Derek Mitchell

@ReiteConMig0 @WallStreetApes I fucking hate Waymo and am pissed that I need to say this, but an EV powered by diesel generators is still more efficient and less environmentally than a gas powered car and most hybrids. Do better.

@WallStreetApes A big lie

Waymo electric vehicles in Austin Texas caught all be charged by huge diesel powered generators This completely defeats the purpose of these electric vehicles being “green” and environmentally friendly” Amazing

@HamDog2011 @LoewyLawFirm I totally agree Abolish TSA

TSA officers intercepted a total of 6,678 firearms at airport security checkpoints nationwide. This was a slight decrease from the record 6,737 in 2023, with about 94% of the firearms loaded. I prefer not flying with loaded guns in the cabin. But hey, that's just me. All airports should have screening. Private contractors are the answer, removing federal employees and the threat of government shutdowns from impacting air travel.

We are living in a failing country. That’s just the reality at this point.

@maskdaddy_ @TakethatCt @Skullym12 @News4SA I mean technically speaking it’s endemic. I’m not saying this to downplay things, it’s still around and can still harm or kill people, but we’ve gotta be precise when using these kinds of terms or people are gonna overreact and/or lose trust in legitimate sources.

@_derekmitchell_ @TakethatCt @Skullym12 @News4SA Is covid still a pandemic right now? Yes.

TSA PAY | Elon Musk offers to pay TSA employees' salaries during partial government shutdown bit.ly/3PQh51S

@HamDog2011 @LoewyLawFirm Small knives yes, guns no. These were the rules pre-9/11. Also worth mentioning that TSA wouldn’t have prevented 9/11.

@_derekmitchell_ @LoewyLawFirm You're ok flying with knives and hand guns carried on by anyone?

@EdstrattonIII @midwest_it_girl @vanillavillan93 Lmao I used to think something like that, and then I graduated high school.

@_derekmitchell_ @midwest_it_girl @vanillavillan93 The real question is should we have public sector employees? My answer is we should have almost none and those that we need should be getting entry level money so they move into private sector jobs. They should be like fast food, you work there for a few years then move on

pov: your boomer parents bought their house in 1980

@EdstrattonIII @midwest_it_girl @vanillavillan93 Should public sector employees be good at their jobs? Bc if the answer is yes then you’re gonna have to pay up for talent.

@midwest_it_girl @vanillavillan93 A public sector job should never be able to buy a house, if you can afford a house in the public sector then I'm paying too much in taxes, government employees should be the lowest paying jobs

@BayouBikeyBoi @evan7257 Houston should have congestion pricing in the arrow.

Has the city of Houston considered threatening to shut down the strait of Galveston as a negotiating tactic to get more funding for the Ike dike?

@CCGordon33 @souljagoyteller Also there are advantages to not drawing an American salary for those with a significant amount of student loan debt. If you’re on an income based plan you don’t pay anything if you don’t have any taxable income, and federal loans fall off after 25 years of being in good standing

@CCGordon33 @souljagoyteller I wouldn’t but she could. She works from home. She’s also eligible for Spanish citizenship so we could be in an interesting position where we’re both migrant workers but in different countries but still live together. Globalized workforce go brrrr I guess

Do you live a happier life in Mississippi or France?

@CCGordon33 @souljagoyteller Nah my wife would kill me. She’s Catalan. My job as an office in Barcelona (also poorer than Mississippi) and as soon as a transfer opportunity becomes available, we’re as good as gone.

@_derekmitchell_ @souljagoyteller Then go live there! Don’t let your dreams be dreams.

@CCGordon33 @souljagoyteller Hi, I’ve lived in Mississippi and am probably better traveled than most due to work. I’d rather live in France, and I hate France

@souljagoyteller Have you ever been to Mississippi? Why can you give the benefit of the doubt to third world countries you've never been to. But when it comes to your copatriots, your national brothers, you can't imagine them happy or successful.

@maskdaddy_ @TakethatCt @Skullym12 @News4SA Yes and no. Is it still killing people? Absolutely. Does my lab receive funding for any research related to Covid? Lmao not for a few years now, it’s mostly pivoted towards weight loss drugs and other mRNA applications.

@_derekmitchell_ @TakethatCt @Skullym12 @News4SA “During Covid” is now, the pandemic never ended.

@WMadoera @LowellFreeman3 @TheDemocrats Sure, I know all the neocon lies, we’ve all heard their propaganda before. They’re against every war but the current one, against surveillance state but the risk is too high to scale down now. You can literally just make peace and stop killing/spying on people

@_derekmitchell_ @LowellFreeman3 @TheDemocrats Not at this time, when Iranian sleeper cells are activated!

Republicans control all 3 branches of government. Democrats introduced 7 bills to fund TSA. Each one was blocked by Republicans.

@News4SA Didn’t he declare victory? I thought we won

Trump threatens strikes on Iranian power plants if Strait of Hormuz not reopened in 48h bit.ly/4sw66t2

@Skullym12 @News4SA You have no idea how funny that is lol I didn’t just wear a mask during Covid, I wore a hazmat suit I work in molecular biology/immunology research and was on the team that sequenced Covid and developed the first PCR tests for it.

@_derekmitchell_ @News4SA Bet you gladly wore your mask.

@SubSatorin @YemeKopter @OliverWDahl I agree, but constructing an economy that’s almost as irrational as it is complex can still be fun. The point of doing this doesn’t have to be to square the circle.

@YemeKopter @OliverWDahl Economists devote their entire lives to trying to understand real-world economies and cannot accurately model them. A novel writer has no chance. Better to abstract everything and do what works for the story you want to tell instead.

The more I think about this the funnier it gets

@DayveezDayO @BrianRoemmele Still probably less power exerted per distance per time than walking

@BrianRoemmele Eventually... you will have to go uphill... where's that footage?

Public Transportation. He ain’t asking permission…

@maxdnyc1234 @Boenau Ah yes, London, a city known for its good weather and young populace lmao

@Boenau When weather is good and you are young and able- bodied. What about the rest of society??

"Gas prices are high? Hadn't noticed."