Phil Price
@philipcprice
Retired Analytical Chemist. Interests - mass spectrometry, chemical safety, industrial incident investigations, environment, travel, photography, SCUBA.
The conundrum of "making $$ from AI": thefinancequotient.substack.com/p/will-opena...
An analysis of the AI profits required to support the "Magnificent 7's" current build-out: www.fa-mag.com/news/what-hi...
Folks in "Coal Country" hate Socialism, but since coal can't compete in free markets with gas or renewables, they line up for government handouts: money.usnews.com/investing/ne...
Given the crash in SpaceX stock, today's attempt to launch Starship takes on increased importance:
Industrial chemist here. Only 24 months to start up a GMP/FDA-approved production line for a pharmaceutical?... not gonna happen! finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
Bond vigilantes are pessimistic about governments controlling inflation (H/T to Spencer Jakab):
In case you wondered - yes, access to "cheap" American oil raw material, but selling gasoline and diesel at world prices is a GREAT business model!
This is EXACTLY the kind of language Khruschev used on the USA when I was in 6th grade!
This agency has just been taken over by the White House. Will it be "sunsetted", or used to "disapprove" state elections practices? www.eac.gov/about
...and folks wonder why "worker morale is low"? local.newsbreak.com/kentucky-sta...
"Food Chemistry" has come for your ice cream: medium.com/@dapscience/...
In the 1932 US presidential election... Only one party, out of four, ran on "racial equality". Just sayin'
1976 July 3-5 concerts in Minneapolis: Aaron Copland conducting; 3 performances celebrating his work, Ives, Bernstein, & Schuman. It was a different time.
Back when we thought about Planning & Winning, not simply "war-fighting & lethality":
1932 US Presidential race - only one political party ran on "racial equality":
US Subway construction savings: www.construction-physics.com/p/us-subways...
Dangerous help offered by the new "Moms.gov" website. It leads to sites offering medically-unsupported and incorrect information. abortionpillreversal.com
The "Cult Belief" supporting oligarchy: data4democracy.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
THIS is what happens when appointees can veto important scientific programs. Nature & screwworm don't stop for bad decisions!
Didn't know the leopards were gonna eat THEIR faces? White South Africans' Driving License problems - put in place for "other" immigrants in Ohio. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
What is this planning for? What kind of attack on DC puts "drone-able targets" in range?
DOGE plan to illegally, but deliberately, declare millions of living US residents as "dead" - immediately cutting off access to banks, cards, pensions, insurance, etc. www.washingtonpost.com/documents/be...
Ethics & morality aside, -> Taxpayers on hook for "debanked" folks' credit card debt? -> "Debanked" now use cash only, with no taxes paid? -> Visa, Mastercard, etc lose millions of customers? -> Significant chunk of economy goes dark & off-the-books? -> Who is "illegal"?
"Financial Literacy" in the US now at an all-time low - particularly "comprehending risk": www.tiaa.org/public/insti...
This guarantees that European, Asian, & Middle East countries will not be sharing any intelligence data with us.