offer Chinese Yuan.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
 
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