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Nando161<p>"The thing about having an invisible <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> is that often I expect myself to have the functioning of a healthy <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/person" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>person</span></a>. I have to remember that if a person suddenly experienced the level of executive <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a>, memory problems and depression I experience on an average day, they would go to the hospital<br>it’s called a disability because it’s <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/disabling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabling</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/793701708703399936" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/nando161mando/79370</span><span class="invisible">1708703399936</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Their dispute is the latest in a series of fights that has consumed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> over the first 6 months of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s return to office. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>’s tenure has been marked by abrupt firings, personality clashes, threats &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> that has drawn scrutiny from Capitol Hill, &amp; continues to be closely monitored by the White House.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The backlog has alarmed career ofcls who warn it could amount to illegal impoundment of funds.</p><p>Major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> agencies including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> &amp; the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> Foundation [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>] have been mired in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> that has slowed the routine work of awarding new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> &amp; sending billions in funding, appropriated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, to researchers &amp; projects across the country.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The conflict within <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>’s inner circle persists even after he purged several political appointees in April &amp; attempts to portray a sense of unity among his remaining *brain trust*🤣. His claims, however, are belied by continued behind-the-scenes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a>, brought on by unresolved personality conflicts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inexperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inexperience</span></a>, vacancies in key <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> leadership roles &amp; a steady-state of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/paranoia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paranoia</span></a> over what political crisis is next…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>Today is going to be very difficult for people separate from parents to protect their mental and emotional and sometimes physical health. Don't forget to be kind today.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mothersday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mothersday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nocontact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nocontact</span></a></p>
FreeSchool=Co-Op+Friendship🔁?Asking good people to make more good people, but not quite getting there... #Quote + My life aims explained...
Ecologia Digital<p><a href="https://mato.social/tags/webIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webIndustry</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mato.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> </p><p>"Even the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/paidjobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paidjobs</span></a> when they happen have much lower budgets and are employing fewer people.<br>This <a href="https://mato.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> means that the “adjacent but still in the industry” jobs that used to pay for the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/passionprojects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passionprojects</span></a> are fewer and farther between. More and more people have to rely on unrelated day jobs (or spouses) to stay in the industry and the cold hard truth is that most of them will burn out and leave eventually."</p><p><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/the-web-is-a-creative-industry/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025</span><span class="invisible">/the-web-is-a-creative-industry/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p><p>Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> healthcare profiteering announced</p><p>Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples</p><p>The 2024 “winners” of the annual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shkreli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shkreli</span></a> awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> within the healthcare industry, have been released from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LownInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LownInstitute</span></a>, an independent healthcare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1712534/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1712534/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The holiday season lends itself to wishful thinking <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bipartisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipartisanship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holidays</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>

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
botsin.space/@picardtips/11308

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.
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06 #healthcare #publichealth #dementia

Medical Xpress · Researchers identify vascular changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer's diseaseBy Science X
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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.

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#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
washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · House passes bill to extend government shutdown deadlinesBy Jacob Bogage