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A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...

Thought of what I think is a good slogan: Born Here, Belong Here

The internet-winning prize for this week has to be shared among @thelostmuppet.bsky.social @oldjavaguy.bsky.social and @elkmovie.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/thel...

Good morning! It’s a perfect day to realize that the politics you’re used to are gone and never coming back so you can either think about what you want the future to look like and try to build toward that or keep trying to wishcast the country back to 1998 and be part of the problem.

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h... This may not seem like a big deal to most people, but these programs make it possible for older adults to not have to rely on nursing home care which ultimately taps into Medicaid dollars. Pennywise and pound foolish.

the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time

It's not that Elon is so much worse than Zuck or Bezos, it's that Elon is vulnerable and the others aren't. Tesla is Elon's only real business, and it's falling apart on its own. If we all help it fall apart faster, and take down Musk, the others will notice. Call it billionaire domino theory.

One thing life gave me is resilience. Resilience is, far and away, the single greatest factor to anything good that I have in my life. Someone recently asked me what I want for the kids in my life. It’s this. Resilience. Because life ain’t fair & you gotta live it anyway.