Link. Undetected sure to incompetent oppo research and death of local journalism.
Daily Archives: December 23, 2022
5 MAGA Hats At Americafest.
Link. “overwhelming evidence of just how far Trump’s star has fallen”. It’s bad luck to say he’s done. But he’s done. Except in the alternate history novels.
“That woman fucked her way to every podium she’s ever stood behind and hats off to her” is pure Jedeed.
“outlook for the downtown skyways and shops remains grim and getting grimmer”
Link. St Paul’s skyways are a preview of the end of man. (Fun to tour and photograph.)
Denise Mueller-Korenek: 45yo pedaling 183.93 mph to be 2018 insanity champion.
Link. Post-pregnancy comeback but unresolved thrill issues. Not only woman to do this. There are stronger riders but few are this mad.
Fediverse: Mastodon and beyond – infographic.
Link. Reminds me of the time between Gopher and the WWW. Many experiments in hypertext, many roads explored. The #ActivityPub powered #Fediverse is the place to watch today. Twitter is the dead past.
Heinz Stucke – “German 82-year-old has spent more than a half-century traversing the globe on a bicycle.”
Link. I have met eternal travelers. Members of a fascinating and ephemeral culture.
Learned from House investigation of Trump insurrection: “Hutchinson told the committee that Passantino urged her not to tell what she knew, prodding her to say she didn’t recall events she clearly did.”
Link. “And then you’re going to be taken care of.” Good summary of the new details. The Trump insurrection was a serious project.
“The fall in house prices in September 2022 was almost as steep as the fall in house prices in the months right before the Great Recession officially began in late 2007”
Link. Lots of natural experiments in macroeconomics. “Basic Keynesian macroeconomic intuition still looks pretty good in the 2020s, just as it did in the 2010s.”