Even “climate lab” reporters can get sucked into big oil propaganda. Sizing solar generation correctly is not “overbuilding” and the existence of “cold snaps” is unrelated to generation efficiency!
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Even “climate lab” reporters can get sucked into big oil propaganda. Sizing solar generation correctly is not “overbuilding” and the existence of “cold snaps” is unrelated to generation efficiency!
Credit cards are out of control. Bank decided to “upgrade” my card and I just received the new one, along with 25 PAGES of terms and conditions.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Credit cards are out of control. Bank decided to “upgrade” my card and I just received the new one, along with 25 PAGES of terms and conditions.
What are the implications for geopolitics if the political system that maximizes economic growth is also that which is most oppressive?
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What are the implications for geopolitics if the political system that maximizes economic growth is also that which is most oppressive?
Wow old age really crept up on me 😅
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wow old age really crept up on me 😅
If businesses manage to get their tariff payments refunded, how do I get the tariff component of my purchases over the last six months refunded?
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If businesses manage to get their tariff payments refunded, how do I get the tariff component of my purchases over the last six months refunded?
“anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time” 👏🏻
it's not as simple as "hardware has gotten better, software has gotten worse" because a lot of companies making physical devices are lost in the wilderness from a design perspective, but a rule of thumb that anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time works pretty well
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time” 👏🏻
“…but despite their efforts to develop and deploy solar photovoltaics and battery technology, the ultimate demise of human civilization in the mid 21st century due to climate change was their refusal to use rakes to clear the paths of leaves”
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“…but despite their efforts to develop and deploy solar photovoltaics and battery technology, the ultimate demise of human civilization in the mid 21st century due to climate change was their refusal to use rakes to clear the paths of leaves”
Muted “nuzzi” and now my “popular with friends“ feed is two posts
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Muted “nuzzi” and now my “popular with friends“ feed is two posts
Something is wrong with my choice of people to follow and I know this is true because I just looked at my popular with friends feed and no matter how far I scrolled the quote posts about the Trump/Mamdani meeting literally never ended
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Something is wrong with my choice of people to follow and I know this is true because I just looked at my popular with friends feed and no matter how far I scrolled the quote posts about the Trump/Mamdani meeting literally never ended
When compared to the average politician the thing that really stands out about Mamdani is that he is normal
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When compared to the average politician the thing that really stands out about Mamdani is that he is normal
Can someone explain the difference between someone’s “experience“ and someone’s “lived experience”?
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Can someone explain the difference between someone’s “experience“ and someone’s “lived experience”?
initially thought the apparent spelling errors might just be fat thumb typos from his iPad but if you look closely it truly seems like he actually couldn’t spell
Bannon and Epstein snickering about how inflation “is a concept from the 50s … soooo dumb” is pretty poetic.
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
initially thought the apparent spelling errors might just be fat thumb typos from his iPad but if you look closely it truly seems like he actually couldn’t spell
An analogy for one possible economic policy approach is creating a painting by covering the canvas using every possible color, then selectively removing the ones that look wrong
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
An analogy for one possible economic policy approach is creating a painting by covering the canvas using every possible color, then selectively removing the ones that look wrong
Everyone I know is excited they might get the opportunity to negotiate the terms of their health insurance policy with a billion dollar corporation
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Everyone I know is excited they might get the opportunity to negotiate the terms of their health insurance policy with a billion dollar corporation
Posting this for no particular reason, but worth noting that after decades of relative equality, wealth and income inequality in most industrialized countries has now returned to pre WWII levels (gilded age, Ancien Règime etc etc)
a woman is sitting in a bathtub with the words `` let them eat cake '' written on the bottom .
ALT: a woman is sitting in a bathtub with the words `` let them eat cake '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Posting this for no particular reason, but worth noting that after decades of relative equality, wealth and income inequality in most industrialized countries has now returned to pre WWII levels (gilded age, Ancien Règime etc etc)
One general strategy that always works well is “if someone else is doing something, you should do it too“
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One general strategy that always works well is “if someone else is doing something, you should do it too“
Tolkein has a lot to answer for
October 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Tolkein has a lot to answer for
Someone please put me out of my misery and hold the NYC mayoral election already
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Someone please put me out of my misery and hold the NYC mayoral election already
Man I am so sick of seeing the fighter jet video in my feed. Like every single person I follow decided they had to quote tweet it so it’s just one after another!
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Man I am so sick of seeing the fighter jet video in my feed. Like every single person I follow decided they had to quote tweet it so it’s just one after another!
My brother’s friend In Australia is raising a rescue Wallaby, just incredibly cute
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My brother’s friend In Australia is raising a rescue Wallaby, just incredibly cute
The argument that rescinding laws favoring minorities will lead to a fairer system surely begs the question as to why those laws were enacted in the first place
October 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The argument that rescinding laws favoring minorities will lead to a fairer system surely begs the question as to why those laws were enacted in the first place
EU using developing world strategies on China
Story on this:
EU to insist on Chinese tech transfer, as it looks to ‘flex its muscles’ on rare earth curbs
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
EU to insist on Chinese tech transfer, as it looks to ‘flex its muscles’ on rare earth curbs
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
EU urged to ‘flex its muscles’ on Chinese tech transfer and rare earths
Bloc’s trade chief says he has received ‘a lot of concerned calls’ from industry about Beijing’s latest controls.
www.scmp.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
EU using developing world strategies on China
I’m feeling this energy very strongly today
a man stands at a podium in front of a sign that says mission accomplished on it
ALT: a man stands at a podium in front of a sign that says mission accomplished on it
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m feeling this energy very strongly today
Imagine living in a country like Tunisia
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Imagine living in a country like Tunisia
Who Killed the Electric Car, Part 2
FORD CEO, on the EV business:
“.. it's going to be smaller, way smaller than we thought .. I wouldn't be surprised that the EV sales in the U.S. go down to 5%."
@cnbc.com $F
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/f...
“.. it's going to be smaller, way smaller than we thought .. I wouldn't be surprised that the EV sales in the U.S. go down to 5%."
@cnbc.com $F
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/f...
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who Killed the Electric Car, Part 2