David Welker
@davidskywelker.bsky.social
DC based Masshole; husband, father, union man; ex UFCW, IBT, Food & Allied Services Trades Dept. also ex US-China Economic and Security Review Commission
See How The Gutenberg Press Worked: Demonstration Shows the Oldest Functioning Gutenberg Press in Action
See How The Gutenberg Press Worked: Demonstration Shows the Oldest Functioning Gutenberg Press in Action
People have spoken for decades, and with great certainty, of the impending death of print. But even here into the 21st century, presses continue to run around the world, putting out books and periodic...
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Sentiment surveys show broad economic uncertainty and precarity across the political spectrum. Why? It’s a mystery!
The American Prospect@prospect.org · 7h agoAll told, at least five million people already lost health insurance in the first six months of 2026. prospect.org?p=145518
I saw Kayser Soze at the Atlanta Hawks game on Feb 3, 2024
Benny Johnson probably played a role in queueing up Eric Schmitt’s hilarious faceplant today in the Senate. You can always count on Benny to be humiliatingly wrong about everything. Remember when he tried to claim that Nazis who harassed TPUSA were actually leftists and he was gonna unmask them?
Autogolpe is absolutely in my impeachment drinking game vocab list
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · yesterdayProof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump and Co. conducted a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States out of its presidential election — ie attempted an autogolpe, or "self-coup" — was in the public record. The facts and the law were never in question. Only if America would follow them.
This guy understands the Chicago Way…too bad his bosses did not seize the urgency and push legal limits to meet the peril
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayJack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
Both teams limping into 3 nights in the Bronx. No #99 changes things bigly. If Tolle pitches well, the free swingers stop swinging easy balls & actually take a few walks = maybe a chance tonight. Win Game 1 all NYC doomers boo and hex the home team could mean quick escape to round 2. #RedSoxNation
Congress nullification…the coup is ongoing and closer to succeeding. What will happen if Dems take full control of Congress but fall short of a Senate majority that would vote to convict in impeachment? I’m not pessimistic enough some days. #USA1776RIP2026 increasingly scared of what comes next
TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com · yesterdayThe White House is steamrolling Congress' power of the purse — its constitutional power to decide how taxpayer money is spent — zeroing out programs that legislators wrote into law while pouring money into airing Trump campaign ads on television
National shame and yet the outrage needed to immediately stop this isn’t registering…flood the zone with shit and the children suffer
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. https://cnn.it/4huSk5M
Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...
“It’s not a crime if the president does it” now supported by SCOTUS precedent & supported by thousands who also saw precedent of mass pardons of the 1/6 soldiers. So much money sloshing around chasing so few actual solutions to the most pressing global crises.
Cheryl Rofer@cherylrofer.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Mafia presidency
The word “Trump” does not appear in this article. Its the passive voice and the Fed
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3d ago2026 was supposed to be the year that sidelined US homebuyers got some relief. Then, the Iran war and fears about rising inflation came along. Here's what to know.
No idea how it’s gonna go on Tuesday evening but this looks about in line with the last month. Two fun months for sure lead us up to this series with MFYs. Cmon you Sox hit a few cheap HRs to right and steal the series. #RedSoxNation
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
James Medlock@jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 3d agoOne day I hope to convince conservatives that we should enforce the rule of law, reduce the deficit, and not carelessly tear down the institutions prior generations built, but today is not that day.
think that every survivor of SA should write an essay about the impact it had on their lives and send it to Cornell. This is bullshit. These guys need to be punished. Shame on them and Cornell.
I'll be preaching at St Martin in the Fields tomorrow evening www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/her...
Here I Stand: Fintan O’Toole – St Martin-in-the-Fields
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Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d agoCalifornia is weaning itself off fossil gas, fast. Gas-fired electricity generation in California fell by 26% in the first half of 2026, as utility-scale solar, batteries and the new SunZia wind project feed power in via a dedicated transmission line. buff.ly/QWQoLPc #ShareGoodNewsToo
The CCP industrial policy for 30 years inside WTO has been forced tech transfer, IP transfer, FDI requirements, bottomless subsidies for domestic manufacturers in transition & currency manipulation. And the western CEOs went along and demanded western govt acceptance of those facts. And here we are
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5d agoNEW: The big story is not Chinese EVs everywhere —but Chinese EV factories everywhere. And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962. “[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” 🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM
magats (mis)learning from Sun Tzu various (mis)applications of its lessons. I’m working painfully slowly thru fun Kingdoms in Peril 4 volume translation. Another classic for Chinese thinking re: hegemon & vassel state intrigue, diplomacy & spying & bribery (ie Ivanka). CCP buying off small states
The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.bsky.social · 4d agoTop allies of President Trump were alarmed by his conciliatory approach toward Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, with the concern privately running deeper than public comments suggested, according to more than a dozen interviews with administration officials, lawmakers and policy experts.
If Roman Anthony can only watch Wade Boggs video all off season and 25% hit that outside breaking ball off the way well…he could win a batting title and make all that $$$ worth it #RedSoxNation
Well it is apparent to me at least #USA1776RIP2026 hard to say what comes next
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 5d agoThis was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins.
Nothing like a good ole’ Texas Ratio dog pile “The simple formula is nonperforming loans divided by tangible equity and loan loss reserves” www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-econo...
Banking Analytics: Understanding Credit Risk with the Texas Ratio
Developed in the 1980s during the Texas banking crisis, the Texas ratio offers an indicator of a bank’s health by measuring the institution’s troubled loans against its capital resources to absorb los...
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Brad Lipton@bradlipton.bsky.social · 5d agoPerhaps we are allowing betting on too many things?
Except billionaires with proclivities to pay pedophiles for access to children
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 5d agoBill Gates tells “Meet the Press” he believes that “there's never been a weapon as powerful” as people with ill intent using the latest AI models and that self-regulation of the tool is not enough.
