Floridacatlady
@floridacatlady47.bsky.social
Resilient GenX Phi Beta Kappa. Economics. Relentless fact checker, so former rep4bl1c3n. User of stationery and old books. The animals are on my side. Currently building amazing skillset including diesel engine repair, plumbing and wound care
If you really want to predict the next big market downturn in watch for automotive advertising. They stop advertising (or significantly reduce) when people stop buying cars and trucks. I was working in TV back before the 2008 market downturn. We saw auto ads almost stop months before it happened.
We need one of those up in Times Square
Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2d agoNational Debt has hit $40 Trillion
It's exhausting being constantly surrounded by cowards.
“No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck” Evergreen sentence right there
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 5d agoNot only does the Trump administration lack a solid strategy to win the war in Iran, it has no capacity to handle any of the second or third-order effects of the war. No one truly appreciates the scope of Trump’s clusterfuck. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
‘The latest saving-rate reading, for June, was 2.7% — less than half where it was just two years ago, and not terribly far from the lowest on record in a data series going back to 1947.‘ www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
I don’t understand the logic in scrapping the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), and neither do the navy personnel who operate these carriers. Just changing shit for no reason.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... #bluewave #greatagain #reflectingpool #thisissodumb
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
nytimes.com
Childcare costs a mortgage. Insulin costs a fortune. Rent costs a kidney. Republicans shrug. In 100 days, voters elect Democrats who actually give a damn. #BlueWaveIn100Days
“.. Strategy is the art of making power matter. The Iran war has shown, unfortunately, that an asymmetry of strategic competence can offset a profound asymmetry of strength.” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...
It’s funny how literally everyone knows what this means
chris “bluesky” poster@chrisrd19.bsky.social · last mo.It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.
i will say lindsey graham being asked by a reporter how mitch mcconnell is doing, answering “i don’t know, i’m going to check right now” and then dying is hilarious
Nobody celebrated human death with more glee than Lindsey Graham. Nobody.
Goldstein@goldstein.latinsky.app · last mo.Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
