JimBobLay
@jimboblay.bsky.social
Recumbent riding semi-retired forensic chemical engineer. I also do very cool (cryogenic) engineering!
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#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
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This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. Judge said, nope! Nothing for the injured workers!
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. Judge said, nope! Nothing for the injured workers!
Driving away foreign investment in the US seems like a really, really bad policy. Hopefully, the Hyundai disaster won't be repeated, but a lot of damage has likely already been done. Issues regarding employment should have been dealt with in advance.
September 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Driving away foreign investment in the US seems like a really, really bad policy. Hopefully, the Hyundai disaster won't be repeated, but a lot of damage has likely already been done. Issues regarding employment should have been dealt with in advance.
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The thing is, it is the nature of reactionary psychology to believe on a deep brainstem level that *everyone* acts this way, that everyone is out for themselves and their own advantage, that all talk of principles is bullshit. It is fundamental to their worldview.
April 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The thing is, it is the nature of reactionary psychology to believe on a deep brainstem level that *everyone* acts this way, that everyone is out for themselves and their own advantage, that all talk of principles is bullshit. It is fundamental to their worldview.
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The golden genius of the modern fascist movement, outsmarted by a clever roadrunner.
futurism.com/tesla-wall-a...
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Man Tests If Tesla Autopilot Will Crash Into Wall Painted to Look Like Road
YouTuber Mark Rober has perfectly demonstrated why Tesla relying entirely on cameras isn't such a good idea for driver-assistance tech.
futurism.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The golden genius of the modern fascist movement, outsmarted by a clever roadrunner.
futurism.com/tesla-wall-a...
futurism.com/tesla-wall-a...
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The smallest red carpet ever. And it’s in a puddle.🤣🤣🤣
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
March 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The smallest red carpet ever. And it’s in a puddle.🤣🤣🤣
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
What's up with getting rolling on next year's flu vaccine? Canceling the planning meetings for this is a BIG deal. As with so much else, our politicians should be screaming about this and bringing as much pressure to bear as possible.
March 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What's up with getting rolling on next year's flu vaccine? Canceling the planning meetings for this is a BIG deal. As with so much else, our politicians should be screaming about this and bringing as much pressure to bear as possible.
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This is why we have debt. It’s tax cuts for the wealthy not programs for tbe poor. There are more sources and you can find them easily online.
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio
Without the Bush and Trump tax cuts, debt as a percentage of the economy would be declining permanently.
www.americanprogress.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is why we have debt. It’s tax cuts for the wealthy not programs for tbe poor. There are more sources and you can find them easily online.
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
February 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
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Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!
Illinois Gov. Pritzker mocks Trump with special announcement video
YouTube video by Daily Kos
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov!
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Trump is deprioritizing the deportation of actually dangerous people on order to ensure that all undocumented people are afraid.
And he’s prioritizing deportations of non-dangerous people over enforcement of all other crimes.
The man is committed to his racism.
And he’s prioritizing deportations of non-dangerous people over enforcement of all other crimes.
The man is committed to his racism.
January 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump is deprioritizing the deportation of actually dangerous people on order to ensure that all undocumented people are afraid.
And he’s prioritizing deportations of non-dangerous people over enforcement of all other crimes.
The man is committed to his racism.
And he’s prioritizing deportations of non-dangerous people over enforcement of all other crimes.
The man is committed to his racism.
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Mm-hm.
Bringing in billionaires is not about cutting waste but about selling the government for parts. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs
Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Mm-hm.
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Re LRS, I keep coming back to this point when I encounter the still-somehow-live discourse about whether or not the incoming regime is 'fascist' (it is, but that doesn't help the broad left get over with normies)...
January 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Re LRS, I keep coming back to this point when I encounter the still-somehow-live discourse about whether or not the incoming regime is 'fascist' (it is, but that doesn't help the broad left get over with normies)...
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Two thoughts:
1. This is a really good story.
2. I know from experience that it's hard to get people to read stories about energy efficiency. So when there's a good one like this, share it far and wide.
#energysky
1. This is a really good story.
2. I know from experience that it's hard to get people to read stories about energy efficiency. So when there's a good one like this, share it far and wide.
#energysky
one of my favorite stories I did at Vox was about Jimmy Carter and his role in energy efficiency standards at the DOE. Truly underappreciated legacy that tangibly improved everyday life www.vox.com/climate/2023...
Refrigerators have gotten really freaking good. Thanks, Jimmy Carter.
The underrated way energy efficiency has made life better, and climate progress possible.
www.vox.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Two thoughts:
1. This is a really good story.
2. I know from experience that it's hard to get people to read stories about energy efficiency. So when there's a good one like this, share it far and wide.
#energysky
1. This is a really good story.
2. I know from experience that it's hard to get people to read stories about energy efficiency. So when there's a good one like this, share it far and wide.
#energysky
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kind of insane that these are the lengths the right would go to win, meanwhile the democratic party's best pitch is campaigning with Liz Cheney
Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election (Gift Article)
A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
kind of insane that these are the lengths the right would go to win, meanwhile the democratic party's best pitch is campaigning with Liz Cheney
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also if you haven’t read about him rappelling into a reactor to save Ontario from nuclear meltdown when he was 28, it’s one of my favorite stories www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023...
A nuclear reactor was melting down. Jimmy Carter came to the rescue.
In 1952, Lt. Jimmy Carter, then 28, was one of the few people in the world qualified to enter a damaged nuclear reactor and help take it apart.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:45 PM
also if you haven’t read about him rappelling into a reactor to save Ontario from nuclear meltdown when he was 28, it’s one of my favorite stories www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023...
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NEW: To implement his 2.0 extremism agenda, Donald Trump will have to implement police state tactics. I explain in this article. Please read and share widely.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Donald Trump will need a police state to Implement his agenda
It's going to get very ugly.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM
NEW: To implement his 2.0 extremism agenda, Donald Trump will have to implement police state tactics. I explain in this article. Please read and share widely.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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All right, a quick 🧵. (Deluding myself into thinking they're going to be quick is part of the process.)
So, what is a good & complete federal climate policy? IMO, it's a stool with three legs:
1. Massive investments.
2. Regulatory reform. (Big bucket.)
3. A backstop price on carbon.
So, what is a good & complete federal climate policy? IMO, it's a stool with three legs:
1. Massive investments.
2. Regulatory reform. (Big bucket.)
3. A backstop price on carbon.
December 8, 2024 at 9:11 PM
All right, a quick 🧵. (Deluding myself into thinking they're going to be quick is part of the process.)
So, what is a good & complete federal climate policy? IMO, it's a stool with three legs:
1. Massive investments.
2. Regulatory reform. (Big bucket.)
3. A backstop price on carbon.
So, what is a good & complete federal climate policy? IMO, it's a stool with three legs:
1. Massive investments.
2. Regulatory reform. (Big bucket.)
3. A backstop price on carbon.
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I think this has been a problem for a long time. Most of the 'regulations' that most people encounter are made by states and cities; Republicans running for federal office then promise to 'cut red tape', but only a small fraction of businesses face federal regulations at all.
One thing I’ve been chewing on, and should probably write a longer piece to work out, is that Harris was largely punished for the choices of local Democrats in cities who have far more control over stuff like rent than the President, and how change in the party starts with cleaning up that level.
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I think this has been a problem for a long time. Most of the 'regulations' that most people encounter are made by states and cities; Republicans running for federal office then promise to 'cut red tape', but only a small fraction of businesses face federal regulations at all.