Larry L.
@larry-l.bsky.social
Practicing pianist - recovering engineer - pro-democracy - pro rule of law - I just want to treat people with respect and to learn something
Nice tip… love Kepler’s.
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nice tip… love Kepler’s.
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Fiddlesticks! You've heard of vibe coding, well now we're doing vibe governing. It's all the rage.
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Fiddlesticks! You've heard of vibe coding, well now we're doing vibe governing. It's all the rage.
Performative machismo⁉️
Megyn - you’re so bad. 😂
Megyn - you’re so bad. 😂
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Performative machismo⁉️
Megyn - you’re so bad. 😂
Megyn - you’re so bad. 😂
I think it’s been going on for a while - but maybe even worse now. You might find this interesting www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...
When CEO pay exploded (update) : Planet Money
(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2016.)It’s no secret that CEOs get paid a ton – and a ton more than the average worker. More than a hundred times than what their average employee ma...
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I think it’s been going on for a while - but maybe even worse now. You might find this interesting www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...
… It just doesn’t make sense. It’s untethered from reality.
How many people can get that unrealistically rich without going crazy? How many people can become insanely famous without going crazy?
How many people can get that unrealistically rich without going crazy? How many people can become insanely famous without going crazy?
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
… It just doesn’t make sense. It’s untethered from reality.
How many people can get that unrealistically rich without going crazy? How many people can become insanely famous without going crazy?
How many people can get that unrealistically rich without going crazy? How many people can become insanely famous without going crazy?
… so most workers actually did okay. Outpacing annualized inflation by about 1% (3.8% vs 2.8%).
But look at someone that was paid in Tesla stock. That gain over the same time period was 18,000% - annualized gain 41%.
And Tesla’s market share in China is down from 21% to 3%. PE is 300⁉️…
But look at someone that was paid in Tesla stock. That gain over the same time period was 18,000% - annualized gain 41%.
And Tesla’s market share in China is down from 21% to 3%. PE is 300⁉️…
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
… so most workers actually did okay. Outpacing annualized inflation by about 1% (3.8% vs 2.8%).
But look at someone that was paid in Tesla stock. That gain over the same time period was 18,000% - annualized gain 41%.
And Tesla’s market share in China is down from 21% to 3%. PE is 300⁉️…
But look at someone that was paid in Tesla stock. That gain over the same time period was 18,000% - annualized gain 41%.
And Tesla’s market share in China is down from 21% to 3%. PE is 300⁉️…
Thank you.
IMO there is something else going on here. For years the stock market has been useful for funding new ventures. But now it’s becoming increasingly untethered from reality.
Tesla IPOed in 2010. From 2010 to 2024 median household income increased by 69% - cumulative inflation was 49%…
IMO there is something else going on here. For years the stock market has been useful for funding new ventures. But now it’s becoming increasingly untethered from reality.
Tesla IPOed in 2010. From 2010 to 2024 median household income increased by 69% - cumulative inflation was 49%…
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thank you.
IMO there is something else going on here. For years the stock market has been useful for funding new ventures. But now it’s becoming increasingly untethered from reality.
Tesla IPOed in 2010. From 2010 to 2024 median household income increased by 69% - cumulative inflation was 49%…
IMO there is something else going on here. For years the stock market has been useful for funding new ventures. But now it’s becoming increasingly untethered from reality.
Tesla IPOed in 2010. From 2010 to 2024 median household income increased by 69% - cumulative inflation was 49%…
Could you gift this article? Thanks
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Could you gift this article? Thanks
True - I had to learn how to write persuasively and diplomatically at work (weekly reports for customers etc). But not so much in college.
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
True - I had to learn how to write persuasively and diplomatically at work (weekly reports for customers etc). But not so much in college.
Ditto. They missed the point about being corrupted by power - and only the unambitious Hobbits can save Middle Earth.
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Ditto. They missed the point about being corrupted by power - and only the unambitious Hobbits can save Middle Earth.
That one is very good for understanding his point of view regarding WWI and WWII - not comprehensive though. It’s a memoir. That said I’ve gone back to read about Bismarck and the Franco-Prussian war history.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
That one is very good for understanding his point of view regarding WWI and WWII - not comprehensive though. It’s a memoir. That said I’ve gone back to read about Bismarck and the Franco-Prussian war history.