More Donut than Man 🍩

Hyundai IONIQ 5 N? According to my youngest this is the most enjoyable EV out there that’s still affordable.

There’s also Kia EV6 GT. It has a drift mode that dampens the safety features.

“THE BUSINESSMEN WHO CRITICIZE TARIFFS ARE BAD AT BUSINESS, BUT REALLY BAD AT POLITICS. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND OR REALIZE THAT I AM THE GREATEST FRIEND THAT AMERICAN CAPITALISM HAS EVER HAD!” — U.S. President Donald J. Trump, April 20, 2025

"Nero fiddles with his stroke." (2025)

#tariffs #imports #recessioniscoming #golf

There are 32m small businesses in the USA. This is our story.

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#tariffs #smallbusiness #manufacturing #americanmade

I own a couple of those small companies, and we manufacture right here in the USA.

Most of our component suppliers are in the US as well. But a lot of the raw materials we use come from abroad with no chance of domestic supply.

This nonsense is going to break a lot of small businesses.

I came back just in time

If it’s going to be Biden’s recession, I think the only right thing to do is for the current Administration to resign and let Joe come back and fix it.

Ohio Things in the dead of winter… ❄️

Ice and coats and gloves and cold. But everyone’s dancing into the cafe as La Lupe sings Con el diablo en el cuerpo… at 6:45AM. 💃🏻☕️🇨🇺

Ohio isn’t a place as much as it is a destination one continually tries to escape. It is truly the Devil in the body. 👹🦇

I find it shocking that the man who famously refuses to pay his bills is in fact refusing to pay our bills as well.

Shocking. Simply shocking.

My wife is a rockstar.

I died when I was 40 too, but I got better.

At 54, I am still too young to be a poet.

DOGE is the Deep State they always wanted. 😅

The divide between the people of the United States grows wider and deeper each year.

Sometimes I can’t help but think that distance is becoming too wide to bridge.

The Gulf of America may not be a place, but it very real.

My coffee today ☕️

Finding joy in the lives of other human beings seems like a difficult task these days, but this is how I’ve gone about my daily life for a long time. I’m not always successful, but the effort never fails to be rewarding. I think more people should try it. 🛒😅

The boy’s face was alight with joy as his father pushed him ahead with increasing speed. He was clearly having a good time, and it was truly a delight to see.

But, I was also a bit jealous, because I’d never thought of flipping a cart around that way with my own kids. Such fun!

Yesterday, my wife and I were leaving the grocery store when a little pair of shoes came shooting through the automatic doors. The shoes were attached to a giddy toddler seated in a shopping cart moving in full reverse. 🧵

Everything is yoga if you do it slow enough.

I am concerned about the private equity takeover the government and all its information systems.

But I wish they’d find the program FEMA was using to control the weather and shut off winter first.

Just cut…

When in doubt, cut. When you’re, sure, cut. Just keep cutting till nothing is left but your truth.

After that, you can go back add some pretty stuff but don’t go overboard. Better words help, but not always.

Small business guy here: Honestly, I’d rather not be in the business of controlling my employees lives at all. Healthcare should be portable, private, and off my P&L.

But if I had to choose, I’d still opt for the best insurance at the lowest price. Just like I do today.

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😴 Tired: OpenAI training models to take over everyone’s jobs at a profit for market gains.

🤩 Wired: DeepSeek training models as a loss-leader service to gain geopolitical advantage for the CCP.

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It’s going to be a very short race to the next save point.

You ever stub your toe so hard that you had to immediate turn on the news so you could see something bad enough to make you forget your toe?

I guess that’s one thing 2025 has going for it.

Give yourself permission to love your own work; it’s the key to loving your own life.

Much needed design update. Now the snow won’t pile up on the headlights.

Can you post about punching Nazis on this app or do they lock you down like they do on Facebook these days? (Asking for a friend who likes to punch Nazis that might also be me.)