Michael Sperger

I'll take Reagancare, or Gippercare, or Nixoncare. I'm not picky.

They're looping trolleys at the 40th Portal right now, which I take as a slightly hopeful sign... 🤷

"squid aren't real" is the logical follow-up to "birds aren't real"

I've seen a software firm offer a premium solution where they test new releases of their product in a simulation of the given customer's actual environment, with integrations etc... not scalable perhaps but an intriguing concept for those who can afford the option.

Don't get me wrong, rapid tech advancement cycles are generally good. But if you bought a bunch of 386 computers in 1988 and you assumed 5+ years of depreciation... no.

The previous time would have been in the 1980s and 90s, from the 80286 through the initial Pentium series, which then slowed the curve again (in a good way) for a while.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry accuses AI hyperscalers of artificially boosting earnings Burry alleged that "hyperscalers" are artificially boosting earnings by extending the useful life of their computer equipment.

It's been a while since we last had technology cycles overtake the usual capex assumptions, but... I hadn't considered this before and it sounds right to me. Also it's Dr. Burry/Christian Bale, so. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/b...

LFGGGGGGGG

That also gives us way out of the madness on the Electoral College - go back to the Article I provision of one House rep per 30K people, and the US House would be (checks notes) 11,426 people. That... dilutes the Senate pretty nicely. Oh dang, does this make me an originalist? 🤔

The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives On this date, the House passed the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, fixing the number of Representatives at 435. The U.S. Constitution called for at least one Representative per state and that no ...

Time to nuke the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, is what I'm saying. history.house.gov/Historical-H...

This is your occasional friendly reminder that we are in this mess in the US, in part, because we don't have enough representation for the people. Countries who have *fewer* citizens per lower house rep than us: China, Pakistan, Russia, and Iran. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Beautifully written and worth your time today.

Grazie!

When Andre cries I cry

I’ve had some new followers arrive in recent days, so… welcome! I make a story based meditation podcast called Neighborful Station, and I’m so grateful you’re here. 😊💜 www.neighborfulstation.us

You'll savor the off-beat mysteries served up by 'The Kamogawa Food Detectives' Hisashi Kashiwai's charming novel centers on a diner where carefully reconstructed meals help unlock mysteries of memory and regret.

This has major Kamogawa Food Detectives energy! www.npr.org/2024/02/19/1...

It’s wild to me that we haven’t worked out escrow for freelance work, kinda like eBay in the old days.

Plywood, brushed steel… meatballs, tasty.

The math just isn't mathing, not on the circular deals or any of the rest. OpenAI is asking for government money and the datacenter real estate market is doing CDOs. It's like the dot-com bubble and the housing bubble had a baby.

I chaired a professional society conference once and was like, I beg of you, PLEASE redesign the badges. Make the first name bigger, etc. They looked at me like I was an alien. No dice.

Diet Coke and Mentos, y'know...?

This is a good reminder.

Hi, we don't know each other and I'm a Bluesky rando, but thank you for this... she's amazing and Devotion has been a fave of mine for a minute now 😊

I got two of them! #blessed

let us assume they did this ironically

Hey I thought I came up with that all by myself

Photo of a mock tombstone that says “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, Apr 1989 - Jun 2023”

Spotted on my walk around town this evening. Go off, Swiftie.

someone send N101HQ 900 calories of lunch, stat

@grittyjgritterson.bsky.social wants YOU to serve Murica as only you can....

We turned the heat on today and boy is that burning-dust smell pleasantly nostalgic for my always-cold ass 😂