Michael LaFrance
@mlafrance.bsky.social
Me? - Tech enthusiast/consultant, science nerd, dad, oil painter (check out my posts), recovered tech CEO. Politics: #bluecrew 🌊 in a red state, anti-corruption, pro rule-of-law ---> I tend to follow back interesting people, nice to meet you.
Corporate profits are fat this quarter because they were refunded the tariffs WE paid. Did prices come down? No, no they did not. We're now paying for tariff surcharges that don't exist. www.investopedia.com/tariff-refun...
Tariff Refunds Contribute To Record-Setting Corporate Profit Boost
Corporate profits were $400 billion higher in the second quarter than in the first when annualized. That’s one of the largest increases in dollar value on record, and tariff refunds were a major facto...
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A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and China's Tibet. Initial report say it may have been caused by a glacial lake rupture.
"…I will literally eat anything… I don't have a gag reflex," said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The jokes write themselves. www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-eats-...
RFK Jr.'s staff shuts down questions as he admits he eats 'stuff I find on the street'
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s staff cut off a USA Today interview question about the grossest food he has ever eaten, moments after he admitted eating "stuff I find on the street."Robert F....
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The Odyssey IMAX 70mm Setup is insane. I'll likely see it in a regular theater, but I'm tempted to make the pilgrimage to see it on an IMAX screen.
Finally, someone is actually going to speak with Sen. McConnell.
He used our tax dollars to pay for it. He ruined it. Now we’re being treated like trespassers.
Insightful essay by Mike Madrid. It's worth reading. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
Why Conservatism Imploded
The Rise of Trumpism Arose To Fill A Void That Threatens The Social Contract
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This is an interview of an American singer and actress, Anna Elise LaFrance, in Korea, and I'm a HUGE fan of her work. They loved that she did a Samsung commercial, immediate street cred in Seoul. (I may be partial, she's my daughter, lol) youtu.be/g8q-EA5gTpQ?...
런던에서 서촌으로 한 달 살이 하러 온 여배우 | My Korean Neighborhood🏡 EP.04 서촌
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Providing you don't live in a super windy area, this is a great idea to keep your car cool in the summer.
Today's nature is wild fun fact -- Scorpions glow brightly under UV light.
This newborn freshly hatching baby chameleon immediately tests its color-changing abilities while still leaving the egg. Nature is amazing. (its running a test sequence) 🦎 #nature #chameleon
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
Fibonacci approaches the golden ratio (about 1.618) Mile/km is very close to golden ratio (about 1.609) It works even as the numbers get larger.
System Administrators are reporting even more widespread Internet outages from Cloudflare than the press is reporting. Businesses and websites are down worldwide. Comments from Sysadmins are reporting outages from almost every country in the world. www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/c...
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BLM publics lands are an American treasure. Millions of Americans use these lands annually. They can never be replaced if they are sold off to corporations.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last yr.Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.
Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.
Amazon simply noting the new tax on product listings? "Hostile and political act!" according to the White House. Trump is trying to shoot the messenger, let's see if Bezos backs down. (odds are he will.) #tariffs
Guess it's too late to upgrade my solar panels. Trump's new 3,000%+ tariff adds $1,500 in TAX to a $40 panel. #solar #tariffs #greenenergy #prepper #offgrid
The Roman Republic lasted 482 years. Looks like we may blow it in half the time. www.thedailybeast.com/wh-press-sec...
Karoline Leavitt Boasts Trump Wouldn’t Hesitate to Arrest SCOTUS Justices
The White House press secretary said “anyone who is breaking the law or obstructing federal law enforcement officials” is subject to prosecution.
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I'm not an economist (although I do have a degree in economics), but it feels like losing MILLIONS of jobs and TRILLIONS of dollars in trade is sub-optimal, to put it lightly. #tariffs
Um — Trump just turned over management of our 🇺🇸 strategic petroleum reserve to a mystery company, who will get $1.4 billion to run it? 🤔 www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
I'm old enough to remember when one of our techs would forget to update our 5ESS telecom switches for Daylight Savings Time, and it would crash the network.
I've been obsessed with this painting for years. Just ran across it again, and thought I'd share. William Logsdail (1859-1944) "St Paul's and Ludgate Hill" c. 1887 #art #oilpainting #blueskyart
