Chris Ruebeck
@ruebeck.bsky.social
Economics, (was running marathons but now) cycling, Macintosh
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My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.
April 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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There’s a lot of highly educated and skilled people going to be contributing to the health and wellbeing of countries all around the world.
America’s loss is our gain.
America’s loss is our gain.
March 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
There’s a lot of highly educated and skilled people going to be contributing to the health and wellbeing of countries all around the world.
America’s loss is our gain.
America’s loss is our gain.
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Springtime for Donald is gonna be a smash hit.
February 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Springtime for Donald is gonna be a smash hit.
Maybe I should know, but where might we go to get the data? Most of the second image’s text didn’t survive the journey.
February 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Maybe I should know, but where might we go to get the data? Most of the second image’s text didn’t survive the journey.
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This is all that is left of the USAID website. A cruel, illegal statement falsely asserting authority to instantly eliminate all 10,000 USAID public servants worldwide.
Cooked up in secret on a Saturday night, no advance notice, no public debate, no justification.
See for yourself: www.usaid.gov
Cooked up in secret on a Saturday night, no advance notice, no public debate, no justification.
See for yourself: www.usaid.gov
February 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is all that is left of the USAID website. A cruel, illegal statement falsely asserting authority to instantly eliminate all 10,000 USAID public servants worldwide.
Cooked up in secret on a Saturday night, no advance notice, no public debate, no justification.
See for yourself: www.usaid.gov
Cooked up in secret on a Saturday night, no advance notice, no public debate, no justification.
See for yourself: www.usaid.gov
There’s more to learn in the thread above that item—about misguided and uninformed attempts to decrease regulation. Also this ending for the larger context in which it’s embedded. bsky.app/profile/stev...
TL;DR: This is all very dumb and harmful.
But probably not as harmful as the nominees for HHS, FBI, DNI, firing IGs..
Not as harmful as Impoundment, Musk ripping out the cords that power federal payments.
And not as harmful as the absence of an opposition to prevent a constitutional crisis.
But probably not as harmful as the nominees for HHS, FBI, DNI, firing IGs..
Not as harmful as Impoundment, Musk ripping out the cords that power federal payments.
And not as harmful as the absence of an opposition to prevent a constitutional crisis.
February 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There’s more to learn in the thread above that item—about misguided and uninformed attempts to decrease regulation. Also this ending for the larger context in which it’s embedded. bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Billions of parameters and this Gemini output can't keep any semantics straight over a period and a couple of phrases.
January 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Billions of parameters and this Gemini output can't keep any semantics straight over a period and a couple of phrases.
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Maybe I'm overthinking this, but it also demonstrates the shortcomings of treating Musk (or Trump, or Farage, Zuckerberg or any other individual) as an isolated wrongun, and not looking at the systematic problems like private for-profit social media ownership, big money control over politics etc.
January 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Maybe I'm overthinking this, but it also demonstrates the shortcomings of treating Musk (or Trump, or Farage, Zuckerberg or any other individual) as an isolated wrongun, and not looking at the systematic problems like private for-profit social media ownership, big money control over politics etc.
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He presented this at the labor NBER, amazing student! It reminds me of the joke: "I don't want a robot/AI that does the writing for me so I have more time for cleaning... "
December 30, 2024 at 3:26 AM
He presented this at the labor NBER, amazing student! It reminds me of the joke: "I don't want a robot/AI that does the writing for me so I have more time for cleaning... "
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Carter lived more modestly than any ex-president since Harry Truman.
He and Rosalynn, who were married for more than 77 years, remained until the end in the ranch house they built for themselves in 1961, where they both will be buried next to a shady willow tree. wapo.st/49ZLa55
He and Rosalynn, who were married for more than 77 years, remained until the end in the ranch house they built for themselves in 1961, where they both will be buried next to a shady willow tree. wapo.st/49ZLa55
December 29, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Carter lived more modestly than any ex-president since Harry Truman.
He and Rosalynn, who were married for more than 77 years, remained until the end in the ranch house they built for themselves in 1961, where they both will be buried next to a shady willow tree. wapo.st/49ZLa55
He and Rosalynn, who were married for more than 77 years, remained until the end in the ranch house they built for themselves in 1961, where they both will be buried next to a shady willow tree. wapo.st/49ZLa55
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I've been working on exactly this kind of abuse and misconduct work in my community for like at least 15 years and have heard more stories than I care to articulate, the vast majority run in the general directions in which power in our society flows, sadly / predictably
December 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I've been working on exactly this kind of abuse and misconduct work in my community for like at least 15 years and have heard more stories than I care to articulate, the vast majority run in the general directions in which power in our society flows, sadly / predictably
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Normally if you ask pols (incl retired ones) questions like that you get a not unreasonable "it was all very difficult, the politics weren't right, difficult choices" etc. Not Carter. He said: "I was wrong. I've tried to learn from my mistakes". A remarkable degree of humility. A good man. RIP. 2/2
December 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Normally if you ask pols (incl retired ones) questions like that you get a not unreasonable "it was all very difficult, the politics weren't right, difficult choices" etc. Not Carter. He said: "I was wrong. I've tried to learn from my mistakes". A remarkable degree of humility. A good man. RIP. 2/2