Daniel McDowell

I was typing terrific yesterday, and mistyped it teriffic and I'm pretty sure it's because I've been typing tariff so much

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"Tariff" has one R and two Fs
"Terrific" has two Rs and one F.
That is all.

Russia-Ukraine war: Talks underway in Florida Top US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Sunday in South Florida with a Ukrainian delegation ahead of Witkoff's meeting this coming week...

From this a.m. on the talks in Florida, as they were starting. Not much optimism from me, and a suggestion that the US needs a different strategy.

my most dad-core belief is that the IRA should have been called the Defeat Inflation Program (DIP) so that it better paired with the other signature Biden policy -- the CHIPS act.

one final thought: it's a bit ironic that McCartney's song refers to a "choir of children" but contains no children singing. Meanwhile, Happy Xmas has an extended chorus with (I assume) children singing. This is, to me, the worst part of that song.

OTOH, Happy Xmas is among the worst Christmas songs, IMHO. It's always felt contrived and even a bit sanctimonious to me. It is not on any of my playlists. When it comes on the radio, I change the channel. I'd rather listen to "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas." 2/2 🤷

I realize this is not the sophisticated opinion but:

Wonderful Christmastime is legitimately a top five Christmas song, in my book. It's catchy and fun. It makes me happy every time I hear it. I love the synthesizer. I love the overdubbed vocals. When the song comes on, I turn up the volume. 1/2

a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen ALT: a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen

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on my Compaq rocking a 486-DX-266 processor

I know this isn't the point, but "The Modems" would be an amazing band name.

a picture of an alien with the words " it 's a trap " on the bottom ALT: a picture of an alien with the words " it 's a trap " on the bottom

If only we knew.

We used to have nice things

Chart showing that since 2016, a vast majority of U.S. adults have said healthy children should be required to get the vaccine to attend public school because of the potential risks for others when children are not vaccinated. But support for school MMR requirements dropped from 82% in 2019 to 69% in 2025. This decline is largely because of a steep slide in support among Republicans. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, 79% of Republicans said healthy children should be required to get the MMR vaccine to attend school. This share sunk to 57% in 2023, then to 52% in 2025. In contrast, Democrats’ views on school MMR requirements have remained stable, with solid majority support.

Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪

There are too many alternate uniforms in sports.

US stocks are feeling very iffy. We're only down 5% from the all-time high in October, but the narrative around the AI boom has definitely changed. I'm getting more and more questions if Fed rate cuts can bail out the market, which tells you something...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/can-the-fe...

Cool research!

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That's 100% a goaltend.
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Has anyone pointed out that Pritzker is the real life Uncle Jimmy?

Great headline. Echoing the famous Clausewitz witticism: "The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."

"Hear me out now."

As China becomes the global leader in renewable energy, the U.S. is falling behind China is expanding renewable energy exponentially while the U.S. is going backward. How China became the global leader, why the U.S. falling behind and what it means for these countries' economies.

We're the sidekick.

As I said to @juliaradio.bsky.social and Anthony Kuhn "What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story, it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange."

www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...

Congrats on the book (great cover!), Kelly...and happy b-day!

Stardate 2003

Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

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If you like Death by Lightning...

The Garfield Memorial @ Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH, is stunning, befitting a great man (it also provides a lovely panoramic view of the city)

I hope the show means more people visit this special place. Afterward, go to Presti's bakery for treats.