Short Take Politics
Elon reaches the end
He hurt regular people, and the things we enjoy, like national parks, and the things that give us hope, like cancer research, but in the end, the grand DOGE experiment was an exercise in ineptitude. https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-becoming-latest-government-employee-135000433.html
‘Oura’ ring may be unhealthy
Another bit of wearable tech, at a cost of $349, is causing a new obsession – what if tech could monitor your biometrics and you could see numbers like your heart rate or how you slept every minute of every day. What a nightmare. https://archive.is/iAGFl
What’s in that bill
Among other things in the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” the cap on state and local property tax deductions is kept at $10,000. It only matters if you pay more than $10,000 and you itemize. Other things, like cuts to SNAP and Medicare, will impact far more people. This is the “find out” part of FAFO. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5406392/trump-republicans-tax-bill…