Classic Cluster B like behavior.

I think they’re talking about people you may have lost contact with. Where do you find anyone for a quick text? Facebook. What is the substitute platform for finding just about anyone?

Shut up, Wesley!

The byline for everyone around but not in the Trump administration right now.

You say that, but you’ll have better luck on YouTube. You’ll put the song you want into Spotify and it will play any and all songs triggered by its “similar” algorithm. There’s a high probability it will take days of trying to hear a single, specific song on Spotify.

Downvotes are for putting that ear worm into peoples’ heads. Probably.

Wait. Events are moving too fast to keep up with, now free speech is illegal. Great.

Unless you live inside a major city in America, you can’t get to work without a vehicle. It’s either have a car or be homeless.

They were manufacturing original Volkswagen beetles in Brazil and Mexico up until 2003?. Illegal to sell in the USA.

So our government is now doubling as advertising executives?

If “engagement” is a tap in, which this article is not clear on, then it’s a piss poor measurement of engagement.

I think bots are “good” for making an item appear viral through artificial amplification of visibility. Of note, the headlines in Gaza and Israel pre 2024 election were a deluge. Multiples every day. Post election, that deluge of posts dropped abruptly, to 0-1 a day.

There also needs to be a distinction between passive and active engagement.

Not so silently, if you pay attention. There were brief headlines on the No selling to our defense contractors some time ago.

I’m in Trump time dilation so it’s hard to guesstimate when I read that one.

Is this man functioning at full capacity? It took over a year to build a chain grocery store in a nearby town and that’s mostly stuff on shelves, not a production line set-up. Time was spent up front as well, in planning and logistics, that I wasn’t able to see, such that the total time to build a chain grocery store took well over a year, maybe two or even three.

Meanwhile, Trump expects “now” for manufacturing.

Never mind the fact that Americans won’t be able to buy products of that manufacturing due to high costs. What was the estimate, that iPhones manufactured here would cost $2k+? Something like that.

I’m not passionate about bourbon nor am I a real drinker and thus the wrong person to pull into what is intended to be a heated discussion on it.

My original point is some people are and some of those people make policy decisions.

I can’t say I’ve ever enjoyed the taste of a regular whiskey, top shelf or not. There is a difference. Granted, your comment is intended as baiting in this way.

Someone in charge likely has a bourbon cellar. If you’ve ever had good bourbon, you’ll understand. Small amounts of the top shelf bourbon can be like good chocolate.

Or they’re practiced lushes and don’t want any alcohol price increases.

There’s a good What Now with Scott Galloway.

I’ve always been enamored of Trevor Noah’s comedy but his daily show didn’t draw me in. This podcast though, mostly, is thoughtful and insightful.

Galloway is great, he’s rich but he’s pretty no bullshit in how he talks about it. And men, in this podcast.

Their discussion offers better perspective and long game insight than this guy.

So what do we DO?

South Korea and France, at least, are getting this part right.

What’s uncertain? He’s solidifying income for the executive branch sans congress. And thus gutting congressional power over the executive branch before midterms.