Kevin Mulhall
@kevinmulhall.bsky.social
Writer | Artist | Retiree from a semiconductor company |
Tech-Economics-Policy-Culture-Cartooning |
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Michigan, ex-pat CDN
Tech-Economics-Policy-Culture-Cartooning |
No Crypto or Folks selling stuff | No DMs unless I've invited you to it.
Michigan, ex-pat CDN
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That Archie Goodwin's true crime stories of Nero Wolfe's detective work never sold remotely as well (he had to keep his day job) as Rex Stout's identical novels is proof that fiction is more popular than fact.
US automakers and other industrial employers have only themselves to blame as beancounter MBAs decided poaching skilled labor from other employers was cheaper than maintaining internal training and journeyman programs to build their own skilled workforce.
www.foxbusiness.com/media/indust...
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Mike Rowe, Ford CEO warn America's manufacturing crisis is at a breaking point as China surges ahead
America faces a manufacturing crisis with thousands of open jobs and no workers to fill them. Ford CEO Jim Farley and Mike Rowe sound urgent alarm on skilled trades shortage.
www.foxbusiness.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
US automakers and other industrial employers have only themselves to blame as beancounter MBAs decided poaching skilled labor from other employers was cheaper than maintaining internal training and journeyman programs to build their own skilled workforce.
www.foxbusiness.com/media/indust...
www.foxbusiness.com/media/indust...
Hilarious to think there are huge datacenters that a full of turned off servers with GPUs that get more obsolete every year despite doing nothing.
How could you be dumb enough to build out a facility like that without getting power contracts to run them lined up?
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
How could you be dumb enough to build out a facility like that without getting power contracts to run them lined up?
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could 'sit empty for years' due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can't cope with surging electricity demands
Two major facilities built for AI-era workloads remain unpowered while the city races to expand its electricity supply.
www.tomshardware.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hilarious to think there are huge datacenters that a full of turned off servers with GPUs that get more obsolete every year despite doing nothing.
How could you be dumb enough to build out a facility like that without getting power contracts to run them lined up?
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
How could you be dumb enough to build out a facility like that without getting power contracts to run them lined up?
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Masked ICE agents will be dropping by to take all those groceries you bought with your illicit SNAP money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Masked ICE agents will be dropping by to take all those groceries you bought with your illicit SNAP money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Sure. They can start accusing Mandami of not calling out the National Guard in DC on Jan 6.
Because a NYC community organizer had the same authority to do that as the Speaker did.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Because a NYC community organizer had the same authority to do that as the Speaker did.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
As Republicans Retire Pelosi From Attack Ads, They Eye a New Villain
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sure. They can start accusing Mandami of not calling out the National Guard in DC on Jan 6.
Because a NYC community organizer had the same authority to do that as the Speaker did.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Because a NYC community organizer had the same authority to do that as the Speaker did.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
What if Trump just tells Thune no on the Dec ACA vote?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What if Trump just tells Thune no on the Dec ACA vote?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Reposted by Kevin Mulhall
Yesterday's calm: Cumberland Monastery
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Yesterday's calm: Cumberland Monastery
Lengthy but incisive analysis and discussion about Russia after Putin
youtu.be/Miw6cncoc9g
youtu.be/Miw6cncoc9g
Who Comes After Putin? Russia’s Unwritten Succession Code
YouTube video by Elvira Bary
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Lengthy but incisive analysis and discussion about Russia after Putin
youtu.be/Miw6cncoc9g
youtu.be/Miw6cncoc9g
Reposted by Kevin Mulhall
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He like I
Are MORNING STARS
That cannot die 🖕😂
Yet he like I
Despises rapists,pedos and misogyny extremely highly
Treat the daughters of my EVE with respect,kindness and love
Or me and he will eternally fuck you up 🖕🤬🕊️🙏
Oh did I say about my dearest Uncle D 👿🤔
He like I
Are MORNING STARS
That cannot die 🖕😂
Yet he like I
Despises rapists,pedos and misogyny extremely highly
Treat the daughters of my EVE with respect,kindness and love
Or me and he will eternally fuck you up 🖕🤬🕊️🙏
Myself and 39 Irish female Artists come together to perform "DREAMS" by The Cranberries
YouTube video by Allie Sherlock
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=rnQ-...
Oh did I say about my dearest Uncle D 👿🤔
He like I
Are MORNING STARS
That cannot die 🖕😂
Yet he like I
Despises rapists,pedos and misogyny extremely highly
Treat the daughters of my EVE with respect,kindness and love
Or me and he will eternally fuck you up 🖕🤬🕊️🙏
Oh did I say about my dearest Uncle D 👿🤔
He like I
Are MORNING STARS
That cannot die 🖕😂
Yet he like I
Despises rapists,pedos and misogyny extremely highly
Treat the daughters of my EVE with respect,kindness and love
Or me and he will eternally fuck you up 🖕🤬🕊️🙏
Despite denials, this doesn't look good for Lavrov. I don't imagine Putin's about to end the Ukraine war and just blame it on Sergey, but I could see Putin deciding he needs to negotiate an end to it before Ukraine destroys his energy infrastructure. Which SL would hate.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/e...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s absence sets off alarm bells in Moscow | CNN
The news out of Moscow is a bit of non-news: Russia’s top diplomat is still in his job.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Despite denials, this doesn't look good for Lavrov. I don't imagine Putin's about to end the Ukraine war and just blame it on Sergey, but I could see Putin deciding he needs to negotiate an end to it before Ukraine destroys his energy infrastructure. Which SL would hate.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/e...
Ok Canadian Parliamentary scholars, is the Times wrong or am I? NYT's Austen says if the budget fails the govt automatically falls, but as I recall, Opposition has to declare it a confidence vote for that to happen, so budget could fail but not bring down the govt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...
What to Know About Canada’s New Budget
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ok Canadian Parliamentary scholars, is the Times wrong or am I? NYT's Austen says if the budget fails the govt automatically falls, but as I recall, Opposition has to declare it a confidence vote for that to happen, so budget could fail but not bring down the govt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/w...
Times says with glee it's 3.3
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November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Times says with glee it's 3.3
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Surprised Libs didn't ask PP if he disapproved of Conservative videos being aired in the states and if so, have they taken that up with Doug?
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Surprised Libs didn't ask PP if he disapproved of Conservative videos being aired in the states and if so, have they taken that up with Doug?
I suppose if I were a Telsa shareholder with no scruples but a some brain cells, I might vote in Elon's pay package to prevent a stock crash on Friday but start unwinding my position while the stock is still at the crazy mulliple.
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I suppose if I were a Telsa shareholder with no scruples but a some brain cells, I might vote in Elon's pay package to prevent a stock crash on Friday but start unwinding my position while the stock is still at the crazy mulliple.
What ought to scare Tesla shareholders about the Elon package targets, besides the right of the docile board to decide to ignore meeting those goals, is that theyre based on raw numbers of robots, FSD packages etc without regard to whether Tesla is making any money.
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-1...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-1...
Tesla’s $1 trillion question: Shareholders prepare to decide Musk’s future
Investing.com -- Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) faces one of the most consequential moments in its history Thursday as shareholders prepare to vote on CEO Elon Musk’s proposed $1 trillion compensation plan, ...
finance.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What ought to scare Tesla shareholders about the Elon package targets, besides the right of the docile board to decide to ignore meeting those goals, is that theyre based on raw numbers of robots, FSD packages etc without regard to whether Tesla is making any money.
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-1...
finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-1...
Perfectly understandable.
electrek.co/2025/11/05/i...
electrek.co/2025/11/05/i...
It seems like Elon Musk stoking a civil war in England isn't good for Tesla's sales there
Tesla’s EV registrations in the UK, its biggest market in Europe, took a dramatic hit in October 2025 — just...
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Perfectly understandable.
electrek.co/2025/11/05/i...
electrek.co/2025/11/05/i...
Not that Steve thinks the MAGA GoP should rethink it's policies or governance, I suspect what he means is that Rs need to get cracking on rigging the midterm election machinery.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Not that Steve thinks the MAGA GoP should rethink it's policies or governance, I suspect what he means is that Rs need to get cracking on rigging the midterm election machinery.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Trump, verbatim talking about history in 2013:
"...when they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. [...] So I really think the pressure is on the president."
"...when they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. [...] So I really think the pressure is on the president."
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump, verbatim talking about history in 2013:
"...when they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. [...] So I really think the pressure is on the president."
"...when they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. [...] So I really think the pressure is on the president."
So are all those Old Space companies that probably bribed Duffy to criticize SpaceX progress on the Artemis lander (to open up contracts for THEM) going to want their money back now that Elon got Duffy replaced with Musk's original pick of Issacson?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump nominates Isaacman to run NASA — again
The unprecedented move follows a high-profile fight over who will run the space agency.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So are all those Old Space companies that probably bribed Duffy to criticize SpaceX progress on the Artemis lander (to open up contracts for THEM) going to want their money back now that Elon got Duffy replaced with Musk's original pick of Issacson?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The problem isn't that anyone paying attention doesn't know he has dementia.
The problem is getting the MSM, especially big media entities terrified of losing regulatory licenses, to report on it as an urgent news crisis, not just a commentator's observation.
youtu.be/9OtO-cypKmY
The problem is getting the MSM, especially big media entities terrified of losing regulatory licenses, to report on it as an urgent news crisis, not just a commentator's observation.
youtu.be/9OtO-cypKmY
‘The smoking gun’ that points to Trump’s cognitive decline | Psychologist analyses Trump
YouTube video by Times Radio
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The problem isn't that anyone paying attention doesn't know he has dementia.
The problem is getting the MSM, especially big media entities terrified of losing regulatory licenses, to report on it as an urgent news crisis, not just a commentator's observation.
youtu.be/9OtO-cypKmY
The problem is getting the MSM, especially big media entities terrified of losing regulatory licenses, to report on it as an urgent news crisis, not just a commentator's observation.
youtu.be/9OtO-cypKmY
Pretty despicable of Musk to loot a fund intended to pay Tesla employees just to fill out his trillion dollar package.
electrek.co/2025/11/04/t...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/t...
Tesla stock used to help employees. Now it can’t, because Elon took it all.
Among the vote on Elon's $1trillion stock award, less attention has been paid to how he drained Tesla's employee share pool for himself alone.
electrek.co
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Pretty despicable of Musk to loot a fund intended to pay Tesla employees just to fill out his trillion dollar package.
electrek.co/2025/11/04/t...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/t...
Times implores it's 3.4
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November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Times implores it's 3.4
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Times duns it's 4.1
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November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Times duns it's 4.1
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F1 caving to Pirelli in forcing teams to use (and buy) more tyres.
Since they have the monopoly on F1 use, I'm surprised Pirelli doesnt just adjust all the compounds so no tires will last long enough for 2 stop strategy.
How about a 4 stop?
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Since they have the monopoly on F1 use, I'm surprised Pirelli doesnt just adjust all the compounds so no tires will last long enough for 2 stop strategy.
How about a 4 stop?
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lastwordonsports.com/motorsports/...
F1 considering mandatory two-stops for 2026 season
The next Formula 1 Commission will see the topic of mandatory pit-stops the 2026 season discussed by the teams.
lastwordonsports.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
F1 caving to Pirelli in forcing teams to use (and buy) more tyres.
Since they have the monopoly on F1 use, I'm surprised Pirelli doesnt just adjust all the compounds so no tires will last long enough for 2 stop strategy.
How about a 4 stop?
😉
lastwordonsports.com/motorsports/...
Since they have the monopoly on F1 use, I'm surprised Pirelli doesnt just adjust all the compounds so no tires will last long enough for 2 stop strategy.
How about a 4 stop?
😉
lastwordonsports.com/motorsports/...
Times reckons it's 3.7
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November 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Times reckons it's 3.7
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