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I think you're right about that part. What I'm expecting is that baiting the judge will be part of trump's strategy: "look at how terrible this judge is! I can't even speak in my own defense!"

The one think he is good at, is in generating mountains of bullshit to spin the narrative for his followers.

I expect this courtroom will be a shitshow. Trump's entire strategy right now seems to be to pray he can reclaim enough political power to keep himself out of prison. I fully expect him to play politics instead of law in that courtroom.

There's a reason high paying jobs have to be high paying. It's really tied to the local rent.

The only issue is a lot of those careers still put people through some underpaid grunt or trainee role before they can earn a living wage...

Problem is our country tells each of our 50 states to do the education thing... so that leads to a huge range of outcomes for the unlucky students born into the wrong state.

Now how long will it take the ecology to recover from the extended drought? Hydrologic recovery is only the first step.

I respectfully disagree that they still need Musk. The man has spent the past two years visibly shirking his own duties as CEO of Tesla while he was busy burning Xwitter down, and his personal brand is getting tarnished daily.

I do agree they need someone a bit more visionary, though. They couldn't just snatch up the CEO of GM or Ford, but I bet you they could find someone out there who can focus on the future.

A cure to aging would be defined as an extension of healthspan, not lifespan. People living till their 80s on average but having fewer disablements and diseases of old age would be what success might look like.

I think it would be generally good for everyone, if it were to be broadly available. Removes a big strain on health care, enables people to be autonomous and independent into adulthood, and could even change this "demographic cliff" the rich fear with our decreasing birth rates.

I agree with you that's he's a good hype man. But Tesla doesn't need hype any more; they just need to solidify their lead over the EV market. At some point, hype and headline-grabbing turns from a fundraising asset to a corporate liability.

At a $747B market cap, I'd argue Tesla has definitely crossed that line.

Honestly, if Musk poured himself into a new futurist investment, he'd probably do better than he is doing right now... encumbering America's biggest EV manufacturer with stock leverages for a social media platform he took off the public market and completely tanked the valuation for is not a good look.

Ooh, then that's on them now.

The way you present your message, it implies the effort was rejected statewide. That could be misleading some folks.

It was actually rejected by Carroll ISD, which is the school district covering the disproportionately white and wealthy suburb of Southlake, TX.

There are 1,021 more ISDs in Texas to go.

The Trumpist wing of the GOP evidently just wants to burn their own country to the ground at this point.

Without Musk, you have 87% of Tesla (when you measure by shares of ownership). I'm surprised other shareholders haven't tried to fire Musk as CEO.