The cat is Teddy. I’m Mike. Blogger at cutetropolis.com, user of Duolingo, player of Luanti. Does not follow Threads or Bluesky accounts.
@MicroWave Ponzi schemes by their nature are short-lived; According to Wikipedia, Charles Ponzi’s original scheme ran just over a year before collapsing. All pyramid schemes require a pool of investors that is constantly expanding, which is not the situation with Social Security.
@MicroWave Next week: President mistakenly fires President.
@MicroWave I’m rather impressed with the UK on this. I had expected them to cave immediately.
@Foni @MicroWave This could be turned into a MAGA loyalty test for the press. When reporters and weather reports refer to the Gulf, they will have to choose between the long-established name or the one that pleases MAGA.
Considering how craven the USA press has been, I think they’ll obey in advance and start calling it Gulf of America, but I think most of the foreign press will not.
Wow, it’s like an NYT Pitchbot headline: “Trump supporters are unapologetic, mask-off bigots. Here’s why that reflects poorly on Biden.”
@MicroWave “The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything.”
@MicroWave Elon Musk truly is a James Bond villain, right down to bragging about his evil master plan to take over the world.