Retired engineer. Grateful for the American experiment in self-government and rule of law. Long may it last.
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Walter Appling retweeted
wrote about the cybertruck, the dumbest symbol of what i hope goes down as a short and brutish era of american society rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
Trump Appeals Dismissal of $10 Billion Libel Suit Against Wall Street Journal
A judge has twice tossed the president’s defamation complaint, which centered on an article about a birthday greeting to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
nytimes.com/2026/11/06/busin… via @NYTimes
Walter Appling retweeted
"Trump’s departure from the will of the American people—including, on some issues, his own electoral base—is now catching up with him. Increasingly, Americans are paying more attention to Trump’s foreign policy decisions—and they do not like what they see. Much of Trump’s foreign policy is not just unpopular abroad; it is also unpopular at home."
open.substack.com/pub/persua…
Old, Polluting Jet Engines Are Being Scavenged to Power Data Centers
They’re rapidly being converted into generators to meet A.I.’s insatiable demand for electricity. Environmentalists call it a step backward.
nytimes.com/2026/11/03/clima… via @NYTimes
Writers Were Paid for Favorable Coverage of Alexanders, Publicist Says
The online articles, some of which were deeply critical of the accusers, were widely shared during the brothers’ trial in which they were found guilty of sex trafficking.
nytimes.com/2026/11/04/nyreg… via @NYTimes
DOJ Says Deepfaked CEOs and Lawyers Helped Steal $129 Million From Hospitals, Banks, and Others
One of the accused allegedly bragged about laundering more than $400 million over the past three years.
gizmodo.com/doj-says-deepfak… via @Gizmodo
Walter Appling retweeted
I rarely laugh at any clip of Trump. This one made me laugh. Because first, I can’t believe this is 60 Minutes. And second, Trump has never sounded more weak and pathetic.
The Soaring Cost of Diesel Is Bankrupting Small Trucking Companies
For small trucking firms operating with little margin for error, high fuel costs can make the difference between survival and bankruptcy.
nytimes.com/2026/11/03/busin… via @NYTimes
Walter Appling retweeted
I love how MAGA apologists who ignored or even celebrated Trump’s character flaws now suddenly discover them and pretend to be brave truth tellers. When it would have cost them, they happily promoted the cult. Now they’re like “oh my God it’s a cult! Why can’t you see it?!”
Megyn Kelly: “Trump has cheated on every wife he’s had. He met Marla Maples while he was married to the mother of his children Ivana. Ivana accused him of raping her. She alleged he was so angry over the hair transplant he got that she made him get, it was so painful that he raped her. He winds up with Melania and if you think Trump’s been faithful to Melania, you’ve got bigger issues than I can solve”
Walter Appling retweeted
As I was saying. nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/tu…
It is difficult to overstate the sheer arrogance of Trump and his remaining MAGA base. They treated the rest of the people of this country as if they were of no consequence.
Actually, it’s worse than that. They treated the rest of the country as if they were enemies.
David French
MAGA Finally Gets What It Deserves
The Ozymandias election.
—David French
nytimes.com/2026/11/05/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Why the Pizzagate Lie Won’t Die
In retrospect, this moment was only the beginning of the wave of suspicion and paranoia that would spend the next decade escaping the bounds of the internet and turning into real-world violence.
nytimes.com/2026/11/01/opini… via @NYTOpinion
China’s Message to Its Rivals: You Need What We Make
It’s not just rare earths. China is making it harder for other countries to shed their dependence on its solar, drone and drugmaking technology.
nytimes.com/2026/11/02/world… via @NYTimes
While American companies are burning through billions investing in frontier A.I. models that are so advanced, Chinese companies are focused on deploying cheap, good-enough, open-weight A.I. models that could make China’s large lead in advanced manufacturing simply unbeatable.
-TF
Walter Appling retweeted
One crucial thing to watch is how many US and Ukrainian assets Trump tries to give to Russia in the next three months. Probably deserving of a real-time investigation of its own.
Trump Has Found the Attorney General of His Dreams
The Department of Justice is in a state of moral collapse. —. David French
nytimes.com/2026/11/01/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Walter Appling retweeted
I’ll add that the fish rots from the head, and rots all the way through eventually. Corruption makes everything more expensive—that is less affordable—for everyone. Tariffs were a power grab that raised inflation. Playing favorites reduces competitiveness. Etc.
Trump is a corrupt president and he’s not even trying to hide it. While Americans are struggling to put food on the table and pay for gas, Trump has made more than $2 billion in his second term in office. All from crypto scams, sweetheart deals with foreign nations, and tens of thousands of stock trades. The only person he works for is himself.
The Trump Era Is Fading
—David Wallace-Wells
nytimes.com/2026/10/29/opini… via @NYTOpinion
