bumblecat (78)in #spacex • 6 hours agoFour years progress.Just four years ago, a spectacular crash of a Starship prototype with only 3 engines....up, hover, bellyflop…bumblecat (78)in #open • 23 hours agoMy Credence in this is not very high.A lot of problems here including Sam Altman's credibility and the questionable ability of people who are specialized…bumblecat (78)in #sports • 2 days agoJordan or LeBron?I've always felt the debate of Jordan vs LeBron to be so pointless. The summary below helps put it in such better…bumblecat (78)in #health • 3 days agoWe are "officially" in flu season now.And flu activity is ramping up. We have some jurisdictions with moderate and high influenza-like activity. We are…bumblecat (78)in #post • 4 days agoAnother new Navigator post mortem election poll.Trump far and away ahead of Harris on the top 3 issues to voters: inflation, immigration, and the economy. Inflation…bumblecat (78)in #uhc • 5 days agoA sign of times to come?This is just the first pitchfork, the first torch. Now we've elected an octogenarian billionaire playboy that's…bumblecat (78)in #unitedhealthcare • 5 days agoObamacare forced us to buy from a private corporation whose main job is denying services.The closed the recession and preexisting loopholes but allowed gouging with copays, caps, substitutions that don't…bumblecat (78)in #election • 6 days agoTurnout in 2024.An obvious point when you think about it, but yes you can't just assume all the Democrats that stayed home necessarily…bumblecat (78)in #cdc • 7 days agoIf things go to hell with the CDC under Trump, fortunately public health in the US is pretty decentralized.Here for example is Minnesota's influenza surveillance. State public health departments vary a lot on data and ease…bumblecat (78)in #biden • 8 days agoHunter pardon - a smart bur super corrupt move.When Trump inevitably pardons himself and the Jan 6 defendants, the Democrats will not have the moral ground to argue…bumblecat (78)in #romania • 8 days agoRomanian parliamentary election results with 92% reporting.For context the current coalition government is PSD and PNL. That alone won't cut it this time. UDMR was part of the…bumblecat (78)in #billionaire • 9 days agoBillionaire thinking.It's true. this is just humanity tho. Most every american would happily kill you if there was some nebulous chance…bumblecat (78)in #oysters • 10 days agoOysters vs. clams in literature:The Walrus and the Carpenter, Lewis Carroll "O Oysters, come and walk with us!' The Walrus did beseech. A pleasant…bumblecat (78)in #holiday • 12 days agoFlix algo.oh Netflix, may your algorithym continue to know me better than I know myself.... ...NOT! You watch The Holiday…bumblecat (78)in #trump • 12 days agoTrump's pick for labor secretary seems reasonably good.I'm sure there's some scum that can be dug up on her somewhere but overall she may be someone that's worth supporting…bumblecat (78)in #national • 13 days agoHassett for NEC?Lol. This is the dude who slapped a stock Excel cubic fit curve to coronavirus death data. Trump used it to argue…bumblecat (78)in #mstr • 13 days agoMicroStrategy's market capitalization now meets the market cap rule for inclusion in the S&P 500.However, the S&P also includes a profitability rule, which the MSTR does not meet -- because the government (via the…bumblecat (78)in #trump • 15 days agoThoughts on Bessent.The markets are reacting positively to Bessent at Treasury, in part because they see him as a moderating influence on…bumblecat (78)in #banana • 16 days agoHow the Man Most Desperate for Attention On Earth Can Generate Even More Attention At No Additional CostWhat a publicity whore. He can get even more publicity for himself (the only thing he cares about here) by sticking it…bumblecat (78)in #vivek • 16 days agoCutting expired programs.The other week Vivek Ramaswamy was talking about cutting funding for expired programs as part of DOGE. Some programs…
