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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 20h

She doesn't directly benefit from it in any way, why would she care?

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 21h

They're all performative hacks.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 21h

I would gladly watch another Tron movie, as long as Leto was not in it. As is, this is an easy hard pass.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 22h

I also don't claim authenticity. But I do claim tasty!

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 22h

I swear I sometimes make a meal that starts w/ onions and garlic just because I like the smell so much.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 23h

The greasy spoon near college had an old cook from Louisiana, one day I noticed an onion half in each upper corner of the griddle, just sitting there. I asked, he said he puts them there in the morning, they go all day. "Makes people hungry when they walk in."

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 23h

Sweating onions & garlic.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 23h

Well that's just great. It was already kinda pricey here, now it's 30% more.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a baby otter to end the week

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 2d

Saguaro.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 2d

Last Trump term, tariffs removed 20% of soybean exports. They never returned.

The base problem is that other nations now see that the US gov't is so capricious that it's impossible to make any long-term deals with us. So we can try to subsidize our way back, but it's going to be a tough sell.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 2d

Johnson should just come out and say that he doesn't want a brown person doing the show.

Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 2d

Thing is soybeans are a commodity, which means you can get from lots of places; there's nothing special about US soybeans. Also, once trade deals are in, they're hard to shake. Lastly, foreign gov'ts now see how capricious & fragile the US gov't actually is.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 2d

There's no "might" about it. The market for US soybeans in China is gone: bsky.app/profile/sara...

Soybeans were the bulk of US ag exports; China was the largest buyer. That is over.

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 10d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 3d

I'm just a Bill.

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ALT: a cartoon drawing of a roll of paper that has the word bill on it

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 3d

It *is* a great book with a unique premise, that ain't no lie!

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 3d

Buy this book. It's very good! And I guarantee you haven't read a scifi book like it.

Linda Nagata - (working on the final Inverted Frontier novel) @lindanagata.bsky.social · 3d

Book promo post:
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#sciencefiction #scifi

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 3d

I came across him at Google's HQ staring at the big spinning Earth display with all the search frequency spikes. Showed him how to use it & he spent 5 minutes giggling like a boy while playing with it. Sounds corny but he had an actual fucking *twinkle* in his eyes. AI can't replicate that.

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Bill @twoandseven.bsky.social · 3d

They're at the bar.

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