Ed Simnett
simnett.bsky.social
Ed Simnett
@simnett.bsky.social
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Yes, if you ignore COVID you get a straight line at ~2% real growth.

You know what else grows at ~2% real? US incomes from 1945-2024. You've discovered "America".
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
throw away the garbage spikiness of covid and all I see is a long straight line tbh.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
them's fightin' words
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What complete nonsense of a second pangram
October 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
One long word removed?
September 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Can't think quite why I like this so much ;-)
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
One challenge is that that for spies (like 'tecs in policiers) the plot is "a job" which means you have to shoehorn in your Hollywood "Hero's Journey" personal stakes, which would, in turn, typically/realistically get your protagonist disqualified from being assigned the job in the first place...
September 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hovering over the block, never mind, unfollow button. This is complete nonsense.
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Deathwatch
September 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
~1970 is about when it ceased to be plausible for someone alive to say "as James Madison told my uncle" or equivalent- ie. about the time it got very hard to claim any real direct knowledge... #makesyouthink
September 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There is fairly obvious missing pangram, especially annoying as they often expect you to know obscure animals...
September 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our attention spans are now so short that something from less than a month ago is "long-awaited" ? #do_better
August 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I feel like the classic

"your terms are acceptable"

is at least one response to that?
August 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Palisades Tahoe these days.
August 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
How's that bad for the Democrats?
August 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Rolling Scones
Puce Floyd
Generation Y
Derek and the Domino
Ham!
The Spreadable Fruit
The Entryways
Jefferson Starship
Middle Brother and the Subsidiary
Half and Half
August 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
If we're overturning Citizens United...
August 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM