David Fyhrie

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Professor Emeritus University of California, Davis. This is absolutely not a work account.
@ZachWeinersmith Consistency is not something that authoritarians value.
Lack of personality is a personality.
US Central Command has had a busy day repelling Houthi threats.

@cstross

Weremicrobes transform along with the werewolves. This is obviously very embarrassing for them, so it's a good thing that they're usually hidden from view.

Gas prices are down $1.40 from their peak after Russia’s war, but they’re still too high.

My Administration is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve ahead of July 4th, which will lower prices at the pump when folks need it the most.

Blue Blaze coal mine. Connsumers, near Price, Utah. Future coal miners

#BlueBlaze #Connsumers #Price

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017762883/

This tbh
It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires. In 2018, “for the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans”. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/opinion/global-billionaires-tax.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.Gj_O.XGUgkTNHp0k3
Opinion | It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires

Billionaires are experts at avoiding taxes. By banding together, countries can make them pay up.

The New York Times
Thousands of Israelis take to streets of Tel Aviv to demand cease-fire and Netanyahu's resignation

Protesters are demanding the government reach a deal to bring the hostages back from Gaza, for new elections and the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

AP News