Chuck Schumer is 75 years old. Chris Van Hollen is 67. When voters clamor for generational change in Democratic leadership, moving down by 8 years is not what they are talking about. Of course the Senate is a gerontocracy - even “young” Senators are in their 50s.
In my dream world, they’d elect someone like Abdul El-Sayed as Majority Leader, but I’m not holding my breath.
“The Survivor”
NYT reports Jensen Huang had a second extramarital affair, this time with one of his direct reports. Stock fell 8%, vaporizing something like $300B of market cap. Most expensive affair in history?
Doing my part for intergenerational understanding by introducing my oldest daughter to Consolidated’s music.
(And marveling that we thought the US government was being run by fascists in the 1990s. We didn’t know how good we had it!)
“Baby Gelatinous Cube”
Ladybugs may be small, but they add up.
New trip report: Foley Ridge-Louise Creek Loop