Merino heat pumps: cheaper, easier to install, environmentally friendly. See also: Midea packaged window heat pumps. Great ideas!
Gruber on Trump defacing U.S. currency with his signature: “Call it what it is: sycophantic ego fellatio for a deeply unpopular narcissist who is losing his already tenuous grip on reality.”
NYT: Lab-made drugs soaked into paper and smuggled into jail are killing inmates in Cook County
Gruber: “Let’s keep his “Good, I’m glad he’s dead” post bookmarked for when Trump himself finally keels over — after he chokes on a hamburger or whatever it’ll be that finally does him in — and the good people of the world rejoice and celebrate.” Perfect.
Great post from Heather Cox Richardson about “the Lincoln Era” and the importance and history of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. This will not be remembered as “the Trump Era,” but what will it be?
The Libro.fm 2025 Bookseller Choice Awards highlight 2025’s best audiobooks, as chosen by booksellers from around the globe. I recommend One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad.
Krugman: “Wealth in America is now more concentrated in a few hands than it was during the Gilded Age of the late 19th and early 20th century.” Something’s gotta give.