Steve Herman<p>Awaiting reaction from the residents of the Heard and McDonald Islands after the US today imposed a 10% reciprocal tariff on products from the volcanic territory between Madagascar and Antarctica. Might be waiting a bit -- apparently the total human population is (double checks notes)...zero.</p>
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Yugoslavia Wars, and Afghanistan War, combined, according to Brown University’s Watson Institute.
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2025/Journalists?mc_cid=901821fa50&mc_eid=d54a865283
Well done to the US for imposing tariffs on islands with 0 exports. Or people.
A shockingly straightforward headline from CNN: www.cnn.com/business/liv...
Apparently Automattic are laying off around one in six of their workforce. And I'm one of the unlucky ones.
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Guy worth $340B spending $25M in WI is like the median American worker who makes $39,982 a year spending $2.94.
Meaning, a $5 cup of coffee has a greater financial impact on a working American than $25M did on a maniac billionaire.
This is how democracies collapse.
TAX BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE.
Ok, time for a thread on what I've been getting lots of interviews about. I've dropped some hints and shared some info, but here's the story!
Remember this document I posted a while ago? https://www.starlink.com/public-files/Starlink_Approach_to_Satellite_Demisability.pdf
It casually mentions that a piece of a Starlink satellite was found in Saskatchewan in August 2024.
