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Ive been working with the CDC on a project and let me tell you, they have been great! No complaints, very helpful, made me more optimistic about the career folks there.
Just my experience, but it has made me very wary of the collapsing trust we have in our institutions.
Just my experience, but it has made me very wary of the collapsing trust we have in our institutions.
August 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ive been working with the CDC on a project and let me tell you, they have been great! No complaints, very helpful, made me more optimistic about the career folks there.
Just my experience, but it has made me very wary of the collapsing trust we have in our institutions.
Just my experience, but it has made me very wary of the collapsing trust we have in our institutions.
I’m reading Private Rites while living in Nashville and man, sometimes dystopian fiction hits way to close to home.
From NWS Nashville— “Nashville's month-to-date rainfall is now up to 8.06" through yesterday, making this the 10th-wettest May on record and the wettest May since the infamous 2010.”
May 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’m reading Private Rites while living in Nashville and man, sometimes dystopian fiction hits way to close to home.
You say "we won't raise prices" I hear "our margins are FATTTTTTTTTT!!!"
May 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You say "we won't raise prices" I hear "our margins are FATTTTTTTTTT!!!"
Using Howard Lutnick to teach my kids that dumb people can be rich.
May 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Using Howard Lutnick to teach my kids that dumb people can be rich.
Only the best people working in this meritocratic regime.
CNN: I want to share the concern of dock workers. The Int'l Longshore and Warehouse Union released a statement saying trade policies shouldn't be dictated by "a president's whims"
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: That quote sounded exactly in line with the president
CNN: They're criticizing him
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: That quote sounded exactly in line with the president
CNN: They're criticizing him
May 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Only the best people working in this meritocratic regime.
It’s worth reminding ourselves that becoming a multi-planet species is way more cool in theory than in practice.
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’s worth reminding ourselves that becoming a multi-planet species is way more cool in theory than in practice.
Framing this one.
April 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Framing this one.
POWELL STATES THE OBVIOUS, MARKETS DIVE
April 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
POWELL STATES THE OBVIOUS, MARKETS DIVE
We should send him back to this truly golden period of history.
Where are Bill and Ted when you need them?
Where are Bill and Ted when you need them?
Trump to Fox: "You know, in the old days -- about 1870 to 1913 -- the tariffs were the only form of money." 🥴
April 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We should send him back to this truly golden period of history.
Where are Bill and Ted when you need them?
Where are Bill and Ted when you need them?
My daughters are discussing the emotional consequences of the Doncic trade and it’s giving me hope for the future.
April 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My daughters are discussing the emotional consequences of the Doncic trade and it’s giving me hope for the future.
Got asked “What’s free trade?” by a Trump voter today.
April 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Got asked “What’s free trade?” by a Trump voter today.
Man, all these podcasts host and conspiracy theorists in federal government leadership positions are going to be super disappointed when the "deep state" is really just a mediocre person named Amanda who brings egg rolls to the Cinco de Mayo potluck.
April 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Man, all these podcasts host and conspiracy theorists in federal government leadership positions are going to be super disappointed when the "deep state" is really just a mediocre person named Amanda who brings egg rolls to the Cinco de Mayo potluck.
The origin story of these tariffs is insane: the President’s SIL found a guy on Amazon (based on a book title, he didn’t read the book) who made up an expert to support his discredited theories on trade.
April 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The origin story of these tariffs is insane: the President’s SIL found a guy on Amazon (based on a book title, he didn’t read the book) who made up an expert to support his discredited theories on trade.
This. This is what the party of traditional, family, values is spending their time on.
Speaker Mike Johnson has reached an agreement with Republican holdouts that will effectively kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers could temporarily vote remotely immediately after the birth of a child.
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new moth...
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This. This is what the party of traditional, family, values is spending their time on.
Peter Navarro is such an obvious jackass.
April 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Peter Navarro is such an obvious jackass.
Reposted
“Imagine if I had done any of this.”
— former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week
— former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week
April 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Imagine if I had done any of this.”
— former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week
— former president Obama, at Hamilton College this week
Besides Lutnick, Trump, Navarro, and other loyalist I haven't encountered anyone who is pro these tariffs. r/conservative is overall anti anything nonreciprocal, most Rs I know hate them, who is this for? (other than nihistic, sociopathic, oligarchs)
April 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Besides Lutnick, Trump, Navarro, and other loyalist I haven't encountered anyone who is pro these tariffs. r/conservative is overall anti anything nonreciprocal, most Rs I know hate them, who is this for? (other than nihistic, sociopathic, oligarchs)
Assuming we have a presidential election in 2028, it's fair to assume the Trump backlash will usher in the most socialist leaning ticket that the US has ever seen.
You don't own goal this bad without severe consequences.
You don't own goal this bad without severe consequences.
April 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Assuming we have a presidential election in 2028, it's fair to assume the Trump backlash will usher in the most socialist leaning ticket that the US has ever seen.
You don't own goal this bad without severe consequences.
You don't own goal this bad without severe consequences.
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It's a little ironic that the plot of the "Tires" pilot is exactly the same as the latest Pete Hegseth boondoogle.
Shane Gillis saw it coming.
Shane Gillis saw it coming.
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's a little ironic that the plot of the "Tires" pilot is exactly the same as the latest Pete Hegseth boondoogle.
Shane Gillis saw it coming.
Shane Gillis saw it coming.
The point of this story shouldn't be "OMG they were using Signal! That isn't official!" pearl clutching. Most Americans do not care about Signal nor "official" channels.
Rather, it should be: these people are so dumb - if someone working for you screwed up this bad you'd fire them on the spot.
Rather, it should be: these people are so dumb - if someone working for you screwed up this bad you'd fire them on the spot.
March 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The point of this story shouldn't be "OMG they were using Signal! That isn't official!" pearl clutching. Most Americans do not care about Signal nor "official" channels.
Rather, it should be: these people are so dumb - if someone working for you screwed up this bad you'd fire them on the spot.
Rather, it should be: these people are so dumb - if someone working for you screwed up this bad you'd fire them on the spot.
The growing support for authoritarian rule is a clear indication that we have a global leadership crisis.
March 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The growing support for authoritarian rule is a clear indication that we have a global leadership crisis.
Bragging about working this hard for what amounts to meaningless political theatre is embarrassing.
This is not a flex. It’s inefficiency and it’s embarrassing when you remember that they get more things wrong than they get right.
March 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Bragging about working this hard for what amounts to meaningless political theatre is embarrassing.
Consumer sentiment is dropping quickly, but a factor may be that algos reinforce individual biases. It wouldn't surprise me if we were in a new normal of sentiment volatility.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-stages...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-stages...
The Stages of Trumpist Economic Grief
Or, how Scott Bessent (sort of) became spiritual
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Consumer sentiment is dropping quickly, but a factor may be that algos reinforce individual biases. It wouldn't surprise me if we were in a new normal of sentiment volatility.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-stages...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-stages...