cielbie.bsky.social
@cielbie.bsky.social
Former techie, former diplomat, former librarian, currently playing the proud grandma role.
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Planetary Alignment

xkcd.com/3192/
January 13, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Helicopters hovering overhead for over half an hour so far. Last time this happened it was a building on fire. 😒 #chicago
August 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Many waking up today to tales the trade and capital war are over and the pro-growth admin everyone hoped for is now here.

Markets are pricing in near certainty of this path when there are plenty of signs the admin's negative-growth policies are still here.

Thread.
April 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method.
A South Carolina prisoner is the first executed by a firing squad in 15 years
A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method.
www.npr.org
March 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
😃 brb ordering a copy
Reading @davidenrich.bsky.social’s latest and it’s great!

Hes one of the best business writers around and this story couldn’t be more relevant now
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I dunno, but it seems to me the current market panic is over the success of a startup whose goal is not "how fast can we monetize this?" 😏
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Jan 27
Breakthroughs from Chinese AI startup DeepSeek have stunned Silicon Valley and could bring turbulence to Wall St, as they were accomplished at a fraction of what the U.S. giants are spending and despite export bans on top-of-the-line chips.
Stunning breakthroughs from China's DeepSeek AI alarm U.S. rivals
The startup is catching up to OpenAI on "a joke of a budget."
www.axios.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM