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Shimko
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Writer, recovering pol, tattoo lover, autumn enthusiast.
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Neighborly love is hard. But it’s worth it.
April 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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March 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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This is dangerous thinking. Four years is a long time to damage a system so massively that it takes several administrations to return the economic engine back on solid footing.
petersagal.bsky.social Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Mar 17
From the end of this morning’s WP article on Trump’s economic plans everybody’s mad about.

1) Nobody — not even powerful rich CEOs — contradict Trump to his face because they’re afraid of being yelled at.

2) Their strategy is hoping they can survive this until he leaves.
Last week, the president met with corporate leaders assembled by the Yale CEO Caucus and the Business Roundtable. Many are deeply skeptical that global supply chains developed over years can or should be quickly unwound. But their closed-door sessions with the president were devoid of fireworks. "They don't want to get Zelensky-ed," said the Republican, who attended one of the meetings, referring to Trump's public humiliation of the Ukrainian president during a recent Oval Office meeting. Some business leaders hope to redirect Trump from attacking Canada and Mexico to a more narrow focus on combating China's trade practices. Foreign companies already see their presence in China as under threat, given President Xi Jinping's effort to boost his country's self-reliance. So they are prepared to see Trump erect further trade barriers on Chinese goods, if they can salvage their manufacturing footprint closer to the United States, this person said. The president's mercurial nature and limited time in office also make them cautious about dramatic changes in their supply chains or operations. Some are hoping to run out the clock on Trump's economic revolution. "The president's not going to be around forever," said another Republican business executive. "In four years, you have a different administration."
March 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Since when does diversity mean incompetency?
DEI is having a massive public relations problem and I don't know if education is what will dig it out of the hole.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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A #shortstory I wrote a few years ago. Enjoy!
Sonata in B minor
Instead of my usual musings, I'm giving you a short story that appeared a few years ago in a journal out west.
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November 30, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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A quick primer: holiday dinners aren’t a place for you to repair broken relationships that stretch beyond political differences.

But if it’s about who voted for whom, then this is for you: a handy guide to visit family for the holidays without losing your mind.
Are You Ready to Rumble‽
Thanksgiving is upon us and the number of videos and posts of people saying they're uninviting family or abandoned by friends is staggering. Here's a quick guide to enjoy the holidays with people.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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I went on a rant about flavor. It wasn't pretty, but it had to be said. open.substack.com/pub/faithful...
November 16, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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I will do anything for love, but I won’t tweet…well…anything. Deleted the app and settling here. Don’t want to contribute to their AI development.
November 13, 2024 at 2:31 AM