Bill Heikkila

Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

The spider doesn’t get almost done and think “This is good enough and I’m tired of spinning. I’m mostly finished and something delicious will come my way.” He knows that if he doesn’t finish the job, he might starve. Humans have lost that drive and the consequences await.

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[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

☮️ The most peaceful countries in the world:

1. 🇮🇸 Iceland
2. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
3. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
4. 🇸🇮 Slovenia
5. 🇮🇪 Ireland
6. 🇦🇹 Austria
7. 🇵🇹 Portugal
8. 🇸🇬 Singapore
9. 🇫🇮 Finland
10. 🇯🇵 Japan
11. 🇩🇰 Denmark
12. 🇲🇾 Malaysia
13. 🇨🇿 Czechia
14. 🇨🇦 Canada
15. 🇭🇺 Hungary
16. 🇧🇹 Bhutan
17. 🇳🇱 Netherlands
18. 🇲🇺 Mauritius
19. 🇱🇻 Latvia
20. 🇦🇺 Australia
21. 🇧🇪 Belgium
22. 🇵🇱 Poland
23. 🇭🇷 Croatia
24. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
25. 🇪🇪 Estonia
26. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
27. 🇪🇸 Spain
28. 🇩🇪 Germany
29. 🇸🇰 Slovakia
30. 🇲🇪 Montenegro

Source: Institute for Economics & Peace’s 2026 Global Peace Index

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@stats_feed the average man doesn’t go on shopping trips with his wife.

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@stats_feed And nice case of varicose veins thrown in for free.

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@oelma__ Das Boot

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@stats_feed No offense to the good people of Slovakia, but…

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@stats_feed Counting thrift store purchases??

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The World’s Most Profitable Companies (12-month financial results):

1. 🇺🇸 Alphabet: $160.2B
2. 🇺🇸 Microsoft: $125.2B
3. 🇺🇸 Apple: $122.6B
4. 🇺🇸 NVIDIA: $120.1B
5. 🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco: $99.3B
6. 🇺🇸 Amazon: $90.8B
7. 🇺🇸 Berkshire Hathaway: $72.5B
8. 🇺🇸 Meta Platforms: $70.6B
9. 🇹🇼 TSMC: $62.5B
10. 🇺🇸 JPMorganChase: $58.6B
11. 🇰🇷 Samsung: $58.5B
12. 🇰🇷 SK Hynix: $52.7B
13. 🇨🇳 ICBC: $51.3B
14. 🇨🇳 China Construction Bank: $48.2B
15. 🇨🇳 Agricultural Bank of China: $39.2B
16. 🇨🇳 Bank of China: $34.5B
17. 🇨🇳 Tencent Holdings: $33.1B
18. 🇯🇵 Softbank: $33.1B
19. 🇺🇸 Bank of America: $31.8B
20. 🇯🇵 Toyota Motor: $25.5B
21. 🇺🇸 ExxonMobil: $25.3B
22. 🇺🇸 Eli Lilly: $25.3B
23. 🇺🇸 Broadcom: $25.0B
24. 🇺🇸 Micron Technology: $24.1B
25. 🇨🇭 Schweizerische Nationalbank: $23.6B
26. 🇨🇳 PetroChina: $22.4B
27. 🇺🇸 Visa: $22.0B
28. 🇺🇸 Walmart: $21.9B
29. 🇺🇸 Wells Fargo: $21.7B
30. 🇨🇳 China Life Insurance: $21.5B

Source: Forbes Global 2000, world’s 30 most profitable companies as of May 2026 based on their most recent 12-month financial results.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The average single male changes his sheets just four times a year.

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

“Gold is money. Everything else is credit.” - J P Morgan

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@stats_feed There is not one thing which has 100% chance of happening.

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of men” - attributed to Sir Isaac Newton after he dropped a bundle in the South Sea Company

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
- Winston Churchill

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” - Rousseau

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

💰 U.S. National Debt:

2026: $39.1T
2025: $36.7T
2024: $36.2T
2023: $34.0T
2022: $31.4T
2021: $29.6T
2020: $27.7T
2019: $23.2T
2018: $22.0T
2017: $20.5T
2016: $20.0T
2015: $18.9T
2014: $18.1T
2013: $17.2T
2012: $16.4T
2011: $15.2T
2010: $14.0T
2009: $12.3T
2008: $10.7T
2007: $9.2T
2006: $8.7T
2005: $8.2T
2004: $7.6T
2003: $7.0T
2002: $6.4T
2001: $5.9T
2000: $5.7T
1999: $5.8T
1998: $5.6T
1997: $5.5T
1996: $5.3T
1995: $5.0T
1994: $4.8T
1993: $4.5T
1992: $4.2T
1991: $3.8T
1990: $3.4T
1989: $3.0T
1988: $2.7T
1987: $2.4T
1986: $2.2T
1985: $1.9T
1984: $1.7T
1983: $1.4T
1982: $1.2T
1981: $1.0T
1980: $930.2B
1979: $845.1B
1978: $789.2B
1977: $718.9B
1976: $653.5B
1975: $576.6B
1974: $492.7B
1973: $469.1B
1972: $448.5B
1971: $424.1B
1970: $389.2B
1969: $368.2B
1968: $358.0B
1967: $344.7B
1966: $329.3B

Note: Figures are rounded.

[yifei e/λ (meetmeinshibuya Oct 18) @yifever]

half of the entire Japanese population live in the red line. take a guess why

[Bill Heikkila @kauhava]

@lady_valor_07 Your confidence is seriously misplaced.