Blue Origin space junk on the beach near my house in Eleuthera, Bahamas.
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Blue Origin space junk on the beach near my house in Eleuthera, Bahamas.
It looks like AI but it's not. I watched the artist paint it. Eleuthera, Bahamas
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It looks like AI but it's not. I watched the artist paint it. Eleuthera, Bahamas
If a man tells you he will use his position of power to enrich himself and his cronies, and he does it, did he tell you the truth? Yes. Does that make him an honest man? No.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If a man tells you he will use his position of power to enrich himself and his cronies, and he does it, did he tell you the truth? Yes. Does that make him an honest man? No.
The bet makes the outcome, if the wager is big enough. But systems with positive feedback are inherently unstable.
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The bet makes the outcome, if the wager is big enough. But systems with positive feedback are inherently unstable.
I think the most important post-Trump reform will be insulating Justice from the rest of the Executive. A completely independent 4th branch would need a constitutional amendment... But there is a lot Congress can do within the existing framework.
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I think the most important post-Trump reform will be insulating Justice from the rest of the Executive. A completely independent 4th branch would need a constitutional amendment... But there is a lot Congress can do within the existing framework.
is
Eat The Rich
the
Next Big Thing
?
Eat The Rich
the
Next Big Thing
?
October 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
is
Eat The Rich
the
Next Big Thing
?
Eat The Rich
the
Next Big Thing
?
Being progressive is not the same as being kind and thoughtful.
September 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Being progressive is not the same as being kind and thoughtful.
Written after Sandy Hook. That horror could not change our hearts. I cannot conceive of what horror it would take to make us change our ways. www.nybooks.com/online/2012/...
Our Moloch | Garry Wills
The gun is our Moloch. We sacrifice children to him daily—sometimes, as at Sandy Hook, by directly throwing them into the fire-hose of bullets from our protected private killing machines, sometimes by...
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August 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Written after Sandy Hook. That horror could not change our hearts. I cannot conceive of what horror it would take to make us change our ways. www.nybooks.com/online/2012/...
To those who say there is wisdom in crowds, I would caution to take care the crowd you hang out with.
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
To those who say there is wisdom in crowds, I would caution to take care the crowd you hang out with.
Tack is angle of sail relative to wind
Tactic is short term approach
Tact is reserved demeanor
Only two of them fit the phrase "Try a different..."
Tactic is short term approach
Tact is reserved demeanor
Only two of them fit the phrase "Try a different..."
July 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tack is angle of sail relative to wind
Tactic is short term approach
Tact is reserved demeanor
Only two of them fit the phrase "Try a different..."
Tactic is short term approach
Tact is reserved demeanor
Only two of them fit the phrase "Try a different..."
Explains a lot, read the rest of the thread and the Nature paper it quotes.
Conversely, higher cognitive ability is uniformly associated with lower levels of online political participation. Those with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Explains a lot, read the rest of the thread and the Nature paper it quotes.
Do you live in a country where you are called Boss Man because you are white? I do. It grinds on me. I hate it. Happy Independence Day Bahamas! May we all soon be freed from mental slavery.
July 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Do you live in a country where you are called Boss Man because you are white? I do. It grinds on me. I hate it. Happy Independence Day Bahamas! May we all soon be freed from mental slavery.
If tariffs are really bad tax policy (and the balance of evidence strongly suggests they are) then why do nations not say "You know what? We are going to set our tariffs at zero. We think others should do the same, but you be you. We get the benefits of zero tariffs, you get what you choose."
July 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If tariffs are really bad tax policy (and the balance of evidence strongly suggests they are) then why do nations not say "You know what? We are going to set our tariffs at zero. We think others should do the same, but you be you. We get the benefits of zero tariffs, you get what you choose."
Man this oughta cure you of smoking
you will never smoke alone again, a kinetic sculpture by Jakob Grosse-Ophoff.
June 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Man this oughta cure you of smoking
When will America learn that you can't trust a liar?
June 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
When will America learn that you can't trust a liar?
The report from a rock out in the ocean is, the US has entered a recession. When Uncle Sam sneezes Bahamas catches pneumonia.
June 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The report from a rock out in the ocean is, the US has entered a recession. When Uncle Sam sneezes Bahamas catches pneumonia.
Nothing like experiencing actual tariffs to align progressives and neo-liberals.
June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Nothing like experiencing actual tariffs to align progressives and neo-liberals.
"De Minimis" is not just fast fashion and cheap trinkets. It's repair parts for appliances, engines, electronics, tools, all kinds of essential things that can be renewed instead of tossed. Now things will break and they won't get fixed.
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"De Minimis" is not just fast fashion and cheap trinkets. It's repair parts for appliances, engines, electronics, tools, all kinds of essential things that can be renewed instead of tossed. Now things will break and they won't get fixed.
It's an old observation that the overprivileged and underprivileged share similar maladies... still worth repeating.
April 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It's an old observation that the overprivileged and underprivileged share similar maladies... still worth repeating.
Maybe Wall Street has learned an important lesson... If you're going to buy an election, don't purchase it from a con man.
April 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Maybe Wall Street has learned an important lesson... If you're going to buy an election, don't purchase it from a con man.
Reposted by Bob Knaus
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
Some days I make a hundred bucks. Some days I don't. It all evens out in the end.
April 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Some days I make a hundred bucks. Some days I don't. It all evens out in the end.
I already substituted pomace olive oil for virgin in my salad. Now that is gone so I am using soybean oil. What's next, motor oil?
April 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I already substituted pomace olive oil for virgin in my salad. Now that is gone so I am using soybean oil. What's next, motor oil?
The Bahamas is a high tariff nation, 45% default rate. That is why domestic agriculture and manufacturing dominate the economy here, while international banking and tourism play a minor role.
April 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Bahamas is a high tariff nation, 45% default rate. That is why domestic agriculture and manufacturing dominate the economy here, while international banking and tourism play a minor role.