Egg supplies in the US are down like 5%. The price bullshit isn’t just from that.

EDIT: Because I know some people will want some hard numbers, I looked some up quickly.

USDA report puts some hard numbers on American egg production (Published: February 20, 2025, so these are 2024 numbers)

The average number of egg-laying hens fell to 375 million, a 2 percent drop from the previous year, while egg production declined 1 percent to 109 billion eggs. The total U.S. chicken inventory also decreased by 2 percent, reaching 514 million birds.

Despite a modest rise in broiler chicken prices, egg prices have surged. In late January, the wholesale price for large eggs in New York soared to $7.46 per dozen — more than double last year’s $2.94. USDA now projects an annual average egg price of $4.44 per dozen.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains a major driver of price fluctuations. Though the report does not account for recent bird losses in 2025, economist Bernt Nelson of the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that 43 million birds were lost in January and February alone — representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022. These losses suggest continued price volatility as producers work to rebuild flocks.

https://www.agdaily.com/livestock/poultry/usda-report-puts-hard-numbers-on-american-egg-production/

Now, the article does mention the recent bird infections being higher at 25%, however look at the specific wording used. “representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022”. So it’s saying the recent infections and kills represent that amount from the last 2+ years of avian flu infections, not a sudden spike of 25% of the current supply.

Having worked in retail phone repair for 15 years, both for a major US carrier and privately… A lot.

I saw water damaged phones every single day, and I’m hundreds of miles from an ocean, sea, lake, or any major body of water. That’s just from mistakes near things like backyard pools.

Rise! We protected the group from wild animals for centuries as they slept! We allowed them to sleep peacefully, without fear.

Was looking to get into something a bit bigger. Would have gotten a Model Y if they had been on the radar at the time I got my Model 3, but that was years later. I’m pretty tall and getting tired of having to drop down into a car.

Been looking at the Hyundai and Polestar options mostly.

Currently researching available alternatives to my 2018 Model 3 as well. I don’t really care about the luxury aspect, which is where most EVs are. The big US auto makers still make terrible vehicles after decades, so I definitely don’t trust their quality with first or second generation technologies. I’d rather trust a completely new venture based around the tech than legacy auto.

They’ll make them replaceable and ignore waterproofing them for 99% of models citing the added difficulty in making a good seal without being able to glue it shut. Which is arguably true. It’s possible, but more difficult to design and much more likely to fail.

A significant part of NASA may be in Alabama, but If bet that’s not where most of those educated engineers are coming from.

And was the second time that window had the ball bearing thrown at it. They’d tested it backstage but didn’t replace that window for the on stage demo, so it was already weakened.