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The current admin has been blatant with their corruption, suggesting they seem comfortable they’ll not be held accountable. They probably have a plan to hold on to power. This might be it.

The conservative Cato Institute looked at the Trump Admin's claims that illegal immigrants are costing taxpayer money by using services. They concluded that immigrants have CONTRIBUTED (not cost) $1.7 trillion. www.cato.org/blog/white-h...

‘Meta has a rare hit on its hands with its Muse AI agent. The question now is if it will make a big enough splash to justify hundreds of billions of dollars in capital spending. The answer is almost certainly no.’ www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

If you paid any federal income tax last year, then you paid more than these profitable corporations. When I say the system is broken, this is what I mean.

If you’re not paying attention and taking measures, you’re going to get run over. We’ve been warned. Seeds are going to be our best friends. Forget learning how to use AI. Figure out how to grow plants. Buckle up.

When you’re on that second glass of wine and you hook your buck converter in backwards, the reward is a mini fireworks display and the obligatory blue smoke. Very festive.

September data shows housing market in a deep freeze. Higher mortgage rates tend to do that, esp when the gov jokers keep saying they’re gonna make rates go down. No plan. Just gonna magically go down cuz Trump wants them to. Fantasy Island stuff.

‘Employers are navigating a flood of errors and low-quality work that are sapping employee time, raising privacy and security risks and pushing up costs. Now, some businesses that started off fast and furious on AI are pumping the brakes.’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

They’re partying hard on the deck of the Titanic as it sails full speed into the midterms. Iceberg alerts ignored.

Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.

Gold has overtaken the U.S. Dollar as the largest Global Reserve Asset 🚨🚨🚨

To quote the Joker: “And here we go …” The fuckery has started. They’ll claim those on that list voted and did so illegally. They’ll contest the vote and seize machines. It will get chaotic and ugly. As planned.

If you were trying to destroy the United States, how would you go about it any differently?

A trillion dollars in interest expense — in one year. And a 100 basis-point rise across the yield curve would drive up 2027 interest costs by another $310 billion. “A snowballing of debt.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

So. The chickens have come home to roost. Data center builders are getting hammered in the market. Coreweave is the poster child. They don’t build data centers with the public in mind. That may be their Achilles heel. If they don’t make nice with the people, they may continue to have problems. Nice.

BREAKING 🚨: South Korea South Korea's Stock Market crashing nearly 8%, absolute freefall 📉 📉

Thinking about politicians recently.

S&P 500 now has the highest number of stocks with a negative beta in history 🚨 This means that individual stocks are doing the opposite of what the index is doing at the highest ever seen 👀

To appreciate how blatantly corrupt the Russian diesel deal is, in September: “Russia has banned gasoline exports through Jan. 31, 2027, along with diesel until the end of October, to stabilize the domestic fuel market.” They don’t have diesel to spare.

No indication this was AI related but gives an indication of how dependent basic appliances have become on networked control and is an example of what rogue agents could do to affect humans.

Real Estate Stocks now underperforming the S&P 500 by the largest margin in history 📉 📉

Keep seeing the financial analysts claim the economy is strong. Then I see this that indicates 1/5 families are behind on mortgage payments.

Our long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Now it’s clear why Trump prefers to use the term SI. Much smarter than him. By a long shot. His IQ estimated by the machines to be equivalent to the temperature on a hot Summer’s day. Not genius level. I’d buy that.

I read one article saying the economy is amazingly strong. Then I read another that says consumer confidence is in the toilet and Americans are struggling to pay their debts.

As photos of heavily armed National Guard in front of ballot boxes appear, the financial markets are acting like the upcoming elections will be normal. Farmers are hemmoraging. Folks, you can’t eat AI. As for me:

How much world opinion of the US has been damaged by Trump is exemplified by the fact this statue is found in the Strasbourg headquarters of the EU Parliment. Think about that. Inside a European government building!

A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business.

Even when the market price of oil seems to come down a bit, doesn’t mean it gets cheaper. Like the $10 item found online that looks cheapest until it’s revealed that it costs $40 to ship.

The wars begun by Putin and Trump have substantially decreased world refining capacity. While many want to point a finger at Ukraine, they didn’t start destroying Russian capacity before Russia invaded. Give credit where credit is due. Diesel won’t recover soon.

The insanity of the current era is, at base, schizophrenic. MAGA leaders want us to work jobs until we die while at the same time hyping AI that wants to give all jobs to the machines. Betting on both red and black at roulette and telling us that’s the smart bet while making a Cheshire Cat grin.

Article works hard to present as objective of an analysis as possible. What it doesn’t consider is all the corners that are being cut to get these centers up and running.

U.S. Treasuries have now suffered their worst 10-year period in history 🚨

Global Food Prices hit highest level since 2022 🚨

I’ve found if I don’t disinfect my harvested seeds some will mold when sprouting. Concerning when using making sprouts or microgreens. Been using peroxide. Anybody using vinegar? Seems like the acid pH would be harmful. #VegetableGardening

If you saw one of my last posts, you know I’ve got a lot of seeds. Some are getting along in years. Was wondering how long to keep these little jewels when I ran across this post. Thoughts? #VegetableGardening

Some folks, mostly in Europe, are figuring out how to incorporate computer heat emissions in ways that provide useful services. For the scale of energy demanded, data centers will have to figure out how to productively make use of the heat to justify their energy use. Takes some thought.

The intelligent way to employ data centers 💯🎯

Farmers have face a conundrum in recent years: They want to make extra money by leasing portions of their land for large-scale renewable energy projects but neighbors fear that farmland is being traded for energy development. But what if there was another way? Enter agrivoltaics.

Bit the bullet and decided to organize my bucket of seeds. Looking at the result, I realized this gardening Jones has gotten out of hand! Now composing letter to Betty Ford Clinic to see if they handle this kind of affliction. Hope so. #VegetableGardening

Can’t set the equilibrium price? Always trying to find a more sanitary way to say he failed to hold down the rise in treasury bond yields after bragging about being ‘the house’ and daring to bet against him. Excuse yoga. Their one super power.

More proof that inflation eased. So just have to discount food, energy and real estate. Other than that …

“Even more encouraging was core PCE, excluding food and energy, which rose 3% year on year, down from 3.3% the month before and also lower than economists had forecast.” Yeah. Just exclude food and energy and it’s all rosy.

#News: EU-approved pesticide FLUAZINAM linked to brain damage! 🧠🚫 New study shows it shrinks brains. it’s still legal in #UK until 2029! Regulators must ban it NOW to protect children. #BoycottPalmOil #BanPesticides @palmoildetect.bsky.social

Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years

Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think / A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies. www.theverge.com/transportati...

What’s to like? Unless you’re a billionaire, everything is too expensive. As farms fail, wars and tariffs rage, it won’t get better soon

When other countries see the US as a bad investment: “We have an imbalance in longer-term demand for bonds and longer-term supply of bonds," he said, speaking to CNBC on Monday. "We're not going back to 4%, 4.50%, 4.25%, simply because there's too much of an imbalance in the supply and demand.”