Waiting for the bus on Capitol Hill: > A passing driver rolls down their window Driver: “excuse me sir, is this a safe neighborhood?” Me: “yes?” Driver: “I used to work at DC General Hospital, 40 years ago. Back then they would EAT people like you” > drives off

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President Trump says he is firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the weak jobs data. BLS puts out the jobs reports, CPI inflation, productivity and employment cost index, among other key statistics. This is basically unprecedented and will raise concerns about

I've seen a lot of shitty space policy over the years. However, a US Senator in a tough reelection fight trying to steal a space shuttle from the Smithsonian, and the NASA Administrator being all cloak and dagger about it, is among the shittiest. arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/…

Couldn't resist

Why do they all have the same logo

A fourth spiky logo has hit my bus stop

There are ~36 waiting families for every one child who is placed for adoption in the US. Our culture has not really absorbed this yet. Still stuck in the 60-90s idea that "there are so many kids who need a good home!"

There is no benefit to the U.S. from chaining South Korean technicians who were here temporarily to help set up a battery factory. Their presence was going to help the factory get online sooner than it otherwise would be. Americans would work in that factory. Now it will take

I miss college so bad because this is literally what every day was

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