One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ? They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses. That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue. The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.
keeping a tab open watching tesla stock and it might be the best mood enhancer i've ever experienced
Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media. Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this. Live in 20 min with :
One thing that the general public is not that aware of re: Tesla is that *they do not manufacture their own battery cells* They lease space in their factories for third-parties such as Panasonic. A lot of people invested in Tesla because they thought Tesla was vertically integrated re: the cells.
In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
Luke and Turbo explore a late-winter forest and find some tiny-yellow-jelly-somethings growing on a stick under a blue sky
Oh man. He was always just a wonderfully kind person and I’ve read him for 20 years. What a loss.
Home and absolutely exhausted from travel. Charlie appears vaguely surprised I am still alive.
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You will know I’ve struck it rich by my posse of otters
From today’s Prof G Markets. If this trend continues, it could be the end of Musk in politics. Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6m66...
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's motion to force ICE to return him to New York: "His very arrest and detention were in retaliation for Mr. Khalil’s constitutionally protected advocacy on behalf of Palestinian human rights." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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When you're google-street-view-jumping along a route and it suddenly flings you to the oncoming side of the street... very scary.
Speaking at in conversation with soon — 1pm in Ballroom D!
Jon Gabrus joined the Andy Richter Call-In Show for an episode of Bodily Function Disasters! You can listen to this episode right now in my Three Questions with Andy Richter podcast feed or on the SiriusXM app.
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Taco Attack!: The Ultimate Taco-Making Adventure 100creditclear.itch.io/taco-attack
producer: soo the PR hadn’t been great, can we make a character black? jk rowling: fine. how about the evil one. snake producer: voldemort? no. what about a good guy jk rowling: oh ok. like the most evil good guy producer: well. ideally not jk rowling: can i- producer: you cannot rename him
Whenever I post about something political, people often write incredibly irate replies addressing "you" meaning the subject of the post (not me, the author of the post). I usually figure it out only after feeling kinda yucky for a second. And then I do it all over again on the next comment.