For perspective, the federal service has not increased much in absolute numbers since 2000 and is actually down from the mid-1970s. Share of the total workforce has actually decreased steadily. And, basically offset by contractors. So, it's really largely a privatized government already.

Demographics of the Federal workforce.

I wonder how long until #EU and the Commonwealth countries realize that a major leverage in #trade negotiations is to take away 30% of the #tesla market.

It would have an impact.

Accessing DeepSeek on Venice AI from an iPhone returns uncensored info about Tiananmen. It’s not actually spitting it out but available when folding out “Thinking”. Same prompt on a regular browser gives the censored response.

1. That was the beginning. Final para below. And it would have been labeled and insurrection if the GOP and/or Biden’s DOJ would have done their job.
2. China has a lot of innovation. That is not the issue. This seems to have been trained cheaper. It’s important and we will study it. Hopefully

Here is Claude. Why this sympathy for the totalitarian Chinese regime? Case in point. If you didn’t like ChatGPT, use something else like Claude. Not that option in China.

Because you downplay China by calling them a “bogeyman” and claim we have “zero issues with our billionaires”. I dislike both but one is an authoritarian regime.

538 graphs not accessible (easily). But here is RCP. Numbers in some battle ground states brutal. Yes, sitting presidents often blow the first debate. But this was different - disqualifying. Not forming coherent sentences. Turned a question abt abortion into immigrants killing Americans.

US healthcare spending as part of GDP is 20.2%. Other major countries around 11-13 %. The US increase is not due a shrinking GDP, on the contrary - our GDP has grown more than the other countries.

More on health care spending. For instance, percentage of GDP.

Starbucks sales in China not keeping up with the local competition.

Our allies are our export markets. Canada, EU and Mexico accounts for 57%. Add Japan and Korea and we're at 65%.