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gerdeman.bsky.social

Loving my career in spreadsheets and my life in North Carolina.

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Thing that amazes me no end -- never, ever, in discussions of debt and deficit, is the revenue side of the equation mentioned.

submitted 5 days ago • 44 comments

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for nine days. What the HELL? 1/

submitted 9 days ago • 759 comments

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

submitted 9 days ago • 1530 comments

Krissy got to fire up her rototiller for the first time today. Taters and tomaters coming up later.

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments

Everybody who can land a Hornet on an aircraft carrier at sea gets to make snarky remarks about this. That’s it.

submitted 14 days ago • 68 comments

Let’s all remember that this being done deliberately. The White House is the exogenous actor here.

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments

inject this shit directly into my veins star wars is a ridiculous universe with space wizards and laser swords and apparently all I ever wanted was someone to take it completely seriously as a "how does this work in practice" study of fascism the way Andor does

submitted 30 days ago • 72 comments

pro tip: very few people right now want to hear about how your conscience wouldn't let you vote for Kamala. shut the fuck up

submitted 33 days ago • 1002 comments

@kairyssdal.bsky.social I listen to the Marketplace podcast in the mornings on my way into work. Great show. Today, I REALLY enjoyed the "C.R.E.A.M." musical interlude after the bond market story. Now I've been listening to Wu-tang all morning and having a banger day! #Wutang

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.

submitted 41 days ago • 981 comments

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

submitted 43 days ago • 264 comments

I know it's only March and there's a lot of games coming this year, but holy shit #ACShadows might be my favorite game of the year. It's incredibly well done and fun to play. I'm not even very far in and could be my favorite AC game of all time.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

submitted 59 days ago • 5097 comments

Poor Jack

submitted 66 days ago • 7 comments

I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy

submitted 69 days ago • 671 comments

Jumping into blue sky

submitted 107 days ago • 59 comments

Ok, I have to say it: Ubisoft did an incredible job with Star Wars Outlaws. It's a fantastic Solo RPG, a great Star Wars video game, and a really cool story set between Episodes 5 & 6. It's like FarCry in space and I had fun for 40 hours of play. Well done.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

I don't usually laugh at my own jokes but this one is doing it for me

submitted 72 days ago • 14 comments

If you didn’t see this coming you haven’t been paying attention

submitted 78 days ago • 49 comments

I heard you like nostalgia? smbc-comics.com/comic/fads

submitted 87 days ago • 35 comments

Full comic here: smbc-comics.com/comic/hey-3

submitted 93 days ago • 20 comments

I’m at the MAD TV 30 year anniversary show at The Baked Potato on Ventura. I’m the only one here — does it start later? Little help?

submitted 93 days ago • 254 comments

Not sure I'm pulling this off, but it makes me laugh

submitted 101 days ago • 12 comments