Andrea Clark
@andreaclark.bsky.social
The night before Katrina I parked my car in my aunt’s large front yard, maybe 20 yards from any tree.
I looked back and said, “if that pine tree falls exactly wrong, I’m still in range of it.”
I went back and moved the car farther away. Next morning the tree fell exactly where my car had been.
I looked back and said, “if that pine tree falls exactly wrong, I’m still in range of it.”
I went back and moved the car farther away. Next morning the tree fell exactly where my car had been.
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The night before Katrina I parked my car in my aunt’s large front yard, maybe 20 yards from any tree.
I looked back and said, “if that pine tree falls exactly wrong, I’m still in range of it.”
I went back and moved the car farther away. Next morning the tree fell exactly where my car had been.
I looked back and said, “if that pine tree falls exactly wrong, I’m still in range of it.”
I went back and moved the car farther away. Next morning the tree fell exactly where my car had been.
I lived about 2 blocks from that McDonald’s. I’d put the Cook Out nearby above it, or the Church’s down at Custer Avenue. Or several spots on Candler at I-20.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I lived about 2 blocks from that McDonald’s. I’d put the Cook Out nearby above it, or the Church’s down at Custer Avenue. Or several spots on Candler at I-20.
The hierarchy of honors at my kid’s school:
3. teachers of the year get a plaque hung on the wall
2. school board members at the time of construction have a plaque permanently embedded in the wall
1. the name on the building is of a Civil War battle
I can understand how this radicalized him.
3. teachers of the year get a plaque hung on the wall
2. school board members at the time of construction have a plaque permanently embedded in the wall
1. the name on the building is of a Civil War battle
I can understand how this radicalized him.
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The hierarchy of honors at my kid’s school:
3. teachers of the year get a plaque hung on the wall
2. school board members at the time of construction have a plaque permanently embedded in the wall
1. the name on the building is of a Civil War battle
I can understand how this radicalized him.
3. teachers of the year get a plaque hung on the wall
2. school board members at the time of construction have a plaque permanently embedded in the wall
1. the name on the building is of a Civil War battle
I can understand how this radicalized him.
Wow! Cam is my neighbor and friend and I’m amazed to see him on my feed.
He’s a wonderful guy and the house is perfect.
He’s a wonderful guy and the house is perfect.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wow! Cam is my neighbor and friend and I’m amazed to see him on my feed.
He’s a wonderful guy and the house is perfect.
He’s a wonderful guy and the house is perfect.
This editorial could’ve been a Facebook post
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This editorial could’ve been a Facebook post
Grok loves the word “rewrite”
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Grok loves the word “rewrite”
I appreciate the commitment to both using (“If I were”) and not using (“and I was told”) the subjunctive in the same sentence.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I appreciate the commitment to both using (“If I were”) and not using (“and I was told”) the subjunctive in the same sentence.
Agreed, although it’s a little different when the official was a high-profile employee of the same institution for a long time.
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Agreed, although it’s a little different when the official was a high-profile employee of the same institution for a long time.
In ‘09 Greinke and Lincecum were each 25.
In ‘85 Saberhagen was 21, and he was the older one! Gooden was 20.
In ‘85 Saberhagen was 21, and he was the older one! Gooden was 20.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In ‘09 Greinke and Lincecum were each 25.
In ‘85 Saberhagen was 21, and he was the older one! Gooden was 20.
In ‘85 Saberhagen was 21, and he was the older one! Gooden was 20.
The only reason bubbles even happen is because lots of people participating in them know quite well that they’re bubbles. If all the people who know this is a bubble got out, it would pop immediately.
You don’t leave just because it’s a bubble. You leave when you think it’s about to pop.
You don’t leave just because it’s a bubble. You leave when you think it’s about to pop.
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The only reason bubbles even happen is because lots of people participating in them know quite well that they’re bubbles. If all the people who know this is a bubble got out, it would pop immediately.
You don’t leave just because it’s a bubble. You leave when you think it’s about to pop.
You don’t leave just because it’s a bubble. You leave when you think it’s about to pop.
If you liked inflation you’ll love inflation + shortages
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you liked inflation you’ll love inflation + shortages
I could charter a plane, maybe more than once, for less than my premiums are about to go up.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I could charter a plane, maybe more than once, for less than my premiums are about to go up.
I actually think a campaign that moves an outcome by 2% has done pretty well.
Not saying that even happened here. But outcomes are mostly the candidates and the environment, not the campaigns.
Not saying that even happened here. But outcomes are mostly the candidates and the environment, not the campaigns.
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I actually think a campaign that moves an outcome by 2% has done pretty well.
Not saying that even happened here. But outcomes are mostly the candidates and the environment, not the campaigns.
Not saying that even happened here. But outcomes are mostly the candidates and the environment, not the campaigns.
Ok but they licensed “All Caps” to Claude and I cannot have a problem with that.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ok but they licensed “All Caps” to Claude and I cannot have a problem with that.
Reposted by Andrea Clark
If there’s a farm bailout, “government finances will look a lot less promising and lead to higher yields on corporate and government debt. .. a new cohort of welfare recipients will have been created, which will be difficult to terminate and will only add to the challenging fiscal outlook ..”
October 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If there’s a farm bailout, “government finances will look a lot less promising and lead to higher yields on corporate and government debt. .. a new cohort of welfare recipients will have been created, which will be difficult to terminate and will only add to the challenging fiscal outlook ..”
50 people in the Forbes 400 got farm subsidies!
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
50 people in the Forbes 400 got farm subsidies!
“if there’s a farm bailout” like we don’t already run a permanent farm bailout program
$30 billion a year to a group wealthier than average Americans
www.cato.org/briefing-pap...
$30 billion a year to a group wealthier than average Americans
www.cato.org/briefing-pap...
Cutting Federal Farm Subsidies
Farm subsidies are costly to taxpayers and can distort planting decisions, induce overproduction, and inflate land values.
www.cato.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“if there’s a farm bailout” like we don’t already run a permanent farm bailout program
$30 billion a year to a group wealthier than average Americans
www.cato.org/briefing-pap...
$30 billion a year to a group wealthier than average Americans
www.cato.org/briefing-pap...
who would pay for college when there are libraries
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
who would pay for college when there are libraries
I thought what they were going for was, “these No Kings protestors are jobless losers.”
But it came out sounding like, “accept Trump as monarch or lose your job.”
But it came out sounding like, “accept Trump as monarch or lose your job.”
October 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I thought what they were going for was, “these No Kings protestors are jobless losers.”
But it came out sounding like, “accept Trump as monarch or lose your job.”
But it came out sounding like, “accept Trump as monarch or lose your job.”
But that’s because I decided getting past the button was more important than the risk of any consequences, not because I “agreed” to anything.
Toddlers know pressing friendly buttons is sometimes the only way to make the computer work. They’re not “agreeing” to anything, and neither am I.
Toddlers know pressing friendly buttons is sometimes the only way to make the computer work. They’re not “agreeing” to anything, and neither am I.
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
But that’s because I decided getting past the button was more important than the risk of any consequences, not because I “agreed” to anything.
Toddlers know pressing friendly buttons is sometimes the only way to make the computer work. They’re not “agreeing” to anything, and neither am I.
Toddlers know pressing friendly buttons is sometimes the only way to make the computer work. They’re not “agreeing” to anything, and neither am I.
When I click a friendly-looking button without reading anything, I haven’t “agreed,” in the ordinary sense of the word, to the California choice-of-law provision in the TOS that I don’t even know about.
Will my clicking the button have legal consequences anyway? Maybe!
Will my clicking the button have legal consequences anyway? Maybe!
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
When I click a friendly-looking button without reading anything, I haven’t “agreed,” in the ordinary sense of the word, to the California choice-of-law provision in the TOS that I don’t even know about.
Will my clicking the button have legal consequences anyway? Maybe!
Will my clicking the button have legal consequences anyway? Maybe!
My point is more about the plain meaning of the word “agree.” Framing clickwrap as an “agreement” is anti-consumer and I wish people wouldn’t go along with it.
(Unless you’re a lawyer writing clickwrap for a living, in which case you’re just doing your job.)
(Unless you’re a lawyer writing clickwrap for a living, in which case you’re just doing your job.)
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My point is more about the plain meaning of the word “agree.” Framing clickwrap as an “agreement” is anti-consumer and I wish people wouldn’t go along with it.
(Unless you’re a lawyer writing clickwrap for a living, in which case you’re just doing your job.)
(Unless you’re a lawyer writing clickwrap for a living, in which case you’re just doing your job.)