Lee
@needmorecoffee.bsky.social
Number cruncher. Books, fanfic, movies, science. Previously staff to grumpy old cat & old lady dog who cheerfully tolerated the cat which annoyed him no end. Profile photo is a solar eclipse and much better than any I took.
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Trump on Powell: “I was surprised he was appointed” (Trump appointed him)
July 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump on Powell: “I was surprised he was appointed” (Trump appointed him)
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I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.
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The quote is "The deal is a deal that I choose. View it differently: We are a department store and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it"
And that is explicitly not a deal.
And that is explicitly not a deal.
April 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The quote is "The deal is a deal that I choose. View it differently: We are a department store and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it"
And that is explicitly not a deal.
And that is explicitly not a deal.
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200 trade deals no one knows about?
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April 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
200 trade deals no one knows about?
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I see that once again, the country that thinks everyone should work as hard as possible all the time without health care, family leave, or a living wage has been stumped by the question “Why aren’t people having more children?”
April 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I see that once again, the country that thinks everyone should work as hard as possible all the time without health care, family leave, or a living wage has been stumped by the question “Why aren’t people having more children?”
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Lol
Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration is as a White House employee and senior adviser to the president, and is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing reut.rs/431Y6WO
White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions
Billionaire Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration is as a White House employee and senior adviser to the president, and is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing on Monday.
reut.rs
February 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Lol
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On the left:
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
February 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
On the left:
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"
On the right:
Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE
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“Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.”
I’m going to tattoo/embroider/spray paint this on every flat surface I see
I’m going to tattoo/embroider/spray paint this on every flat surface I see
Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
February 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.”
I’m going to tattoo/embroider/spray paint this on every flat surface I see
I’m going to tattoo/embroider/spray paint this on every flat surface I see
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Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
These are the vaccination rates of kindergartners by state. It takes 95% coverage of MMR vaccine to prevent measles outbreaks & most states are not achieving it. I fear that under the new administration rates will drop even further and we will start to see preventable illness, disability, and death
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
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Trump wants the benefits of a weak dollar with the dick-measuring bragging rights of a strong dollar - the strongest dollar! - and to remain the global reserve currency
Reality must bend around the immense gravity of his stupidity
Reality must bend around the immense gravity of his stupidity
February 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Trump wants the benefits of a weak dollar with the dick-measuring bragging rights of a strong dollar - the strongest dollar! - and to remain the global reserve currency
Reality must bend around the immense gravity of his stupidity
Reality must bend around the immense gravity of his stupidity
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chaos/firings and nuclear stockpile aren't two things that go great together
NEW: Inside the chaos around the firings at NNSA -- the agency overseeing the US nuclear stockpile. A source said over 300 employees were fired because “no one has taken anytime to understand what we do and the importance of our work to the nation’s national security.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
chaos/firings and nuclear stockpile aren't two things that go great together
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In addition to being civic degenerates these people are in every case infantile, sloppy and incompetent. Grand flourishes of performative cruelty followed by entitled pleas of "I don't know how to do this. Can you help?"
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In addition to being civic degenerates these people are in every case infantile, sloppy and incompetent. Grand flourishes of performative cruelty followed by entitled pleas of "I don't know how to do this. Can you help?"
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doge has a gov web site so insecure you could literally push your own update to it www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
doge has a gov web site so insecure you could literally push your own update to it www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
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A lot of people who know very little about the US govt don't know that a big part of Dept of Energy's portfolio is nukes. That's okay. Not everyone has to know everything. But it turns out the people Elon put in charge of gutting the department's workforce didn't know that either.
Thursday: Trump officials fire hundreds at the National Nuclear Security Administration
Friday: moved to hire them back
“Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Friday: moved to hire them back
“Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A lot of people who know very little about the US govt don't know that a big part of Dept of Energy's portfolio is nukes. That's okay. Not everyone has to know everything. But it turns out the people Elon put in charge of gutting the department's workforce didn't know that either.
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This cover is probably more effective resistance against Trump than Chuck Schumers entire tenure
February 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This cover is probably more effective resistance against Trump than Chuck Schumers entire tenure
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Make sure your elderly parents do as well.
I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.
The United States Social Security Administration | SSA
Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
SSA.gov
February 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Make sure your elderly parents do as well.
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if it wasn’t going to turbofuck the economy for everyone else I would find it hilarious how badly these people miscalculated which of “slightly stronger regulation” and “ruinous, nonsensical tariffs” was worse for them
February 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
if it wasn’t going to turbofuck the economy for everyone else I would find it hilarious how badly these people miscalculated which of “slightly stronger regulation” and “ruinous, nonsensical tariffs” was worse for them
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the masters of business saw what they wanted to see and now they - and we - will pay an enormous price for it
this one wasn’t even a bait and switch, the man has been yelling about how much he loved ruinous tariffs for years and the adults in the room have been replaced by 22 year old groypers
this one wasn’t even a bait and switch, the man has been yelling about how much he loved ruinous tariffs for years and the adults in the room have been replaced by 22 year old groypers
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
the masters of business saw what they wanted to see and now they - and we - will pay an enormous price for it
this one wasn’t even a bait and switch, the man has been yelling about how much he loved ruinous tariffs for years and the adults in the room have been replaced by 22 year old groypers
this one wasn’t even a bait and switch, the man has been yelling about how much he loved ruinous tariffs for years and the adults in the room have been replaced by 22 year old groypers
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this is what long-time Elon watchers call "The Realization": when Elon stumbles into your area of expertise, and you realize everyone just gives the guy the benefit of the doubt because he talks about complicated things people don't pay attention to
I’ve been thinking about how monumentally stupid the Elon video game cheating thing is and I think it comes back to this post
there aren’t a ton of people who work in cars, or rockets, or even software
but everyone - everyone! - understands cheating at video games
totally unnecessary self-own
there aren’t a ton of people who work in cars, or rockets, or even software
but everyone - everyone! - understands cheating at video games
totally unnecessary self-own
January 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
this is what long-time Elon watchers call "The Realization": when Elon stumbles into your area of expertise, and you realize everyone just gives the guy the benefit of the doubt because he talks about complicated things people don't pay attention to
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I've been resisting replying to a lot of posts today, because I wanted to think. And I think that we are at a unique crisis point right now on the left.
You can not spend a year running on telling us that democracy will end if this guy wins, and then just turn around and say, "well norms, you know"
You can not spend a year running on telling us that democracy will end if this guy wins, and then just turn around and say, "well norms, you know"
December 12, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I've been resisting replying to a lot of posts today, because I wanted to think. And I think that we are at a unique crisis point right now on the left.
You can not spend a year running on telling us that democracy will end if this guy wins, and then just turn around and say, "well norms, you know"
You can not spend a year running on telling us that democracy will end if this guy wins, and then just turn around and say, "well norms, you know"
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For white USians who think of themselves as middle class, government that works like it should is mostly invisible (the mail mostly gets delivered, social secruity checks go out on time, we solved acid rain and the hole in the ozone, vaccines exist, health insurance got forced to be less shitty).
December 15, 2024 at 5:32 PM
For white USians who think of themselves as middle class, government that works like it should is mostly invisible (the mail mostly gets delivered, social secruity checks go out on time, we solved acid rain and the hole in the ozone, vaccines exist, health insurance got forced to be less shitty).
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i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:08 PM
i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
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The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
December 4, 2024 at 1:17 AM
The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
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This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...