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taco78.bsky.social

Retired for 14 years. DIY investor for all funds. Worked for big oil during the salad days. Now CEO - Chief Elvis Officer. Still looking for the King. He is not dead.

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wow

submitted 26 days ago • 39 comments

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

submitted 26 days ago • 8673 comments

My kind of warning

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

For one of the best tech podcasts, listen to the NYT Hard Fork. Been listening to Kevin Roose and Casey Newton since episode 1

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

It’s Hard Fork … Monday?? Here’s your DeepSeek emergency pod www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/p...

submitted 31 days ago • 49 comments

In 2014 it took $100k to put you in the top 10% by income in the US Now it takes $150k The top 5% went from $132k to $201k Prices are higher but ppl are making more $$$ Some thoughts on inflation, wages and what constitutes a high income: awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/01/what...

submitted 38 days ago • 6 comments

I always wondered about this

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Early morning LA while I was visiting my daughter

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Looks like some denominator blindness here. Should be increase as a % of 2018 level

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

(replying) Hey man your post should've been different. You should've used a different word or possibly expressed a totally different idea entirely. Preferably the one I would've used

submitted 45 days ago • 86 comments

Anyway. Bad crazy day. Here's a cat.

submitted 45 days ago • 88 comments

As a British news enjoyer, the whole Elon frame has been crazy - he just heard about it so he informed the UK that it had never heard of this story that was HUGE and EVERYWHERE a decade ago.

submitted 45 days ago • 8 comments

Overheard at a kid’s birthday today: “I love watching how the kids hit the piñata, you can tell which ones really need therapy.”

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

40 years of living in Texas and I've come to the conclusion that the no state income tax thing is basically a scam. The property taxes are so high that they negate any savings. We are still paying as many taxes in Texas as we would in California. You save on gas I guess

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

wow

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

My kind of warning

For one of the best tech podcasts, listen to the NYT Hard Fork. Been listening to Kevin Roose and Casey Newton since episode 1

It’s Hard Fork … Monday?? Here’s your DeepSeek emergency pod www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/p...

In 2014 it took $100k to put you in the top 10% by income in the US Now it takes $150k The top 5% went from $132k to $201k Prices are higher but ppl are making more $$$ Some thoughts on inflation, wages and what constitutes a high income: awealthofcommonsense.com/2025/01/what...

I always wondered about this

Early morning LA while I was visiting my daughter

Looks like some denominator blindness here. Should be increase as a % of 2018 level

(replying) Hey man your post should've been different. You should've used a different word or possibly expressed a totally different idea entirely. Preferably the one I would've used

Anyway. Bad crazy day. Here's a cat.

As a British news enjoyer, the whole Elon frame has been crazy - he just heard about it so he informed the UK that it had never heard of this story that was HUGE and EVERYWHERE a decade ago.

Overheard at a kid’s birthday today: “I love watching how the kids hit the piñata, you can tell which ones really need therapy.”

40 years of living in Texas and I've come to the conclusion that the no state income tax thing is basically a scam. The property taxes are so high that they negate any savings. We are still paying as many taxes in Texas as we would in California. You save on gas I guess

The scientific method served humanity well for hundreds of years but it was rendered obsolete in 2013 with the discovery of Vibes

Trying hard not to let this happen:

Favorite photo that I took. Sunset in the British Virgin Islands