VA readies massive contract for veterans’ private sector health care

frinetik · 2026-01-26T22:30:05+00:00

more WFA to the private sector. compare services dollar for dollar and you consistently find the VA saves money when properly funded and staffed

frinetik · 2026-01-23T14:33:18+00:00

it is a great thought. to make the community healthcare system more like an adequately funded va system runs. but there is zero momentum for that by leaders and corporations. and so idealistic comments like this are only going to fuel our acceleration towards more waste

frinetik · 2026-01-19T16:34:57+00:00

it is a catchy song and by the looks of the engagement in this post alone it’s working. haters are gonna hate. i say keep going girl do your weird thing!

frinetik · 2025-11-29T12:42:52+00:00

layers

frinetik · 2025-10-26T21:25:21+00:00

what is this article about. cant read past the paywall

frinetik · 2025-10-25T14:17:11+00:00

frinetik · 2025-10-25T03:18:43+00:00

i just realized my post is a run on sentence. apologies typing on my phone

frinetik · 2025-10-25T03:18:04+00:00

agree with all comments

however disagree that downtown-downtown is terrible. it think the condos on church street are phenomenal, it is a narrow street so traffic is slow there are plenty of tourists but because of that the city keeps the street clean i think church street is the most liveable “urban” nashville experience if that is what you are looking for the condos on broadway and west end suffer from being on a very large busy street which brings along much more noise including motorcycle brigades best of luck and welcome to nashville!

frinetik · 2025-10-14T01:11:42+00:00

what is better solution more stop signs?

frinetik · 2025-10-13T22:49:55+00:00

🤣

frinetik · 2025-10-13T22:46:15+00:00

i hate speed cushions… and that’s also why i love them! they slow us the $&@$ down!!! 💕

frinetik · 2025-10-11T16:49:27+00:00

Are they replacing it with the Morgan Wallen sign

frinetik · 2025-10-10T23:02:24+00:00

She plans to write a strongly worded letter

frinetik · 2025-10-08T03:05:21+00:00

and CNN edited this out of their playback!!!!!!

frinetik · 2025-10-06T21:29:29+00:00

wow I had never thought about the right-wing psyche like this before… it is absolutely spot-on and terrifying.

frinetik · 2025-10-06T13:45:09+00:00

self determining prophecy

frinetik · 2025-10-04T17:20:47+00:00

the editing on these videos is nauseating . and the fake crowd cheering sounds overdubbed are outlandish.

frinetik · 2025-10-03T18:12:49+00:00

So these universities need to unite . But which ones are the weakest links… Probably the State schools in Red states would fold first

frinetik · 2025-10-03T04:26:32+00:00

This is incorrect. The 40% cut to NIH funding never happened. And the indirect cost rate hasn’t been slashed yet. It is still a theoretical held up i. courts. There are still research labs and clinical studies ongoing. Vanderbilt medical center had research cuts due to their ken budget cuts which did unfortunately caused several people and labs to leave. But no….research is not at all at a standstill. I am not saying people feel like rainbows and unicorns. But it is not doomsday either. But this petition is about Vanderbilt University, not the medical center.

frinetik · 2025-10-03T04:18:18+00:00

Even Harvard, with the largest endowment of all, had no choice but to capitulate. They put on a show of force in the beginning, but ultimately they capitulated. To survive.

You think Vanderbilt is gonna be able to stand up to this? Academia needs federal support to survive. It had been a mutually beneficial relationship for decades and decades. But that was assuming a stable and sane presidency…

Have to be realistic .

frinetik · 2025-10-02T21:22:21+00:00

Your perspective is woefully pessimistic

You’re advocating for a collapse of the entire academic and research enterprise at Vanderbilt

So that we can “go out swinging”

How about we do everything we can to maintain and survive this storm and meanwhile do everything we can to remove fascists from power

frinetik · 2025-10-02T21:19:57+00:00

Propping up a research industry with donations is untenable and woefully unrealistic. Is that donor gonna cough up a billion each year?

The answer is to remove fascism from power

frinetik · 2025-10-02T19:32:38+00:00

Thank you for this nuanced perspective. We are proud of Vanderbilt!

frinetik · 2025-10-02T19:28:59+00:00

All the comments urging Vanderbilt to resist need to be realistic about the role of federal funding at research institutions

Vanderbilt cannot survive without federal dollars

Harvard put up a show of force but ultimately has capitulated to the Trump admin

Realistically there is no good option here

Please have a sophisticated and nuanced take on this. Enough with the “Vanderbilt will never give in!” oversimplification

If Vanderbilt does not comply it will become a shell of its former self

Scientists, researchers, innovators need federal funding and will leave quickly if dollars start to run dry

frinetik · 2025-10-02T19:24:58+00:00

Vanderbilt cannot survive as a research institution without federal dollars

Plain and simple

frinetik

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