JohnDClay @ JohnDClay @sh.itjust.works

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I haven't actually found anything that doesn't work on Firefox on my personal computer. At work we also use Firefox, and some things don't work on it, but some things don't work on chrome or edge either, it's a hodge poge.

For long form,

Bobby Broccoli, ~1hr videos on science scandals https://youtube.com/@bobbybroccoli

Defunctland, 30m to 1h45m videos on defunct theme parks and rides https://youtube.com/@defunctland

Your dinosaurs are wrong, 15m to 1h45m videos on comparing toy dinosaurs to the most up to date research https://youtube.com/@yourdinosaursarewrong

2nd on Drachinifel, 7m to 1h45m videos on naval History https://youtube.com/@drachinifel

Perun, 1h videos on defense economics https://youtube.com/@perunau

Diplo Strats, 2h to 6h videos on diplomacy the board game, like risk on massive steroids https://youtube.com/@diplostrats

Not exactly long from, but I agree they're great!

Who is using force, and how are they being stifled?

What do you mean? Step out of the way of what by whom?

Around 37% of respondents said they do not trust the president, a two-point drop since December.

So I guess 6% are indifferent?

Turnout was one of the highest at 64%. (2020 was the highest recently at 66%) It's hard to get everyone to do anything.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election

We need all the push back we can get. He's doing wildly illegal stuff and trying to get away with it. The courts still have some influence to keep people from carrying out the orders, but this really is a stress test of the separation of powers.

Seems pretty incredible that it flipped over and lost a wing, presumably with fuel still, but everyone survived. I'm glad it's only injuries.

Coffeezilla is doing an investigation right now, I'm looking forward to the conclusions.

https://youtu.be/EqizJTbxAEM

Great video by legal eagle on the subject. This is very reminiscent of Nixon's Saturday night massacre where many high ranking officers resigned in order to not carry out unlawful orders.

https://youtu.be/Jehv5qXQAD8

Where you getting the as safe as a motorcycle number? Aviation is usually very safe compared to automotive, and motorcycles are on the dangerous end of automotive.

Edit: looks like general aviation is 27x more deadly per mile than general driving, and about in the same ball park per mile as motorcycles. That's a lot higher than I thought.

https://pilotinstitute.com/is-flying-safer-than-driving/

Looks like state subsidies, not federal?

On a smaller scale, SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, cut a deal for about $20 million in economic development subsidies from Texas to construct a launch facility there.

Included in the local subsidies is a 15-year property tax break from the local school district worth $3.1 million to SpaceX. O

Looks like that was initiated under the Biden administration?

The Tesla contract started in the Biden administration "to explore interest from private companies to produce armored electric vehicles," a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday.

Tesla was the only company to express interest in the department's request at the time.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas

Which SpaceX subsidies are you referring to? Just the contracts they're fulfilling for NASA and the DOD?

So would only Tesla not be able to get ev tax credits? The other big manufacturers also have huge pull in government. Though I agree having Elon making decisions is a disaster and extremely prone to abuse.

They do. That's what these subsidies are. But it does mean Tesla can change more.

Sure, but that doesn't change whether subsidies should be granted or not.

Cutting EV subsidies would lead to more gas cars, which isn't good. Investing in public transit would be better, but encouraging EVs is also good.