Julie In Austin
@julie78787.bsky.social
Avid geek, bird app refugee, hard-core political policy wonk.
You can find me at https://x.com/julie78787 if you want more of my insightful scribblings.
You can find me at https://x.com/julie78787 if you want more of my insightful scribblings.
My current goal is targeting the correct pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings to minimize any RMDs.
My FRA SS benefits put me over a lot of the tax-free limits as is. RMDs will just suck even harder. Plan is to invest in things with cap gains rather than income, then pay when I must.
My FRA SS benefits put me over a lot of the tax-free limits as is. RMDs will just suck even harder. Plan is to invest in things with cap gains rather than income, then pay when I must.
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My current goal is targeting the correct pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings to minimize any RMDs.
My FRA SS benefits put me over a lot of the tax-free limits as is. RMDs will just suck even harder. Plan is to invest in things with cap gains rather than income, then pay when I must.
My FRA SS benefits put me over a lot of the tax-free limits as is. RMDs will just suck even harder. Plan is to invest in things with cap gains rather than income, then pay when I must.
Thanksgiving is just a few days away! Not to late to adjourn!
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thanksgiving is just a few days away! Not to late to adjourn!
Pretty much everyone knew he was going to tank the economy in 2Q25 or 3Q25, so I'm actually not surprised it's bad.
My only question is why wasn't it worse?
My only question is why wasn't it worse?
February 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Pretty much everyone knew he was going to tank the economy in 2Q25 or 3Q25, so I'm actually not surprised it's bad.
My only question is why wasn't it worse?
My only question is why wasn't it worse?
He’s likely trying to improve ad revenue because people are canceling their subscriptions.
January 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
He’s likely trying to improve ad revenue because people are canceling their subscriptions.
Little known fact - calendars can be reused every 28 years!
December 31, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Little known fact - calendars can be reused every 28 years!
I understand it just fine.
Alaska's Permanent Fund is money that came from other Americans via royalties on Alaskan oil. If all 50 states did that to each other the net would be zero.
Also, bye!
Alaska's Permanent Fund is money that came from other Americans via royalties on Alaskan oil. If all 50 states did that to each other the net would be zero.
Also, bye!
December 23, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I understand it just fine.
Alaska's Permanent Fund is money that came from other Americans via royalties on Alaskan oil. If all 50 states did that to each other the net would be zero.
Also, bye!
Alaska's Permanent Fund is money that came from other Americans via royalties on Alaskan oil. If all 50 states did that to each other the net would be zero.
Also, bye!
December 20, 2024 at 2:23 AM
If there's any actual effort at cutting required and recommended vaccinations the EU would be stupid not to do that.
December 15, 2024 at 2:00 AM
If there's any actual effort at cutting required and recommended vaccinations the EU would be stupid not to do that.
All. (McDonald's) Cashiers. Are. Bastards.
December 11, 2024 at 3:17 AM
All. (McDonald's) Cashiers. Are. Bastards.
Tulsi is busy making holiday plans to visit her friends Assad and Putin in Moscow.
December 8, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Tulsi is busy making holiday plans to visit her friends Assad and Putin in Moscow.
This is a dumb game you're playing, and I refuse to pay.
You people trot out things like the APF, but the APF is maybe enough for school clothes, not "creatives" to go become "creatives" instead of being wage slaves.
It is NOT any kind of income. It's a tax rebate of sorts paid by other Americans.
You people trot out things like the APF, but the APF is maybe enough for school clothes, not "creatives" to go become "creatives" instead of being wage slaves.
It is NOT any kind of income. It's a tax rebate of sorts paid by other Americans.
December 7, 2024 at 5:32 AM
This is a dumb game you're playing, and I refuse to pay.
You people trot out things like the APF, but the APF is maybe enough for school clothes, not "creatives" to go become "creatives" instead of being wage slaves.
It is NOT any kind of income. It's a tax rebate of sorts paid by other Americans.
You people trot out things like the APF, but the APF is maybe enough for school clothes, not "creatives" to go become "creatives" instead of being wage slaves.
It is NOT any kind of income. It's a tax rebate of sorts paid by other Americans.
Little known tidbit - the darker colored fur happens where the body is cooler.
This doesn't mean you can raise an ordinary white cat in giant warehouse freezer. No, no, do not do that.
This doesn't mean you can raise an ordinary white cat in giant warehouse freezer. No, no, do not do that.
December 6, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Little known tidbit - the darker colored fur happens where the body is cooler.
This doesn't mean you can raise an ordinary white cat in giant warehouse freezer. No, no, do not do that.
This doesn't mean you can raise an ordinary white cat in giant warehouse freezer. No, no, do not do that.
Anyone following along who wants to turn the annual dividend into an hourly wage increase can just divide the amount by 2080 hours per year.
For a family of 4 with 2 wage earners it's about $1 per hour, average-ish.
And remember - funded by oil and gas royalties.
For a family of 4 with 2 wage earners it's about $1 per hour, average-ish.
And remember - funded by oil and gas royalties.
December 6, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Anyone following along who wants to turn the annual dividend into an hourly wage increase can just divide the amount by 2080 hours per year.
For a family of 4 with 2 wage earners it's about $1 per hour, average-ish.
And remember - funded by oil and gas royalties.
For a family of 4 with 2 wage earners it's about $1 per hour, average-ish.
And remember - funded by oil and gas royalties.
In all seriousness, my plan for "win lottery over $500M" is to create a foundation to revitalize urban residential areas to make more urban housing gentrification-proof - hold liens on properties so gentrifiers can't snatch them up, and train people to renovate them and create clean communities.
December 6, 2024 at 1:42 PM
In all seriousness, my plan for "win lottery over $500M" is to create a foundation to revitalize urban residential areas to make more urban housing gentrification-proof - hold liens on properties so gentrifiers can't snatch them up, and train people to renovate them and create clean communities.
I think it's tied directly to self-esteem, and that's tied to kindness.
People with high degrees of kindness want to be good role models (I'd assume), and that requires a lot of self-improvement and self-care.
That's my theory. I should win the lottery so I can study it ;)
People with high degrees of kindness want to be good role models (I'd assume), and that requires a lot of self-improvement and self-care.
That's my theory. I should win the lottery so I can study it ;)
December 6, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I think it's tied directly to self-esteem, and that's tied to kindness.
People with high degrees of kindness want to be good role models (I'd assume), and that requires a lot of self-improvement and self-care.
That's my theory. I should win the lottery so I can study it ;)
People with high degrees of kindness want to be good role models (I'd assume), and that requires a lot of self-improvement and self-care.
That's my theory. I should win the lottery so I can study it ;)
I first saw this effect - bullies aging badly - at my 20th high school reunion when we were all 38 or so. Many of the worst offenders were in worse shape than a lot of 50 year olds.
The kinder guys and gals looked much closer to our ages, and they didn't.
The kinder guys and gals looked much closer to our ages, and they didn't.
December 6, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I first saw this effect - bullies aging badly - at my 20th high school reunion when we were all 38 or so. Many of the worst offenders were in worse shape than a lot of 50 year olds.
The kinder guys and gals looked much closer to our ages, and they didn't.
The kinder guys and gals looked much closer to our ages, and they didn't.
Most of the boys I went to school with now look like they're over 60, because we're all over 60.
I do believe bullies, as a class, age worse because they have worse self-esteem and take less care of themselves. How old -- about -- are you?
I do believe bullies, as a class, age worse because they have worse self-esteem and take less care of themselves. How old -- about -- are you?
December 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Most of the boys I went to school with now look like they're over 60, because we're all over 60.
I do believe bullies, as a class, age worse because they have worse self-esteem and take less care of themselves. How old -- about -- are you?
I do believe bullies, as a class, age worse because they have worse self-esteem and take less care of themselves. How old -- about -- are you?
I've been researching UBI-like-ideas for about 40 years.
So, yes, that's how I go about voting. Extensive research and questioning politicians about their beliefs and the validity of them.
So, yes, that's how I go about voting. Extensive research and questioning politicians about their beliefs and the validity of them.
December 6, 2024 at 1:27 PM
I've been researching UBI-like-ideas for about 40 years.
So, yes, that's how I go about voting. Extensive research and questioning politicians about their beliefs and the validity of them.
So, yes, that's how I go about voting. Extensive research and questioning politicians about their beliefs and the validity of them.
The Alaska Public Dividend is a horrible example since it's barely any money, and isn't stable.
It's also not money-from-thin-air, it was founded using oil and gas revenue, not "we saved money with robots".
pfd.alaska.gov/Division-Inf...
It's also not money-from-thin-air, it was founded using oil and gas revenue, not "we saved money with robots".
pfd.alaska.gov/Division-Inf...
Permanent Fund Dividend - Summary of Dividend Applications & Payments
Information regarding the Summary of Dividend Applications & Payments for the State of Alaska - Department of Revenue: Permanent Fund Dividend.
pfd.alaska.gov
December 6, 2024 at 1:26 PM
The Alaska Public Dividend is a horrible example since it's barely any money, and isn't stable.
It's also not money-from-thin-air, it was founded using oil and gas revenue, not "we saved money with robots".
pfd.alaska.gov/Division-Inf...
It's also not money-from-thin-air, it was founded using oil and gas revenue, not "we saved money with robots".
pfd.alaska.gov/Division-Inf...
Mechanical and technological innovation has been going on for literally thousands of years.
"But this time everyone will lose their jobs!"
-- Someone when steam engines were invented.
"Outlaw the self-cleaning plow!"
-- Some farmer, somewhere.
www.youtube.com/shorts/CwNaR...
"But this time everyone will lose their jobs!"
-- Someone when steam engines were invented.
"Outlaw the self-cleaning plow!"
-- Some farmer, somewhere.
www.youtube.com/shorts/CwNaR...
John Deere: The Plow that Changed Farming
YouTube video by IDiyas Inventor Videos
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Mechanical and technological innovation has been going on for literally thousands of years.
"But this time everyone will lose their jobs!"
-- Someone when steam engines were invented.
"Outlaw the self-cleaning plow!"
-- Some farmer, somewhere.
www.youtube.com/shorts/CwNaR...
"But this time everyone will lose their jobs!"
-- Someone when steam engines were invented.
"Outlaw the self-cleaning plow!"
-- Some farmer, somewhere.
www.youtube.com/shorts/CwNaR...