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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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April 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber.

Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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like the Voice of America, so much of what this administration is recklessly destroying was put in place in an era of global conflicts to help prevent another. It’s not charity. It’s a loss leader for peace.
March 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Pete Hegseth's DOD Says It Is Too Fragile to Make 16 New Badges

www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/p...
Pete Hegseth's DOD Says It Is Too Fragile to Make 16 New Badges - emptywheel
How does Pete Hegseth expect to take on China if his department can't manage making 16 new badges?
www.emptywheel.net
March 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Hmmm…

📌Republicans in Nov-Dec 2024: Biden's economy is only doing great because Trump is about to be president.

🤔Republicans in March 2025: Trump's economy is not doing great because we are still in Biden's economy.
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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March 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence.

That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received.

The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.
Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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In 2014, a Google engineer launched a petition proposing a national referendum. The first two points? 1. Retire all government employees with full pensions. 2. Transfer administrative authority to the tech industry.

What a difference a decade can make!
Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich | Corey Pein
Meet the neo-reactionaries who influenced the rightward drift of Silicon Valley.
thebaffler.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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I've spent a lot of time rambling around Oregon's second district, which takes up two thirds of our state and is as rural and Republican as it gets... if they're shouting "tax the rich" and "tax Elon" in LaGrande, something is definitely happening here.
February 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.

2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0

Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM