Maeve

Looks like Israel-US are the principal source for instability in the area, to me.

Plus they killed the last people who were telling.

Unfortunately, it’s pretty common reaction from a people who’s government has actively sown division amongst themselves, as well as anything/anyone foreign. It’s understandable and regrettable. I’d like to see a lot less division among regular people of the world, personally.

If you’re posting in good faith, maybe just lurk more, get a feel for the place. If you aren’t posting in good faith, that’s on you.

There’s definitely a cultural disconnect. The culture of being open in the West about salary is within the workplace, to encourage fair wages (not that it works, but it can). In case you’re asking in good faith, outside the workplace, it’s considered rude to ask, rude to offer the information if seen as braggadocios. It’s still a little rude if the salary is below livable wages, because it makes people making more uncomfortable. And maybe it should.

www.salary.com/research/salary/alternate/neurosurgeon-salary (terrible website, fair warning)

How much does a Neurosurgeon make? As of June 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Neurosurgeon in the United States is $696,301. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $367,513 to a high of $1,049,352, with most professionals earning between $524,201 and $881,101.

That means in the US, a lot of people who need surgery aren’t getting it.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/china-national-parks-system

It’s a good read, parks bigger than Florida. Ambitious goals. I’d like to visit.

I noticed, and was deeply ashamed. That was a one-off, though. I can’t say it would be different if it were more it would be different, but it may be.

"The Israeli public has been convinced over the years that it can exist here in the region while deeply disdaining all its neighbours and rampaging in a thuggish and murderous manner against everyone - whenever and however it wants - relying solely on brute force. “That’s why there was something so substantial about the sight of the bombed-out buildings in Ramat Gan,” he said. "They are so similar to the images we’re used to seeing from Gaza. Those sooty grey skeletons of buildings, that billowing cloud of dust, that carpet of ash and rubble covering the street, those images of children’s dolls in the hands of rescue teams. “The scale is, of course, completely different, but these images are nevertheless a momentary rupture of this disturbed fantasy that we are immune to everything,” he added.

United States citizens should take note. We never seem to appreciate the consequences of our actions, at home or abroad, until they return to us. The people in the global South, the East, Middle -East–people around the world-- are humans like us, with struggles, sorrows, dreams and aspirations. We need to shake the boot off our necks, then lift it off our neighbors ’ necks.

“Flattery will get you everywhere.”

Yes, you can bet your last dollar Dems and Reps are working with the CIA to make this happen.

Yes, the first thing I thought as I read the headline: humans?

You are welcome. This was something that troubled me all night, last evening. Please try to lmk updates/safety when reasonable.

Is this in whole or part because Iran was threatening to leak secrets? If in part, is that just the pretext to doing it, anyway? Are Bibi troubles at home secondary to "I just wanted to do this?”

I am so, so sorry. 🫂

fighting each other

And wars all over the globe, including proxy wars.

😒

https://www.zillow.com/burbank-ca/

https://www.zillow.com/fresno-ca/

https://www.zillow.com/chico-ca/

Bit of a price difference was my point.

I think different people with differing experiences and income and exposure have differing abilities.

Anyone not plain vanilla and falling in line, apparently. Unless you’re fabulously wealthy or otherwise “useful.”

Guess different people are cut from different cloth, then, like some can see past their own preferences and some can’t, then.