I'm pretty much a gun control maximalist, but I would be more than happy to barter suppressor restrictions for pretty much anything else, since I agree with you that there's a good non-shooting-other-people reason to want to have them and I doubt they're actually that relevant to murder stats.

I mean that's just how reading works.

It isn't with news though. I am a bit of a news junkie and have actually subscribed to multiple news sources over the past year and I can't name a single journalist from any of them and I am almost certainly average in that way.

Sure, but if a source routinely clickbaits you/has a worse than expected article, you learn to avoid it (or even add a "don't show me this source" rule).

As long as the sources last long enough for reputation to build naturally (so, not the Amazon LLC model), it should all come out in the wash pretty reasonably.

Unless every medical doctor on the planet is also compromised (in which case you might as well just shrug and enjoy the ride, living your life the best you can, because you're only one person anyway) you might find some benefit from speaking to a psychiatrist.

Sure, a neurologist might seem the natural approach, but psychiatrists are more accessible without a referral (and could refer you to a neurologist of need be) and might be able to help you troubleshoot the brain fog - just because it's caused by an implant, doesn't mean that more conventional treatments can't help.

On the off chance that your brain is misfiring all on its own (which I assume you acknowledge is something it's possible for things as complicated and sophisticated as a brain to do, considering even the lost primitive electronics can fail in unpredictable ways), they'd likely be able to help with that, too.

That's called a foundation, they exist.

It does kind of suck for Albany though that something like 10% of its population lives in the untaxable University Village.

Let's be real. Albany could double its tax base with duplexes, or any buildings taller than 10 feet, but they don't and don't want to.

That's also true.

Isn't the Messenger app like ground zero for weird, intrusive, should-be-illegal tracking pixel abuse?

What? The textbook+teacher combo literally provides exactly that.

The textbook allows you to move at your own pace, acting as a structured reference and practice tool that you can review endlessly outside of class.

And the teacher can answer any questions you've confirmed you're not able to resolve on your own with the textbook. Some in class, some during office hours/before or after class, and some via email.

I think probably if Russia ran out of money for drones and missiles and could only support human wave attacks, Ukraine would be pretty happy.

Russia won't run out of drones as long as they can trade fossil fuels to China in exchange for weapons.

Most top private schools will give a full ride to anyone that's not from a wealthy family (or I guess wealthy themselves) anyway, no?

According to this page https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordabi..., Harvard covers your costs if you have <$100k family income. So in ways it's better than covering tuition with part time work.