Just a reminder that just the growth in wealth of the US billionaire class since 2020 (start of the pandemic) is more than enough to fund UBI. There are other conversations to have about AI, but that's an important one.
Code has always been the easy part
When I joined Etsy the team was two years into a rewrite chasing a more elegant architecture (actually two distinct incompatible elegant architectures), and hadn’t shipped a customer facing feature in that time. I like to say (and it may even be true) that stopping and pivoting the team to standardizing on PHP was critical to unlocking everything that came later at Etsy. After all, no one ever has to argue about what elegant PHP looks like.
Kellan Elliott-McCrea: BlogSo my two big take aways from tuning into the Super Bowl for a bit is I have no idea how either of these teams made it to Super Bowl, and also most teams don’t know how to use AI video models. Because these are the worst ads I’ve ever seen
Really some of my best work these days is the ongoing adventures of Sock Kraken and Cupcake Octopus who make reoccurring appearances in math problems I pack with the kiddo’s lunch
There is precedent for the US buying Danish islands:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saint_James
Little Saint James - Wikipedia
With the Trump administration freezing federal funding for states today I keep thinking that states need to freeze paying federal taxes. I mean if just NY and CA didn't pay federal taxes that would be the ball game.
I know I’m on vacation as I’ve gotten Queen Bee the last two days vs my usual “there are no words in this puzzle”

Unbelievable Vegan Wellington
This Vegan Mushroom Wellington is just as savory and delicious as the classic without the meat. A holiday main course everyone will love!
Rainbow Plant Life