Larry Wolfarth

@infoshaman.bsky.social

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Except for a UAW uncle, my family was Hoosier Republican. That didn't stop me from reading Marx at age 10. Retired from high tech consulting.

Cat curled up and snoring on a queen bed.
2023 (Launch Year): ~1,200 units (Deliveries began late November 2023) ​2024 Model Year: 38,965 units (First full production year) ​2025 Model Year: 20,237 units (-48.1% YoY drop) ​2026 (YTD through June): 7,263 units ​(Note: Tesla does not officially report broken-down sales by individual model in its quarterly earnings, so figures are based on official recall filings and industry estimates).
Today's midday SpaceX stock quote shows the price has fallen 28 percent from the IPO price. Morningstar predicted before the IPO a share price of $63 per share.
Sales bar graph of Ford Mustang sales, 1964-1970, shows sales peaked at 607 thousand in 1966, the second full year of production, and then gently declined to 191 thousand in 1970.
Top shell from a turtle
Cartoon: Reagan says 'I destroyed the Soviet Union.' Trump shakes his hand and says, ' I destroyed the United States.'
Ivory Coast is wearing orange; the goalkeeper, bright yellow.
FDR at Yalta in February 1945 with Churchill and Stalin 2 months before Roosevelt's death.
Churchill, FDR, and Stalin at Yalta in February 1945. FDR would be dead 2 months later.
Siamese licking a corn cob.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, billionaire scold
The US needs to rebuild an industrial base capable of maintaining military readiness.
South Short Railway map showing the Hammond station.
Warning sign with words 'Pool Closed: Fecal Accident'
Axios reports Uber has spent its annual AI budget in only 4 months.
Melania's "I really don't care, do you?"
FDR and Stalin at Yalta, Feb, 1945.
Melania's "I really don't care" coat
Zara coat worn by Melania Trump to detention center. She said it was intended as a message to left-wing media.
Clippy, a Microsoft icon
GOP attendees at National Convention honoring Trump's near assassination with ear bandages.
George Carlin smiling from heaven at the audacity of the Trump regime.
Baltimore Bobcat waits for a dump truck to empty its load and return to be filled with more snowcrete.
Bobcat pushing large boulder of snowcrete from Baltimore street after 10 days.
A frozen gutter on a Baltimore side street.
Baltimore sidewalk path clear of snowcrete.
Cat looking out the window in vain for a cat litter delivery truck.
Bottom line: OpenAI is designed to lose money on every internet search it conducts. That means that replacing Google as the universal search engine would only drive them deeper in the red.
Iraqi propagandist 'Baghdad Bob'
Hedge fund manager John Arnold reveals that VZ oil reserve numbers were fabricated by a dictator.
From 1980, a campaign button declaring "Reagan for Shah"
MSNOW shows Presidential lecture empty for more than 30 minutes.
Salt lick representing a large dose of aspirin.
Cat in a paper bag. She has no interest in fancy boxes.
Homer Simpson's version of a modern car is just what Sean Duffy wants in his garage.
Siamese pre Thanksgiving.
Projection of "Release the FIILES NOW" message on DC's DoJ building.
The Hill headline says "Republicans scramble for ideas to reopen government after pressure tactics fail"
Gerrymandered map of Massachusetts from 1812.
DNC chair Ken Martin talks about unifying the Democrats even as he fails to unify NY Dems behind their popular NYC mayoral candidate.
House Majority PAC mailing featuring Liz Cheney
Burgess Meredith as Batman villain The Penguin with a penguin in the foreground
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor in 'Superman 2'
Trump statement calls for taking away Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship.
A 3D version of The Jetsons' Rosie the Robot with the built in broom and dust bin.
Samuel L. Jackson as house slave in 'Django Unchained'
My new aluminum can crusher
Siamese cat on porch railing.
A text ad for the House Majority PAC featuring Liz Cheney. I guess it is some 70yo's notion of what appeals to 2025 Dems.
Deer grazing after a dramatic thunderstorm.
Cone of Silence security device from the 'Get Smart' comedy show. It was supposed to provide security, except users had to shout & could therefore be heard by outsiders.
My cat is not impressed
Daniel P. Driscoll.
Lenin speaking at the Finland Station on his way to begin the October Revolution.
Multiple cans of WD-40
Cat waiting for rain to stop
Gadsen "DON'T TREAD ON ME" flag
Two scientists discuss step 2 at the blackboard, which is 'Then a miracle happens'
The Athletic headline: "MLB's reinstatement of Pete Rose was partially influenced by Donald Trump, commissioner say"
Woodpecker on back porch