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Havoctoday at 12:12 AM4 repliesview on HN

Chances of current US gov mounting a coordinated scientific campaign to get on top of this seem vanishingly small to me. They’re busy defunding and dismantling any gov operation that smells like science


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inigyoutoday at 5:10 PM

I heard there was one keeping this under control. It involved transgenic flies, which sounds close to transgender. DOGE ended it. It was also pitched as "why are we studying the mating habits of flies?"

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kevin_thibedeautoday at 5:33 PM

They're building a new breeding facility in the US. They can't pull a Don't Look Up on this one because of the powerful business interests they need to placate.

cyanydeeztoday at 11:02 AM

If we all pass around the hat we can make a bet on Kalshi that they "WONT" do this. Right? That's effective democracy!

tennfowntoday at 4:44 PM

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