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1. Steve Randy Waldman (interfluidity@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 04:43:34 JST Steve Randy Waldman

   • The Felon Pope :popephil:

   @Phil Federal workers outside the military is less than 2% of the workforce. Almost every new development in pharma and medicine begins with NIH/NSF funded research. Even very neoliberal economists like Benjamin Jones who study this stuff acknowledge that basic research funding is very high return, mistargeting is an issue but the unexhausted benefits of basic research overwhelm that drag, the main constraint is quantitative. 1/

   • The Felon Pope :popephil: (phil@freeatlantis.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 04:44:07 JST The Felon Pope :popephil:

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     @interfluidity 2% is too many. Have you seen the stats on how much time is spent watching porn on federal computers?
     .5% should be just fine.