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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, if you ignore COVID you get a straight line at ~2% real growth.

You know what else grows at ~2% real? US incomes from 1945-2024. You've discovered "America".

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · 6d

throw away the garbage spikiness of covid and all I see is a long straight line tbh.

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · 6d

@nordvpn.bsky.social your recent change to not let me turn off connection for more than one hour means I close the application instead. Annoying and less protection. If you sorted out all the sites that block you, that I use regularly, we could have a conversation #justsayin

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · 11d

Rebuild the East Wing!

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · 12d

them's fightin' words

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · 27d

What complete nonsense of a second pangram

Reposted by Ed Simnett

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 27d

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 25

One long word removed?

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 25

Personally I'm just glad Obama didn't win the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Imagine what Trump would be willing to do to win that.

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 22

Can't think quite why I like this so much ;-)

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 22

One challenge is that that for spies (like 'tecs in policiers) the plot is "a job" which means you have to shoehorn in your Hollywood "Hero's Journey" personal stakes, which would, in turn, typically/realistically get your protagonist disqualified from being assigned the job in the first place...

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 21

I am hovering over the block, never mind, unfollow button. This is complete nonsense.

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 16

Deathwatch

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 15

~1970 is about when it ceased to be plausible for someone alive to say "as James Madison told my uncle" or equivalent- ie. about the time it got very hard to claim any real direct knowledge... #makesyouthink

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Sep 15

There is fairly obvious missing pangram, especially annoying as they often expect you to know obscure animals...

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 27

seeing a few "what's going on???" posts from MAGA on the "other site" in reaction to polls and election results. It's almost as if a party that won with less than 50% of the vote, and then governs with extreme policies it barely ran on, is going to hit the rocks of reality fast?

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our attention spans are now so short that something from less than a month ago is "long-awaited" ? #do_better

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 18

I hope Julie is not waiting for Terry tonight:-(

RIP Terence Stamp

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 17

I feel like the classic

"your terms are acceptable"

is at least one response to that?

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 16

Palisades Tahoe these days.

Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 14

Slightly diminish a band: Jefferson Starship

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Who Cares?

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 14

How's that bad for the Democrats?

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Rolling Scones
Puce Floyd
Generation Y
Derek and the Domino
Ham!
The Spreadable Fruit
The Entryways
Jefferson Starship
Middle Brother and the Subsidiary
Half and Half

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 14

Slightly diminish a band:

The Beetles

Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · Aug 14

Slightly diminish a band:

Tom Petty and the Disappointers

human scary bean @humanbean.net · Aug 13

slightly diminish a band:

Metallish

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Ed Simnett @simnett.bsky.social · Aug 13

If we're overturning Citizens United...

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