BetterBert
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Improved, convalesced, slightly less unpleasant ... featuring the lovely Gina #DogsOfBluesky (Gina's page: https://bsky.app/search?q=from%3A%40betterbert.bsky.social+%23DogsOfBluesky ) __________________________________________________
Can't help it, I have bad memories of what Hewlett-Packard did to Mike Lynch. They'd better keep it HQ'ed in London, the fuckers. It's a success story for them. Unlike their cashflow, net of debt.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2h agoBreaking news: Hassabis told staff he was stepping back to focus on the 'big picture' in a major shake-up at the top of the AI lab that he founded. ft.trib.al/jjefakU
* Tariff Refunds Have Wiped Out Tariff Revenue Since May @taxfoundation.bsky.social @scottlincicome.bsky.social taxfoundation.org/blog/tariff-...
I'd love to do it and you know you've always had it coming.
Shoot You Down (The Soul Hooligan Remix)
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L: "Yes, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here." R: [title card] FIVE YEARS EARLIER ...
We'd better get some thunderstorms soon or my head is going to explode
Aschenbrenner is the German word for somebody getting his arse burned. He's early because he's highly leveraged, there's plenty more to come.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 6d agoAn 8 employee hedge fund that was up hundreds of percent and used aggressive leverage is asking investors for more cash to meet margin calls. The tropes in this particular bull market couldn’t get any lazier. www.ft.com/content/2803...
Caught on a hot mic. Poor bastard, must be unendurable. Take your earpiece out and stick it up your nose, mate.
Captain Philps is a lesser known follow up to the Tom Hanks film, and features a modern twist on the classic abduction story where the attackers have no idea who Philps is and are actually doing something else entirely.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.Chris Philp believes that France may be at war with Chris Philp. "It is extraordinary that the French Navy will fire live rounds to defend their waters against a visiting British politician" He will take this up with the French Ambassador. (BBC) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elite media recklessly underplaying the seriousness of this. These fiends made a Tory MP shit his pants on camera. Newspaper campaign now for a War of Philp's Gusset.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last wk.You can't have a story this silly this early in the silly season, come on.
There's been some headscratching about why he kept Lisa Nandy in post. On 2nd July she quit Twitter, and took her Department with her. I think she may have played a blinder.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.The phrase "first the traitors then the invaders" is being used endemically on X to socialise violence ("The future you want will require an unfathomable amount of violence") + to highlight specific targets for intimidation, abuse or murder + to tell people it means they should be targeted.
Adam Tooze: Andy Burnham is "actually not uninteresting from an ideological point of view". <withering disdain>Hi, Cam</withering disdain>
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wandering the shattered ruins of the r/teslamotors subreddit, explaining to my youthful companion that once a great but doomed civilization flourished here, building dream towers that reached the sky... "hard to believe, I know," I say, as the remaining occupants scuttle away from our light, hissing
'Insider' appears to be an Economist pivot to video. "Let's have it starring Zanny" will have clinched the pitch I'm sure. It feels off - the vibe is gushy Forbes/Fortune. On a porn set the fluffer is low status down the pecking order. You'd think she'd know that.
BetterBert@betterbert.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Musk interview is in a branded section of the magazine for which they're taking corporate sponsorship. Currently the sponsor's Anthropic.
Each one of those dead soldiers said "We cannot let Iran eat the cats, eat the dogs". Said it very strongly. "We don't even ask", they said, "we just grab 'em by the pussy". Honestly. Every one of those dead men said, with tears in their eyes, "mass deportations now".
If you rank world leaders in order of likelihood of being murdered in their beds, MBS puts in a very strong showing towards the top of the list. Letting him get anywhere near a nuke would be nuts.
Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · 2w ago'Clash of the Tits'. With an uncanny valley Larry Olivier slumming it for cash.
Watcher Guru@watcher.guru · 2w agoJUST IN: Elon Musk says Grok will make a "full-length movie" of The Odyssey that is "historically accurate" by the end of this year.
Jimmy Fallon has actually - inadvertently - created art. Look at this. A thing of beauty, unimprovable.
That's a US confusion. Englishmen depend for their survival on being able to identify their predators. 1️⃣Rees-Mogg: fatefully encouraged by a mad dad to perform a caricature of an Edwardian aristocrat, chose to live permanently in character in lieu of developing a personality. Uppermiddle class.
Jacob, 12 ans, trader et fan de Thatcher | Archive INA
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It’s all over. World Cup over , Wimbledon over. Nothing to distract you but the terrifying reality of your own thoughts now. Never mind, it’ll be autumn soon where everything dies.
A couple of years ago, 'the head of Wildberries' became a contested position. There were corpses then too.
ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 3w ago2/ At least 7 people are reported to have been killed and 49 more injured in the attacks. The head of Wildberries has promised to help the families of those killed. According to Russian estimates based on previous warehouse fires, financial losses are likely to be colossal.
