Seems like we're reaching a point where people are willing to put up with their own family dysfunctions less and less. This is likely why estrangement, for some, is a far more viable option than it ever used to be. The results of the recent presidential election aren't slowing this down either. #family #dysfunction #politics
fallow days take root
mounting to crushing summed weight
of emptiness borne
#MastoPrompt: #nourish #NegativeSpace
#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #loneliness #starvation #drought #dysfunction
As an engineer AND ESPECIALLY AS A MANAGER, I've encountered this so often.
Be wary. There's often **political** reasons for entrenched patterns like this, particularly when they are dysfunctional. You are likely to piss if someone who has motivated self-interest in keeping things this way.
Attempting to modify these sorts of behaviors risks activating an organizations immune system.
Ask me how I know...
#changemanagement #dysfunction #organizations
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A chief architect of #Project2025 is ready to shock Washington if #DonaldTrump wins a second term #federalgovernment #civilservants #federalemployees Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University history professor and author of “Strongmen: #Mussolini to the Present,” criticized Project 2025 as “a recipe for mass #chaos, abuses of #power, and #dysfunction in #government.” https://apnews.com/article/project-2025-russell-vought-trump-federal-government-38fc446832062e40fc2ccad6f3348dfd #democracy #congress #executivebranch #dictatorship #fascism #legislation #regulations #justice #courts
The #Constitution means whatever the #JohnRoberts court says it means, even when that meaning conflicts w/the basic principles of American #democracy.
It is against this backdrop of institutional #dysfunction & #judicial arrogance that President #Biden, fresh from his decision to leave the campaign trail in favor of his vice president, introduced his three-point package of #SupremeCourt reforms.
The #BloodBrainBarrier, a network of blood vessels and tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating in the blood—is disrupted in #AlzheimerDisease. Now, researchers at #MayoClinic and collaborators have uncovered unique #molecular signatures of blood-brain barrier #dysfunction that could point to new ways to diagnose and treat the disease. Their findings are published in Nature Communications.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-vascular-brain-linked-alzheimer-disease.html #healthcare #publichealth #dementia
The bill that cleared the #House sets up a clash — & likely a prolonged negotiation — w/the Democratic-controlled #Senate as the 2 chambers work to reconcile & merge their separate versions of the #legislation in the months ahead. Earlier Fri, the Senate #ArmedServices Cmte released its version of the #NDAA totaling $923.3B.
This is exactly what happened last year, a fact many Democrats lamented angrily on the House floor this week.
#Republican Rep #MarjorieTaylorGreene on Wednesday officially triggered a vote on her motion to remove House #Speaker #MikeJohnson.
There were audible boos from lawmakers in the chamber as Greene spoke at length about her grievances with Johnson on the #House floor.
#HouseRepublicans #Republicans #ChaosCaucus #TheDysfunctionIsThePoint #governance #dysfunction #VoteBlue
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228
#Funds for several crucial #FederalAgencies are set to expire just after midnight on Sat. That would spark a partial #GovernmentShutdown w/broad, cascading impacts across the govt & #economy. Air traffic controllers would go unpaid, potentially contributing to #travel delays. #FoodStampPrograms could quickly run low on funding. #HousingAssistance for millions of #families would fall into jeopardy.
#House passes bill to extend #GovernmentShutdown deadlines
The House on Thurs approved #legislation to extend the expiration date for #FederalFunding later into March, sending the measure to prevent a partial govt shutdown that was set for Sat to the #Senate, where it is expected the pass.
#HouseRepublicans #PublicDisservice #Dysfunction #governance #VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/29/government-shutdown-deal-vote-cr/
“…what neither Mr. #Grassley nor any of the other #Republicans who amplified the claims said in their breathless statements was that #FBI officials had warned them repeatedly to be cautious about the accusation, because it was #uncorroborated & its credibility unknown.”