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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 40 points 21 hours 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 12 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours 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 3 points 21 hours ago

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