This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words; "There are plenty of contractors going under". A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary. PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
Bluesky has now replaced twitter as the top platform for finding out if there was an earthquake in LA
A word about Conan O’Brien, who I’m lucky enough to know a little bit. He is extremely funny and has drawn people to him his whole life by his talent. But he is also amazingly kind, generous and collaborative. He gave dozens of people a start or a second chance. What’s Irish for mensch?
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This beautiful Sand Cat is a rare desert feline. Its large ears and thick fur help it survive extreme weather. A true wonder of nature! 🐈💫
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I’m sure it’ll work out great this time!
"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity." www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
i am reading an analysis of john yoo’s work justifying unilateral presidential authority over foreign affairs when he was in the bush OLC, and i am once again struck by shoddy dishonesty of his output! he moves as close as you can to just making stuff up without fully crossing the line.
See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.
A cute little turtle [📹 amazingtaishun]
I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
I wrote about why the most important Oscar nominee is the movie about how living under authoritarian rule can feel surprisingly normal.
The hotel body wash is sage-scented so now I smell like a Thanksgiving turkey, how is your morning going
Same
Might actually have to watch the Oscar’s or at least the opening ; I’m a Conan head, team coco
On the plane yesterday, sat next to a European couple living in the US, and the topic of whether they were thinking of returning to Europe came up. One of them noted they felt safer here because "you have oceans." But the general agreement was that right now there's probably nowhere truly safe.
Walter ganhou!! Brasil ganhou!!
Live from LA itz SATURDAY NIGHT,,, from the MPTF Night Before Event Sending luck and love to my girl Cynthia Erivo as she goes for EGOT status ,!!
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Show Robert Downey Jr standing next to Conan, you cowards.
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New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback. We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
Something I removed from my latest video which I now regret removing was the fact that YouTube uploaders can choose to prevent a video from appearing in the Subscriptions feed. If we uncheck "Publish to subscriptions feed and notify subscribers" during the upload process... it won't go to subs.
There should be more sports where a bicycle kick works. As far as I can tell right now it’s just soccer and maybe MMA
No man is above Poe’s law.
NYT Pitch: Just as Ukraine irresponsibly goaded Russia into invading it by being worried about invasion, Democrats are to blame for Trump becoming Putin’s ally, due to the inexcusable act of accusing him of already being one.