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A startup is needed to invent a better way to detect, limit, and rapidly extinguish wild fires. This mimics the paradigm of recovery oriented security. We have the ingredients to build a solution 1/n
Successful politics is about winning people over who disagree with you.

Unsuccessful politics is the opposite
March 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is modern media. Everything else is traditional media.
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Source: galendruke.com
This makes sense. Winning in politics requires strategy, compromise, and hard choices.
March 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
This is a very good read - www.slowboring.com/p/sixteen-th...
Sixteen thoughts on an averted shutdown
A bitter pill that Schumer is correct to swallow
www.slowboring.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A cool chart of who owns the stonks.
- US Households own a lot, but much more through intermediaries like mutual funds & ETFs
- Light grey pension funds shrink as 401Ks took off
- Foreign ownership adds 15% to market value (purple)
March 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It's important to have a diverse and flourishing media ecosystem for capitalism based democracies to work. Competition is the sunlight every one needs.
This ⬇️

Few people know 230 as well as Mike
Democracy is burning, and we need sites like Bluesky more than ever. And Senator Durbin wants to repeal 230, which would massively stifle the ability of sites like Bluesky to exist, while massively empowering X and Meta.

Why?

It seems that someone in his office doesn't understand 230.
March 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
There will be a lot of growth in podcasts and new journalism in the next decade. It will become like NBA sports teams with a galaxy of journalists n talk show people going independent or coming together in small groups to do their own thing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For the first time Americans are following the German election. The center left lost major vote share to the classical conservative (CDU) and the far right (AfD). The FDP centrists (yellow) also gained. Paradoxically, the left (purple) also 2x share?
February 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Why a stable global order and trade matter. 28 percent of S&P500 revenue comes from outside US. Less international revenue. Lower stock market. Skinny 401K. Lower wealth.
February 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
To assess prosperity, real median household income is a pretty useful metric. One can see the difference in this chart between GDP / Capita and what the 50th percentile household earned in LAST 45 years. The gap is obvious.
February 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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When I talk to kids today and they ask me what I would do if I were 12 today, my answer is always the same, read books and learn how to use AI in every way shape and form you can. It is a living library that gives you responses and can help no matter who you are or where you live.
February 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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This is also a valuable resource for sky users

theblue.report
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
theblue.report
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!

Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.
January 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If you are a retail investor trying to buy the trump coin in coinbase (of all places) it is already too late. The smart money is already made and you are likely to be left holding the bag.
January 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The woods are lovely dark and deep
But I have miles to go before I sleep
January 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
January 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Musk says DOGE might not be able to cut $2 trillion, actually
www.politico.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
A startup is needed to invent a better way to detect, limit, and rapidly extinguish wild fires. This mimics the paradigm of recovery oriented security. We have the ingredients to build a solution 1/n
January 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
One for you, one for the spouse, one for the kid(s) - Roth limits are per person.
The Roth IRA max is $7,000 per year.

That's $585 a month.

Or $135 a week.

Or $20 a day.

Invest. In. A. Roth. IRA.

It will make you a tax-free millionaire.
January 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
New year reminder:

1) Maximize 401K contributions or at least put 2 paychecks aside each year in 401K (min 2 out of 26 - often hard but you can do it!)

2) S&P 500 TOTAL RETURNS beats most assets. Remember to confirm "Reinvest dividends" to compound the dividends (this is the TOTAL RETURN part)
January 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Dec 24 will go down in history as the day there was a great war on X. Who or what are Groypers? Are they maga? Who is Laura Loomer - is it a bot account? These are the existential questions to ponder on :)
(I knew this would happen. Was earlier than expected)
December 25, 2024 at 11:53 PM