Saturday Morning Potpourri -- Part 1 -- November 23, 2024

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ND beer: link here.

• I now follow Susan Stroud!

Secretary of Agriculture? Kelly Loeffler? Wiki. Would have missed this had I only had Bluesky. That being said, it's amazing, the liberals that posted this news on Bluesky. Yes, it's accurate --

• Bluesky: an echo chamber; liberals, progressives, unhinged
• twitter: all views expressed; well-balanced, free for all

SAVE THE DATE: October 31, 2026 -- Halloween, 2026 -- link here.

Scaring the bejesus out of The New York Times readers:

COP29: 2024 climate summit has "run over." Delegates can't come to agreement.

• talks could very well collapse
• and then next year? Trump
• get caught up with Bjorn Lomborg.

Bluesky vs Twitter: I'm on both.

• haven't seen any difference regarding how the each site works;
• superficially they seem identical
• it appears contributors cannot block readers or replies; we'll see;
• no proof of identity required ... yet
• but it appears they have quickly turned into
• Bluesky: liberals, progressives, unhinged
• Twitters: free-for-all but where conservatives will be found
• Bjorn Lomborg has not yet migrated to Bluesky; DeSmong News has (migrated to Bluesky)
• but, like me, DeSmog is still on Bluesky
• it appears Carl Q (CNBC) has quit twitter completely
• others who have not migrated to Bluesky: gas buddy, AOC.
  
• check out Bjorn Lomborg on Bluesky.
• it will be fascinating to see if Carl Q goes back to tweeting; otherwise he fades away. 
• Bluesky: Barron's  here.
  

If accurate, this is amazing -- I though Bluesky marketed itself as "for everybody," but already banning some social commentary? I have no idea but it certainly appears that Bluesky is all "progressive, woke DEI" when it comes to social and political commentary. And it appears "Bluesky" is more appropriately "bluesky."

Industrial users' average electricity prices, link here.

Electricity, rates by state, link here, industrial / residential (cents / kwh):

• California: 25 / 32
• Connecticut: 20 / 33
• Pennsylvania: 8 / 18
• Texas: 6 / 15
• Florida: 8 / 14
• North Dakota: 7 / 13
• Ohio: 7 / 16

EVs:

• Rivian, backtracking? Link here. And link here.
• See if you even understand what he is saying, and that's the theme for this weekend.
• EVs explained: and after reading that article, I still have no understanding of this issue.
• ND is ramping up its EV charging installations, link here.
• Waymo: link to The Times.
  

Germany economy: theme for this week.

• google Germany recession
• link here;

and, here:

Merkel: Germany's biggest debacle since 1947.

Berkshire Hathaway: homepage.

Apple -- AAPL -- buyback:

• google aapl buyback:

• interesting factoid: MSNBC never, never, ever talks about AAPL as an investment except on very rare occasions and then usually when the ticker is downgraded.

Musk might buy MSNBC!

Market cap (in trillions), magnificent seven:

• NVDA: $3.48 -- this will have a market cap of $5 trillion by the end of 2026.
  
• AAPL: $3.47
• MSFT: $3.10
• AMZN: $2.07
• GOOG: $2.03
• META: $1.41
• TSLA: $1.10
• BRK: $1.03

Lego:

• Endurance
• Emirates Team

Trump 2.0: to nominate three physicians to steer health policy; link to WSJ.

This is serious: SiriusXM loses NY suit. Link here. Subscription cancellation.

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