The New Coffee Room

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.NliX.qGI-wn5dNB4v

The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation
In a wide-ranging interview, he explains his decision — amid the Trump administration’s assault on foreign aid — to accelerate the end of his giving.
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The foundation will close its doors, permanently, on Dec. 31, 2045, at least several decades before originally intended.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Tax the Rich, Trump edition, 2025:

@taiwan_girl said in Tax the Rich, Trump edition, 2025:

Is income considered all monies coming in, or just from work? Because I think most rich people - the yearly money comes from other than a "salary"

All realized gains.

But, still, long term capital gains are taxed at a much lower rate than earned income.

What kind of photographs you want to take to preserve the memory of that special day for posterity?

Dress for that.

(Just in case AI cannot photoshop to your satisfaction.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/trump-new-tax-bracket.html

Trump wants to "create a new top income bracket for people making more than $2.5 million per year and to tax income above that level at a rate of 39.6 percent."

@Horace said in White Smoke Observed…:

God gets lonely with nobody to talk to.

You doubt god's power to create someone or something to talk to, or even to banish loneliness itself?

@Horace said in Elon’s report card:

Those statistics about IRS employees paying for themselves have always implied that we should just keep hiring more until they don’t pay for themselves. Why haven’t we?

Why should we to begin with? What's the rationale for using "until they don’t pay for themselves" as the stopping condition?

You're not going to argue to use "until they start paying for themselves" as the stopping condition for firing any particular class of government employees, are you?

@Moonbat talked a lot about falsifiability.
Wonder what he's up to these days.

This was posted on the official White House account.

Don't knock the coffin until you try one.
Many spend the longest times in one.
Though admittedly there are also many would rather burn in an oven.

Yes, I slept in one of those capsules in a capsule hotel in Tokyo too. It's an experience alright.

Get well soon, @jodi.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/03/australia-labor-albanese-trump-election/

Australia’s center-left government convincingly won reelection Saturday in a remarkable turnaround driven partly by anger over President Donald Trump’s disruptive trade war and its effect on the close U.S. military ally.

Anthony Albanese became the first Australian prime minister to win a second term in more than two decades as his Labor Party dramatically increased its parliamentary majority. It marked a stunning comeback for the progressive leader, who trailed in the polls two months ago.

In a jubilant victory speech, the 62-year-old struck a tone of unity while alluding to his opponent’s failed embrace of Trump-like policies.

I had freshly prepared salad from Wawa before. It was very good. Though that was before COVID.

Wawas also have very good air pumps.

Wawa's other things like prepackaged snacks, milk, water, sodas, etc. are about as good as other convenience stores.

Can you please give me a TL;DR summary of whatever it is you guys are talking about above?

I am glad the author included comparisons with other platforms/apps.

Maybe it's because of the word "inclusion", maybe it's really just a low value project in a low priority field of study.

Maybe 3 out of 4 charge goers put their phones in "airplane mode" when attending church out of respect and consideration for fellow congregants?

I have a few thumb drives that each has both a USB-A and a USB-C connectors. Very convenient for navigating the transition from USB-A to USB-C.

Congratulations!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-poll-approval.html