This interview is amazing - looks like the new Starbucks CEO does not have the right skills to be running $SBUX. I seldom visit my local SBUX anymore, not just the higher prices, but they removed seats, made it noisier and less inviting.

Talking about best ACARS messages received, nothing will beat this one for a while:

This is the definitive response to 'NASA lost the moon landing data and video' conspiracy theories. The TL;DR is they did not lose stuff.

'For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large SUVs and trucks, pushing automakers and American buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting car bloat through regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it.' vox.com/future-perfect…

The US Census says fertility rate in the US has fallen to 1.62, the lowest recorded. It is tempting to blame current economy for this (as many are doing) but the drop is a continuation of a very long-term trend. 1.6 would be down and to right of this chart, thru 2020.

Most people are oblivious to the history of mortgage rates.

This was today. Great achievements by many in the early days of wireless communications.

Talk to your doctor. Resources and medications are available. Act now before it's too late!

Practically speaking this means if you ever found a company half of it belongs to the government the instant you sell.

True!

Lol!

The real world never works the way the models forecast.

The most important news of the year!

One reason social media feels toxic is that people mainly post about things that are broken. No one talks about the water still running or the supermarket shelves still being stocked. Social media makes the world seem like shit because it’s a microscope zoomed in on shit.

Think I've seen this 10x already. Good for another 10x views!

Saw this technique at a Maker Faire a while back. Very cool.

I picked the wrong day to put up a new HF radio antenna.

Guess it's good that I live in sight of a line of volcanoes in central Oregon then ... :) Oh, wait.... and I even have a daughter that's a geologist....