Scientists have discovered a 1 inch bulge roughly an area the size of Chicago at Yellowstone National Park. As you are aware, Yellowstone sits atop a massive super volcano and if it blows, say goodbye to your petty political differences, your job status, what you had for breakfast. Sobering thought, but at 1 inch I'd hardly call that a bulge and I damn sure wouldn't be bragging about it!

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/01/25/yellowstone-scientists-monitoring-chicago-sized-bulge-along-volcanos-north-rim/

This is so discourageing! Of all the job offers that I can find none are Jobs that I would actually wanna take if I actually did get the offer, because all require commuting over an hour or moving to I city that I would never wanna live in. This is just downright depressing! In the past 3 weeks I have not even seen one offer that was in my current location or even close by. I just want a new job not an entire life re-orientation!

It is just so sad that we live in such a career-driven double standard society where it is totally normalized that as a young person, you HAVE to be ready give up your ENTIRE LIFE and the place you picked to be your home ANYTIME to find a new job. But on the same time you are expected to be ready to settle and have a family from 30 onwards. And with a family you are often still required to move your entire family to a new place for a new job and it's totally normalized!

And overall economy is just shit and the field I work in is not doing well despite the fact that it was flourishing during the pandemic.

I blame everything on Merz at this point because I need a scapegoat to vent my anger!

Hmm either the company I work for has just given me some incredible leverage to practially demand a raise or the whole thing has a big catch and they hope that I am to gullible to see it.

They recently laid off 20 % of the employees becasue of funding problems. Unfortunateley they also fired the person who was appointed officer for biological safetey... Now they desperateley need another employee to become that. But there is only a handfull of people who can thake the position as it has special requirements. Most suitable people don't want it because it is a hassle. I am amongst those few suited ones and they just asked me yesterday if I were interested in getting that extra qualification.
TBH I don't really want the hassle that comes with it and I am planning to leave the company as soon as I find a better job anyway. But the qualification will look very hot on my resume...
I have been fighting for a wage increase. Since I know they are desparate, I could practically bribe them into giving me a BIG fat raise or I will just not do it.
What do I have to loose? They can only say no then I'll also say no too. So what? It is a voluntary extra position, they cannot fire me for declining the responsibility. For me, things will stay same and they'll still have no one to be Biological safetey officer. Their probelm.

But I am not trusting them anymore so I kinda smell a rat (not the cute cuddly kind that smells like love and popcorn)...what could it be???
Will I have to give up my project lead position? Is it a degradation in disguise? WHAt could be the catch???
Time to do some research....

Well Happy Birthday to me. Let's see what a shitty one it will be once I have dragged my ass to work in a few hours. Not looking forward to working tomorrow...
I started to hate it there. I wish I could just quit immediately. But I need to find something new first. And with the current economy in Germany it can take up to a year to find a new job even with a degree in science.
Guess it's obvious what's my wish when blowing out candles today.

MARCO RUBIO: EUROPEAN UNION DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE HOW WE DEFEND AMERICA

"I don't think that the European Union gets to determine what international law is. They certainly don't get to determine how the United States defends its national security

The United States is under attack from organized, criminal, narco-terrorist in our hemisphere, and the President is responding in the defense of our country

I do find it interesting that all these countries want us to send, you know, and supply—for example—nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles to defend Europe. But when the United States positions aircraft carriers in our hemisphere, where we live, somehow that's a problem?

So, I would say that the United States and this President has made very clear: his job is to protect the United States from threats against the United States, and that is what he's doing in this operation"

The very definitions of MAGA and America’s First.

So I had to share this,I work with probably some of the WEIRDEST people ever,I mean ever. My job as a grocery bagger is good,I walk there and enjoy what I do but some of the conversations that go on....yeah just SO weird I won't go into detail. Also I'm still there and haven't gotten fired....yet. So I'm hopeing to stay there for awhile,as much as everyone had changed there attitudes twords me I don't care really.....I think I get treated differently because of how I dress and that fact I like extreme and quality music...oh well....!

So I got talked to at work again,today. Because I said some stuff about my neighbors dog as well as a black metal artist I enjoy listening to,so i guss I can't even have freedom of speech at my own job.....sad. Might be switching departments but that probably won't help....have to see what happens,the first time was even more dumb...it was over the fact I had a colonoscopy appointment and people are asking about it,I kept on saying surgery because I get confused and info mixed up sometimes. So when I mentioned the correct reason I was met with extreme immature reactions,we'll see how much longer I'm at the Front End before switching departments.

https://www.lyft.com/lyftup/jobs-access?fbclid=IwY2xjawNb4oZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjTWMyRk9XWXB4endvOXhDAR61Ac5pkVzrhUBr2l19fL48woKtDpfVO4R4N_fYwUX1lZQgMNCT3ezeQGYJZA_aem_rx_Mv0UMWPxVUgZybPx2Vg