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I wonder how many folks are going to end up ruined financially because their infobubble is reassuring them that the markets will be skyrocketing and prices dropping Any Day Now. Not that those of us in contact with reality will be MUCH better off.
CNN: Stock market plummets
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:
April 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I wonder how many folks are going to end up ruined financially because their infobubble is reassuring them that the markets will be skyrocketing and prices dropping Any Day Now. Not that those of us in contact with reality will be MUCH better off.
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Well, JPMorgan’s chief economist Bruce Kasman certainly sounds cheery.
April 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Well, JPMorgan’s chief economist Bruce Kasman certainly sounds cheery.
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It’s…nonsense
Update: The day after the massive tariff announcement — when Dow dropped nearly 4% — the White House put out budget numbers that projected annual 3% economic growth for the next decade.
That is … unlikely.
It’s also the WH ignoring the consequences of actions playing out publicly in really time.
That is … unlikely.
It’s also the WH ignoring the consequences of actions playing out publicly in really time.
To tie the tariffs and the tax fight together:
House Republicans are projecting economic growth over the next 10 years at 2.6%.
CBO projects it at 1.8%.
Those numbers were *before* the tariffs.
If the tariffs hold down growth, the US will collect far less revenue, exploding the national debt.
House Republicans are projecting economic growth over the next 10 years at 2.6%.
CBO projects it at 1.8%.
Those numbers were *before* the tariffs.
If the tariffs hold down growth, the US will collect far less revenue, exploding the national debt.
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s…nonsense
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A study reveals that large language models recognize when they are being studied and change their behavior to seem more likable.
Chatbots, Like the Rest of Us, Just Want to Be Loved
A study reveals that large language models recognize when they are being studied and change their behavior to seem more likable.
wrd.cm
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A study reveals that large language models recognize when they are being studied and change their behavior to seem more likable.
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Over a lifetime, we will lose some 200,000 items apiece, plus money, relationships, loved ones.
When Things Go Missing
Kathryn Schulz reflects on the sensation of loss: “Disappearance reminds us to notice, transience to cherish, fragility to defend.”
nyer.cm
February 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Over a lifetime, we will lose some 200,000 items apiece, plus money, relationships, loved ones.
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The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!
February 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!
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Amen to that.
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
February 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Amen to that.
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During a CNN Sunday appearance, Rep. Jim Jordan asserted, with profound arrogance, that the Constitution allows tRump to unilaterally decide what’s best for America, brazenly disregarding the checks & balances from Congress & the courts.
Bye president, hello king!
www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-d...
Bye president, hello king!
www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-d...
'He gets to make the decisions!' Jim Jordan argues Trump can ignore judges
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued on CNN Sunday that the Constitution gives President Trump the power to make the decisions he feels are best for the country, checks and balances from Congress and the cou...
www.rawstory.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
During a CNN Sunday appearance, Rep. Jim Jordan asserted, with profound arrogance, that the Constitution allows tRump to unilaterally decide what’s best for America, brazenly disregarding the checks & balances from Congress & the courts.
Bye president, hello king!
www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-d...
Bye president, hello king!
www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-d...
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#USProtests surrounding the #ICE building in LA, CA. Reports from locals, "They are tapping on windows, shouting 'we're here, open up'." #FreeThemAll now. #3E
February 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#USProtests surrounding the #ICE building in LA, CA. Reports from locals, "They are tapping on windows, shouting 'we're here, open up'." #FreeThemAll now. #3E
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A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.
www.dei.watch
www.dei.watch
DEI WATCH
This guide is broken into three categories: 1) DISMANTLED - companies that have ended or scaled back their DEI efforts; 2) COMMITTED - companies that have active DEI initiatives; and 3) FUNDED - organ...
www.dei.watch
February 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong.
www.dei.watch
www.dei.watch
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Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
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The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
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Everyone was warned about this, and it’s happening just as we feared.
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Everyone was warned about this, and it’s happening just as we feared.
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
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U.S. voters elected a felon and prevented further prosecutions of him for his many crimes. Heaven help us all.
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
U.S. voters elected a felon and prevented further prosecutions of him for his many crimes. Heaven help us all.