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Luis E Gomez

@lugoz.bsky.social

created September 19, 2023

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29/8/2025, 3:30:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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27/8/2025, 2:44:45 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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That station should install some benches.

20/8/2025, 2:53:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Wage growth was strongest for low wage workers.

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20/8/2025, 2:45:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Let’s see. A Premier League team challenges an NFL team to a game of soccer. The PL team declares that they can carry and pass the ball with their hands. The NFL team says that, if you’re gonna do that, we will too. The Kansas City Star writes that the NFL team is hypocritical.

15/8/2025, 1:02:02 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

You beat me to it.

6/8/2025, 2:14:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

No worries. They have Tesla.

4/8/2025, 1:48:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Get a MRI. I completely tore my tricep tendon and only the MRI showed the damage. X-ray and ultrasound didn’t show the damage.

1/8/2025, 6:48:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans gave the wealthy a bakery with the Big Beautiful Bill, are taking loaves from the working class with tariffs and are proudly providing some crumbs with this bill.

1/8/2025, 1:00:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

What’s going on in 2025?

31/7/2025, 7:03:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

He was great. Hope he stays on.

25/7/2025, 2:42:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Looking forward to Sotomayor’s dissent.

25/7/2025, 2:30:03 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Last night, he had a great first show as host of The Daily Show.

23/7/2025, 1:09:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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23/7/2025, 3:02:46 AM | 84 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

You should be hired to write the headlines.

19/7/2025, 7:28:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Visite en 2018. Lugar maravilloso.

19/7/2025, 6:25:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Same old story

18/7/2025, 2:20:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Who are you quoting because that is a horrible statement to make?

6/7/2025, 10:34:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

No one is saying that

6/7/2025, 8:05:59 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

But their parents do

6/7/2025, 8:05:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow

6/7/2025, 7:30:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously, the CARES act blew a hole in the deficit in 2020 in order to save thousands or millions of lives, businesses and jobs. Maybe Bessett would gave preferred who knows how many additional deaths and economic collapse. I’m glad the Democrats passed CARES despite the deficit increase.

6/7/2025, 1:42:54 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Their parents do.

6/7/2025, 3:58:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

3/7/2025, 8:33:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

And, in other news, I stubbed my toe.

28/6/2025, 2:32:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Can’t decide between these two.

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26/6/2025, 7:09:32 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s even worse when you consider that cultural group C was here before cultural group A but was nearly exterminated by group A who then took their land.

26/6/2025, 1:02:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

It was about Trump saying something about airports during the revolutionary war. When he thought Biden said it he said it was disqualifying. When told Trump said it he said something like it was a joke.

25/6/2025, 8:47:23 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s how taxes work

12/6/2025, 12:16:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Fine and dandy but why still propagate debunked myths: bsky.app/profile/drsi...

2/6/2025, 3:18:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Climate change is

30/5/2025, 11:10:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

The town I grew up in switched many lights to flashing red at 11 PM. They became stops. Traffic was light that you did not need to wait for a light. Stop and move on.

28/5/2025, 2:37:54 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Been wanting to use this

23/5/2025, 10:58:55 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Does that include Crypto or is that in other?

19/5/2025, 8:37:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

They blamed the CRA, passed during Carter’s presidency for the 2008 housing crash.

18/5/2025, 2:41:27 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/5/2025, 12:08:55 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Cool. That would make the average elevation of the earth to be about the height of Mt. Whitney.

17/5/2025, 12:01:33 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

So true but on the other hand, Biden, unlike our current president, is not a convicted felon. Who’s ducking that.

16/5/2025, 8:22:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Mostly lower income earners since their real wages increased more than others and the very wealthy because asset prices rose significantly.

16/5/2025, 11:43:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

While not housing people due to environmental concerns, AI is polluting Memphis.

15/5/2025, 10:53:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

The thing is that the deficit doesn’t matter. What matters are the deep cuts to government services they will enact because the deficit is too high.

15/5/2025, 9:43:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s Biden’s fault for dropping out of the race. If he had won the election these things wouldn’t be happening. Logic

12/5/2025, 8:04:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

$500 to spend on increased taxes due to tariffs which leaves them with nothing.

9/5/2025, 1:19:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ArtButMakeItSports (@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social) reposted

A Most Gentle Touch, by Joanna Piotrowska, 2019

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27/4/2025, 10:38:33 PM | 2081 269 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure Chuck

10/4/2025, 8:11:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Id live an electric first gen Audi TT.

4/4/2025, 2:32:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

On-brand

4/4/2025, 1:18:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social)

I’d rather be woke than broke.

4/4/2025, 1:10:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Your response is better than mine.

3/4/2025, 7:37:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump is absolutely right. It’s like a healthy patient being operated upon to remove a healthy gallbladder.

3/4/2025, 7:35:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Nothing to worry about. The planes are going to to crash anyway due to cuts to the FAA.

28/3/2025, 8:15:00 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/3/2025, 8:29:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

The urban areas should definitely be high rises in instead of single family homes for rich people or parking lots. It is nice to have some pristine coastal wilderness areas for Al to enjoy as well.

23/3/2025, 3:40:28 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Other than raising real wages, lowering inflation, restoring manufacturing, forgiving student debt, lowering unemployment, lowering drug prices raising GDP, and a few other things, you’re correct. Nah. You’re wrong.

15/3/2025, 9:57:05 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

If you think that’s insane, you should see how many Latin Americans this had happened to.

15/3/2025, 2:21:39 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social)

Implementation aside, aren’t Trumps tariffs simply reversing NAFTA/USMCA?

12/3/2025, 7:16:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Because government spending is good. Because government spending provides money to the private sector to spend on things that make our lives better. Because government spending provides pensions with money…

9/3/2025, 3:30:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Cool! Just, please, encase it in a dome.

7/3/2025, 8:40:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

NFW!

27/2/2025, 10:41:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Great news. Hopefully I can buy a deeply discounted EV.

26/2/2025, 5:44:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not surprised.

21/2/2025, 2:20:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Who said it was a good idea and that we needed massive budget cuts?

21/2/2025, 2:17:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Not clear? The screenshot was crystal clear that it was to all Americans. Was it wrong? Apparently.

19/2/2025, 5:28:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m very sure that the ROI on those projects is much higher than the ROI on most defense spending.

17/2/2025, 2:08:08 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait. I thought the GOP, unlike the democrats, “build power to accomplish specific things.”

17/2/2025, 1:51:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

It would be funny if, as a result of this, countries move away from “flat tax” VATs to progressively taxed income taxes.

16/2/2025, 3:59:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

That assumes BLS will not publish alternative facts.

15/2/2025, 4:25:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Solvang can be he capital of Californien.

14/2/2025, 12:02:50 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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13/2/2025, 3:52:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 (@whysharksmatter.bsky.social) reposted

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica
12/2/2025, 10:06:51 AM | 15178 2486 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Figure 1 tells me that savings go up during recessions. Figure 2 tells me that people saved during COVID. I don't want any of those two to drive up savings.

12/2/2025, 4:33:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

The irony of using homelessness as an indicator. Most people who voted on the economy do not want homeless housed in their neighborhood.

12/2/2025, 3:32:09 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Since credit card debt is much higher than in the past, it makes sense for absolute dollar delinquency to be higher than in the past.

12/2/2025, 3:20:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

No: Different time periods. Politico is talking about 2021-22. The Forbes article, which references a FT article is referring to 2024. Yes: While I cannot read the paywalled FT article, it’s probably referring to dollars vs rates.

12/2/2025, 3:20:58 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Just for fun, I looked up credit card delinquencies. During the awful period cited by Politico, they were the lowest since1991. The FRED data did not go back further.

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12/2/2025, 3:03:47 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Wrong

12/2/2025, 2:39:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s gonna take me some time for me to love Apple’s new Mail app.

11/2/2025, 3:54:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

I love Alabama Hills Cafe for breakfast.

11/2/2025, 4:41:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Went to Costco yesterday. Coffee that I bought for $12.99 (2 lbs on sale) two weeks ago is now $20.99.

7/2/2025, 12:15:03 PM | 15 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Rubio’s parents immigrated before the revolution.

6/2/2025, 4:13:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

It was unclassified so no problem.

5/2/2025, 6:01:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Did you try to switch plans or cancel? You can’t simply switch plans. You have to start cancellation and then you get the option to switch to classic.

5/2/2025, 2:10:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

38 million cubic meters

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1/2/2025, 10:28:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

They voted for him because they thought he wouldn’t do the things he promised to do?

1/2/2025, 1:23:09 AM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@idothethinking.bsky.social‬ your nerd theory has been proven.

31/1/2025, 1:06:06 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dropsite twisting itself into a pretzel in order to blame Biden for Trump's actions.

31/1/2025, 12:59:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Autocorrect must have changed the word racism to rambling.

30/1/2025, 6:29:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

So, there is a way around id mathematically. I'll leave it here bsky.app/profile/step...

30/1/2025, 4:25:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/1/2025, 4:23:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, but those are legal and policy choices. I’m cautioning against using mathematical rigidity when stating that spending must equal revenue. If taxes are cut, fine, live with a higher deficit and its consequences, if any, but don’t cut spending.

30/1/2025, 4:10:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a mathematical way around it called deficit spending.

30/1/2025, 3:55:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

He should have complied.

27/1/2025, 10:32:57 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

In all seriousness I do think that it should be eliminated. It’s mostly a benefit for the wealthy.

23/1/2025, 12:37:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Please eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. People are gonna love it!

23/1/2025, 12:34:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

I stand corrected. Thank you.

21/1/2025, 5:58:50 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

4. To provide adequate light and air; 5. To prevent the overcrowding of land; 6. To promote historical preservation; 7. To avoid undue concentration of population; or 8. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation ...

21/1/2025, 5:38:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, the bill mostly reads like a NIMBY wish list, especially provisions 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7: 1. To lessen congestion in the streets; 2. To secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; 3. To promote health and the general welfare, including the peace and quality of life of the district;

21/1/2025, 5:38:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

The bill's status is introduced, not passed. It was introduced by a Democratic state senator in a Democratic district of Oklahoma City. Let's see where the vote goes and which party votes for it and against it.

21/1/2025, 5:28:00 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

Sad

20/1/2025, 9:53:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luis E Gomez (@lugoz.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re wrong on this issue.

20/1/2025, 9:53:08 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view