Musings on DC, ancient Greek, depressingly overweening (in every possible sense) US fascism. Erstwhile Jeopardy! champion; Twitter escapee; just the beer light to guide you. Lawful in the streets, chaotic in the … toots?? (Relative newcomer to Mastodon & still fumbling toward Masto competence.) William Hung and snow-white tan. Ἕν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα.
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Last Notes npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 The woman in the hat isn’t holding that glass, which is supported entirely by that strap on her right shoulder. The crowbar on her left hip is for personal protection. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 As the owner of a Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, I deny the existence of this upstart. https://www.tiktok.com/@retrofilmglow/video/7521003247084096823 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Reddy Kilowatt fuck yeah npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 You know that the guy running archive.is/.today is a complete POS who has leveraged website views to launch DDOS attacks, right? Wikipedia has literally banned links to his sites. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 GOATSE AI: Because We Know You’re Already Thinking It npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 It’s a good thing we don’t have powerful adversaries elsewhere in the world who might be tempted to pull some shit while we’re preoccupied like, IDK, invading Taiwan. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Especially the 2024 Trump voters. Maybe you could plead low-information-voter-itis in 2016, but by 2024 you either knew exactly what you were voting for (and enthusiastically supported the mayhem and cruelty) or were too fucking stupid to live. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 @nprofile…s3jl Unless some evildoing identity thief had all of Fedward’s postal mail redirected. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books Note: this is the same government agency that insists Anthropic allow it to use the company’s AI tool to operate fully autonomous weapons. SPOILER: this time DoD shot down a DHS drone. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/drone-faa-dhs-el-paso-airspace.html npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 I desperately want to but today is the day we shampoo all the rugs. Or maybe ceilings — I forget. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 You misspelled “Elon Musk.” npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 This makes MORE work for TSA & will suck for absolutely everyone except, say, Cabinet members with private jets. 🤔 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 NOICE npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 Maybe having a major political party morph into a permission structure for the worst people’s worst impulses is … bad? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 Mechanical Turk! npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 “Here’s why that’s bad for everybody except Microsoft” npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Yes, just auxiliary. Although there have been a few occasions over the years when the heating system or electricity went out & we switched to Little House on the Prairie mode. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Managed to get a load of fahrwud in yesterday. I feel a little like Abe Lincoln* when I’m in my tiny backyard splittin’ logs. (And $DEITY bless my fahrwud guy, who gave me the equivalent of a generous pour.) *My neighbor has occasionally commented that it’s like living next door to Ronald Reagan. Thanks but no thanks. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Get used to it because it’s supposed to be like this all week. 🧊 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books Trust the New York Times to come up with the most dystopian, morally repellent take on a cultural phenomenon. https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/941/579/439/593/254/original/b87a2a6617fa9190.png npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 He isn’t titillated? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/933/351/893/403/654/original/0caa5eb7d6e21fca.mp4 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Enough with the Zen koans. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 brb gonna open a bra store called Au Pair npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Amy. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Throw in a gruesome Joe-Theismann-style injury and I AM HERE FOR IT npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 You have to be incredibly hated to make Minnesotans act like Philadelphia Eagles fans. Kinda surprised nobody is throwing batteries. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…dyu0 Shitposter? No, Shitpostest! npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 British English is full of this kind of thing. One of my favorites: if you lean on somebody about something, you are “pressurising” them. https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/842/569/190/830/389/original/957cc34283ea693c.jpeg npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…yz28 Good thing we can police unfair and deceptive trade practices through vigorous enforcement by the FTC. <stares a hole into John Roberts’ skull> npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Woof. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books This is now an Inappropriate Blimp account. https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/755/658/922/296/826/original/f2fd66a655fc18b5.jpeg npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Couldn’t even be arsed to match the font. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p It’s ELIZAs all the way down. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Really cool how both the public and private sectors in the US are blowing through billions of dollars to make life worse for everyone. All that’s missing is a gratuitous, asinine war of choice to burn through another trillion or two. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Not even Jack Posobiec, who earned his notoriety? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p @nprofile…c9uz I remember reading his stuff when he was a tech journalist 30-ish years ago. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p What if it improves their battle rhythm? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…k2ks @nprofile…jljv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_D0S9pATck npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…jljv Fuck Zuck. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p I’m reminded of an old joke. MICKEY MOUSE: I thought Minnie was just crazy, but I’ve now learned that she's fucking Goofy. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p There’s an incredibly simple way to make this work. What if we put AI data centers in space — stay with me here — IN THE METAVERSE? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p 🎼 Silent nitrite🎶 🎵 Holy nitrite 🎄 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p 1) What sort of deranged loser would marry a Russian stooge who’s also the worst serial plagiarist of all time? (That’s a rhetorical question. After the past 10 years, we all know EXACTLY who would.) 2) let them fight dot gif npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p MAKE CUBITS GREAT AGAIN npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p @nprofile…0md7 lolololol oh my heart npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p The fact that numerous federal district judges are on top of this shit, but SCOTUS literally pretends what’s happening is something else mundane and lawful, is kinda fucked up. Thanks for coming to my Article III Talk. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Now apply that across the entire GOP caucus. It’s a House of horrors. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books “Ms. Stefanik is not alone among Republican women in feeling aggrieved by Mr. Johnson” sounds like a commentary on Republican men’s sub-par lovemaking. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/republican-women-speaker-johnson.html npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Nah we good fam npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p It’s not as if there could be a contagion of panic that wipes all of it out, right? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Is that not normal? Uh oh. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p “the algorithm that has spent the last five years helpfully guessing that you are typing the word ‘funicular’ every time you tap F-U into iMessage” 😂 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books More meta than the most meta thing that ever meta’ed. https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/633/411/672/102/412/original/3d1a47e1545cad6b.jpeg npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p I wonder if J*sh L*pez will run? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books “Someone left the cake out in the rain …” https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/605/452/359/043/150/original/465c2eaed83a9ceb.jpeg npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…e4ry Did Ophiocordyceps unilateralis write this toot? npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…e4ry The Pruitt-Igoe implosion sequence runs inside my head like, IDK, one of those “Gravity’s Rainbow” passages that’s basically a one-reeler in text form. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…e4ry “Ants” makes me think of this sequence. (Also, a running joke from “Archer,” but put that aside for now.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY4L5npPdao npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…e4ry I had to go watch this again. Saw this film when it first came out <checks notes> uh, 43 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OacVy8_nJi0 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p wtf did i just watch npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/575/276/869/503/076/original/40e0c972b8f644a9.mp4 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/575/247/921/261/921/original/43b811b5935a9637.mp4 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p GOOGLE TO IBERIA: DROP DEAD npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p The most hilarious part is the implication that DJT knows how to play chess. AS IF. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Burgos is also the biggest town near, and less than an hour by car from, Sad Hill Cemetery, the fake burial ground/plaza built for “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Sad Hill was restored not long ago as a tourist attraction. IIRC the arid north of Spain, and certain parts of the south as well, is littered with stuff constructed for spaghetti westerns in the 1960s. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books “Nearly half of new [ICE] recruits who’ve arrived for training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center over the past three months were later sent home because they couldn’t pass the written exam …” It’s an open-book exam. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/new-ice-recruits-showed-training-full-vetting-rcna238739 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Kozmo(s) npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Don’t you understand? The market only goes up, never down. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Big “am I a baddie?” energy. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books “As result of #AWS failure, a number of commercial products stopped working that relied on AWS hosted services. Such as the Eight Sleep Pod beds. […] “When AWS stopped working users started complaining that their beds got stuck in weird positions and users were unable to control them. So yes, a bed say in Netherlands stopped working because it could not retrieve instructions from US server which were sent there by the person physically present on said bed.” https://agora.echelon.pl/notice/AzQlI7XeQFjsmlNK1w npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Live look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr834Cs9ncs npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Really puts the “feel ya” into “paraphilia.” npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p Old Man Yells at Claude npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p @nprofile…arts https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/389/595/008/530/884/original/3f05e5fd5cb03b3c.mp4 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…9j4p we’re all trying to find the guy who did this dot gif npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books Shitposting, except it’s wasting millions of taxpayer dollars to move National Guard soldiers from one state to another to suppress non-existent rebellions and troll the libs. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…cg79 I’m not saying Palmer Luckey is a try-hard sociopathic dipshit. I am also not not saying that. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…wpzq @nprofile…cg79 Apart from the very last bit, this is Germans. You’d think a culture devoted to Ordnung and rule adherence would queue even harder than Brits, but no. This is one aspect of life where Germans allow themselves a little anarchy, as a treat. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…cg79 Only one party has agency, let us recall. And WHATEVER they do, it justifies the other party’s reflexive, involuntary move toward violent authoritarianism. Those poor, helpless dudes …. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…cg79 @nprofile…k638 @nprofile…m7x2 If want to get them wound up, sure. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…cg79 I looked at “reloj” and wondered if it came (implausibly) from Modern Greek ρολόι (clock/watch). Nope. They both come from Ancient Greek from ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). Naturally, for the Romance languages — French “horloge,” for instance — the word passed through Latin (horologium). I find it interesting that in so many of the modern languages the word was smoothed down to the same basic form. npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…cg79 I imagine you were especially entertained by “on par with the construction of railroads in the 19th century.” https://cdn.masto.host/thepitsocial/media_attachments/files/114/896/639/492/006/779/original/ebb23734ef537c90.mp4 npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books @nprofile…cg79 SearchRoulette npub18lm9p50n46rhxgj2m96xpzgtc4hdu7atxe0apt2dgvtjs43a8ljqrrcg3m Hoarse e-Books Social Security Administration just blasted out emails to *all* registrants falsely claiming that the new Cruelty & Plutocracy Bill provides tax relief for Social Security benefits. It’s a fucking lie. There’s a new per-person $6,000 deduction, starting in 2025, for those 65+, but 1) it applies generally to income *regardless of whether you receive Social Security benefits* 2) there’s a 6% phase-out for anyone w/AGI > $75K ($150K for married couples) 3) IT. ENDS. AFTER. 2028. 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