Locator: 49262INV.
Pet peeve today: headline, "senators again voted down plans to fund the government." That is not quite accurate: the Democrat wing of the US House unanimously voted down plans to fund the government."
Jane Goodall: dies at age 91.
Shutdown: first day.
Layoffs/RIFs: coming if shutdown lasts into next week, but there's no hurry. Give the Democratic leadership in Washington enough rope. Get the word out that this is a "fight" / discussion regarding two rice bowls: moving rice from the American taxpayer's rice bowl to the rice bowl of undocumented "no name given" immigrants.
US equity markets: minimal volatility; bounding around -- flat to slightly green.
EVs: Ford and GM report monthly auto sales. The EV credit has ended (as of September 30, 2025). Now we get to see what Americans really think of "pure" EVs.
BRK: closing in on $10 billion deal; purchase OXY's petrochemical business.
Tickers: these are the only tickers that interest me today -- CAT, MU, and BRK-B.
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Chips
Qualcomm continues to partner with ARM. Link here. An exclusive from Reuters, linked to another site without the paywall.
QCOM down about 0.7%.
INTC up about 2%. Trading just under $35.
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The Word Page
Or more accurately, the "pronoun" page.
John McWhorter: a Columbia University linguist explores how race and language shape our politics and culture.
I first came across John McWhorter in the very, very conservative The Claremont Review of Books. Specifically: link here.
I don't think it's ever going to be accepted by most Americans, but it does provoke an interesting discussion.
McWhorter explains the new usage of "they."
Susan in transitioning from "he" to "she."
Appropriate use of "they."
"Susan will be flying home for the holidays. They will leave on a Thursday and return home the following Tuesday."
Very, very interesting.
I followed that up with an article on the same subject, which brought me to The New York Times: link here.
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The Book Page
Emerson.
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The Book Page
Horace.
