Carson C Block

Activist, Investor, Little League coach, Cognitive dissonance about wine

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

Of the ~$103K raised so far by “Love Austin PAC”, the main PAC supporting the ballot measure, ~$67K appears to come from organizations that would benefit from increased public spending on the Homeless Industrial Complex

https://t.co/bkMvXXsTp5

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

Austin City Council is proposing raising property taxes by close to 20%. But per the below, ATX spending seems way too high. According to @SaveAustinNow ATX Mayor Watson admits ~50% of increase will go to the [Homeless Industrial Complex].

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

This tragically illustrates the problem with the failure to punish crime in CA and other Dem-led states. This guy kills 6 passengers in his minivan while driving drunk. Based on his rap sheet, in the 1990s CA, he likely never would’ve been able to do this.

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

Unlike CA, which has imposed a 1% mental health services surtax on personal incomes above $1 million p.a. since 2005. This has obviously done so much to reduce the population of mentally ill living on the streets of CA cities…Oh wait.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Trump and JD have cut OVER $1 TRILLION in mental health funding including:
- $1 trillion in Medicaid, the nation’s primary funder of mental health services
- $1 billion from school mental health programs
- $1.1 billion from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- $1.81 billion in National Institutes of Health mental health-related grants

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

Having recently been in CA, I think one of the most visible signs of CA’s government not representing the typical resident is the non-stop proliferation of bike lanes while removing parking and car lanes. Only 1% of LA County residents commute by bike. So why does this continue?

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@DaddyIanHollins @John_Chungus_4 @StockJabber @muddywatersre @IanHollinsWhale @RealIanhollins1 @OGIanHollins @FiatLuxPartners Fraser, I never denied making fun of you. And credit where it’s due - you do so much to disgrace yourself with hilarity, it’s pretty hard to build on it; but, I think I do a pretty good job.

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@DaddyIanHollins @John_Chungus_4 @StockJabber @muddywatersre @IanHollinsWhale @RealIanhollins1 @OGIanHollins @FiatLuxPartners Fraser, not everybody (or every account) who makes fun of you is me. In fact, I’m likely an infintesimily small percentage of the people who think you’re a joke.

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@DaddyIanHollins @clownworld @muddywatersre @IanHollinsWhale Fraser, this is truly a coincidence! I was just discussing u with her. She’s big on disinfecting household surfaces. She suggested bleaching that diseased forehead of yours. FWIW, I replied the problem is you’d soon rub it up against Marc’s Petrie dish forehead & get re-infected.

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

A commonly held belief regarding our day-to-day lives is that icing an injury helps healing. Increasingly, research is showing that cold impedes healing, while heat improves it. I just came across this recent piece adding to that body of work: https://t.co/UyrdtL9we0

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

I’ve been wondering whether failing spectacularly in fund management leads to online porn addiction (OnlyFans) or whether it’s caused by the same underlying pathologies. Thoughts?

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@dilanesper Midwestern cornfields were specifically designed for this purpose!

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@INArteCarloDoss The Republicans have disavowed fiscal prudence (being generous) since the 2003 tax cut, which while we were fighting two wars. That was the most blatantly unprincipled budget I’d seen up to that point.

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

. @FT What is the source / basis for the statement “In Tehran — a city of 10mn — the strikes on houses of senior regime officials hit residential areas, resulting in significant civilian casualties, including women and children” in this article: https://t.co/cxerPYmmor

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

Oh San Francisco… You never cease to amaze me (with anti-social public policy).

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@dilanesper Add to this the K-12 emphasis on being an “upstander” vs a “bystander”, which ultimately causes students to try to gain social credibility by “doing something” in situations they know little about.

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@dilanesper This has its roots in K-12. School children’s feelings are considered sacrosanct and “safety” (i.e., never feeling agitated by other students) is paramount. By the time they get to college, they don’t understand debate and argumentation. 1/

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

Quick poll question, if you will. When considering impacts that AI could have on the job market in 10-15 years, do you see science or social studies as being more important in K-5th education?

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

A quick education poll if you please. In K-5th grades, which is more important: Social Studies or Science; or, are
they Equally Important?

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@EliLake During the campaign, it was cringey the way you and the FP glossed over Trump’s flaws. Now acting as though surprised. The podcast in which you portrayed him as a “bullshitter” but not a liar was an amazing example of cognitive dissonance. Who did you think you were getting???

[Carson C Block @Carson_C_Block]

@shannonrwatts Construction in CA needs to change to use more concrete, which is far more fire-resistant. In the developing world, concrete is the #1 building material bc it’s cheap. But trying to do concrete resi in CA is very expensive. CA building codes & policy need to drive the shift.