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Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?

Few people can focus enough to read.

I work in a technical field. In the past few years I’ve learned that interacting by email usually requires one-line sentences or bullet points, with any questions being numbered. No fluff, no secondary thoughts or possibilities. Keep it as minimal as possible.

It still fails to elicit a coherent response about half the time, but it’s the best I’ve found so far.

It didn’t use to be like this. But what’s to blame; screen addiction, microplastics, covid, increased stress, … ?

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Trump 'likely' will fire Fed Chair Powell 'soon,' White House official says

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Yeah, I don’t get the “trumpf will fire Powell” thing. He has no authority over the Fed, right?

Yes, I get he can apply pressure indirectly, but that’s not the same as having the power to fire anyone at the Fed. So this sounds like the media trying to grant trump the appearance of more authority than he has, which is a bad thing.

I’m hopeful Powell will stick out his term and continue to do make the best decisions he can.

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Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin

I’m kinda wondering if that’s their primary intention even if these scumbags are probably pleased with such an outcome.

Maybe they sorted the list of degrees by repayment rate and labeled all the ones below a certain rate as ‘unprofessional’. Since women are still getting paid significantly less than men for the exact same work, they may have lower repayment rates which would show up like you’ve shown.

To be clear, either way, fuck these clowns.

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A few solarpunk ways of automated watering [Guide]

Wow, that Blumat dripper sounds great!

We have a veg garden with drip lines on a timer and it's always annoyed me that it just blindly waters whether or not it's needed. Plus, given the amount of wasted water, there is too much demand for my rain barrel system. This looks like it can decrease our water usage AND allow us to switch to just using rain. Fucking brilliant!

Thanks for sharing!