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(DIR) Post #AtgilbdVrRWVhjRQkS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T15:47:48Z
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Read #Trump's #budget proposal & its cover letter by #OMB director / #Project2025 architect #RussVought.#Senate Democratic Leader #ChuckSchumer (NY) on Friday called Trump’s 2026 budget a “gut punch” to #families.The budget proposes a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory benefit programs.https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf
(DIR) Post #AtgjKFiPM3k7qwFfay by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T15:54:03Z
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#Trump unveiled his #budget for the 2026 fiscal year, proposing about $163B in cuts to key federal #education, #health, #housing & #labor programs while still seeking to boost spending on #defense.The blueprint showcased Trump’s vision for Washington while formalizing his disruptive reorganization already underway, as he shutters entire offices & dismisses scores of federal workers w/o the legally required approval of #Congress.#law #TrumpCoup #USpol
(DIR) Post #AtgjZdwDZrdjK23AZM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T15:56:50Z
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Major #health cutbacks: The budget proposes massive cuts at the #NIH & #CDC, but it includes $500M for *Health* #RFKJr’s signature initiative: Make America Healthy Again. The CDC’s budget would be cut by more than half, to $4B from roughly $9B.Significant reduction in #education: Education spending would fall by $12 billion under #Trump’s 2026 blueprint, w/the most significant cut coming from a plan to “streamline” #TitleI money for high-#poverty #schools & other #K12 programs.#law #USpol
(DIR) Post #AtgjmKINv2OmAOSyFE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T15:59:08Z
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Major changes to the #FBI: The #Trump #budget proposed cutting more than $500 million from the FBI, declaring that the admin “is committed to undoing the weaponization” of the agency that it said occurred under the #Biden admin [weaponization = law enforcement]A boost in #defense: Even as many domestic programs see budget cuts, Trump’s 2026 plan proposes increasing #military spending by 13#, to $1.01 trillion for 2026.#law #TrumpCoup #USpol
(DIR) Post #AtgjsWPPnKBjTOi0W0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:00:15Z
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#SafetyNet cuts: #Trump proposed slashing some federal safety net programs, confirming early #budget documents reviewed last week by NYT. Those recommended cuts include trimming more than $26 billion in federal #RentalAssistance.#law #TrumpCoup #USpol
(DIR) Post #AtgkPEGKHfv6kU3NuC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:06:09Z
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The #budget of the Ctr for #Medicare & #Medicaid Services would be slashed by $674M, but the #Trump budget claims the cuts would have *no impact* on providing #benefits to those enrolled in the #HealthInsurance programs.Rather, it says, the budget “eliminates funding that had been used to carry out non-statutory, wasteful & woke activities,” in the 1st time a presidential budget has used the word “woke” in describing priorities. The budget also “eliminates #HealthEquity - focused activities.”
(DIR) Post #AtgkgmSKPFzVim2KfI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:09:20Z
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#Trump’s budget proposes to eliminate entirely a $4.1 billion program that helps #LowIncome Americans pay their #heating & #cooling #bills. The proposal says that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [#LIHEAP] is “unnecessary” because Trump is planning to increase domestic #oil & #gas production & reduce #energy prices. Last month, the admin fired everyone working in the program’s office, which currently helps 6.2 million Americans nationwide offset high #UtilityBills.#economy
(DIR) Post #AtgkwEp9DVTI2y55Em by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:12:06Z
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#Trump is proposing a >$4.5B cut to the #Agriculture Dept, about a 17% trim from its #budget for fiscal year 2025. Programs facing the steepest cuts include #farm conservation programs & #rural development that the admin argues is redundant & #research that it characterizes as “woke.”The budget includes a $15M increase for #food inspection, but interestingly does not include cuts to #FoodStamps —which will likely be a point of contention in #Congress.#farmers #farming #economy
(DIR) Post #AtglDWyQzPrbGCfdXk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:15:15Z
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#Trump has proposed cutting spending on #CivilRights enforcement in #schools, work-study programs & services for #students from disadvantaged backgrounds. But one corner of the education budget he would boost: #CharterSchools [I wonder if this has something to do w/the #religious charter school case before #SCOTUS right now]. His budget proposal would increase federal support for new charter schools by $60 million, or about 8.3%.#law #education #Constitution #ChurchAndState
(DIR) Post #AtglYz93RccaiHrtkO by peachfront@toot.community
2025-05-02T16:19:05Z
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@Nonilex is he lying or stupid, as usual, the answer is BOTHhe cannot have any such plan because oil & gas production doesn't increase when prices fall, production increases when prices rise to take advantage of the greater opportunity for profit
(DIR) Post #Atgll08nZG5BHETiHQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:21:18Z
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#Trump’s #budget proposal ends the #EPA’s work w/ #poor & #vulnerable communities. By eliminating the #EnvironmentalJustice program, the admin mocks decades of study showing that communities of color are more likely to live in areas w/higher levels of #pollution, writing that the program “claimed minorities were especially vulnerable to ‘#ClimateChange,’ because of their ‘dependence on climate-sensitive resources,’ such as water & food supplies.’”[#disinformation]#GeographicEquity #law #science
(DIR) Post #Atgm9ONz4qdLQBDBrs by maddad@mastodon.world
2025-05-02T16:25:39Z
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@Nonilex He needs the money for projects like this...https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/new-trump-tower-dubai-uae-b2743611.html
(DIR) Post #AtgoYXrTBTcnxP7o8G by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-05-02T16:52:37Z
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@Nonilex Trump's framing that his massive budget cuts will not affect the provision of statutorily required Medicare and Medicaid Services is a lie, meant only to avoid liability in court. Of course, he means to slash a fundamental public benefit.
(DIR) Post #Atgp5NRevsjbCwhwZM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T16:58:36Z
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#ElonMusk & #SpaceX are big winners in #Trump’s #budget. 1st, Trump wants to put “a down-payment on the development & deployment of a ‘#GoldenDome’…, a next-generation missile defense shield” that SpaceX is going to play a major role in building. That could earn it billions in new contracts. 2nd, Trump calls for “US space dominance to strengthen US national security & strategic advantage,” also generating new business for SpaceX. So it’s $$$ for #Musk — even as the rest of the govt gets slashed.
(DIR) Post #AtgpJHkwseLjcOMWJM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:01:05Z
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Not surprisingly, the #budget includes significant cuts to programs & financial assistance aimed at helping #immigrants & #refugees learn English, find homes & work & settle into American life.Some #ImmigrantRights groups & NGOs have been preparing for these reductions to their budgets since #Trump was elected. Nevertheless, the loss in #funding, combined w/his admin’s #immigration crackdown, are having a chilling effect in migrant communities across the country.#law #racism #EthnicCleansing
(DIR) Post #Atgq2tFWKRYevrPLwu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:09:21Z
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#Trump’s proposal slashes the #NIH #budget to $27B from ~$48B. The budget doc delivers a duplicitous rebuke to NIH, saying: “NIH has broken the trust of the American people w/wasteful spending, misleading information, risky research & the promotion of dangerous ideologies that undermine public health.” [written from Bizarro World]The budget purports to refocus the #CDC on #infectious #diseases, but slashes funding for viral #hepatitis, #HIV & #STDs, lumping them into a single program at $300M.
(DIR) Post #Atgq4vwRI2kvrSSPL6 by nada_bio_entity2@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-05-02T17:09:38Z
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@Nonilex There’s a $1 billion nasa plus up “By allocating over $7 billion for lunar exploration and introducing $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs, the Budget ensures that America’s human space exploration efforts remain unparalleled, innovative, and efficient.”“The Budget funds a program to replace SLS and Orion flights to the Moon with more cost-effective commercial systems that would support more ambitious subsequent lunar missions.”More pork for musk.
(DIR) Post #AtgqNK3yLU9LswkWLw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:13:01Z
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, #Firearms & Explosives [#ATF] would take a big hit under #Trump’s #budget, losing $468M. Declaring the agency had “criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat,” the White House said it would end “excessive restrictions on homemade firearms,” presumably a reference to #GhostGuns [restrictions to which #SCOTUS upheld].#law #GunViolence #GunControl
(DIR) Post #Atgqu2aMLd3hEfV1OK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:18:57Z
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#Trump is planning to eliminate the National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health [#NCCIH], saving $170M. This is the center at #NIH charged w/examining whether supplements & other alternative medical treatments are helpful or dangerous.#RFKJr clearly had a hand in this. Can’t have anybody proving his insane claims are false, like Vitamin A is an effective treatment for measles [it’s not, & kids are ending up in the hospital w/ Vitamin A toxicity]#science https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/texas-hospital-children-vitamin-a-toxicity-reports/
(DIR) Post #Atgrk1yZrITsP6cN6W by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:28:22Z
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In cutting $1.065B from the #SubstanceAbuse & #MentalHealth Services Admin, #Trump falsely claimed he was eliminating Biden-era #funding for harm reduction supplies such as “safe smoking kits & supplies” & “syringes.”#SAMHSA was established in 1992, not under #Biden.What it ends is regional & national quality behavioral-health services such as addiction-prevention, treatment, & recovery-support.It will now be integrated into the new “Administration for a Healthy America”#PublicHealth
(DIR) Post #AtgtSFndvL1JyO9dQW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:47:33Z
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In announcing $18B in cuts to #NIH, the #Trump admin said the #health agency “promoted radical gender ideology to the detriment of America’s youth.” It cited a study of #transgender youth that measured their psychological & social well-being 2 yrs after they had been prescribed hormone treatments. The WH noted, correctly, that 2 of the patients in the 315 person study died by suicide. What it omitted is that this population is at high risk of suicidal thoughts & behaviors, depression & anxiety.
(DIR) Post #AtgtzBrTaRPJJbeWu0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:53:30Z
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#Trump’s #budget calls for an elimination of the federal agency known as #AmeriCorps, whose funding for nationwide #CommunityService programs had already been slashed & its staff sent home.Also on the list of agencies to be eliminated, which the admin said will “reduce *waste* & reduce unnecessary governmental entities,” are several small govt institutions that have been effectively gutted by #Musk’s #DOGE, including the US Institute of #Peace [#USIP] & the #Smithsonian’s Woodrow Wilson Center.
(DIR) Post #AtguL9kq6LNJ9R1SeO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T17:57:28Z
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#Trump aims to slash funding for the National #Science Foundation by >50%, to $3.9B from $8.8B in 2025. The area most affected is #research & #education, including spending for #climate, #CleanEnergy & “woke” social, behavioral & economic #sciences, as well as programs the budget vaguely classifies as “low priority areas of science.”All programs supported by the #NSF concerning #DEI in the sciences are to be eliminated. But funding for #AI & #quantum information science is to remain the same.
(DIR) Post #AtgugO0cIZwJRSWdwu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:01:16Z
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Per the NYT & Center for American Progress, #Trump’s #budget would cut nondefense programs to their LOWEST LEVEL IN THE MODERN ERA (these records only go back to the 1960s). This category of spending includes everything #Congress must authorize each year, but does not include “mandatory spending” on benefits like Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.
(DIR) Post #Atguw7a78wf77tdG8u by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:04:09Z
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Among the proposed cuts to #immigrant & #refugee assistance is $650M earmarked for the DHS Shelter & Services Program. The initiative helped cities, migrant advocacy groups & churches provide temporary #housing to migrants under President #Biden.The initiative has long been a target of the #Trump admin, which has launched a review into the city & county of El Paso & other nonprofits that have taken the funds, suggesting they may have violated a human smuggling law. [lies]#immigration #law
(DIR) Post #Atgvi6uWwLgawj44Uy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:12:48Z
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The #Interior Dept, which manages millions of acres of #PublicLands & #water, is slated for a 30.5% overall cut, acc/to the #Trump #budget. The Bureau of #Land Management #conservation programs are slated to lose $198 million in cuts, while the proposal suggests nearly $1 billion in cuts to various #tribal & Bureau of Indian Affairs programs & grants.#FirstAmericans #AmericanIndians #NativeAmericans #Alaskans #IndigenousPeoples
(DIR) Post #AtgvvayKU5SfwbGuUC by EthicalProfessor@mstdn.social
2025-05-02T18:15:14Z
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@Nonilex And American taxpayers are once again getting major league ripped off for snake oil.
(DIR) Post #Atgw3OkDpVlGL0OTh2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:16:41Z
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Of course, the #budget proposes to eliminate the #Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s work on #disinformation. In a news release hailing the elimination of various agencies, #Trump admin ofcls said that #CISA had functioned as “a hub in the Censorship Industrial Complex” & had conspired against Trump [by telling the truth & debunking his lies].#InfoSec #BigLie #propaganda #trumpaganda
(DIR) Post #AtgwukMX3AIhLr2fnU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:20:38Z
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#Trump’s proposal aims to cut the Dept of #Energy’s annual budget by $4.7B, mainly by cutting programs related to #RenewableEnergy & #ClimateChange. But even more significantly, the proposal aims to cancel roughly $15 billion in #CleanEnergy funding that the agency was given as part of the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill. That would mean rescinding funds for, among other things, battery manufacturing, technologies that can remove carbon dioxide from the air & electric-vehicle charging.
(DIR) Post #AtgwulNHHsUWUSOmbA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:23:36Z
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#Trump’s #budget calls for a ~20% cut in the #IRS’s spending next year, a change that could force the agency to lay off even more people & struggle further to collect ~$5T in #taxes every year. The annual IRS budget is separate from a long-term set of funds, created by #Democrats in 2022, that #Republicans have already succeeded in slashing. The #Biden admin dedicated roughly $80B toward revitalizing the IRS over a decade; Republicans have already cut or frozen roughly half of those funds.
(DIR) Post #AtgwumE67Uk58H6xvc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:26:15Z
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#Trump’s proposal ims to cut the #budget of #NOAA by 25%, or about $1.5 billion. The document gives few details beyond pledging to eliminate #grants related to #ClimateChange. But an internal document leaked last month suggested the White House would try to eliminate the entire Oceanic & Atmospheric Research office, potentially affecting #research on subjects like early warning systems for #NaturalDisasters, #science #education & the study of the #Arctic.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/climate/noaa-research-budget-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=32A746EB-6524-467A-AF06-3CCC3EF5BF74
(DIR) Post #Atgx0AiSUlU8X9svce by Bssr4@mastodon.social
2025-05-02T18:23:22Z
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@Nonilex So Elon, DOGED again!
(DIR) Post #AtgxDDVfQ4wkxl7dVA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:29:39Z
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#Trump’s proposed #budget would abolish a #CDC center that studies how to prevent #injuries, #suicides & #homicides, including those caused by #firearms. It was one of several CDC centers eliminated by the proposed budget, which cut CDC funding by about half.#GunControl #GunViolence #research #PublicHealth
(DIR) Post #AtgxO1Ij9ShMHeDlLs by EthicalProfessor@mstdn.social
2025-05-02T18:31:15Z
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@Nonilex And people wonder why there is such a large inventory of homes for sale in Florida. It's not just Canadians who are leaving.
(DIR) Post #Atgxb98bKIGMLxkAa0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:32:55Z
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#Trump is proposing to cut, by $2.4B, a program that offers low-cost financing for #WaterQuality projects, targeting the largest source of federal funds for #DrinkingWater utilities, #sewage treatment plants & other #infrastructure like #water #pipes.The program had gotten a major boost under #Biden’s #infrastructure #law. But Trump claims the money was “heavily earmarked by the #Congress for projects that are ultimately not repaid into the program, & bypass states’ interest & planning.”
(DIR) Post #AtgxtIhaVNhjEFlUno by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:35:44Z
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Since #Congress ultimately decides & approves #spending levels, it is significant that Senator #SusanCollins, #Republican of Maine & the chair of the #Appropriations Cmte says she has “serious objections” to #Trump’s proposed #defense spending levels & cuts to programs like the #LowIncome Home #Energy Assistance Program & those that support #biomedical #research.“Ultimately, it is Congress that holds the #power of the purse,” Collins said.#law #funding #budget #USpol
(DIR) Post #Atgy4va4IN5wzinAgK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:39:05Z
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Under #Trump’s proposed #budget, #NASA would largely become the National #Moon & #Mars Administration, with an almost singular focus on getting astronauts to those 2 destinations.The Trump admin proposes a budget of $18.8B for NASA, down 24% from $24.8B in the current budget year. The plan would introduce $1B in new investments for Mars, which would aim to fulfill Trump’s [#Musk’s] pledge during his address to #Congress to “plant a flag” on Mars.#science #astrophysics #aeronautics #space
(DIR) Post #AtgyBqksdReE3U9Mau by Eetschrijver@mastodon.social
2025-05-02T18:40:32Z
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@Nonilex He just wants to destroy, especially stuff that Biden brought about.
(DIR) Post #AtgyIVrCjR6VGhHkI4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:41:49Z
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#Trump’s #budget requests $13.8B for the #FAA, an increase of $359M, w/much of it intended to addressing the national shortage of air traffic controllers [that’s new].The budget outlines a $5B investment to upgrade the #infrastructure of the national #airspace system, including a proposed increase of $824M for the year. This includes a $450M initial investment toward a multiyear, multi-billion-dollar #radar replacement initiative.
(DIR) Post #AtgyRj1DARO2h5MIfA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-02T18:43:29Z
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#Trump’s #budget eliminates #JobCorps, a Dept of #Labor program since the 1960s that provides #career #training & #education for #LowIncome teens & young adults. The program, which the White House called “a failed experiment,” has long been a target of #Republican administrations.
(DIR) Post #Atgz0EgzuWlgm6MNGK by rich@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-05-02T18:49:41Z
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@Nonilex I'm no scientist but this sounds *lower* than the general US rate if you tracked 315 random people over 2 yrs.
(DIR) Post #Ath2itgOo392dgQq5A by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-05-02T19:31:15Z
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@Nonilex The IRS doesn't just collect taxes. It administers the pay-as-you-earn taxes working Americans pay to it with every paycheck. It managers returns and audits. It controls an enormous database of current and historical financial data on American citizens and companies. Trump is, in effect, wiping out the Grendel that has stalked his financial frauds for more than a generation.
(DIR) Post #Ath6a6wUXPL0yP1biy by Tharpa@hear-me.social
2025-05-02T20:14:37Z
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@Nonilex What a complete bastard.
(DIR) Post #AtkDlr2T1CcUVdDT3g by wobweger@mstdn.social
2025-05-04T08:19:17Z
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@Nonilex how is the animal called, that hides from danger by sticking the head into the ground?🤔 could there be a relation?maybe a woke research should look into DNA in question