Bob<p>That took longer than expected (surprise!) but I managed to update my tooling, so I can ingest CSV files from my bank again into <a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/beancount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beancount</span></a> (which had been updated to version 3, breaking the toolchain that had worked for at least 4 years).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/personalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> target countries that are major suppliers of a wide range of goods to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>.</p><p>For American families, the likely result is higher <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> nearly everywhere they turn — in grocery aisles, at car dealerships, at electronics stores & at the pump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-prices-consumers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B62F2EB0-707F-4418-8A92-3ADDA21FC8D0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/article/trump-tari</span><span class="invisible">ffs-prices-consumers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B62F2EB0-707F-4418-8A92-3ADDA21FC8D0</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Moments after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> kicked in, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>’s Ministry of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> said that it was imposing tariffs of as much as 15 % on a wide range of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> imports from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>.</p><p>The finance ministry imposed 15% tariffs on imports of chicken, wheat, corn & cotton from the US & 10% tariffs on imports of “sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, aquatic products, fruits, vegetables, & dairy products.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…by altering the terms of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> between the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> & its largest economic partners, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> will probably rattle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupplyChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChains</span></a>, strain some of the country’s most important diplomatic relationships & add significant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a> for American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> & manufacturers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> are the 3 largest trading partners of the US, accounting for >40% of both US imports & exports last year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is volatile, & who knows how long he’ll keep the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> in place. Retaliation that hits certain states & businesses may also cause him to reconsider sooner than he imagines. Investors are trying to read this uncertainty as they also watch growing evidence of a slowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>. Unbridled Tariff Man was always going to be a big economic risk in a second term, & here we are.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Takes the Dumbest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariff</span></a> Plunge</p><p>He says the 25% levies on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> will begin Tues. Stocks fall.</p><p>by The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WSJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSJ</span></a> Editorial Board</p><p>We’ve courted Trump’s ire by calling the Mexico & Canada levies the “dumbest” in history, & we may have understated the point.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://archive.is/2025.03.03-225154/https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-the-dumbest-tariff-plunge-5da57946" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/2025.03.03-225154/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-the-dumbest-tariff-plunge-5da57946</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The cost to build a crossover utility vehicle will rise by at least $4k, while the increase would be 3X that for an EV examined in a new study from Anderson Economic Group, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automotive</span></a> consultant in East Lansing, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>. And those costs would likely be passed on to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a>, the study found.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CarPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarPrices</span></a> </p><p>in depth article from the Detroit Free Press→ <br><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2025/03/03/auto-industry-cannot-pivot-quickly-tariffs-trump/80265554007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freep.com/story/money/cars/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/03/auto-industry-cannot-pivot-quickly-tariffs-trump/80265554007/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CarPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarPrices</span></a> Are Poised for $12,000 Surge on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s New <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p><p>Auto bosses warn Trump admin of economic consequences</p><p>Companies rush to stockpile parts, engines in US warehouses</p><p>Impending tariffs on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> risk driving up US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> by as much as $12k, further squeezing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> & wreaking havoc across the intricate web of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automotive</span></a> supply lines spanning the continent.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-03/car-prices-are-poised-for-12-000-surge-on-trump-s-new-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-03-03/car-prices-are-poised-for-12-000-surge-on-trump-s-new-tariffs</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Many have taken to TikTok — the site of much of their frustration — to declare that they are participating in “Low Buy 2025” or “No Buy 2025” and sharing the ways they are curbing their spending. Some “shop their closet,” and others pledge to make sure their containers of blush hit pan before being enticed into buying a new one. The videos have garnered millions of views since the start of the year."</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/shopping-addiction-no-buy-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/28/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/shopping-addiction-no-buy-2025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/shopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shopping</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/buying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buying</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerism</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/LowBuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowBuy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NoBuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBuy</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“What I know is that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wanted access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> — & the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, & she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Works….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> has increasingly turned his attention to Social Security in recent days, arguing that the program is rife with fraud & erroneous payments without offering evidence for his claim.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Sunday, WaPo reported that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> is seeking access to a heavily guarded system at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> w/detailed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> about every <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayer</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> in the country, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s associates have also sought access to sensitive information at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Dept.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s associates already sought access to records that are typically closely held across the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>, prompting disputes w/senior officials across numerous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>. The highest-ranking civil servant at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept recently resigned after refusing to grant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages >$5R in annual payments.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Administration is responsible for managing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pension</span></a> payments for >70 million American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> & manages significant troves of personal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>, including those related to Americans’ work & pay history, & where they live. It was not immediately clear precisely which data <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> associates wanted or the exact circumstances leading to King’s departure.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In selecting Dudek, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> bypassed dozens of other senior executives who sat higher in the agency’s leadership hierarchy, touching off alarm in & around the agency, which has already faced years of budget & staffing difficulties.<br>
“At this rate, they will break it. And they will break it fast, & there will be an interruption of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a>,” said Martin O’Malley, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> commissioner under the Biden admin & a fmr Maryland governor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
pockets<p>Question for any subject matter experts in US <a href="https://beige.party/tags/personalfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalfinance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a></p><p>(I did try looking this up on my own first, but I came up empty. Maybe that's a sign it's a non-issue and I'm worried about nothing. Or maybe I don't have the right keywords to find the issue. So I'm trying to err on the side of caution.)</p><p>With DOGE messing about in the treasury department, should I be worried about my <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TreasuryBonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryBonds</span></a> ?</p><p>I have auto-buys set up to regularly invest in class I and EE savings bonds (spreading what I can afford to spend and what I am allowed to spend over the course of a year). I'm pretty diligent about keeping track of all their reference numbers and everything.</p><p>Just wondering if maybe I should pause the auto-buys for the next few years (I really don't want to, I want to keep my "laddered" investment pattern), or if what's going on should be (emphasis on the should) be unaffected by DOGE's fingers-in-pies?</p>
peachfront<p>i'm still gathering opinions about whether US savings bonds & treasuries are still considered a safe investment especially if you hold them via Treasury Direct</p><p>it sounds as if non-gov't employees can already access them, can Musk minion's potentially cash them out?</p><p>does anyone know?</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Question</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a></p>
Ike<p>Friend told me I was a hippie and I am genuinely confused because Im not in to spirit rocks, tie-dye, the Grateful Dead, nor VW Buses. </p><p>Turns out its because I dont buy trendy things nor the latest gadgets, I get my clothes from Costco, and in general I live well within my means and even run a personal budget surplus most years.</p><p>What I call basic financial responsibility, my friend calls being a Hippie. </p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/FIRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIRE</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/CostcoCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostcoCore</span></a></p>
Tommi 🤯<p>I spent the last two days coding <a href="https://codeberg.org/tommi/bepp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>bepp</strong></a>, my first <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> project.</p><p>Its use case that is so specific I think nobody else will ever use it except me.</p><p>The tool is meant to clean up and merge together transaction summaries from <a href="https://bancaetica.it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Banca Etica</a> and <a href="https://paypal.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PayPal</a>, exporting them in a simple <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/CSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSV</span></a>.</p><p>Even though it’s a tiny silly script, I am very proud of it and I feel that I could create anything I set my mind to, now!</p><p>Thanks to my <a href="https://ois2.tlu.ee/tluois/subject/ULP6613-23265" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Introduction to Data Science course</a>, that finally made me start learning Python with the time and dedication it deserves (<a href="https://github.com/alterism/mastodon-alt-text" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">my project for the course</a> is very interesting too, will post about it in a few days).</p><p><a href="https://pan.rent/tags/BancaEtica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BancaEtica</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/PersonalFinanceManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinanceManagement</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/pandas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandas</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/PyData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PyData</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dev</span></a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a></p>
Mx Verda<p>You can put *yourself* in a list! I hope to track my new posts more easily than the <br>“Posts” (but only some of them and idk which ones), <br>“Posts and replies” (but only some of different ones?!), and <br>“Media” tabs on your profile! </p><p>The “Media” tab <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/media" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/media</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/WhatIf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatIf</span></a> instagram but not owned by Mark Zuckerberg as part of Facebook and Meta, <br>who wouldn’t let his kids use his products and owns a billionaire zucker bunker in Hawaii? (Number links btw: <a href="https://byjus.com/us/math/million-billion-trillion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">byjus.com/us/math/million-bill</span><span class="invisible">ion-trillion/</span></a> and <a href="https://www.cfinancialfreedom.com/what-is-a-millionaire-the-4-levels-of-millionaire-status-defined/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cfinancialfreedom.com/what-is-</span><span class="invisible">a-millionaire-the-4-levels-of-millionaire-status-defined/</span></a> )<br>Hawai’i, a state he is decidedly not from? Hawaii, a sovereign nation before we (americans) invaded and stole it?</p><p>. </p><p>How much is a billion of anything, anyway? <a href="https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-w</span><span class="invisible">ealth/</span></a> <br>(US scale: 1,000 million or 1,000,000,000 or 10^9, so 1 with 9 zeros before the decimal point. <br>UK scale: one million million or 1,000,000,000,000 or 10^12, so 1 with 12 zeros before the decimal point.)</p><p>But that’s like… *any* billionaire has that much. And keeps it. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2021/12/27/here-are-the-biggest-billionaire-scandals-of-2020/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko</span><span class="invisible">/2021/12/27/here-are-the-biggest-billionaire-scandals-of-2020/</span></a><br>If you had the power to eliminate hunger somewhere, would you?</p><p>. </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-the-super-rich-may-take-more-risks-than-the-rest-of-us-208394" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-the-su</span><span class="invisible">per-rich-may-take-more-risks-than-the-rest-of-us-208394</span></a><br>but also <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/justcapital/2021/06/17/dont-blame-billionaires-for-being-rich-the-system-is-the-villain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/justcapital/2</span><span class="invisible">021/06/17/dont-blame-billionaires-for-being-rich-the-system-is-the-villain/</span></a> If people are incentivised to be unsustainably selfish, and they choose to act unsustainably selfish, then both are unsustainable for everyone and need to be changed.</p><p>But what does a sample of US citizens <br>(and residents? And visitors? Nah, only people born there with passports matter, probably) think?<br><a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/3/30/22357510/poll-billioniares-data-for-progress-vox-wealth-philanthropy-inequality" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/recode/2021/3/30/22357</span><span class="invisible">510/poll-billioniares-data-for-progress-vox-wealth-philanthropy-inequality</span></a></p><p>. </p><p>Anyway the list thing is cool. Still can’t find my Like a Dragon, Irate Yakuza in Hawaii post tho. Wait.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/113187340313708910" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/1131873</span><span class="invisible">40313708910</span></a></p><p>THE JOYS OF CLEAR ALT TEXT COMPOSITION! 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R. Scott Lee, Ph.D.<p>The latest episode of The Thoughtful Teacher Podcast is now live on all major podcast platforms! Check out my conversation with Vince Shorb CEO of the National Financial Educator's Council as we discuss how strengthen financial literacy at all levels in K-12 schools. Find out more at: <a href="https://www.thoughtfulteacherpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thoughtfulteacherpodcast.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/edutooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edutooter</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/educationmatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educationmatters</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/personalfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalfinance</span></a></p>
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