I’m not disagreeing with you (I don’t know enough about the department’s operations), but I can understand why people are unhappy with the ED (Department of Education). It has existed for almost 40 years, and has spent tens (sometimes hundreds) of billions of dollars annually.

The result: Well, most Americans’ reading level, as highlighted in this post. Also, a shocking number of people can’t even name a single country in Africa – a big continent with more than 50 countries to choose from. Also, college borrowers in the US owe ~$1.5 trillion to the ED.

Should the ED be abolished? Honestly, I’m way to ignorant to even make an educated guess. But after so many decades, hundreds of billions of dollars spent, and $trillions of debt owed by students, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to think that something should at least change.

I’ve noticed that, when confronted with longer text, many people just use an LLM to summarize it now.

Ah, so it’s symbolic and artistic. That’s cool, I dig the creativity 🙂

Thanks for the explanation.

Which one? There are many national holidays.

I tend to check social media much less than the average person, so this might be a really dumb question, but…

Why is it a brick? Does it symbolize something? Is it tool? Or a weapon? Or just some form of art?

Fun fact: This isn’t the first time they’ve worked together and broke up. IIRC, Trump choose Musk for some advisory role during his first term (I don’t remember what, specifically). Musk resigned because Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord.

Heh, remember bent pins?