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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
I know what you’re thinking: We should mirror the United States government based on how this website is run.
Nebraska is going to get crushed between Tariffs and Medicaid cuts. They have to balance their state budget and it looks like at least a 200m shortfall this year. BEFORE tariff impacts.
And Nebraska Republicans here ! Curious what you think
www.1011now.com/2025/03/05/t...
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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.
Board member of Meta hugs it out with Andrew Tate, well known heinous person www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
My son Owen did an event at Brian Keene & Mary SanGiovanni's Vortex Books & Comics. He speaks very highly of that shop. Made me want to visit.
Just slept for twelve hours straight, in case you're wondering how my re-integration with the real world is going.
Oh man. He was always just a wonderfully kind person and I’ve read him for 20 years. What a loss.
Kevin Drum, 1958-2025. An important part of the early political blogosphere, one of those fixtures who felt like he'd always be there. And by all accounts a very nice guy. RIP.
Since I just posted something the Post did that was very good, I am obligated to post this with the observation that this is very bad.
Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
When you're google-street-view-jumping along a route and it suddenly flings you to the oncoming side of the street... very scary.
Boyz n the Woods
Kevin Hassett suggests Canadian authorities are covering up major fentanyl operations: "I can tell you that in the situation room I've seen photographs of fentanyl labs in Canada that the law enforcement folks were leaving alone. Canada's got a big drug problem."
Happy Birthday to my great friend and great actor Edi Gathegi, who you can see in all his technological glory in #Superman in July!
On March 2nd, the Blue Ghost lander became the first commercial spacecraft to execute a fully successful landing on the moon's surface.
Speaking at #SXSW 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.
Taco Attack!: The Ultimate Taco-Making Adventure
100creditclear.itch.io/taco-attack
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.
Here’s a new Penny Arcade for your Monday all about Split Fiction, which is a ton of fun if you have someone to play it with!
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...
I'll be doing a fireside chat at the Monster Scale Summit online event. I'm on live, in studio, tomorrow (3/11) at 8:35 am PST. Registration is free if you want to tune in and watch in real time. www.scylladb.com/monster-scal...
