Palmer Tree 🖖
@palmertree.bsky.social
I live all over, but Texas and SF feel like home. Sometimes DC. My superpower is I see so many awesome people, and I do my best to call them out. Mr. Rogers is my hero. And Ted Lasso.
I also like programming, using AI for good, and macroeconomics. He/him
I also like programming, using AI for good, and macroeconomics. He/him
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Palmer Tree 🖖
@palmertree.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Breathe. I recommend 4-2-6 breathing.
Enjoy your current surroundings. They're likely pretty good! I love this cafe I'm working from.
Remember this too shall pass.
Focus on your next step.
One day at a time.
Enjoy your current surroundings. They're likely pretty good! I love this cafe I'm working from.
Remember this too shall pass.
Focus on your next step.
One day at a time.
I don’t think people realize the significance of this “tail” risk
There's only one question for Germany: what policies will stop the inexorable rise of the AfD, which is heading for 30% in the polls. This will literally tip Europe if it continues. Germany with AfD in government won't stand up to Russia. And it also won't stick with the Euro. A storm is coming...
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I don’t think people realize the significance of this “tail” risk
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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how to move to the delta quadrant
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
how to move to the delta quadrant
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How will you cope with your right-wing relatives over the holidays? Here's my advice. https://youtu.be/ByhKM8NBK2E?si=IYoaPqn6gAydGPNV
Your Guide to Dealing with Uncle Bob | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How will you cope with your right-wing relatives over the holidays? Here's my advice. https://youtu.be/ByhKM8NBK2E?si=IYoaPqn6gAydGPNV
Jesus this was so prophetic
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Jesus this was so prophetic
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Weird Al Yankovic (first concert ever)
Unwritten Law (Blink 182 opened… had hot wings with UL before)
Dave Brubeck playing Take Five in my classroom
Hello Kitty performing In a laser light show in Puroland, Japan
One of Aretha‘s last shows
Weird Al Yankovic (first concert ever)
Unwritten Law (Blink 182 opened… had hot wings with UL before)
Dave Brubeck playing Take Five in my classroom
Hello Kitty performing In a laser light show in Puroland, Japan
One of Aretha‘s last shows
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Lyrics Born + Chali 2na + Jazz Mafia (The Independent)
New Order + Underworld + The Chemical Brothers (Ally Pally)
The Definite Articles + Sea Of Bees + Tornado Rider
serpentwithfeet + Katie Gately
MC Hammer + Snap! + Joey B. Ellis (Wembley Arena)
Lyrics Born + Chali 2na + Jazz Mafia (The Independent)
New Order + Underworld + The Chemical Brothers (Ally Pally)
The Definite Articles + Sea Of Bees + Tornado Rider
serpentwithfeet + Katie Gately
MC Hammer + Snap! + Joey B. Ellis (Wembley Arena)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Orb
Primal Scream
Ride
Explosions in the Sky
White Denim
The Orb
Primal Scream
Ride
Explosions in the Sky
White Denim
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
Weird Al Yankovic (first concert ever)
Unwritten Law (Blink 182 opened… had hot wings with UL before)
Dave Brubeck playing Take Five in my classroom
Hello Kitty performing In a laser light show in Puroland, Japan
One of Aretha‘s last shows
Weird Al Yankovic (first concert ever)
Unwritten Law (Blink 182 opened… had hot wings with UL before)
Dave Brubeck playing Take Five in my classroom
Hello Kitty performing In a laser light show in Puroland, Japan
One of Aretha‘s last shows
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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It cannot be broken, only realigned. First-past-the-post will always redound to 2 parties, every time, no matter what
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It cannot be broken, only realigned. First-past-the-post will always redound to 2 parties, every time, no matter what
Why are we trying to understand MTG? She’s crazy. So she does crazy things. not worth trying to apply logic. Or warp your brain into crazy town logic land and try to understand. No benefit to doing that.
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Why are we trying to understand MTG? She’s crazy. So she does crazy things. not worth trying to apply logic. Or warp your brain into crazy town logic land and try to understand. No benefit to doing that.
Remember that the ghost of Roy Cohn runs this administration. What would Roy do? Suck up to the mayor of NYC.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Remember that the ghost of Roy Cohn runs this administration. What would Roy do? Suck up to the mayor of NYC.
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I understand the attacks on DEI as sheer racism, misogyny, transphobia, and especially misogynoir
But also DEI was a really wack framework and I'm not gonna be like "it was so good and we need it"
Historically, DEI was a stepping stone on the journey to the current civil rights framework collapse
But also DEI was a really wack framework and I'm not gonna be like "it was so good and we need it"
Historically, DEI was a stepping stone on the journey to the current civil rights framework collapse
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I understand the attacks on DEI as sheer racism, misogyny, transphobia, and especially misogynoir
But also DEI was a really wack framework and I'm not gonna be like "it was so good and we need it"
Historically, DEI was a stepping stone on the journey to the current civil rights framework collapse
But also DEI was a really wack framework and I'm not gonna be like "it was so good and we need it"
Historically, DEI was a stepping stone on the journey to the current civil rights framework collapse
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Whoever picked "Pocket Veto" won the pool.
Rep. Khanna: Now it is a criminal offense for any career official at the Justice Department or the FBI not to release these files. It's a contempt of Congress. It's no longer, 'we just don't feel like doing it now.' You're violating federal law, and that's something very serious.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoever picked "Pocket Veto" won the pool.
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I’d like to see a lot more (methodologically sound) research funded around pedagogy, curriculum, learning modalities, special ed of all varieties, etc.
You basically make it a distribution house for information coupled with funding & operational support to help schools implement findings.
You basically make it a distribution house for information coupled with funding & operational support to help schools implement findings.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I’d like to see a lot more (methodologically sound) research funded around pedagogy, curriculum, learning modalities, special ed of all varieties, etc.
You basically make it a distribution house for information coupled with funding & operational support to help schools implement findings.
You basically make it a distribution house for information coupled with funding & operational support to help schools implement findings.
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FWIW - I can't shake the feeling that this has the high likelihood of becoming a classic "middle finger" bar chart...
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
FWIW - I can't shake the feeling that this has the high likelihood of becoming a classic "middle finger" bar chart...
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Boring reminder, the unemployment rate (and various household survey ratios) are currently much more informative about labor market health than NFP.
If you still have NFP brain, I recommend some reprogramming
If you still have NFP brain, I recommend some reprogramming
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Boring reminder, the unemployment rate (and various household survey ratios) are currently much more informative about labor market health than NFP.
If you still have NFP brain, I recommend some reprogramming
If you still have NFP brain, I recommend some reprogramming
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Slavery is about economics
It's a revealing moment...
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Slavery is about economics
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Your regular reminder that the ghost of Howard Jarvis laughs heartily at all of us from his place in the depths of hell.
Prop 13 absolutely fucked California and Californians, both present and future.
Prop 13 absolutely fucked California and Californians, both present and future.
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Your regular reminder that the ghost of Howard Jarvis laughs heartily at all of us from his place in the depths of hell.
Prop 13 absolutely fucked California and Californians, both present and future.
Prop 13 absolutely fucked California and Californians, both present and future.
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gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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A reminder: inflation burns but it is the level of prices relative to income that most consumers are struggling with. Too many don’t have the income to make ends meet. That is the result of compounding price increases without broad enough gains in wages …
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A reminder: inflation burns but it is the level of prices relative to income that most consumers are struggling with. Too many don’t have the income to make ends meet. That is the result of compounding price increases without broad enough gains in wages …
Jack is great. Thoughtful commentary on policy reform vs "oooh, look hypocrisy" dopamine bait that is 90% of the dialogue here.
@jackbwuzhere.bsky.social should be on your follow list, if you want bsky to be more than a barroom venting echo chamber.
@jackbwuzhere.bsky.social should be on your follow list, if you want bsky to be more than a barroom venting echo chamber.
#GrumpyPolitics Reminder: After South Carolina maps were found to be racially gerrymandered, it went to the Supreme Court. Who sat on them for a year and a half, then said, Nah, they aren't.
North Carolina broke it's own laws. Judge stopped them. Went to the Supreme Court... 1/
North Carolina broke it's own laws. Judge stopped them. Went to the Supreme Court... 1/
BREAKING: The Justice Department sues to block California’s new congressional map, joining a fight that could shape control of the House in 2026.
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Jack is great. Thoughtful commentary on policy reform vs "oooh, look hypocrisy" dopamine bait that is 90% of the dialogue here.
@jackbwuzhere.bsky.social should be on your follow list, if you want bsky to be more than a barroom venting echo chamber.
@jackbwuzhere.bsky.social should be on your follow list, if you want bsky to be more than a barroom venting echo chamber.
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Well, this is a stress test of America and we are failing.
Someone mentioned today that before the Civil War, abolitionists were incredibly demoralized.
Before the Civil Rights wins, there was blood and death and strange fruit.
We keep fighting. We keep pushing. We'll get there.
Someone mentioned today that before the Civil War, abolitionists were incredibly demoralized.
Before the Civil Rights wins, there was blood and death and strange fruit.
We keep fighting. We keep pushing. We'll get there.
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Well, this is a stress test of America and we are failing.
Someone mentioned today that before the Civil War, abolitionists were incredibly demoralized.
Before the Civil Rights wins, there was blood and death and strange fruit.
We keep fighting. We keep pushing. We'll get there.
Someone mentioned today that before the Civil War, abolitionists were incredibly demoralized.
Before the Civil Rights wins, there was blood and death and strange fruit.
We keep fighting. We keep pushing. We'll get there.
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A Fair Districting Amendment and supporting Act. At this point, it has to be SB1 and HB1 of the first session. An Amendment, so the Supreme Court can't just wash their hands of it. An Act to codify it and specify how we are going to do it, and the strict penalties if you play games.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A Fair Districting Amendment and supporting Act. At this point, it has to be SB1 and HB1 of the first session. An Amendment, so the Supreme Court can't just wash their hands of it. An Act to codify it and specify how we are going to do it, and the strict penalties if you play games.