Erik Dafforn

A lot of them have been busy finishing their master’s degrees in internet tariff dialog.

Attorney General Todd Rokita launches inquiry into Notre Dame’s DEI policies

Todd’s about to run afoul of several Irishmen. events.in.gov/event/attorn...

This is so right because a protocol droid’s purpose is to deal with people and situations when humans can’t. I can’t think of anything more Muskian.

Anyway, all 3PO and R2 ever did was bicker.

The “Skin Head Wig” was one of the best lessons in “caveat emptor” imaginable.

A priceless lesson in economics for only $1.

Just incredible

Micah Beckwith's $87K SUV started with a request for 'all the bells and whistles' The 2022 Dodge Durango that Beckwith said was suffering from mechanical issues is now being used by one of Gov. Mike Braun's agency heads.

The gall is coming from inside the house.

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This “rogue, radical-left judiciary” (that we appointed)…

I learned the word in Barney Miller episode 8:8.

WiFi? Hell, I think they’d be blown away by a zipper.

Good luck in what sounds like a tautological tontine.

Sorry ladies, he’s off the market.

I have a beta version of Doctorate-Level AI and every time I ask it something, it’s too busy to answer because it has so much committee work to do. Then it passes me off to Grad Student AI, which does good work but is often very sad and tired.

A photo of a bunch of Nike shoes.

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

"… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." #GatsbyAt100 Photo of Donald Trump at a Mar a Lago gala (NYT photo credit)

April 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby.
#GatsbyAt100

I worried about our ability to change jobs as we pivot to manufacturing, but then I remembered most of my high school class went from being infectious disease experts to economists in only a few weeks.

It’s like you guys learned nothing from John Barron.

This was good. Thank you. (And I'm not speaking "quite fallaciously.")

They're like Itchy, not wanting to run afoul of an Irishman.

Well, when you put it that way, we need to accommodate some big guys — not just a bunch of women.

Happy birthday!

Photo of Donald Trump in a Cabinet meeting. Caption: "Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be -- will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved." #GatsbyAt100

April 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby.
#GatsbyAt100

Photo of a college-age Pete Hegseth. Caption: "... one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anticlimax." #GatsbyAt100

April 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby.
#GatsbyAt100

Photo of Donald Trump and Elon Musk selling Teslas at the White House. Caption: "I was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles. They were at least agonizingly aware of the easy money in the vicinity and convinced that it was theirs for a few words in the right key." #GatsbyAt100

April 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby.
#GatsbyAt100

Image of JD Vance speaking. Caption is "His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked -- and there were men at New Haven who hated his guts." #GatsbyAt100

April 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby.
#GatsbyAt100

The good news is that the collapse in Help Wanted ad postings under Donald Trump is not unprecedented.

The bad news is that it was slightly worse under COVID.

Read the whole article. This is so fucked up. Especially this line:

“Trump-administration attorneys told the court to dismiss the request on multiple grounds, including that Trump’s ‘primacy in foreign affairs’ outweighs the interests of Abrego Garcia and his family.”

Tired: Cloud-seeding
Wired: Crowd-seeding

Imagine if Chris Hayes met Diego Morales.

Oh yeah. Just like Rokita.

‘91 here.

"In My Tribe" is iconic. I think we must be the exact same age.