Hatch
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Hatch
@adamhatch.bsky.social
MS Education CSU Fullerton, MA Asia-Pacific Studies NCCU | Founder, Director, Teacher at Englist.com | Arch nerd, football fanboy.
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Now that I've made peaceful revolution impossible it's time to sit back and enjoy my wealth and power with no adverse consequences
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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After pausing foreign aid to Taiwan, Trump is now also going to place tariffs on Taiwan’s semiconductor chips:

www.pcmag.com/news/trump-t...
Trump To Tariff Chips Made In Taiwan, Targeting TSMC
The tariffs would ensnare cutting-edge smartphone and PC-related chips for Apple, AMD and Nvidia if enacted. But Trump is betting his plan will bring more chip production to the US.
www.pcmag.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
新年快樂
January 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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From @rayratto.bsky.social on the upcoming Super Bowl 59 matchup:

"We will spite-watch this game because the two-week approach will seem like walking Interstate 10 from Phoenix to Palm Springs on July 4 naked and barefoot. We will bargain with nature to send a pack of wolves to eat us instead."
Super Bowl 59: Same Shit, Different Day, Brought To You By Fumble-A-Rooskie-Doo | Defector
So it’s the Super Bowl everyone hated because it’s the Super Bowl everyone feared—the one you saw two years ago. You know, the one with all the points and yards and lead changes and quarterback stuff. Yeah, that one. The one that sucked even though everyone liked it at the time. Yes, you spoiled piglets, […]
defector.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Cutting off your nose to spite your face
Very much this, from Dan Drezner. He focuses a lot on universities, but rightly so. U.S. educational, scientific and technological preeminence are closely linked — and all have a lot to do with the past openness of our society 1/ open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
The Return of The Erosion of the Pillars of American Power
American structural power will decline slowly and then suddenly.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Anyway here’s a cheerful piece about how the Sun will eventually destroy all life on Earth (but not by exploding, so, you know, there’s that)
Here’s how the Sun will end all life on Earth
Our home star won't go supernova, but the end of its life will be no less spectacular.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Anytime someone throws a Great Gatsby themed party, I have to assume they never finished the book.
November 17, 2024 at 4:19 AM