Tufted Titmice, Black-capped Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, and White-breasted Nuthatches visit the Hand of Snacks. After getting bopped on the head by tail feathers, one of the Downy Woodpeckers makes it clear she is not interested in sharing the space. https://t.co/mHIhIyug9X
Captured last night- probably the coolest comet shot I've ever gotten. I've never seen such a dynamic tail on a come. Incredible active, and moving quickly, which makes photographing it a challenge.
See how it moves in the reply.
The US economic model is based on massive corporations establishing monopolies through mergers and acquisitions and then charging monopoly rents to maximize profits, benefiting shareholders at the expense of consumers.
China's model forces companies to fiercely compete, and the state strictly enforces antitrust regulations in order to prevent the formation of private monopolies (unlike the US government, especially now under Trump, who is gutting antitrust enforcement). This means corporate profit margins are razor thin in China, but consumers benefit from a variety of cheap, high-quality goods. Capital loses, but labor wins.
(Moreover, China's model is based on public ownership of the natural monopolies -- like energy, infrastructure, land, telecommunications, etc. -- in order to reduce costs as much as possible by providing public goods. The US model encourages privatization of natural monopolies, like utilities, which charge monopoly rents, at the expense of average people.)
This is why Wall Street's Journal is so confused.
Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite.
Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles is an enhanced version of the classic strategy RPG coming to PS5 and PS4 later this year.
First details: https://t.co/c7HDPQY73f
Claude 4 just refactored my entire codebase in one call.
25 tool invocations. 3,000+ new lines. 12 brand new files.
It modularized everything. Broke up monoliths. Cleaned up spaghetti.
None of it worked.
But boy was it beautiful.
A mathematician, a physicist and an engineer were all given a red rubber ball and told to find the volume.
The mathematician carefully measured the diameter and used that to compute the volume.
The physicist filled a beaker with water, put the ball in the water, and measured the total displacement.
The engineer looked up the model and serial numbers in his "Red-Rubber-Ball" table.