2025-02-18T13:42:20Z https://nostr.now Kent Ray Willard https://nostr.now/npub1vnmhvj08uj0m8fkg8fuqlmu35mraewfzljtf4q27cv6wjmuy9cysk6rwv2 https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/accounts/avatars/112/179/115/758/019/050/original/f99489fd775e72db.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/accounts/avatars/112/179/115/758/019/050/original/f99489fd775e72db.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdlexw5uust97hskkllqn3ph0dlng6qrd2c6gchp3fxc2n87d8zgzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjsr2kuj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdaa0auhq23f0hgutxdkmxlzk5rcagmm6a7af0g0ygd0zmmmlyu8qx0vh2d'>nevent1q…vh2d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In a media of both sides, he said, she said, someone should say something. Producers and publishers want to show an opposing side to make stories more exciting. Someone needs to lead the communication: pick narratives, daily talking points, persuasive spokespeople. You&#39;d think minority leaders of the House and Senate would organize that since they can&#39;t legislate now. Nope. Which is to say, they aren&#39;t leaders. 2025-02-20T14:39:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7fa35aryyh0ws4ahsxxz0sc5txa53r4uvecpt8029yza2erxmhszypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqj600erk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7z2z85nknuey8jgfyxy07fe3qkgnhmjy287g39fvuf5uqkmc9xs0ft4gk'>nevent1q…t4gk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We could delete X, Facebook, Instagram, &amp; Amazon accounts, and of course, don&#39;t buy Teslas. But that bit of collective action is inconvenient, so -- fascism. 2025-02-18T13:42:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz3pq4qhnwkskkvupwlqe25zpa6e2z2hdf8axsffqw2ra8lmvc6rqzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjgx5h76 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhn9gp850pw3cny49202e7kmk30pjp42vmlgn08l09vt6p4kmsqcdyavz8'>nevent1q…avz8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Successful negotiation requires patience and the ability to shut-up. 2025-02-13T12:40:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyyp6vawad3a75yq7dy8g5396j88kafv48zj4cmnvykg8j7sz6ggzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqj8qp64v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqq76mdf4yad7cfyk8e0a0mg2ls493cjdn6qzd5tc9whnq64sumlcyylu4u'>nevent1q…lu4u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Musk now seems omnipotent. My guess is that in the next couple of years he shall reap the whirlwind. Then Trump will relish destroying him (I always said EV&#39;s wouldn&#39;t work). Musk will handle failure worse than success. Then the public and media who love to tear apart celebrities even more than they love to build them up, will dismantle him with glee. It will be open season, but a long admission line. 2025-02-09T12:43:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszdkmepmyyash0mquavcszeslln0mnx2cdsmyd7daemyhf4a44xtqzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqj28g5l0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mmlmqqymedk9en2mv7tkyfl0tus7g0zgu9dcdng6y0xhn6x9dlq9h05lk'>nevent1q…05lk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The alien who walked 1,000 miles to get to America is probably going to make America stronger. 2025-01-27T13:09:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxhxy526zdcfqh90tge9dst839vtzusr5l850rgt9zkhd8daget4szypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjs6dnqh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdk7lymz57ml326y62zulhugrfsvcwdytn5k8sd9e2ga65u8qsqng9wtwlj'>nevent1q…twlj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The difficulty isn&#39;t in using soft information for approval, but for denial.<br/>I love hard information and models, but people make decisions, not models or algorithms. They are rules of thumb based on aggregates, which often make mistakes on individuals. However, those who override models should first have learned and considered why the model made its prediction. 2025-01-27T01:47:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs27lhd5qpzwfs5xyg35axtzdvy38m0w9fyxsyvy48vxx2ztyap0ugzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjet5a8y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7r7zzw9dpfy765aum0gn4aljppgg3hace3v5kuxd6w0uwg35yucu8ee99'>nevent1q…ee99</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Much of the joy in the US has been bragging about how much capital they raise and spend on ever larger LLM&#39;s with ever smaller marginal returns. Maybe China will wake the investors up. 2025-01-24T13:41:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgwt20nmhsczzznx522fgfa73q45rpg6an8rfmdpmjg4a4zf7drxszypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjl5pvv0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf83xah295f3maz459hlran2wkp45cskyjcem3qytt9ey76p6naagr5cuc0'>nevent1q…cuc0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When you really, really, really, want to take SpaceX public. 2025-01-24T13:31:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs22kumnzuvg8ndszfd9wl05rcs8zq32ny89leelyrgwual3wjlvsczypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjwvzg0p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyv3gnzem5ygvr9g7pqc8t6k9la4ru52cnm7kz5fkmempts9uuryqr5rv50'>nevent1q…rv50</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An immigrant friend told me that when she grew up, everyone only had raw milk. It was a pain to boil it before they drank it, but everyone did it. Homogenized milk was eventually a welcome convenience.<br/>She noted that raw milk could be safer if consumed from your own cow, but when milked in herds and their milk co-mingled, then bacteria would jump from cow to cow, and would be in all of the milk. 2025-01-24T13:28:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxvhe7alhcsa5xstpjq2vyd0n4536amv0nx0v44y734ax4trzln7czypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjrtd6nq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd759reyxsr2he3jylggdw7xk5vr36jkfqvs8998k4008krravfmcwcjsj9'>nevent1q…jsj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t tell if this is an act of corruption, cruelty, or mere incompetence. Is China Trump&#39;s buddy now? The low proposed tariff and inaugural invitation suggest it. 2025-01-23T13:44:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8epw3slfg9se6amupmrl50x32233h5c09tvzt3f6sjjqmjmanfqzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjywcsup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxdqvk7cna2s4qqqkp744c43ky6yp7zkpw67dx3esg2wev3amsysc72twcx'>nevent1q…twcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Judged through the Gestalt, he is a fascist. Then we&#39;re down to categorizing the type of fascist, which seems pedantic. 2025-01-22T14:02:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspkq7g2rhfmwkrd7fqxgw9guu22qmk70rs9es8nv23p6fh7t33faqzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqj9tx8vw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspa86pyupqyl4yut8yw3vrt57hr8prn0gzmdga7yf659pupaj5n7c205wvn'>nevent1q…5wvn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last I heard, there were over 80,000 crypto currencies. It costs little time, money, or expertise to &#39;create&#39; one. Copy, paste, compile. <br/>The value is due to neither scarcity nor technology; it is entirely in marketing. 2025-01-20T13:19:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf20hk87zpuswqgdmn39rs6yt0mmnn54n2g0evhm6efy6qnmnn9zgzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjaujtad In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfsygkckv0ukktz6hw8vph6flhee8grr05wq4h7pmjqlv95guehg3cuft5'>nevent1q…uft5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The saying, &#34;A compensation scheme masquerading as an asset class,&#34; applies to more than hedge funds.<br/>The secret to vast wealth is to raise and risk other people&#39;s money (investors, banks, governments) - then get lucky. The secret to moderate wealth is to do the same but be unlucky. The essential skill is self-marketing genius. 2025-01-16T13:16:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvzjy3mmh238397q0hqe72ne4522d0ka6hch794t5nr4gz25mvm4gzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjxwk4jm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5vnftxupmzqwr2uzvrq8xehtnfpmfa3yc0lyjxqlkumtjdz5xfsd77jl2'>nevent1q…7jl2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The paradox that China is the most ruthless capitalist nation on earth, yet leftists continue to believe it is socialist. 2025-01-15T13:32:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv83a72d7ayhqelxpnh0h57243xrtmw83hh4605jggrs338q4zenszypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjm6gvc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8x2uqetey8da4jc59jyw696pz6uevnk03a3pzj3j9lvdzlppmzkcn55pxw'>nevent1q…5pxw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A good precedent for Musk buying DJT, along with some foreign capital. 2025-01-14T13:24:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfshwe24m7ycm4wjc0frzaj2dua6m2e2hduynv66f74t4s2h3pptczypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqja8u0n0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsxny5amafttuanha6zs9efzzzuc60lra883heqmduxauwxefpvsmf90f8'>nevent1q…90f8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I am known as too Machiavellian, then I&#39;m not trusted in the future in more aligned coalitions, causing my future power is diminished. Deals with the devil have to be rare and over existential issues. Right now, I&#39;m not sure Elon meets that level of risk, and there&#39;s a good chance he destroys himself with drugs and a future billionaire backlash. 2025-01-13T13:42:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszyf6hlu8w957zc89naan7k047wjqh866n8u0ty2d9fg96dfazdvszypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjk58zxa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz09m0h76rjz37mc4sqqey7a0hn6q06ddfhkeav0qqrt54ajsp2fgp9pszm'>nevent1q…pszm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why do many non-MAGA people stay on Xitter (traditional media and bloggers like Noah Smith)? You can&#39;t be a voice of reason in the wilderness if your voice is dialed up, down, or muted. You are, at best, a tool or a fig leaf of respectability. I&#39;ve come to two conclusions: greed and/or you agree with Musk&#39;s politics to some degree. 2025-01-13T13:33:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dzlvnmr7yuxv20cch32rd0vgzw2hk46n93lwg0f6sqxr6pycxcczypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjp046zm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpxwydcp2g52g8l3q440h83ylvnjpwetx3k9tk7232l2fnzznsesh87v6x'>nevent1q…7v6x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The houses and yards used in Tucson, AZ should be more fire resistant. There&#39;s little irrigation, so lawns are mostly gravel, cinderblock walls are common. Stucco and fake tile roofs. I bet if you replaced the roof superstructure with a non-flammable material it would be mostly impervious. The problem remains the scrub vegetation on the outskirts. 2025-01-10T13:19:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfnfandt2j0ghrrmjaemawkpm2s67x0kcm5zmcptdhp7n25wpqghqzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjdj2vsf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3mj69pets9qu8c95pjnjfdr8493xw4xwa5k3j252tuggw4z6l6qz8snms'>nevent1q…snms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There should be a large term premium for long-duration bonds, given all of the policy uncertainty now. I think investors assumed they would get their premium through the Fed lowering the short-end. Nope, so now they priced it in. I bet it reverts to at least historical norms. 2025-01-09T14:05:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy982nkcjkultre3ygrd6texuqv8dryp8ctuulrdff3ehq0xsdlvczypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjzlh0xa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspga454v3uvw4p3333zcg80enk3d89n3x59pns7gqtze3tgx85evqlj5as8'>nevent1q…5as8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trump Ocean is on the east coasts of The United States of Trump, Trumplandia and Trumpania. 2025-01-09T13:55:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdz6s7c0jv5vakvnxmhgqlmz5gj5fn7vzxeegyljnw2v7swzf93wczypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjwhqm77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nhx9xlxm3yl4a6urr4x5hy4qsj6k7hpja0hmz60lc2evg8rrjlgw9laq9'>nevent1q…laq9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Non-inheritance billionaires have self-selected to a priority system overwhelmed by money. Probably true for centa-millionaires too. 99% of the population would have been satisfied once they hit generational wealth ($50 million, or whatever).<br/>I&#39;m not endorsing inherited wealth; they tend to be coddled and insulated but not mainly driven by money. 2025-01-08T12:35:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8hf85gr60ea7dquwxtlvksm9dkzj84je0glf448x9lcc9qmqk65gzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjw2h99g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrjvw9gmfysrdjk4q4x2n49kzakxhnfjuj84cmx8wmdgeggadf6c08ddzv'>nevent1q…ddzv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In 2024, everyone knows Boeing is incompetent at everything except share buybacks. NASA always contracted out manufacturing (ask Martin Marietta about Challenger&#39;s O-rings). Even Saturn V rockets stages were contracted out - but the overall design was NASA&#39;s Verner Von Braun, from Nazi Germany.<br/>&#34;It&#39;s all the same but different somehow, said the old lady as she kissed the cow.&#34; 2024-08-24T22:39:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9txl4k8hddzd4ppr9d7t3pcphpt57dxhnjn2rglywhxtkvg8r5mqzypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjtuaegg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm7zj8stzwxhmgvdpjswz5m26e5v8fn5y0um6smd3gmez0emu5ds8v6tz7'>nevent1q…6tz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Grift replaced governance, so they need a cover story. 2024-07-31T14:34:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsduw5k2dpule3qwpf5g9n9aa7pxktvjetwrw7xaq6spe26c68h3uczypj0wajfuljflvaxeqa8srl0jxnv0h9eyt7fdx5ptmpnf6t0sshqjmdv4kx I don&#39;t want elected officials to lead a culture war, I want them to run the government. 2024-07-31T13:04:43Z