@peter-b-c.bsky.social
Formerly in financial risk management. Briefly a physicist.
Interests include history, historical gaming and various things nerdy.
Supporter of Ukraine.
Swastika or hammer & sickle in profile -> block.
At the risk of seeming pedantic, that’s the total of non-US troops, all most all of whom were from NATO member, but it includes for example 41 Australians, 10 New Zealanders and 2 South Koreans.
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 PM
At the risk of seeming pedantic, that’s the total of non-US troops, all most all of whom were from NATO member, but it includes for example 41 Australians, 10 New Zealanders and 2 South Koreans.
And the $1.2 trillion of health insurer revenues is only about 1/3 of health spending.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/top...
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/top...
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
And the $1.2 trillion of health insurer revenues is only about 1/3 of health spending.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/top...
www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/top...
This is not correct.
Even considering revenues of health insurance companies alone, 89% of those revenues went to health care in 2024.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
Even considering revenues of health insurance companies alone, 89% of those revenues went to health care in 2024.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
This is not correct.
Even considering revenues of health insurance companies alone, 89% of those revenues went to health care in 2024.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
Even considering revenues of health insurance companies alone, 89% of those revenues went to health care in 2024.
content.naic.org/sites/defaul...
How is it a new term?
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
How is it a new term?
Who are you referring to as “these ghouls” here?
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Who are you referring to as “these ghouls” here?
This would seem to be Trump at the same location with Ivanka (and OJ Simpson), so unlikely it is the KitKat Sex Club.
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This would seem to be Trump at the same location with Ivanka (and OJ Simpson), so unlikely it is the KitKat Sex Club.
This is from 2010, but still.
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is from 2010, but still.
Made with AI?
December 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Made with AI?
Here’s is that note and note Epstein wrote a few days before he died in his cell. I don’t think you have to be a handwriting expert to say these are very different.
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Here’s is that note and note Epstein wrote a few days before he died in his cell. I don’t think you have to be a handwriting expert to say these are very different.
Earlier draft of concept art has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Earlier draft of concept art has leaked.
See below for civilian deaths and injuries in just a recent 6 month period.
In addition civilians suffer from prolonged power and water outages.
In addition civilians suffer from prolonged power and water outages.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
See below for civilian deaths and injuries in just a recent 6 month period.
In addition civilians suffer from prolonged power and water outages.
In addition civilians suffer from prolonged power and water outages.
I don’t think we know where the strikes took place beyond whether it was in the Pacific or Caribbean (“off the coast of Venezuela).
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don’t think we know where the strikes took place beyond whether it was in the Pacific or Caribbean (“off the coast of Venezuela).
“Computers, Captain. They fight their wars with computers totally.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Computers, Captain. They fight their wars with computers totally.”
Which part of him looked white?
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Which part of him looked white?
Adam Clymer, “Edward M Kennedy : A Biography” :
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Adam Clymer, “Edward M Kennedy : A Biography” :
Not sure about the MAHA bit.
“We’re Olimpia & Carolina — two sisters from Barcelona with a passion for creating sustainable toys.”
“We’re Olimpia & Carolina — two sisters from Barcelona with a passion for creating sustainable toys.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Not sure about the MAHA bit.
“We’re Olimpia & Carolina — two sisters from Barcelona with a passion for creating sustainable toys.”
“We’re Olimpia & Carolina — two sisters from Barcelona with a passion for creating sustainable toys.”
This is the language prior to the proposed change which doesn’t explicitly include postgrad nursing degrees, but says “not limited to” which would not appear in the proposed language.
The existing reg already excludes undergraduate degrees. About 1 in 5 nurses in the US have postgrad degrees.
The existing reg already excludes undergraduate degrees. About 1 in 5 nurses in the US have postgrad degrees.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is the language prior to the proposed change which doesn’t explicitly include postgrad nursing degrees, but says “not limited to” which would not appear in the proposed language.
The existing reg already excludes undergraduate degrees. About 1 in 5 nurses in the US have postgrad degrees.
The existing reg already excludes undergraduate degrees. About 1 in 5 nurses in the US have postgrad degrees.
Fares were of course not the same between any two destinations.
Regulation was stupid, but it wasn’t that stupid.
Regulation was stupid, but it wasn’t that stupid.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Fares were of course not the same between any two destinations.
Regulation was stupid, but it wasn’t that stupid.
Regulation was stupid, but it wasn’t that stupid.