He’s trying to retcon the whole thing (and no doubt pad himself and his cronies), by fabricating this fiction that there are names in it that are just associated with Epstein, without being involved in anything illegal.
Personally I don’t buy it. Seems like he’s in CYA-mode.
It’s that bullshit when they take a vertically oriented picture/video, stretch it and blur it to a 4:3 ratio, and center the content over it.
Imo a waste of bandwidth and computer power for people who can’t cope with the idea of vertical content on a horizontal screen, on a platform primarily accessed by phones anyway.
Hah you took the bait. Hypocrite.
I’ve got a hound-mix that came from Louisiana (I think). His mom was a bloodhound, his dad was a deadbeat who hit it and quit it.
He’s shorthaired, tan, like 75lbs…and he loves to bask.
In the summer he’s got two modes, bask or zoomies. That’s it.
Can’t you just read X instead?
I do wish I could have my tabs ordered by how recently I accessed them, instead of just opening them in the “next” tab, without an add-on.
Not for nothing, but head of NASA is probably a better post than DoT for someone with siderodromophobia. NASA doesn’t run very many subways.
NGL this is bullshit advice. Feeding trolls is like feeding seagulls…minimal cost/effort, hours of entertainment, and you leave with everything covered in shit.
Ugh this isn’t what HOAs are for!
HOAs are intended to harass and discriminate against black and brown people so that they don’t move in, or at least immediately leave.
Not white guys with majestic beards.
He must’ve been giving water to black or brown people, it’s the only justifiable reason.
Screenshot of a social media post with title “Always check your child’s homework”.
Below the title is a picture of an elementary school worksheet…the type with an area to draw on top and a writing prompt with a few blank lines below. From top to bottom:
A drawing, seemingly made by a child, maybe 6-8 years old. Drawing is of a woman wearing a crown with a glass bottle in one hand and a microphone in the other.
Below that, the prompt: “To relax, my mom likes to”.
Below that, the child’s response: “drink tequela and sing”
Mistaken spelling of tequila was present on the page. Personally, I like to think that if this is real, the child asked their mom without context how to spell the word, and she drunkenly stammered out the letters you see here.
I’m the inattentive type. My youngest kid is the hyper type.
We clash soooo much. His body does what my mind does.
They fined him with stage 4 cancer? That must be some sort of cruel and unusual punishment, right?
Kindof? I guess that’s a corollary. What I’m saying is that despite being objectively larger and more successful companies, they don’t have nearly the innovation we got from the collaborative efforts of US (i.e. DARPA) and Bell’s research.
It demonstrated that looking out on a very long timeline…decades, if not longer…and investing on projects that won’t show any returns for just as long…if ever…but it can reap massive rewards for everyone.
But…capitalism…pure capitalism…only allows that through monopolies. Which of course is their own can of worms.
Regulated capitalism is just as bad, if not even worse, because there is no incentive for companies to work together on a long enough timeline for it to matter. It results in everything being measured on a quarterly/yearly scale and expecting immediate results, while also disincentivizing publishing or any other dissemination of knowledge
Hence it falls on the government to bankroll these things through grants.
Was that before or after he said the whole thing would blow over by Easter?
Was it because people weren’t doing enough bleach enemas?
I was curious so I asked ChatGPT. The answer was surprising…all of them tower over Bell by nearly every financial measure…
Short answer: Yes — by some metrics. But Bell was unique.
The Bell System (AT&T and its regional Bell companies) was a government-regulated telecom monopoly until its breakup in 1984.
In short: Bell controlled the entire U.S. telecom backbone and set the pace for global innovation.
| Company | Market Cap | Revenue (TTM) | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | ~$3.5T | ~$420B | ~150,000 |
| Amazon | ~$2T | ~$600B | ~1.5 million |
| Alphabet | ~$2.5T | ~$370B | ~180,000 |
| Microsoft | ~$3.5T | ~$300B | ~220,000 |
| Meta | ~$1.3T | ~$140B | ~65,000 |
| Category | Bell System | FAANG & Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ~$220–250B (adj.) | ✅ Yes (Apple, Amazon, etc.) |
| Market Cap | ~$300–400B (adj.) | ✅ Yes (multiple > $2T) |
| Employees | ~1M | ✅ Amazon (~1.5M) |
| Infrastructure Control | National telecom monopoly | ❌ No – rely on existing infra |
| Scientific Legacy | Bell Labs (transistor, UNIX) | ❌ Unmatched in corporate R&D |
| Monopoly Power | Legally enforced monopoly | ❓ De facto dominance (ads, data, AI) |
By market value and revenue? ✅ Yes
By number of employees? ✅ Amazon
By influence on infrastructure, science, and policy? ❌ No — Bell was foundational
Bell wasn’t just a company — it was the nervous system of American communication.
Even worse, if it were, NASA would be the last place to cut.
NASA actually sees a return on investment.
You know, one of the modern problems is we aren’t investing nearly enough public funds into R&D. Like 90% of 20th century American technological investment came from Bell Labs and public research.
Bell could invest a lot in research because they had money and weren’t concerned with competition. One of the benefits of being a protected monopoly.
In retrospect, it’d be nice to have had the money without having the monopoly.
I don’t know the numbers but I wouldn’t be surprised if any FAANG is bigger than Bell was at its peak. But they aren’t really monopolies to the level Bell was, so they keep most of what they develop and learn as proprietary/internal.
Edit to add: you know what country is putting a lot of public money behind R&D and subsidizing future industries? How do you think this will play out in 20 years? Chinas playing the long game and we are destroying decades of institutional knowledge for tiny quarterly gains. Absurd.
I wonder how well pop-culture references will persevere in science.
Like Lucy, for example. How many people in 10 generations will know about the Beatles?
Dude don’t skip over Sam from HAI. He’s cool people, and his voice is incredibly soothing. Not like that asshole Sam from Wendover.
Those two guys are a big part of why I use Nebula. And LeagleEagle. And it’s how I found Crazy History.