I regretted having an EV after the election and the disinvestment in charging infrastracture. Still a pain for long trips, but I love it around town and for things within range.

Same. So, be more like China, I guess.

I have been around long enough to see many pet projects, when the best ideas, like making the financial aid office and system work better, are too boring. A provost once announced they were starting a PhD in medieval studies that the history department didn't want and wasn't asked about.

I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

We Are All Lisa Cook Nobody is safe from weaponized government

Very good Krugman piece on Trump's bullshit attack on Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

So sorry to hear this. It is always difficult.

I needed to confirm. Chat GPT listed them correctly in text, but it offered to make an infographic of the information and this is what it did.

in 2025? Are people replying-all saying to stop replying-all?

I can't even click on this, much less contemplate going into a tight space like that.

Trump is so old he learned economics at the Mercantilist school.

Attention working-class Americans:

Republicans’ new budget does NOT include no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, or no tax on Social Security.

Instead it protects tax handouts for billionaires and makes way for the largest Medicaid cut in history.

The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

My guess is that they are basically the same. I think they were trying to write a dessert recipe for the Fritos cookbook and this was the best they could do.

Here you go! The prune whip is surprisingly good. I was hoping the salt and crunch from the Fritos would do more, but they were meh. Something like salted pecans would be better.

Merry Christmas!

I am strangely tempted.

Damn it! I didn't need another puzzle, but I like it. I got 100 too.

Cc #econ_ra

Merry Christmas!
Me: I'm going to get so much work done over break.

My work: