Well I'm not! 😅

In case it wasn’t clear, if you can read this, you aren’t the person I’m talking about.

In other words, I don’t miss the noise

I’m sorry, the what virus?

Feels a little too on the nose for this exact moment. This seasons writers… smh

Gonna make the jump and say universal basic income would absolutely skyrocket entrepreneurship and creativity in this country.

Certainly. I'm suggesting shifting from taxing utilization for some services to paying for it all with general taxes.

Free busses in NYC is what triggered this train of thought for me. Boston also did a free bus pilot that I believe was successful and has been extended.

(Writing that last tweet felt a little insane, since I was basically repeating the same thing on each line, just with different words. It feels kind of obvious to me.)

But also, government is probably the most efficient way to get everyone to support the public good, which is good for everyone.

More people using public transit = less traffic and congestion.
Public schools and libraries = an educated public.
Public health measures = a more healthy public.

I'm not saying governments shouldn't charge individuals extra taxes based on their consumption. I have to pay a fuel tax for my EV that doesn't even use gasoline, and I think that's fine - roads are expensive to maintain. Same goes for paying postage (though post offices should not be privatized)

Actually, government should provide many critical services for free, including transportation (free busses).

I’m very curious how far you could push one of these as a web server. Mac mini collocation is pretty darn cheap, and these lil guys can do a lot.

Just 10 megabytes off from a truly epic number.

bsky.app/profile/rale...

But Andy! They produce jobs! Didn't you know that it's _impossible_ to produce jobs if you have less than a billion dollars in net worth?