Bob Starkston
@rstark-ca.bsky.social
Retired from semiconductor tech development. Enjoying cycling, woodworking, gardening, and building up a garden scale train with the grandkids
With a bunch of sales this week, does anyone have a recommendation for 3D printer for G-scale trains and general household / shop use? I think I need stronger materials like PETG or CF/GF capability.
July 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
With a bunch of sales this week, does anyone have a recommendation for 3D printer for G-scale trains and general household / shop use? I think I need stronger materials like PETG or CF/GF capability.
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📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵
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Newsom Admin proposes to break 2 mill solar contracts: Californians respond on the Solar Rights Alliance Podcast. Dwight, father of five and business coach, calls out the corruption in the proposal.
🚨Take action: solarrights.org/dontbreakthe...
🎙️Full podcast: bit.ly/SolarRightsA...
#rooftopsolar
🚨Take action: solarrights.org/dontbreakthe...
🎙️Full podcast: bit.ly/SolarRightsA...
#rooftopsolar
March 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Newsom Admin proposes to break 2 mill solar contracts: Californians respond on the Solar Rights Alliance Podcast. Dwight, father of five and business coach, calls out the corruption in the proposal.
🚨Take action: solarrights.org/dontbreakthe...
🎙️Full podcast: bit.ly/SolarRightsA...
#rooftopsolar
🚨Take action: solarrights.org/dontbreakthe...
🎙️Full podcast: bit.ly/SolarRightsA...
#rooftopsolar
I am so newby confused about G scale scaling. 1:29, 1:32, whatever is easiest to convert? I picked up 2 piko flatcars that the body of the cars are 14" long. Is that a 40' flat car? Seems real trains are 60 or 80' #modeltrains
April 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I am so newby confused about G scale scaling. 1:29, 1:32, whatever is easiest to convert? I picked up 2 piko flatcars that the body of the cars are 14" long. Is that a 40' flat car? Seems real trains are 60 or 80' #modeltrains
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Here is a graph of the Dow Jones Industrial Index over the last 40 days (orange) overlaid with the Dow Jones over the first 40 days both the Great Recession and Great Depression.
After 40 days:
Great Recession = -11.20%
Great Depression = -15.81%
Today = -14.38%
#EconSky
After 40 days:
Great Recession = -11.20%
Great Depression = -15.81%
Today = -14.38%
#EconSky
April 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here is a graph of the Dow Jones Industrial Index over the last 40 days (orange) overlaid with the Dow Jones over the first 40 days both the Great Recession and Great Depression.
After 40 days:
Great Recession = -11.20%
Great Depression = -15.81%
Today = -14.38%
#EconSky
After 40 days:
Great Recession = -11.20%
Great Depression = -15.81%
Today = -14.38%
#EconSky
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Bessent's brilliance: Chart-topping hedge genius. #econsky
A debate over on Hellsite about Bessent’s brilliance reminded me of this chart of his hedge fund’s AUM.
April 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bessent's brilliance: Chart-topping hedge genius. #econsky
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Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
March 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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Eric Adams line prosecutor Hagan Scotten, resigning rather than filing "dismissal-with-leverage" motion:
"I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
Via @NYTimes.com https://buff.ly/4hVJGLX
"I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
Via @NYTimes.com https://buff.ly/4hVJGLX
February 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Eric Adams line prosecutor Hagan Scotten, resigning rather than filing "dismissal-with-leverage" motion:
"I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
Via @NYTimes.com https://buff.ly/4hVJGLX
"I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."
Via @NYTimes.com https://buff.ly/4hVJGLX
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Reposted by Bob Starkston
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
wrd.cm
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.