Brevity
@soulofwit.bsky.social
Refugee from social media gone bad. Interested in good books, art, medical & physical science, the odd sport, and ideas that weren’t someone else’s talking points.
Falling asleep at an event everyone beholden had to attend.
Even Trump looked bored as fuck during his lame military parade.
June 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Falling asleep at an event everyone beholden had to attend.
Imagine being so self-assured, so righteous, that it actually means “The scientific community has known this for years. They are helping me understand. I hope to do that by September.”
This is actually an improvement over his boss.
www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-...
This is actually an improvement over his boss.
www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-...
RFK Jr. says US will know cause of autism "epidemic" by September
Kennedy says the HHS has launched a "massive testing and research effort" to uncover the cause of the "autism epidemic."
www.newsweek.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Imagine being so self-assured, so righteous, that it actually means “The scientific community has known this for years. They are helping me understand. I hope to do that by September.”
This is actually an improvement over his boss.
www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-...
This is actually an improvement over his boss.
www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-...
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I think we deserve a HHS secretary who understands what "inverse correlation" means
RFK Jr: "I'm working with Lee Zeldin to reassess the fluoride rules based upon the August release by the National Toxicity Program of new science that shows a direct inverse correlation between exposing to fluoride and IQ loss, particularly in children."
April 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think we deserve a HHS secretary who understands what "inverse correlation" means
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SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
April 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SAVE THE PENGUINS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.
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Sen. Booker just quoted the Langston Hughes poem "Let America Be America Again"
"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
poets.org/poem/let-ame...
"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
poets.org/poem/let-ame...
Let America Be America Again
Let America be America again.
poets.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sen. Booker just quoted the Langston Hughes poem "Let America Be America Again"
"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
poets.org/poem/let-ame...
"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
poets.org/poem/let-ame...
Succinctly devastating:
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Succinctly devastating:
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has come out swinging today against Mike Waltz over a report the White House national security adviser used Gmail to discuss highly sensitive matters.
Scoop: Hakeem Jeffries slams Mike Waltz as "totally unqualified" over Gmail report
The House Democratic leader hinted that his call for Hegseth to resign may extend to Waltz.
www.axios.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has come out swinging today against Mike Waltz over a report the White House national security adviser used Gmail to discuss highly sensitive matters.
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Via @propublica.org: Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control ordered staff last week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
CDC buries measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations • Alabama Reflector
The nation’s top public health agency said vaccination was a "personal" decision, a shift in its long-standing messaging about vaccines.
alabamareflector.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Via @propublica.org: Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control ordered staff last week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
The greatness, it turns out, is in the velocity of decline. Thanks, Donald.
ECONOMY IN FREE FALL 📉
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model now estimates real GDP growth for Q1 2025 in the United States to be -3.7% — plunging from its previous estimate of -2.8% on March 28.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model now estimates real GDP growth for Q1 2025 in the United States to be -3.7% — plunging from its previous estimate of -2.8% on March 28.
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The greatness, it turns out, is in the velocity of decline. Thanks, Donald.
The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-...
The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity
Despite its status as one of the most widely known and studied epic poems of all time, Homer's Iliad has proven surprisingly resistant to adaptation.
www.openculture.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-...
Huh… threaten to take over a country and no one wants to welcome you? Go figure.
www.yahoo.com/news/u-offic...
www.yahoo.com/news/u-offic...
U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one
A local travel company in Greenland’s capital also cancelled a planned visit by Usha Vance
www.yahoo.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Huh… threaten to take over a country and no one wants to welcome you? Go figure.
www.yahoo.com/news/u-offic...
www.yahoo.com/news/u-offic...
New sensation: I am sitting in a crowd of strangers waiting for a concert to begin wherein a piece commissioned in honor of my daughter will be performed.
I am not sure what to feel.
rockfordchoirs.com/kp/
I am not sure what to feel.
rockfordchoirs.com/kp/
Katherine Parker Memorial Music Scholarship – Rockford Choirs
rockfordchoirs.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New sensation: I am sitting in a crowd of strangers waiting for a concert to begin wherein a piece commissioned in honor of my daughter will be performed.
I am not sure what to feel.
rockfordchoirs.com/kp/
I am not sure what to feel.
rockfordchoirs.com/kp/
The voice or reason? Someone who is just another private citizen like us now. No one on the inside seems to be doing anything.
They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The voice or reason? Someone who is just another private citizen like us now. No one on the inside seems to be doing anything.
This is an offense that would get a corporal arrested dishonorably discharged, and jailed.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is an offense that would get a corporal arrested dishonorably discharged, and jailed.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This administration has gone out of its way to hire unqualified people for important roles. This is just a glimpse of how that is working out.
www.wired.com/story/michae...
www.wired.com/story/michae...
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
www.wired.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This administration has gone out of its way to hire unqualified people for important roles. This is just a glimpse of how that is working out.
www.wired.com/story/michae...
www.wired.com/story/michae...
This article highlights the 10 most affordable cities in America. The median incomes every one of them is at least 20K LESS. So the question is: affordable for whom?
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...
The salary you need to live comfortably in the 10 most affordable major U.S. cities
If you're looking for the benefits of city life, you don't necessarily have to pay New York or L.A. prices. Consider these 10 cities instead.
www.cnbc.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This article highlights the 10 most affordable cities in America. The median incomes every one of them is at least 20K LESS. So the question is: affordable for whom?
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/03/...
So that chainsaw guy, expert in efficiency, is missing 1.4 BILLION in his own company?
I remember when expertise was required for positions of public trust. Sigh.
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
I remember when expertise was required for positions of public trust. Sigh.
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...
electrek.co
March 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
So that chainsaw guy, expert in efficiency, is missing 1.4 BILLION in his own company?
I remember when expertise was required for positions of public trust. Sigh.
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
I remember when expertise was required for positions of public trust. Sigh.
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
The increase in the price of eggs is tied closely to the avian flu outbreak.
RFK is content to let it go through the flocks. What could possibly go wrong?
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
RFK is content to let it go through the flocks. What could possibly go wrong?
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
www.usnews.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The increase in the price of eggs is tied closely to the avian flu outbreak.
RFK is content to let it go through the flocks. What could possibly go wrong?
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
RFK is content to let it go through the flocks. What could possibly go wrong?
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
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Michigan got its first case yesterday, so there’s that.
March 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Michigan got its first case yesterday, so there’s that.
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Education pays for itself.
March 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Education pays for itself.
Gut the government of specialists so we can hire loyalists to do horrible things? Yep. That is exactly how to make America despotic.
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/founde...
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/founde...
Founder of Blackwater proposes immigrant deportation plan to Trump administration - Türkiye Today
U.S. media reported that Erik Dean Prince, the founder of the private security company Blackwater and a former Navy SEAL, proposed a plan to the Trump
www.turkiyetoday.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gut the government of specialists so we can hire loyalists to do horrible things? Yep. That is exactly how to make America despotic.
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/founde...
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/founde...
Newsweek is showing data sympathetic to Our Great Leader. Truflation data showing it is lower. Hmmm.
www.newsweek.com/new-data-sho...
Meanwhile UofM US Inflation Expectation looks like this
www.newsweek.com/new-data-sho...
Meanwhile UofM US Inflation Expectation looks like this
March 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Newsweek is showing data sympathetic to Our Great Leader. Truflation data showing it is lower. Hmmm.
www.newsweek.com/new-data-sho...
Meanwhile UofM US Inflation Expectation looks like this
www.newsweek.com/new-data-sho...
Meanwhile UofM US Inflation Expectation looks like this
“"Economic uncertainty is a big deal," American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab CEO Robert Isom said at a JPMorgan industry conference.”
It could also be the airplane crashes…
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
It could also be the airplane crashes…
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
'Big Three' US airline stocks tumble as forecast cuts spook investors
Shares of the "Big Three" U.S. carriers slumped in premarket trading on Tuesday after disappointing forecast adjustments from Delta Air Lines and American Airlines sparked concerns about the impact of a slowing economy on travel demand.
www.reuters.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“"Economic uncertainty is a big deal," American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab CEO Robert Isom said at a JPMorgan industry conference.”
It could also be the airplane crashes…
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
It could also be the airplane crashes…
www.reuters.com/business/aer...