#Spend Reduction

[in4newz]

Everyone is being hard on Elon and that might not look good! Listen..

[lucky-clover-gazette]

halfway through my 20s, i’ve definitely picked up this pattern where i will every so often have a “baseball bat year” in which i realize i’ve stagnated and very suddenly and determinedly decide to change major parts of my life for the better, then i reap the rewards of that hard work for 2-3 years, and then it’s baseball bat year again because there’s always more and i want it all. it’s called baseball bat year bc i just eventually realize that i need to be bonked really hard with a baseball bat and get things moving again

[variantoutcast]

Just door dashed dinner & some edibles and I'm going to watch the first mission impossible movie

[vvitchynerd]

Traditional art jumpscare🔪

Just finished sketchbook I started in Feb of last year, first and last pages

Unedited versions below:

[arctic-hands]

Did I drop like twenty dollars on an ancient ass e-ink ereader from goodwill, one that's so old the charger is circular and not a USB port and the software is unsupported now I'll have to rely on calibre? Yes. Look I was having the obsessive urge to spend money anyway so better a ten dollar (the rest was shipping) used device that still works fine and has free workarounds than like a hundred dollars on a new thing with only midling reviews like I almost did

[rawliverandgoronspice]

the incredibly delicate tension between: we need art to feed us and connect us and make us feel like things have a purpose, and: art is slowly but surely making us more complacent and cowardly

[intertexts]

gonna be such a formpilled shapecel this autumn......

[rezcowgirl]

Lmao. I am not a “public-health intelligentsia”, but I can say that Marshall Smith is a money driven charlatan and also a complete piece of shit on a professional and personal level.

If he says “I can be hard to work for - I can be bitchy” to group of professionals like that’s somehow funny and just a ~quirky way~ he gets things done, you cannot imagine how he treats people behind closed doors. There are so many stories about the way he treated people in BC, and to be clear, I am just a low-level employee. I’m not even “in the know” about all the discourse. It’s just a well known fact in the place he ran away from that he is a nightmare person.

The amount of money in the private (often faith-based) abstinence only recovery sector is staggering. Guess where he got his start and guess who he is best buds with (other than Danielle Smith, apparently).

I genuinely feel heartbroken for people in Alberta.

[plethoraworldatlas]

The innovation of a 3D-printed device from the University of Edinburgh could pave the way to the abolition of animal testing. The plastic “body-on-chip” device contains human cells from five major organs — the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver — and simulates chemicals moving through the circulatory system by using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. “This device is the first to be designed specifically for measuring drug distribution … essentially, allowing us to see where a new drug goes in the body and how long it stays there, without having to use a human or animal to test it,” Liam Carr, inventor of the device, told The Guardian. Future models could also show how organs in different stages of disease react to medicine — as well as how everyday items like foods, aerosols, and cleaners affect the human body — improving precision in biomedical experiments. This device is an example of innovation in biomedical models that could replace animal testing. It could also be cheaper and faster than testing new drugs on live animals. “This device shows really strong potential to reduce the large number of animals that are used worldwide for testing drugs and other compounds, particularly in the early stages, where only 2% of compounds progress through the discovery pipeline,” said Dr. Adriana Tavares of the University’s Centre for Cardiovascular Science according to WION News.

[sergle]

When I got an orchidectomy my surgeon stitched that shit up so good that my regular doctor couldn't even find the scar at first, some surgeons are straight up magicians

yeah like. 1) I had to look up what an orchidectomy is, and 2) FOR REAL. I guess it makes sense, since he's so fucking expensive!!! some people do magic in the OR.

[the2amrevolution]

Public school funding does not pay for extracurriculars. Public school funding does not pay for sports outside of classes open to all students. Public school funding does not pay for any equipment used solely by an extracurricular sports team. Public school funding does not pay for any coaching bonuses beyond the additional salary for increased student contact hours which all extracurricular sponsors should receive. Public school funding does not pay for football programs, and no amount of being angry that a sport is popular is going to make that not true.

Public school funding comes mainly from property taxes. If you live in a county where most people rent rather than own their home, the people voting on what the property tax rate and school funding should be are going to be mostly the landlords whose best interest is to keep property taxes low to maximize their profits. The landlords and land owners are probably on the county committees and boards. Their kids and grandkids go to private school, so the funding of the public schools doesn't matter.

Many states have legislation that says that the state is supposed to make up for up to a certain percentage (85% in GA last I knew) of a school's operating costs if the local government can't fund it. However, the state government is run by the same people who don't want to pay taxes, or who want to be able to brag about how much money they saved the state, so they also can't or find ways out of providing public school funding.

Funding for extracurricular activities including sports teams comes directly from parents of students, local sponsors, the coaching staff, alumni, and other mostly local community sources. The football team got those new lockers because they were donated by an alumnus. They got that new stadium because the construction company that built it is owned by an alumnus and he has it in the contract that his company logo will be displayed and included in any news about the construction. The head coach got that new pick-up because the booster club paid for most of it since they like the guy and got it discounted by a local dealership in exchange for advertising.

Athletic funding is one big pot, not divided by sport. The big sport at a school also pays for a lot of the smaller sports, or at least pays for enough that students don't have massive participation fees that would keep them from even being able to have a team.

The funds in the athletic department do not in any way impact any other extracurricular. They do not impact the school's ability to pay a home economics teacher a fair salary and to have necessary supplies for the class. They have fuck all to do with the cafeteria food or the maintenance budgets.

Blaming sports for problems caused by capitalism because you weren't popular in high school is ignorant and sad.

[snapcracklepop-myjoints]

"what if that homeless person you gave money to spends it on alcohol ???😱" first of all alcohol withdrawal kills people and if theyre not in a safe place to detox (unlikely if they dont have a fucking home) this is literally harm reduction. second of all if they are not in danger of withdrawal thats fine too because im not a little baby bitch who thinks people have to earn the right to have a fucking drink by passing the "must be this tall housed to ride" test. third of all i would have spent it on alcohol also. so now what.

[study-hall-hq]

The executive order, signed by President Donald Trump on March 20, 2025, mandates a government-wide overhaul of federal procurement to eliminate waste and save taxpayer dollars. It centralizes the purchasing of common goods and services under the General Services Administration (GSA), streamlining procurement functions that were previously scattered across multiple agencies. The order directs agency heads to submit plans for transitioning procurement responsibilities to the GSA and requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to designate the GSA Administrator as the executive agent for government-wide IT acquisition contracts. The initiative aims to reduce redundancy, optimize spending, and enhance fiscal responsibility while ensuring continuity of service.

[themetaphorical]

Paying Down National Debt: A Smarter Alternative to Stimulus Checks

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[eu-entrepreneurs-uncovered]

The Ultimate Guide to Saving Money on Google Cloud for Entrepreneurs

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[brainrot-yumm]

I hate constantly being in this fight between "I like a lot of what I am right now" and "I want so much for my body to change" like WHY CANT I JUST SHAPESHIFT GOOOOOOODDDDDDDD