Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The MD state flag causes the rest of the state to rise to the challenge. Below are the City of Rockville and Montgomery County Flags. Seeing all 4 Flags flying over Rockville MD is a visual treat. 030
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Attending Principles First meeting in DC on the rule of law (or current lack there of). 131
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 28/04/2025People keep describing NIH and NSF "indirect costs" in grants as funding for university paper pushers. Actually it is for the basic infrastructure of science. One consequence: millions of valuable laboratory mice are facing execution. 010
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I am not a person who thinks exports are more important than imports, or that manufacturing is more important than services. BUT those who do should wonder what will happen to the $1.6T/yr US manufacturing exports during a trade war. 010
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 18/02/2025People in the Federal Civil Service are sworn to uphold the Constitution, which includes the laws enacted under it. When they do this, they are NOT obstacles to democracy, but an essential part of CONSTITUTIONAL democracy. 030
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 13/02/2025They take an oath to the Constitution, and when they insist upon the rule of law they are not "thwarting democracy" but are an essential part of CONSTITUTIONAL democracy. 010
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Perhaps not a 1A violation. The test might be if a legislator could reserve the room for the Flying Spaghetti Monster. 110
Mark Regets @markregets.bsky.social · 13/01/2025For my first post here, a chart I never published: Labor force participation for US natives by single years of age: 1994 vs 2023. A small decline for youth (entirely explainable by increased in-school rates), no change for prime age, and small increases for seniors. 000