Theresa H
@tlh101.bsky.social
Financial technologist, data geek, engineer, MBA, Gen X empty nester. Facts are facts but data can lie. Pro-choice. Pro-science. Pro-math. Lived in MD, PA, OH, CO, NY, FL, NJ, Tokyo, the Philippines. Opinions = my own. No DMs
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Theresa H
@tlh101.bsky.social
· Nov 15
🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵
Excellent ‘Welcome to Bluesky’ post with many tips for new users
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‘1984’ is upon us
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
‘1984’ is upon us
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4️⃣ The most concerning #CPI development imo is the
BLS statement saying that in addition to suspending collections in Lincoln, NE, Provo, UT, and Buffalo, NY, "roughly **15%** of the sample in the other 72 areas also was suspended from collection"
BLS statement saying that in addition to suspending collections in Lincoln, NE, Provo, UT, and Buffalo, NY, "roughly **15%** of the sample in the other 72 areas also was suspended from collection"
July 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
4️⃣ The most concerning #CPI development imo is the
BLS statement saying that in addition to suspending collections in Lincoln, NE, Provo, UT, and Buffalo, NY, "roughly **15%** of the sample in the other 72 areas also was suspended from collection"
BLS statement saying that in addition to suspending collections in Lincoln, NE, Provo, UT, and Buffalo, NY, "roughly **15%** of the sample in the other 72 areas also was suspended from collection"
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Everyone is watching tariffs so this might slip through. Bad news if you have a Chase bank account and use any 3rd party app with it. Might close my Chase account after 30 years as I rely on multiple 3rd parties to aggregate and transfer funds - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JPMorgan Tells Fintechs They Have to Pay Up for Customer Data
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has told financial-technology companies that it will start charging fees amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars for access to their customers’ bank account information –...
www.bloomberg.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Everyone is watching tariffs so this might slip through. Bad news if you have a Chase bank account and use any 3rd party app with it. Might close my Chase account after 30 years as I rely on multiple 3rd parties to aggregate and transfer funds - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The October Clock: Why Today’s Strikes Matter Less Than a Deadline Nobody’s Watching
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The October Clock: Why Today’s Strikes Matter Less Than a Deadline Nobody’s Watching
Israel, Iran and the UN
7thin.gs
June 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The October Clock: Why Today’s Strikes Matter Less Than a Deadline Nobody’s Watching
7thin.gs/p/iran-un-sa...
7thin.gs/p/iran-un-sa...
This is what happened the last time the government federalized the National Guard to stop a ‘protest’.
June 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is what happened the last time the government federalized the National Guard to stop a ‘protest’.
This is timely
With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is timely
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Exclusive: The US has told G-7 allies it won’t endorse a statement condemning Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year
US Derails G-7 Condemnation of Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine
The US has told Group of Seven allies it won’t endorse a statement condemning Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year because it wants to keep negotiations with Moscow on track.
www.bloomberg.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Exclusive: The US has told G-7 allies it won’t endorse a statement condemning Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year
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Elections have consequences
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Elections have consequences
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You could say they're about national security, but then why would you tariff everything? It could be about manufacturing, but why then tariff vanilla from Madagascar? It could be about reciprocity, but why aren't they tailored to the specific tariffs that other countries have?
April 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
You could say they're about national security, but then why would you tariff everything? It could be about manufacturing, but why then tariff vanilla from Madagascar? It could be about reciprocity, but why aren't they tailored to the specific tariffs that other countries have?
This is certainly not good for the hospitality industry
Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is certainly not good for the hospitality industry
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The Trump administration is trying to destroy an Ivy League university—withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in funding—because it used to have a trans swimmer on its team.
Three years ago.
Three years ago.
You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including
March 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Trump administration is trying to destroy an Ivy League university—withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in funding—because it used to have a trans swimmer on its team.
Three years ago.
Three years ago.
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This is insane, it’s Autocracy 101. Trump wants to criminalize the Democratic Party, and we have to fight NOW not wait for Chuck Schumer to get on board. Here’s a 🎁🔗 for anyone interested: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left (Gift Article)
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is insane, it’s Autocracy 101. Trump wants to criminalize the Democratic Party, and we have to fight NOW not wait for Chuck Schumer to get on board. Here’s a 🎁🔗 for anyone interested: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
Very interesting. The AI algorithm itself is intellectual property but it’s output is not
Don't know the details here and don't have time to track them down but interesting
*APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS REJECTION OF COPYRIGHT TO AI 'AUTHOR'
*HUMAN AUTHORSHIP NEEDED FOR COPYRIGHT UNDER US LAW, COURT SAYS
*APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS REJECTION OF COPYRIGHT TO AI 'AUTHOR'
*HUMAN AUTHORSHIP NEEDED FOR COPYRIGHT UNDER US LAW, COURT SAYS
March 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Very interesting. The AI algorithm itself is intellectual property but it’s output is not
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"Right next to the town of Dresden, New York, lies Greenidge Generation, a power plant turned bitcoin mine that operates 24/7 and emitted more than 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2024,"
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
What It’s Like to Live in a Small Town Polluted by a Cryptomine
Across the U.S., rural towns are engaged in bitter battles against noise and air pollution from cryptomines. These will only get more common now that President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and ot...
newrepublic.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Right next to the town of Dresden, New York, lies Greenidge Generation, a power plant turned bitcoin mine that operates 24/7 and emitted more than 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide in 2024,"
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
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Back in 2023, Elon Musk infamously posted and reposted a meme falsely claiming Republicans hadn't changed their views in the last decade, while Democrats had moved left.
An FT study confirms that was a lie: Democrats are typical for Western democracies, and MAGA and Musk are _nearly off the chart_.
An FT study confirms that was a lie: Democrats are typical for Western democracies, and MAGA and Musk are _nearly off the chart_.
March 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Back in 2023, Elon Musk infamously posted and reposted a meme falsely claiming Republicans hadn't changed their views in the last decade, while Democrats had moved left.
An FT study confirms that was a lie: Democrats are typical for Western democracies, and MAGA and Musk are _nearly off the chart_.
An FT study confirms that was a lie: Democrats are typical for Western democracies, and MAGA and Musk are _nearly off the chart_.
I do not remember a politician ever saying that his policies could lead to a recession and HE DOES NOT CARE. Most politicians do everything they can to avoid recessions and actively state that they are.
(Washington Post) - President Donald Trump declined to rule out a recession this year as the economy stutters from his efforts to impose tariffs and rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector ..
@washingtonpost.com 🇺🇸
@washingtonpost.com 🇺🇸
Trump declines to rule out recession amid tariffs’ effects on markets
Trump’s acknowledgment of economic turbulence was a reversal from previous cheering of his policies, and it contrasted with reassurances from his own advisers Sunday.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I do not remember a politician ever saying that his policies could lead to a recession and HE DOES NOT CARE. Most politicians do everything they can to avoid recessions and actively state that they are.
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Careers made possible by the Fulbright program:
Dale Chihuly
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Renée Fleming
Riccardo Giacconi
Philip Glass
John Lithgow
Sylvia Plath
Rosalyn S. Yalow
62 Fulbright scholars have won Nobel prizes
90 have received Pulitzers
Dale Chihuly
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Renée Fleming
Riccardo Giacconi
Philip Glass
John Lithgow
Sylvia Plath
Rosalyn S. Yalow
62 Fulbright scholars have won Nobel prizes
90 have received Pulitzers
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Careers made possible by the Fulbright program:
Dale Chihuly
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Renée Fleming
Riccardo Giacconi
Philip Glass
John Lithgow
Sylvia Plath
Rosalyn S. Yalow
62 Fulbright scholars have won Nobel prizes
90 have received Pulitzers
Dale Chihuly
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Renée Fleming
Riccardo Giacconi
Philip Glass
John Lithgow
Sylvia Plath
Rosalyn S. Yalow
62 Fulbright scholars have won Nobel prizes
90 have received Pulitzers
I saw one of the Germans language ones in a small museum in Lancaster County PA where the majority of the immigrants in 1776 were the Pennsylvania Dutch - which was a mispronunciation of Deutsch or German. They spoke and read German and very little English.
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I saw one of the Germans language ones in a small museum in Lancaster County PA where the majority of the immigrants in 1776 were the Pennsylvania Dutch - which was a mispronunciation of Deutsch or German. They spoke and read German and very little English.
Why does NOAA matter - besides marine weather reports, tide reports, hurricane predictions, tsunami monitoring, and fisheries? theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.
theconversation.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Why does NOAA matter - besides marine weather reports, tide reports, hurricane predictions, tsunami monitoring, and fisheries? theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.