john-schroeder.bsky.social
Dad, diver, soccer player, software engineer, entrepreneur, democracy advocate, Yosemite lover
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Another few: I don't know enough to have an opinion on that.
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So we treated him like a toddler by making him wear a mask... Ok, I guess if the shoe fits?
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Except the problem is now the US is a mid tier third world nation, so immigrants are likely taking a step backwards coming here. Ugh.
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We need an LBJ about now. A complete hardass who fought for the constitution and wasnt against cracking a few metaphorical skulls to get the job done.
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@jamellebouie.net curios what you make of the source article here: www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/o...
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Sure. Not just press confs, strongly worded letters, & lame social media posts. Alt: create a shadow cabinet to propose alt legislation & policies, get out and sell. Start a shadow FEMA and use actBlue PAC money to deliver disaster relief. McConnel's playbook to grind things to a halt. Need more?
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No kidding right? Do something! Show us, stop trying to tell us you're fighting. Tell us what you're doing besides writing strongly worded letters and shouting "stop, or I shall sat stop again very loudly!" Demonstrate that you offer a better option than MAGA/WH.
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Congratulations from one Penn grad to another! What an amazing accomplishment and unforgettable moment.
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Too many holidays, says the guy who “works” 4 hours a day, golfs 3-4 times a week on our dime, and sleeps through meetings. Got it.
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Incredibly great to hear and encouraging. The sun was such a great paper back I. The day, and the vacuum where local reporting used to be has contributed to our current state of affairs. Thanks for highlighting this.
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I was lucky enough to have him as a professor at Cornell in the 90s. If you like that topic, there’s also Fooled by Randomness a.co/d/iFWY1D2
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Beautiful! Curious what trailhead you started at?
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BTW, totally agree AOC must get oversight. The right person at the right time. But letting mortality govern retirement isn’t a man/woman issue (RBG, Feinstein et al). If you can’t or won’t fight, then retire.
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What’s the difference between RBG and Connolly?
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What’s up with @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social’s lack of posting/presence on Bluesky? Why feed the other dumpster fires I wonder?
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Why are the Democrats not making it abundantly clear that they will revert national park land, forcibly repurchase satellites, etc. eminent domain, national security, whatever it takes. Sow confusion and uncertainty, throw sand in the gears. Start fighting already! #ResistOrResign #ChuckChuck
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Nah. Nobody believes that. That’s barely window dressing for white MAGA followers can do whatever they want. Brown, black and “others” are a threat and get a one way ticket to El Sal or some other hell hole. This is just a convenient fiction.
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Wishing him health and appreciate his past service. Have to say, seems like the only way dems leave office is death or terminal illness. Connolly is not up to this fight in the best of health, & AOC should have led house oversight. Connolly, RBG, Feinstein, Schumer... Enough, get out of the way.
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Well, it’s not like he’d be the first right? I recall a rando Medici buying himself a conclave and then selling indulgences, bankrupting the Vatican, and excommunicating Martin Luther.
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Not sure what you mean by the “free world.” Certainly you can’t be referring to the United States?
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Same experience Charlotte to DFW. IDs again at the gate to board. When we landed on Fresno we were instructed to stay in our seats to wait for a “supervisor”. Sure enough, she asked a young brown man for his dl, then yanked him off the plane. Feds in tactical gear when we deplaned. In Fresno!
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Slotkin is gonna give speeches. And post on social media. And ask for money. But actually do something, like fly to el sal or prevent regular order in the senate? Oh no, I seriously doubt that. Stop talking about fighting and start doing something.
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Well, more precisely an MBA can be helpful, but is not a substitute for domain knowledge. Without domain knowledge, MBAs are dangerous.
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Well, for me it brings to mind the inquisition.
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He’s already got all the data and access DOGE is just going remote. Some of those systems will never again be secure in any sense of the word.
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Because that’s what “men” do? I bet every female FBI instructor could kick his ass. Every day of the week and twice on Sunday. What a buffoon.
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What discovery process? If no one from the government shows up and everyone refuses to sit for a deposition, then what? Summary judgement against the government on the (lack of) merits?
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Yup, every blue state governor needs to be convening meetings with their AG and state police + natl guard leadership. If they aren’t on the same page and won’t follow lawful orders from the governor, replace them. Not doing so is dereliction of duty.
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How about don’t ship people off to foreign concentration camps? Pretty much anyone.
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And blue state governors need to be completely aligned with the adjacent general of their natl guard and their atty general before doing so.
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Measles, Covid, and Ebola would like a word.
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Our due process trumps his “foreign policy” around shipping us off to foreign concentration camps.
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Zero net growth is different than an inverted age pyramid. We already have that problem. More growth in population isn’t a sustainable answer. Finding equilibriums in markets is. Got a better mousetrap or tech, great, disrupt away. Earn your growth.
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That is the central fallacy. It doesn’t have to be all about growth. We don’t need more consumers. Population growth is free money for the muskrat and oligarchs, but the rest of us don’t need it. Companies predicated on growth would fail. Companies with a sustainable value prop wouldn’t.
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So if every Harvard student, grad and undergrad, paused their tuition/loan this fall for a week or two, that might get some attention from the coin operated administration.