William Meservy
@williammeservy.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. Believer. Liberalism. YIMBYism. Geologist. Russian speaker. #NAFO
DOGE is a scam, and this weekly-updated Musk Watch DOGE tracker deserves more traction and publicity: doge.muskwatch.com
The tracker allows — in granular detail — one to view how much DOGE inflates the value of what it says it’s doing.
In reality, federal expenditures haven’t dropped at all.
The tracker allows — in granular detail — one to view how much DOGE inflates the value of what it says it’s doing.
In reality, federal expenditures haven’t dropped at all.
March 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
DOGE is a scam, and this weekly-updated Musk Watch DOGE tracker deserves more traction and publicity: doge.muskwatch.com
The tracker allows — in granular detail — one to view how much DOGE inflates the value of what it says it’s doing.
In reality, federal expenditures haven’t dropped at all.
The tracker allows — in granular detail — one to view how much DOGE inflates the value of what it says it’s doing.
In reality, federal expenditures haven’t dropped at all.
It sincerely doesn’t feel good to be so validated about how bad Trump would be. Watching a predicted train wreck is still watching a train wreck.
March 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It sincerely doesn’t feel good to be so validated about how bad Trump would be. Watching a predicted train wreck is still watching a train wreck.
The money we will pay just on the interest of Trump’s deficit-exploding tax proposals will be an order of magnitude greater each year than what we pay on total foreign aid expenditures each year.
That’s how dumb all of this USAID talk is.
www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
That’s how dumb all of this USAID talk is.
www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
Trump Tax Priorities Total $5 to $11 Trillion | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
2025-02-06-In a closed-door meeting with House Leadership today President Trump reportedly outlined his tax priorities.
www.crfb.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The money we will pay just on the interest of Trump’s deficit-exploding tax proposals will be an order of magnitude greater each year than what we pay on total foreign aid expenditures each year.
That’s how dumb all of this USAID talk is.
www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
That’s how dumb all of this USAID talk is.
www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
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So so important to know & remember. Foreign aid & immigration are not sinking us. We can’t get to solutions with scapegoats.
As we experience the fallout from Trump’s pause of federal loans and grants, let us not forget what really drives spending and deficits👇
January 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So so important to know & remember. Foreign aid & immigration are not sinking us. We can’t get to solutions with scapegoats.
As we experience the fallout from Trump’s pause of federal loans and grants, let us not forget what really drives spending and deficits👇
January 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As we experience the fallout from Trump’s pause of federal loans and grants, let us not forget what really drives spending and deficits👇
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Makes perfect sense to discontinue medical research right after a global pandemic that killed millions. This is the kind of strategic thinking we need!
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Makes perfect sense to discontinue medical research right after a global pandemic that killed millions. This is the kind of strategic thinking we need!
Critics of this post ignore data associating church-attendance with a good life/society.
That’s their prerogative. But—while it’s one thing to believe in God without empirical evidence—it’s altogether another to decry church attendance in the face of strong empirical evidence showing its benefits.
That’s their prerogative. But—while it’s one thing to believe in God without empirical evidence—it’s altogether another to decry church attendance in the face of strong empirical evidence showing its benefits.
At some point I'm going to write a book called,
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
January 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Critics of this post ignore data associating church-attendance with a good life/society.
That’s their prerogative. But—while it’s one thing to believe in God without empirical evidence—it’s altogether another to decry church attendance in the face of strong empirical evidence showing its benefits.
That’s their prerogative. But—while it’s one thing to believe in God without empirical evidence—it’s altogether another to decry church attendance in the face of strong empirical evidence showing its benefits.
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Here's what I've learned about Bluesky.
The average user HATES religion.
The average user HATES religion.
At some point I'm going to write a book called,
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
January 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Here's what I've learned about Bluesky.
The average user HATES religion.
The average user HATES religion.
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At some point I'm going to write a book called,
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
January 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
At some point I'm going to write a book called,
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
You Should Go to Church Even If You Don't Believe In Any of It.
From a purely pro-social, pro-democracy perspective, attending a house of worship regularly is a very good thing.
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I really hope that Bluesky will become THE place to be, but at its current stage I'm inclined to use X, still.
There are simply too many limitations I dislike (60 sec videos, can't post multiple images/videos on one post, threading is terrible...).
There are simply too many limitations I dislike (60 sec videos, can't post multiple images/videos on one post, threading is terrible...).
January 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I really hope that Bluesky will become THE place to be, but at its current stage I'm inclined to use X, still.
There are simply too many limitations I dislike (60 sec videos, can't post multiple images/videos on one post, threading is terrible...).
There are simply too many limitations I dislike (60 sec videos, can't post multiple images/videos on one post, threading is terrible...).
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The major climate groups monitoring global temperature released their estimates for 2024. The anomalies range from +1.46 to +1.62°C, likely the first post-industrial year with Earth +1.5°C above pre-industrial conditions. The 30-year climate average is still ~1.2°C but obviously increasing 🧪 +...
All surface temperature products for 2024 are now live.
All show 2024 is the warmest year (very clearly).
The estimates of the change since the pre-industrial (1850-1900) are more uncertain but range from 1.46 to 1.62ºC.
It is therefore *likely* this was the first year that exceeded 1.5ºC.
All show 2024 is the warmest year (very clearly).
The estimates of the change since the pre-industrial (1850-1900) are more uncertain but range from 1.46 to 1.62ºC.
It is therefore *likely* this was the first year that exceeded 1.5ºC.
January 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The major climate groups monitoring global temperature released their estimates for 2024. The anomalies range from +1.46 to +1.62°C, likely the first post-industrial year with Earth +1.5°C above pre-industrial conditions. The 30-year climate average is still ~1.2°C but obviously increasing 🧪 +...
I think people are very tired of the forced frameworks—many of which seem to undermine meritocracy. Trainings can feel over-the-top and infantilizing, and initiatives which prioritize minorities in any way commonly feel unfair to people.
MOST everyone wants and believes in fairness and pluralism.
MOST everyone wants and believes in fairness and pluralism.
So people are sick of diversity, equity and inclusion? How vile and twisted of a human being do you need to be to oppose these values?
John Deere, Ford, and Harley Davidson have also dropped DEI initiatives.
Again: the tide has turned against DEI. In the real world (as opposed to the online one), people are generally quite sick of DEI, and they are voting it down. Companies see that.
Again: the tide has turned against DEI. In the real world (as opposed to the online one), people are generally quite sick of DEI, and they are voting it down. Companies see that.
January 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I think people are very tired of the forced frameworks—many of which seem to undermine meritocracy. Trainings can feel over-the-top and infantilizing, and initiatives which prioritize minorities in any way commonly feel unfair to people.
MOST everyone wants and believes in fairness and pluralism.
MOST everyone wants and believes in fairness and pluralism.
John Deere, Ford, and Harley Davidson have also dropped DEI initiatives.
Again: the tide has turned against DEI. In the real world (as opposed to the online one), people are generally quite sick of DEI, and they are voting it down. Companies see that.
Again: the tide has turned against DEI. In the real world (as opposed to the online one), people are generally quite sick of DEI, and they are voting it down. Companies see that.
Since I posted this thread, META, Walmart, Amazon, and McDonalds have dropped DEI programs.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
🧵 The next four years of MAGA are going to be ugly. Here are some spicy hot takes on what Democrats can do to regain momentum, fortify their voting base, and govern better going forward:
1) Forget the extremes; move to the center. In fact, don’t forget the extremes; decry them.
1) Forget the extremes; move to the center. In fact, don’t forget the extremes; decry them.
January 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
John Deere, Ford, and Harley Davidson have also dropped DEI initiatives.
Again: the tide has turned against DEI. In the real world (as opposed to the online one), people are generally quite sick of DEI, and they are voting it down. Companies see that.
Again: the tide has turned against DEI. In the real world (as opposed to the online one), people are generally quite sick of DEI, and they are voting it down. Companies see that.
Democrats are best when they focus on being the party of evidence-based decision making, not the minority-obsessed finger-waggers.
We can achieve real pluralism faster by governing well than we can by lecturing people.
We can achieve real pluralism faster by governing well than we can by lecturing people.
Since I posted this thread, META, Walmart, Amazon, and McDonalds have dropped DEI programs.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
🧵 The next four years of MAGA are going to be ugly. Here are some spicy hot takes on what Democrats can do to regain momentum, fortify their voting base, and govern better going forward:
1) Forget the extremes; move to the center. In fact, don’t forget the extremes; decry them.
1) Forget the extremes; move to the center. In fact, don’t forget the extremes; decry them.
January 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Democrats are best when they focus on being the party of evidence-based decision making, not the minority-obsessed finger-waggers.
We can achieve real pluralism faster by governing well than we can by lecturing people.
We can achieve real pluralism faster by governing well than we can by lecturing people.
Since I posted this thread, META, Walmart, Amazon, and McDonalds have dropped DEI programs.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
🧵 The next four years of MAGA are going to be ugly. Here are some spicy hot takes on what Democrats can do to regain momentum, fortify their voting base, and govern better going forward:
1) Forget the extremes; move to the center. In fact, don’t forget the extremes; decry them.
1) Forget the extremes; move to the center. In fact, don’t forget the extremes; decry them.
January 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Since I posted this thread, META, Walmart, Amazon, and McDonalds have dropped DEI programs.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
Bluesky needs to know how to win future elections: making Democrats the party of DEI, transgender athletes, pronouns, hardline abortion stances, etc is a great way to lose both elections and the culture war.
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I’m supposed to have this tribal hatred of Liz Cheney despite her sacrificing her career to fight the one threat I care most about. And I’m supposed to have this tribal loyalty to leftists who continually refusal to do the absolute bare minimum and support a liberal Dem against that threat. Nah.
January 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I’m supposed to have this tribal hatred of Liz Cheney despite her sacrificing her career to fight the one threat I care most about. And I’m supposed to have this tribal loyalty to leftists who continually refusal to do the absolute bare minimum and support a liberal Dem against that threat. Nah.
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LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
January 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
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I have a feeling this meme format is going to get a lot of use over the next four years.
January 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have a feeling this meme format is going to get a lot of use over the next four years.
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These are not serious people. These are children playing with matches. And the CCP has to be rejoicing.
January 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
These are not serious people. These are children playing with matches. And the CCP has to be rejoicing.
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NEW: Georgia Republicans have voted unanimously to expel former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan from the party. His “sin”? choosing to put country over party by endorsing VP Harris.
In a statement, Georgia Republicans declared:
“Geoff Duncan is hereby demanded to cease calling himself a ‘Republican’”
In a statement, Georgia Republicans declared:
“Geoff Duncan is hereby demanded to cease calling himself a ‘Republican’”
January 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEW: Georgia Republicans have voted unanimously to expel former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan from the party. His “sin”? choosing to put country over party by endorsing VP Harris.
In a statement, Georgia Republicans declared:
“Geoff Duncan is hereby demanded to cease calling himself a ‘Republican’”
In a statement, Georgia Republicans declared:
“Geoff Duncan is hereby demanded to cease calling himself a ‘Republican’”
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We can all agree, no matter our politics, that chef José Andrés deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his amazing work with World Central Kitchen in disaster-stricken areas across the U.S. and the world.
January 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We can all agree, no matter our politics, that chef José Andrés deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his amazing work with World Central Kitchen in disaster-stricken areas across the U.S. and the world.
You can’t simultaneously both welcome technological improvement/automation and hate immigrants for tAkInG jObS aWaY.
Just admit you’re a degrowther who doesn’t understand economics. Or maybe choose to learn something: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of...
Just admit you’re a degrowther who doesn’t understand economics. Or maybe choose to learn something: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of...
Lump of labour fallacy - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
You can’t simultaneously both welcome technological improvement/automation and hate immigrants for tAkInG jObS aWaY.
Just admit you’re a degrowther who doesn’t understand economics. Or maybe choose to learn something: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of...
Just admit you’re a degrowther who doesn’t understand economics. Or maybe choose to learn something: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of...
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America should invent a walkable city with good public transit that's also doesn't get too cold in the winter and is sunny.
The closest we have is San Francisco.
The closest we have is San Francisco.
December 29, 2024 at 8:59 PM
America should invent a walkable city with good public transit that's also doesn't get too cold in the winter and is sunny.
The closest we have is San Francisco.
The closest we have is San Francisco.
Nativists have much to learn. They can start here:
1) The economy isn’t a fixed pie.
2) Immigrants don’t just fill jobs; they create jobs and demand for more jobs.
3) In the US, studies show that both documented and undocumented immigrants are a net fiscal and economic benefit.
1) The economy isn’t a fixed pie.
2) Immigrants don’t just fill jobs; they create jobs and demand for more jobs.
3) In the US, studies show that both documented and undocumented immigrants are a net fiscal and economic benefit.
December 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Nativists have much to learn. They can start here:
1) The economy isn’t a fixed pie.
2) Immigrants don’t just fill jobs; they create jobs and demand for more jobs.
3) In the US, studies show that both documented and undocumented immigrants are a net fiscal and economic benefit.
1) The economy isn’t a fixed pie.
2) Immigrants don’t just fill jobs; they create jobs and demand for more jobs.
3) In the US, studies show that both documented and undocumented immigrants are a net fiscal and economic benefit.
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He’s just now figuring this out
December 28, 2024 at 1:52 PM
He’s just now figuring this out