edschechter.bsky.social
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Musk got something like 30 investigations into his companies dropped.
He kneecapped the agencies that regulate his companies.
He got a new $6B Starlink contract.
He got god knows what data, and opened god know what back doors into systems throught the government.
He did ok for himself.
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Question: what does it mean "the woman's case was dismissed"?
What was the case? Was she appealing a prior denial?
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Climate change is getting us there.
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Broken clock is right twice daily.
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They'll just find neighborhoods of 'not our kind of people' to bulldoze. That's pretty much a given in urban highway construction.
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Some napkin math.
About 1.5M commuters/day commute into the Manhattan CBD (Central Business District).
Assuming 1.2 people/car (about average), and a 3 hour commuting window (7 - 10am), it would require about 210 new highway lanes to handle this traffic.
And another 210 to go home.
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Leading with your ear to the ground doesn't provide a dignified view to those following.
Sometimes you need to lead.
This involves selling your views.
This is what fox, etc has done. This is what the demo need to counter.
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www.lostamericanrecipes.com/2020/09/old-...
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I ate Ramen a few weeks ago.
And Pho a few weeks before that.
Guess I'm doomed.
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He brews a wicket pale ale.
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Does a great speech make any sound if no one hears it?
I often see great speeches and great arguments here. Raskin tonight, AOC, Crockett, Pritzker, many others.
Then I go read the Big Newspapers, or watch a few minutes of news, and it's like they don't exist.
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Nytimes headline manages to remove her agency. Wasn’t a fly on the wall, but from what I can tell she protest quit.
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Three people earn 100, 101, and 3,000,000 a year.
The median is 101.
The mean is, as close as matters, 1,000,000
Mean is skewed by high earners.
Median is not.
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Maybe he gave the other team a pity RBI.
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This shouldn't be an argument.
Wish there was someone who could make a video that could quantify how people get to work in Manhattan, and maybe how many lanes of traffic it would take if everyone drive.
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Agree its bad, but not sure spending is a great metric.
As I recall, Soviet Union spent quite a bit and much of it was full crackpot.
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We've been stockpiling a fair amount of stuff. That might mitigate the impact for a bit.
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Someone's alarm clock didn't go off and she was in a hurry to get out the door.
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No. Email accounts are free. Should have set up a separate email account for this
Also shouldn't have to think about needing to do this.
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I choose to, sort of, if they stick to their guns.
I'm a sucker for a good redemption story.
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It took a while. I think the first few (Columbia) folded partly out of sheer panic. Hopefully others, having had a few weeks to gather their thoughts, will stick to their principles.
Ditto with Law firms.
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'They must be doing that because that's exactly what we'd be doing.'
I often have a hard time telling whether they are cynical or whether they really believe it. (Guess it's a mix).