Luke Moughon
@lukemoughon.bsky.social
Global warming, transportation, politics, aviation, Christianity
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BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
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Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
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You're looking at an American hero.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You're looking at an American hero.
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Again, I have no patience for hyperbole. I admire proportion in rhetoric.
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Again, I have no patience for hyperbole. I admire proportion in rhetoric.
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Yes, yes, yes.
As a conservative of that era, I 100% agree and it drives me crazy. MAGA is extremely post-modern, in all the bad ways we described.
As a conservative of that era, I 100% agree and it drives me crazy. MAGA is extremely post-modern, in all the bad ways we described.
Very bleakly funny that circa-2012-2015 conservatives have been totally vindicated in their arguments against the postmodern turn in parts of academia, the embrace of ‘ways of knowing’, rejection of bureaucratic rationality, etc.…because they embraced all those things and it was indeed a disaster
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Yes, yes, yes.
As a conservative of that era, I 100% agree and it drives me crazy. MAGA is extremely post-modern, in all the bad ways we described.
As a conservative of that era, I 100% agree and it drives me crazy. MAGA is extremely post-modern, in all the bad ways we described.
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It's our fucking responsibility.
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
It's our fucking responsibility.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
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Saving lives is cool, but if you write really well about parenthood you can cause lives.
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Saving lives is cool, but if you write really well about parenthood you can cause lives.
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🧪A few more hours to go…
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
🧪A few more hours to go…
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We should be engineering migration corridors, a dotted line of wetland rest stops down the central valley, milkweed medians snaking along highways from Mexico to canada, bison prairie stripes across the Midwest.
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
We should be engineering migration corridors, a dotted line of wetland rest stops down the central valley, milkweed medians snaking along highways from Mexico to canada, bison prairie stripes across the Midwest.
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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People who are willing to substitute moral certainty for awareness of facts about the world are insufferable to try to talk to.
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
People who are willing to substitute moral certainty for awareness of facts about the world are insufferable to try to talk to.
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It's that time of year. Top 10 books I read in 2025. For your reading, holiday shopping - and with a request to share suggestions in the comments for me to add to my 2026 list! In no particular order:
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's that time of year. Top 10 books I read in 2025. For your reading, holiday shopping - and with a request to share suggestions in the comments for me to add to my 2026 list! In no particular order:
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there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
Provocative essay. Will be interesting to revisit it in a few years.
It seems to have the same tone as the giddy predictions from the nuclear crowd in the 1950s (“too cheap to meter”).
It seems to have the same tone as the giddy predictions from the nuclear crowd in the 1950s (“too cheap to meter”).
It was never conceived this way, but most of the idealized consequences of "solarpunk" can be a direct consequence of this line going down. Radically decentralized greened desert communities can be delivered directly by market forces. caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/e...
Energy Predictions 2025
Printable pdf. It’s been a few years since I wrote a broad post on energy, so I’m providing an update in one easy to read place. More detailed specific posts on energy are here. If you want t…
caseyhandmer.wordpress.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Provocative essay. Will be interesting to revisit it in a few years.
It seems to have the same tone as the giddy predictions from the nuclear crowd in the 1950s (“too cheap to meter”).
It seems to have the same tone as the giddy predictions from the nuclear crowd in the 1950s (“too cheap to meter”).
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December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
I feel seen
I'm sure some conservatives still believe in democracy, equality, fair dealing, and the rule of law. They're just Dems at this point. We hear their voices asking Dems to move right every day. They see that as more viable than asking the GOP to uphold those ideals.
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I feel seen
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This IS cool. It would also be really damn funny if the AI was just making stuff up to please the researchers.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This IS cool. It would also be really damn funny if the AI was just making stuff up to please the researchers.
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.