Aging unfortunately catches up to all of us but it is now time for granmpa to give up his keys to the US economy.

When MAGA says "DEI is dead", I didn't expect the equity they were talking about was going to be the stock market.

I understand people being upset by Schumer's support for the continuing resolution but condemn as strongly as I can posting death threats here or anywhere for *anyone*. For heaven's sake, apply political pressure but don't do this or call for this! Don't normalize political murder!

Not sure how much this will help the sales.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...

Collective defense treaties and a US that can be trusted to keep its word help keep the world safe from nuclear war. Countries that no longer feel protected by the US nuclear umbrella will seek their own deterrents. That greatly increases the odds for a mishap. NATO is important.

Uh oh.

I think I have just figured out how they can simultaneously cut government spending on social security and eliminate taxes on social security....

bsky.app/profile/sail...

I sounded quite negative on another thread about a mouse study so here is something to perhaps feel some excitement about.

Was Uncle Gabby not available for Secretary of Defense?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/

Oh.

It would be a shame if it came to this as Canada has been an enthusiastic adopter of EVs. A real shame.

insideevs.com/news/749279/....

The bluesky battle with the robots -

I need help with spam fake account followers - it is becoming a flood today. Can I block or hide all with “getallmyln***” in the description? How can I do that? Bluesky needs to get a handle on this.

Hang on. This is breaking? Did Trump just announce policy on this or is this your expectation? Why do you believe he intends to deport naturalized citizens and legal immigrants? These are very strong claims - I presume you have some support for this?

I added the market capitalizations of the health insurance companies to the well circulated chart of CEO salaries. More than the CEO salaries, this shows the value that has been extracted from health care costs -

Thanksgiving day here - I am noticing that several feeds are not loading and returning “off line” messages. Are feeds ephemeral here or is this temporary? Do feeds get renamed, closed?

The rationale for the new proposed 25% Tariff against Canada is the supply of fentanyl and immigrants. #Canada #tariff

usafacts.org/answers/how-...

On twitter, I was followed by a large number of what I assume were bot accounts - all attractive women who love life, and post cute pictures of themselves and random nature. I'm starting to see this here in the last few days. What is the recommended way of dealing with this?

Is there a community here interested in discussing SpaceX (and other) developments? I'm looking for primarily technical discussion - mission objectives, roadmaps, technical hurdles. #starship #spacex

Bluesky! Please give me a decent iPad app that uses the larger screen. Mobile version now is not fun.