Adam Michaud
@velurian.bsky.social
So the vote may have been validly lost. It'll only delay things -- he likely can't keep it from coming up again. (I think you need someone who didn't vote or voted for the winning side to move for it, but that won't be a problem in this case.)
Ref: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Ref: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So the vote may have been validly lost. It'll only delay things -- he likely can't keep it from coming up again. (I think you need someone who didn't vote or voted for the winning side to move for it, but that won't be a problem in this case.)
Ref: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
Ref: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
FWIW, he may not have violated the rules of the House. The House rules only require that a vote be held open for 15 minutes (or even shorter under some circumstances), and then can be closed at the Speaker's (or presiding officer's) discretion.
December 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
FWIW, he may not have violated the rules of the House. The House rules only require that a vote be held open for 15 minutes (or even shorter under some circumstances), and then can be closed at the Speaker's (or presiding officer's) discretion.
Sure, *someone* checked. Uh-huh.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Sure, *someone* checked. Uh-huh.
Yes, exactly this. For coding (a small but non-zero part of my job), it really does help quickly produce boilerplate (and unit tests, which tend to be super formulaic for a lot of code), which saves me real time. But for actual novel code, no, absolutely not. Maybe some day, but not today.
October 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Yes, exactly this. For coding (a small but non-zero part of my job), it really does help quickly produce boilerplate (and unit tests, which tend to be super formulaic for a lot of code), which saves me real time. But for actual novel code, no, absolutely not. Maybe some day, but not today.
Yeah, the 10 hour long looped fireplace videos you can find on YouTube are (generally) not AI. And because they are repetitive, they are, relative to another video of similar length, fairly cheap to encode and stream (video compression tech is pretty good these days).
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yeah, the 10 hour long looped fireplace videos you can find on YouTube are (generally) not AI. And because they are repetitive, they are, relative to another video of similar length, fairly cheap to encode and stream (video compression tech is pretty good these days).
But listen, I think he's onto something. Per Einstein, E = mc^2, so then AI = 0, right?
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
But listen, I think he's onto something. Per Einstein, E = mc^2, so then AI = 0, right?
I grew up on the southern shore of Lake Erie, in the heart of lake-effect snow country, and the idea of being anywhere near the speed limit in those conditions terrifies me.
There are other reasons not to like the idea as stated, but I have no idea WTF this guy is talking about.
There are other reasons not to like the idea as stated, but I have no idea WTF this guy is talking about.
August 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I grew up on the southern shore of Lake Erie, in the heart of lake-effect snow country, and the idea of being anywhere near the speed limit in those conditions terrifies me.
There are other reasons not to like the idea as stated, but I have no idea WTF this guy is talking about.
There are other reasons not to like the idea as stated, but I have no idea WTF this guy is talking about.
How could you miss Ted Dancin'?
July 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
How could you miss Ted Dancin'?
The people that will never trust you, still won't. The people that will never fault you, still won't. But the vast middle ground matters, as much as the media talks endlessly about extreme partisanship and how every election is about turning out the base.
June 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The people that will never trust you, still won't. The people that will never fault you, still won't. But the vast middle ground matters, as much as the media talks endlessly about extreme partisanship and how every election is about turning out the base.
For all his faults, I never doubted that (for example) GWB was largely *trying* to do the right thing (even if I did doubt his ability or judgment).
June 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For all his faults, I never doubted that (for example) GWB was largely *trying* to do the right thing (even if I did doubt his ability or judgment).
I think the reason is even more elemental than that. Trust is unitary -- if you spend six months showing people that you might not have the country's interests at heart in one field (or several), you won't get the benefit of the doubt in another, even (especially, perhaps?) if it's war.
June 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I think the reason is even more elemental than that. Trust is unitary -- if you spend six months showing people that you might not have the country's interests at heart in one field (or several), you won't get the benefit of the doubt in another, even (especially, perhaps?) if it's war.
Obviously, these "situations" have nothing to do with the state of the world, and everything to do with what increases or keeps her own personal power. So: 50-50 Senate where she could extort the Dems for prime committee seats, or if she's about to be primaried.
Otherwise, it'd already be done.
Otherwise, it'd already be done.
June 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Obviously, these "situations" have nothing to do with the state of the world, and everything to do with what increases or keeps her own personal power. So: 50-50 Senate where she could extort the Dems for prime committee seats, or if she's about to be primaried.
Otherwise, it'd already be done.
Otherwise, it'd already be done.
I keep telling a joke about Medusa, but all I get are stone-faced stares.
June 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I keep telling a joke about Medusa, but all I get are stone-faced stares.
I never thought the Leonards would eat MY face.
May 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I never thought the Leonards would eat MY face.
I don't know where the data for this graph came from, but the original is available right from the St. Louis Fed and doesn't match this graphic: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPU...
Still true that it's higher than any time during the Great Recession, but not COVID.
Still true that it's higher than any time during the Great Recession, but not COVID.
Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States
Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States
fred.stlouisfed.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I don't know where the data for this graph came from, but the original is available right from the St. Louis Fed and doesn't match this graphic: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPU...
Still true that it's higher than any time during the Great Recession, but not COVID.
Still true that it's higher than any time during the Great Recession, but not COVID.
Maybe he should call his Congressman.
February 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Maybe he should call his Congressman.
(I haven't seen the original quote, for all I know he actually stated the "but" in this case.)
December 15, 2024 at 10:08 AM
(I haven't seen the original quote, for all I know he actually stated the "but" in this case.)
On top of this, any time a CEO makes a statement like this that appears to be against their interests, there's always an unstated "but". "...but UHC is just playing our part in the system's functioning." "...but it's not our problem to fix." "...but I'd like to see you try to stop us."
December 15, 2024 at 10:07 AM
On top of this, any time a CEO makes a statement like this that appears to be against their interests, there's always an unstated "but". "...but UHC is just playing our part in the system's functioning." "...but it's not our problem to fix." "...but I'd like to see you try to stop us."
Very much the same a few years back when we moved to Switzerland. Not that either of those problems is not present here (second highest medical costs in the world; high rate of private gun ownership) but neither one represents the same kind of *overriding* problem that either is in the US.
December 6, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Very much the same a few years back when we moved to Switzerland. Not that either of those problems is not present here (second highest medical costs in the world; high rate of private gun ownership) but neither one represents the same kind of *overriding* problem that either is in the US.
My immediate reaction upon seeing that headline was "they misspelled 'uninterested'".
November 24, 2024 at 10:19 PM
My immediate reaction upon seeing that headline was "they misspelled 'uninterested'".
The advent of (intentionally) antisocial media.
September 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
The advent of (intentionally) antisocial media.