Brettshow
@itsdeathandtaxes.bsky.social
Love topics about Oregon, PDX, urban planning, transit, macro economics, geopolitics, and professional wresting, because I’m sophisticated.
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JUST IN: Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy,' charged with chucking a sub at law enforcement during President Trump's takeover of the nation's capital.
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A generational crisis is brewing.
The AI boom is consuming power faster than the grid can keep up.
By 2028, U.S. data centers could use 6.7%–12% of America’s electricity enough to power 24 million homes.
We taught machines to think, but forgot how to keep the lights on
(a thread)
The AI boom is consuming power faster than the grid can keep up.
By 2028, U.S. data centers could use 6.7%–12% of America’s electricity enough to power 24 million homes.
We taught machines to think, but forgot how to keep the lights on
(a thread)
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A generational crisis is brewing.
The AI boom is consuming power faster than the grid can keep up.
By 2028, U.S. data centers could use 6.7%–12% of America’s electricity enough to power 24 million homes.
We taught machines to think, but forgot how to keep the lights on
(a thread)
The AI boom is consuming power faster than the grid can keep up.
By 2028, U.S. data centers could use 6.7%–12% of America’s electricity enough to power 24 million homes.
We taught machines to think, but forgot how to keep the lights on
(a thread)
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Canceling a 6.2-gigawatt solar project enough to power over 2 million homes makes no sense when electricity prices are hitting record highs.
Why can’t we expand solar while building out other energy sources at the same time?
Why can’t we expand solar while building out other energy sources at the same time?
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Canceling a 6.2-gigawatt solar project enough to power over 2 million homes makes no sense when electricity prices are hitting record highs.
Why can’t we expand solar while building out other energy sources at the same time?
Why can’t we expand solar while building out other energy sources at the same time?
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This is BEYOND insane:
Billions just have vanished overnight.
Auto-parts giant First Brands just went bankrupt and no one knows where the money went.
It borrowed using the same assets over and over, now no one knows who owns what.
(a thread)
Billions just have vanished overnight.
Auto-parts giant First Brands just went bankrupt and no one knows where the money went.
It borrowed using the same assets over and over, now no one knows who owns what.
(a thread)
October 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is BEYOND insane:
Billions just have vanished overnight.
Auto-parts giant First Brands just went bankrupt and no one knows where the money went.
It borrowed using the same assets over and over, now no one knows who owns what.
(a thread)
Billions just have vanished overnight.
Auto-parts giant First Brands just went bankrupt and no one knows where the money went.
It borrowed using the same assets over and over, now no one knows who owns what.
(a thread)
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Ever wondered why BLS data feels so inaccurate?
It’s not just bad surveys.
Over a third of CPI is no longer measured, it’s guessed.
(a thread)
It’s not just bad surveys.
Over a third of CPI is no longer measured, it’s guessed.
(a thread)
September 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ever wondered why BLS data feels so inaccurate?
It’s not just bad surveys.
Over a third of CPI is no longer measured, it’s guessed.
(a thread)
It’s not just bad surveys.
Over a third of CPI is no longer measured, it’s guessed.
(a thread)
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Count. The. Cardboard. 📦
September 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Count. The. Cardboard. 📦
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Let’s say that again: The U.S. government now spends more money servicing past debt than it does on:
– Defense
– Education
– Veterans
– Housing
We are funding the past instead of building the future.
– Defense
– Education
– Veterans
– Housing
We are funding the past instead of building the future.
September 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Let’s say that again: The U.S. government now spends more money servicing past debt than it does on:
– Defense
– Education
– Veterans
– Housing
We are funding the past instead of building the future.
– Defense
– Education
– Veterans
– Housing
We are funding the past instead of building the future.
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Let’s look at the full month:
– Revenue: $344B
– Spending: $689B
– Deficit: $344B
That’s more than the U.S. spent during the peak of the pandemic in some months and it happened in a normal month with no stimulus, no war, no crisis.
– Revenue: $344B
– Spending: $689B
– Deficit: $344B
That’s more than the U.S. spent during the peak of the pandemic in some months and it happened in a normal month with no stimulus, no war, no crisis.
September 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Let’s look at the full month:
– Revenue: $344B
– Spending: $689B
– Deficit: $344B
That’s more than the U.S. spent during the peak of the pandemic in some months and it happened in a normal month with no stimulus, no war, no crisis.
– Revenue: $344B
– Spending: $689B
– Deficit: $344B
That’s more than the U.S. spent during the peak of the pandemic in some months and it happened in a normal month with no stimulus, no war, no crisis.
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🚨 Imagine working all month just to pay your credit card bill.
That’s the U.S. in August 2025.
On $344.3B in tax revenue, $111.5B went to interest.
(a thread)
That’s the U.S. in August 2025.
On $344.3B in tax revenue, $111.5B went to interest.
(a thread)
September 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🚨 Imagine working all month just to pay your credit card bill.
That’s the U.S. in August 2025.
On $344.3B in tax revenue, $111.5B went to interest.
(a thread)
That’s the U.S. in August 2025.
On $344.3B in tax revenue, $111.5B went to interest.
(a thread)
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🚨 The US just wiped out -911,000 jobs in one revision.
That’s 76,000 jobs per month that were never real.
Even worse than the Great Recession’s revisions in 2009.
(a thread)
That’s 76,000 jobs per month that were never real.
Even worse than the Great Recession’s revisions in 2009.
(a thread)
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨 The US just wiped out -911,000 jobs in one revision.
That’s 76,000 jobs per month that were never real.
Even worse than the Great Recession’s revisions in 2009.
(a thread)
That’s 76,000 jobs per month that were never real.
Even worse than the Great Recession’s revisions in 2009.
(a thread)
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BARTLETT: Negative consequences from tariffs didn’t happen right away — “and WH lies convinced many .. that the economists were wrong. Now the chickens are coming home to roost ..”
September 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BARTLETT: Negative consequences from tariffs didn’t happen right away — “and WH lies convinced many .. that the economists were wrong. Now the chickens are coming home to roost ..”
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🚨 Lumber prices just hit their lowest in a year.
Even with tariffs and tight supply, buyers vanished.
History says housing leads the cycle and right now, it’s pointing down.
(a thread)
Even with tariffs and tight supply, buyers vanished.
History says housing leads the cycle and right now, it’s pointing down.
(a thread)
September 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🚨 Lumber prices just hit their lowest in a year.
Even with tariffs and tight supply, buyers vanished.
History says housing leads the cycle and right now, it’s pointing down.
(a thread)
Even with tariffs and tight supply, buyers vanished.
History says housing leads the cycle and right now, it’s pointing down.
(a thread)
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A slow-motion collapse is sweeping through commercial real estate.
Office buildings are vacant, mortgages are defaulting, cities are broke.
Taxpayers are quietly being lined up to take the fall.
(a thread)
Office buildings are vacant, mortgages are defaulting, cities are broke.
Taxpayers are quietly being lined up to take the fall.
(a thread)
September 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A slow-motion collapse is sweeping through commercial real estate.
Office buildings are vacant, mortgages are defaulting, cities are broke.
Taxpayers are quietly being lined up to take the fall.
(a thread)
Office buildings are vacant, mortgages are defaulting, cities are broke.
Taxpayers are quietly being lined up to take the fall.
(a thread)
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🚨 Japan’s long-term yields are going vertical.
Yields on 10Y, 20Y, 30Y, and 40Y JGBs are soaring to multi-decade highs.
This could reshape global capital flows and slam U.S. Treasuries.
(a thread)
Yields on 10Y, 20Y, 30Y, and 40Y JGBs are soaring to multi-decade highs.
This could reshape global capital flows and slam U.S. Treasuries.
(a thread)
August 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🚨 Japan’s long-term yields are going vertical.
Yields on 10Y, 20Y, 30Y, and 40Y JGBs are soaring to multi-decade highs.
This could reshape global capital flows and slam U.S. Treasuries.
(a thread)
Yields on 10Y, 20Y, 30Y, and 40Y JGBs are soaring to multi-decade highs.
This could reshape global capital flows and slam U.S. Treasuries.
(a thread)
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She doesn't have Bluesky but if anyone can repost it might be helpful. She lost her passport at #AEWAllInTexas
#wrestlejoy @amy.wrestlejoy.com ?
#wrestlejoy @amy.wrestlejoy.com ?
July 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
She doesn't have Bluesky but if anyone can repost it might be helpful. She lost her passport at #AEWAllInTexas
#wrestlejoy @amy.wrestlejoy.com ?
#wrestlejoy @amy.wrestlejoy.com ?
Music?!? That. Was a screeching tone!
...that's Syuri's music, eh? #AEWAllIn
July 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Music?!? That. Was a screeching tone!
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This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
He’s going to be de-naturalized and shipped off.
July 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
He’s going to be de-naturalized and shipped off.
And remember when we wanted to close coal for clean power and were going to retrain the coal miners and that was framed as so unfair to expect them to learn now skills, but now we are all supposed to give up our jobs and work in factories?
Remember how all the rich people and politicians said that people should learn stem and work in technology? Well human product, the needs of capital have shifted and we need you to learn the exciting field of Chimney Sweep
TUBERVILLE: Our younger generation has to grow up & understand it's not just sitting behind a computer
ASMAN: 25% of Americans say they would consider a manufacturing job if it paid more. We only have about 9% of workers now in factories. If 25% are willing to do it for better pay, they'll do fine
ASMAN: 25% of Americans say they would consider a manufacturing job if it paid more. We only have about 9% of workers now in factories. If 25% are willing to do it for better pay, they'll do fine
July 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
And remember when we wanted to close coal for clean power and were going to retrain the coal miners and that was framed as so unfair to expect them to learn now skills, but now we are all supposed to give up our jobs and work in factories?
The pancake vs waffle debate veers into the tensile strength and structural integrity of pancake tacos. Peak Reddit.
June 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The pancake vs waffle debate veers into the tensile strength and structural integrity of pancake tacos. Peak Reddit.
So now they believe in global warming?
Meanwhile, at the Heritage Foundation’s climate conference today:
May 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So now they believe in global warming?
Narrator: They rested, and they did not win
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Narrator: They rested, and they did not win
If America is a business then it should raise the price (taxes) on the customers (citizens) who can afford the highest tiers (highest tax brackets) of service. Not like they will give up their membership to the store over higher prices.
“America is deeply unprofitable” it’s a country not a B2B startup you fucking dweeb
March 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If America is a business then it should raise the price (taxes) on the customers (citizens) who can afford the highest tiers (highest tax brackets) of service. Not like they will give up their membership to the store over higher prices.
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News everyday here is like
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
March 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
News everyday here is like
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE