As boring as this topic may be and resentful as we may be that this man continues dominating news cycles, it's impossible to avoid either, because the damage is ongoing.
Heather Cox Richardson writes,
"The stock market continued to fall today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another 478 points, or 1.14%; the S&P 500 fell almost 0.8%; & the Nasdaq Composite fell almost 0.2%."
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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"America's wealthy...are increasingly propping up the entire U.S. economy with their spending."
theweek.com/business/economy/r…
"Households making>$250,000 represent just the top 10% of all earners, but...they now account for nearly half of all consumer spending"
This is a disaster.
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Complexity Science and the Economy
Rising costs of living and growing debt are leaving individuals and the economy under immense strain. Complexity science reveals how structural shifts in the 1980s created a regime where ideas like trickle-down economics no longer work—but were helpf…New England Complex Systems Institute | Invidious
Join us Friday for the rumble at 7pm UK/3pm EDT Here's the preliminary thumbnail to whet your appetite for this showdown between a real archaeologist and a real pseudoarchaeologist
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gkq5i…
Dear conference organisers,
Please stop hosting your events in Texas (yes, even Austin).
It's become far too dangerous for a lot of people to attend the event, and many of the rest of us will avoid it to support our besieged LGBTQA+ colleagues.
masto.ai/@n0m0time/11415027016…
nomotime (@n0m0time@masto.ai)
#Texas Bill Would Make Identifying as #Transgender a #Felony Punishable by #Jail The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years. https://www.Mastodon
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#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news #animals #pets #flying huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-tsa-t…
TSA Catches Man Smuggling Live Turtle In His Pants At NJ Airport
An officer conducting a pat-down on the man man figured out he was hiding somethin in the groin area of his pants.AP (HuffPost)
I'd not even seen the sled in the forest before, a visitor pointed it out. Slightly overgrown!
After using that (unsuccessfully) on the concrete beams, I used the rest of the twilight to pull these rollers out of the forest, too. Seemed like a good idea to do this before the meadow starts sprouting again.
They have holes for filling with water ballast. Heck knows where the plugs for them are though. Probably disintegrated.
#Farm #Agriculture #Tractor #Rollers #Homestead
I love reflections. Especially with mountains.
#mountains #mountainview #mountainscape #landscape #landscapephotography #reflection #lake #saintlary #pyrenees #france #photography #nikon
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
I do not use Spotify and hope you don’t either…
(Edit: Because they support piece of shit people like Rogan and Tate. I boycott Spotify if it wasn't clear.)
404media.co/pretty-vile-spotif…
'Pretty Vile:' Spotify Removes Andrew Tate 'Pimping Hoes' Class After Employees Complain
Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Buy andypiper a Coffee. ko-fi.com/andypiper
Become a supporter of andypiper today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love.Ko-fi
Saudi-owned Scopely buys Pokémon Go in $3.5bn gaming deal
US-based Niantic is selling its games business as part of a pivot to artificial intelligence
ft.com/content/761bf407-2ef1-4…
Paywall Free: buff.ly/tmB31tV
#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #gaming #pokemongo
An: An den*die zukünftige*n Finanzminister*in
CumCum-Milliarden: Zeit ist Steuergeld | WeAct
weact.campact.de/petitions/cum…
CumCum-Milliarden: Zeit ist Steuergeld
Über 300.000 Menschen haben sich im letzten Jahr gemeinsam mit uns dafür eingesetzt, das Schreddergesetz zu stoppen und dafür zur sorgen, dass die Beweise für illegale CumCum-Geschäfte nicht vorschnell vernichtet werden dürfen.WeAct
Firing the Lorentz Plasma Cannon
Resurrecting the Plasma Cannon, to extend its range with modern capacitors and increase the delivered energy.ADDENDUM: Shortly after posting the last video...YouTube
Government efficiency and all that.
Google Gemini Robotics AI model gives robots fine motor skills and adaptability for general world use.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/goo…
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It's #WorldDayAgainstCyberCensorship and a year since we launched WebTunnel bridges. The Tor community has successfully rallied to scale WebTunnel bridges from 60 to over 300, surpassing the initial goal of 200 new deployments.
blog.torproject.org/fighting-c… 💜 Thanks to everyone who pitched in!
It takes a (Global) Village to Fight Censorship | Tor Project
It's been a year since we launched WebTunnel bridges and the Tor community has successfully scaled WebTunnel bridges from 60 to over 300, surpassing the initial goal of 200 new deployments.blog.torproject.org
zdnet.com/article/that-weird-c…
Follow the 'I'm not a robot' CAPTCHA, and you might just end up with malware on your PC.
If it never gets started, it may be Cloudflare making a bad assumption about your client.
Reboot.
C'mon down for a chuckle about the Dwemer and a general announcement about a new kind of content comin' down the pipe.
VDLM2 Message From: N206BZ / MX0734
Message: MY WIFE IS AN ACCOUNTANT TURNED GEOLOGIST-CAREER CHANGE. SHE GOT BUSTED 4 DOING CRYSTAL MATH.
Area: New York City, NY, USA
Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24
The world’s most popular flight tracker. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information.Flightradar24
“ It’s simply assumed, by most sides of the political spectrum, that the growth of ‘real’ GDP is what constitutes economic progress.
We think this is a mistake. When socialists and the Left use ‘real’ GDP as a measure of progress, or even as a quantity of empirical analysis, they are implicitly buying into the very capitalist paradigm that they otherwise reject. Let us explain.”
Evergreen and worth the read.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/20…
Why We Should Abandon Real GDP As A Measure of Economic Activity – Economics from the Top Down
For all that it purports to say, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails to explain anything relevant about the world.Blair Fix (Economics from the Top Down)
“ According to some of the dominant interpretations of neoclassical theory, the price of a commodity reveals the utility (i.e. pleasure) that a consumer derives from it. ”
So on the price goes up, a product’s utility goes up *by definition*.
But with inflation, all prices are going up, suggesting that everything is always becoming better. @pluralistic
😂
One of the 10,000 reasons why mainstream economics is a cringey but toxic farce.
The parallels between Kash Patel and William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering 1920s FBI director — an FBI historian explains
Some observers compare FBI Director Kash Patel to J. Edgar Hoover. A better historical match is the politically motivated William J. Burns.The Conversation
especially when they are gpong to read #bannedbooks. They have made a pretty good list to start.
Some decades ago there was here a publisher who made a whole banned books series in cheap edition. That sold very well.
#tesla #elonmusk #cybertruck #wankpanzer
Unus Nemo likes this.
Designed in #freecad
politico.com/news/2025/03/10/u…
Fast Company: Cybertruck owners are joining a Facebook support group—and want to be a protected class
Cybertruck owners say they have been targets of anti-Elon Musk backlash. One even demanded harassment of Teslas be labeled a hate crime.
fastcompany.com/91294535/cyber…
#Politics #USpol #Cybertruck #Tesla #crime
Huge shout out to @alexglow for pointing me at this collection of scans from basically the entire run of Technical Aesthetics magazine:
vidachestvo.ru/%D0%96%D1%83%D1…
Журнал «Техническая эстетика»
«Техническая эстетика» — информационный бюллетень, а в последующем журнал издательства Всесоюзного научно-исследовательского института технической эстетики (ВНИИТЭ).Видачество — история видеотехники
russia is conducting ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Europe, EU chief diplomat warns
Investigation showed pro-russia groups were offering crypto payments in exchange for hybrid attacks across Europe.
politico.eu/article/russia-eur…
Russia is conducting ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Europe, EU chief diplomat warns
Investigation showed pro-Russia groups were offering crypto payments in exchange for hybrid attacks across Europe.Antoaneta Roussi (POLITICO)
Hey #SomervilleMA folks: #AyannaPressley is having a town hall. I can't go, but get some tix at this site:
eventbrite.com/e/town-hall-wit…
Town Hall with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
Join my team and I in Boston for a Town Hall on Saturday, March 22nd at 2:30PM. Address provided upon RSVP.Eventbrite
theonion.com/prospective-car-b…
Prospective Car Buyer Takes SUV Out For Test Hit And Run
PHILADELPHIA—Saying he was in the market for a more powerful and rugged vehicle, prospective car buyer Gabe Orcutt reportedly took an SUV out Wednesday for a test hit and run.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
1/2 “ #Greenland voters unexpectedly picked a party backing a slower approach to independence in a general election overshadowed by #Trump ’s plans to take over..
The [pro-business center-right social liberal**] Demokraatit party emerged as biggest w 29.9% of the ballots as counting was completed, adding more than 20 points from 4 years ago”
**I threw in all descriptors from 3 sources here to try to be as accurate as I could. I have 0 idea about GL politics.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
2/ Via Reuters:
oppos Naleraq party, which favours rapid indep, got 24.5%
The ruling Inuit Ataqatigiit party & its partner Siumut, which also seek slow path towards independence, won 36% of votes.
“Trump's vocal interest has shaken up status quo, & coupled with the growing pride of the Indigenous people in their Inuit culture, put independence front and centre in the election…. "But I think the fear of the U.S. imperialist approach has lately become bigger than the anger towards Denmark”..
"Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that the government is to launch a "media war room" to target Palestine content online, in the latest attempt to propagate pro-Israel narratives on internet platforms."
Israel is scared. Despite millions of dollars in #lobbying, buying media, #politicians and #SocialMedia, the truth is coming out. Millions of #activists around the world expose the crimes of #Israel to people of the world.
newarab.com/news/israels-new-m…
#Propaganda #Genocide #Hasbara #Palestine #HasbaraArmy @palestine @israel
Israel's new 'media war room' targets Palestine content
The office of Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar has announced the launch of the initiative to monitor about around 250 news channels.The New Arab Staff (The new Arab)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-liberal-democrat-ed-davey-canada-support-1.7481537?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The S&P 500 briefly held its own in trading today, but then Trump announced on his social media platform that he was going to double the tariffs on steel and aluminum from the new 25% rates to a 50% rate on Canada and might increase tariffs to 'permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada.'
Stocks fell again.
Unable to admit that he might be wrong, President Donald Trump is doubling down on the policies that are crashing the economy."
#Trump #economy #StockMarket
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Dow drops more than 450 points, S&P 500 posts back-to-back loss over Trump tariff uncertainty."
~ Lisa Kailai Han, Sean Conlon
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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cnbc.com/2025/03/10/stock-mark…
Dow drops more than 450 points, S&P 500 posts back-to-back loss over Trump tariff uncertainty: Live updates
Lisa Kailai Han (CNBC)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •S&P global chart of closing prices daily from early January up to two days ago.
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Five of the world’s richest people attended Trump’s inauguration. They have lost $209 billion since that day
Elon Musk’s net worth has tumbled by $148 billion alone since Trump took office."
~ Katie Hawkinson
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #Bezos #Zuckerberg
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the-independent.com/news/world…
Five of the world’s richest people attended Trump’s inauguration. They have lost $209 billion since that day
Katie Hawkinson (The Independent)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"JPMorgan Chase said Monday that the likelihood of a recession had risen to 40% from 30% owing to 'extreme U.S. policies.'
For the first time since Trump took office, the economy is now the number one story in the country. It is dominating news coverage — and more importantly it's becoming central to the conversation on social media platforms like TikTok.
That’s very bad news for Trump."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket
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messageboxnews.com/p/trumps-mo…
Trump's Mounting Economic Problems and his Tone Deaf Tesla Stunt
Dan Pfeiffer (The Message Box)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump’s erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth."
~ Paul Wiseman, Anne D'Innocenzio, Mae Anderson
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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apnews.com/article/trump-tarif…
Trump's erratic trade policies are baffling businesses
Paul Wiseman (AP News)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"In a truly grotesque commercialization of the Office of the Presidency, Trump shilled for Tesla like a used-car salesman trying to meet a month-end sales quota. (No offense intended to used-car salesmen.) ... Trump is the same guy whose 2023 Christmas greeting included 'Electric Car Luna[tics]' in his enemies list, upon whom he bestowed the unconventional holiday greeting, 'MAY THEY ROT IN HELL.'"
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Musk #Trump #economy #recession #Tesla
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roberthubbell.substack.com/p/t…
The resistance gains traction.
Robert B. Hubbell (Today's Edition Newsletter)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump is acting like a raving madman. He continues to lobby for the hostile takeover of Canada, and the media pretends it does not hear an idea so lunatic that any other president uttering the idea would be removed from office under the 25th Amendment within hours.
Trump's daily ritual of imposing and lifting sanctions is so erratic that the stock markets are falling because of the uncertainty caused by his behavior."
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #Tesla
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"For his $290 million contribution to the Trump campaign, Musk bought the presidency and a government subsidized ad for a Tesla. In the most blatant, shameless, and pure example of the quid pro quo grift - and direct violation of the Hatch Act - Donald Trump decided to hawk Teslas from the White House lawn on Monday. He was even handed a Tesla sales pitch during his remarks."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #Tesla
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thelefthook.substack.com/p/the…
The Tesla Presidency: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and The Shameless Grift
THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Sources also tell WIRED that Musk has wanted a government shutdown—an aim that runs contrary to the White House’s stated desire to avoid one—in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers, essentially achieving a permanent shutdown."
~ Jake Lahut, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #Tesla #shutdown #firings #workers #FederalGovernment
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wired.com/story/elon-musk-has-…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The two most powerful men in America have gone stark raving mad. ...
I don’t see how you can look at recent statements by Donald Trump and Elon Musk without concluding that both men have lost their grip on reality."
~ Paul Krugman
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #Tesla #DelusionsofGrandeur #authoritarianism #delusional #narcissist #egomaniac
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-m…
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose
Paul KrugmanWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"He’s a psychopath gleefully breaking the world economy while pretending there will be some glorious payoff on the other side.
Is it any surprise? Trump never pretended otherwise. He did say on the campaign trail, 'I don’t care about you. I just want your vote.'
Trump’s superpower is that people believe his lies and don’t believe his truths."
~ kos
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #Tesla #DelusionsofGrandeur #delusional #narcissist #egomaniac
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dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11…
Trump is full of excuses as he tanks the economy
Daily KosWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"It bears reflecting for a minute on the hand Trump currently holds. His sheer capricious scorn and malice have forged, out of practically nowhere, a political coalition of anti-American zealotry in Canada, our heretofore friendly neighbor in the north."
~ Andrew Egger
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #Canada
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thebulwark.com/p/our-brave-pre…
Our Brave President Goes to War with [Checks Notes] Ontario
Andrew Egger (The Bulwark)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"He belittled them as unworthy of nation status, rolled his eyes at our historic ties, and threatened them with the 'friendly' possibility of absorption as our 51st state. And then he instigated a game of economic chicken with them."
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #Canada
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"With Trump we are facing even more potential economic pain because Trump is combining tariffs-which are a tax on consumers—with massive cuts to federal spending and layoffs in the area of 20% of the federal workforce."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #firings #workers #FederalGovernment
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deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/…
Trump’s response to causing a recession: He updates “Let them eat Cake” to “Let them Drive Teslas”
Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"You don’t need a PhD in Economics to understand that when an economy is slowing, cutting federal spending, causing massive layoffs and increasing taxes by way of tariffs are a recipe for financial disaster. ...
Trump just updated Marie Antoinette’s infamous line 'Let them eat Cake' when told that her subjects could not afford bread to, 'Let them drive Teslas.'”
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #firings #workers #FederalGovernment #Tesla
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"As stock slumps drain America’s 401(k)s, Trump props up his billionaire sidekick. As Wall Street reeled for a second straight day on Tuesday, President Donald Trump chose not to appear with worried working people but to prop up the share prices and wealth of the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – with a bizarre sales pitch for Tesla on the White House South Lawn."
~ Stephen Collinson
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #Tesla
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •“I’m going to say this at risk of my job. But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is about the eighth reason we’ve had for the tariffs. …
Insanity is not a strategy. I’m sorry."
~ CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #firings #workers #FederalGovernment #Tesla #insanity
/19
thedailybeast.com/cnbc-reporte…
CNBC Reporter Shreds Trump’s ‘Insane’ Tariff Moves
William Vaillancourt (The Daily Beast)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"So, the stock market’s been sliding like bacon grease on a hot griddle. On Monday and Tuesday all three major indices had their worst days since August, and fears of a looming recession are already here. And only 50 days into Dear Leader’s reign!"
~ Marcie Jones
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs #firings #workers #FederalGovernment #Tesla #insanity
/20
wonkette.com/p/newsmax-host-tr…
Newsmax Host: Trump’s Big Balls Are Bouncing The Stock Market
Marcie Jones (Wonkette)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Donald Trump’s global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came into force on Wednesday, placing a 25% tax on all imports of the metals into the US from any country 'with no exceptions or exemptions.'
The move threatens to push up prices for consumers as they bear the brunt of resulting product cost rises, in everything from houses and vehicles to home appliances and beverage cans."
~ Clea Skopeliti
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The MAGA Republicans are torching your quality of life while pretending they’re doing you a favor. It’s not just dishonest—it’s dangerous. They’ve turned the U.S. Congress into a bad reality show, and everyday Americans are the ones paying the price."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
/22
meidasplus.com/p/rep-joe-negus…
Rep. Joe Neguse on Republicans Cheering as They Make Americans Suffer
MeidasTouch Network (Meidas+)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •T"hat might be the greatest bait and switch in American political campaign history, from 'lower prices on Day 1' to '100 years of economic pain.'”
~ kos
#Musk #Trump #economy #stagflation #recession #StockMarket #billionaires #tariffs
/23
dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/11…
Trump is full of excuses as he tanks the economy
Daily Kos