Jon Kimball
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Unsolicited, unpaid-for suggestion from a guy who hates politics podcasts: I just really, really love Election Profitmakers. It’s hosted by @jonkimball.bsky.social and Get Your War On’s David Rees. It used to be about prediction markets before that became a disease. Now it’s just very funny.
Episode 383: Could The $5,000 Trump Dividend Help Americans' Pain At The Pump? Our Experts Weigh In.
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Atlanta is a better location than LA for a show that features contestants from across the country. LA is more than 1500 miles from the US center of population. Atlanta is only 500.
fromthe404.bsky.social@fromthe404.bsky.social · 7d agoUpdated Post: “Idol” Going To Atlanta? ABC Talent Show Heads East
The Onion special issue and Get Your War On by David Rees are the two things in immediate post-9/11 culture that kept me sane. I was in central NJ, going into the city all the time. www.mnftiu.cc/category/gyw...
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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's an anecdote: On 9/10/2001, The Onion staff had a New York launch party at the Bowery Ballroom to celebrate the staff's move from Madison, Wisconsin to New York City. They woke up hungover, took a week off, and then produced one of the greatest front pages in the history of newspapers.
Patreon episode PREVIEW: “Tree Canopy Percentages — Reconciling Data and Vibes” overcast.fm/+AAr_rs76y3U
Episode 381: Patreon Episode PREVIEW: Tree Canopy Percentages — Reconciling Data And Vibes — Election Profit Makers
Jon compares (and critiques) tree canopy data for 250+ American cities and towns. Join our Patreon to hear the full episode! https://www.patreon.com/electionprofitmakers
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In the Leandro case, she wrote: “It is difficult to estimate the damage this Court has done to its own legitimacy by trying to rewrite a fundamental constitutional guarantee because it no longer comports with the Justices’ individual political preferences." www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
The Politics of Dissent
As Anita Earls runs for re-election to the state Supreme Court, here's what her dissents tell us about her judicial philosophy.
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New EPM: ⤵️ “Could Hasan Piker Name Five Choreographers?” overcast.fm/+AAr_rtxGYTo
Episode 380: Could Hasan Piker Name Five Choreographers? — Election Profit Makers
Jon wants to bring his wi-fi router to the G20 Ministerial meeting in Chapel Hill. David tries to remember the names of Sarah Palin’s kids. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/electionprofit...
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"Creating the third-largest university plant collection" may seem celebratory, but remember: this is happening because Duke administration decided to axe the herbarium as a cost-cutting measure. Natural history collections are a precious scientific resource, and too many are at risk of being lost.
Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 3w agoUNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to combine herbaria, creating the third-largest university plant collection in the United States ncbg.unc.edu/2026/08/31/u...
“Someone associated with the home bought a book on psychic home safety practices, then went to Amazon and bought a 68% concentrated nitric acid and set it by the door to ward off the haints,” a Winston-Salem Fire Department official said.
bart@bartsmith.bsky.social · 3w agoPotion created to ward off malevolent spirits was too powerful, forcing family to call city hazmat team to come remove it
"Being on Bluesky doesn't deliver delirious highs, but it also doesn't lead to crushing lows. The main factions are annoying leftists who hate Chuck Schumer, annoying liberals who hate Chuck Schumer and annoying furries who hate Chuck Schumer." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Musk ruined Twitter, now X is ruining you. Here's how to quit. | Opinion
X's liberal users, who stay mainly out of habit and addiction, are the only force keeping it from becoming just another Gab or Truth Social.
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I hate how stuff like this won’t be believed in the near future because of Ai.
Melody Joy Kramer@mkramer.bsky.social · 4w agoDiscovered today that Dolly Parton visited Carrboro and specifically our town sushi restaurant, which has this picture up.
🚨 A THIRD of Ohio’s ACA enrollees—over 160K residents—lost healthcare coverage in the first 2 mo of 2026, thanks mainly to Republicans letting the improved tax credits expire. The rest are facing an *additional* 13% avg. rate hike for unsubsidized enrollees in 2027. acasignups.net/rate_changes...
2027 Rate Changes - Ohio: +13.0% indy market; +16.4% sm. group market
ACA exchange enrollment has dropped by 32% in Ohio since Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Initial signups during Open Enrollment were...
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New EPM: ⤵️ “I Never Want To Bring You Anything But Joy” overcast.fm/+AAr_rvYjLrs
Episode 379: I Never Want To Bring You Anything But Joy — Election Profit Makers
David celebrates Natalie Harp. Jon mourns his lost almanacs. Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/electionprofitmakers Send questions and comments to contact@electionprofitmakers.com Watch Da...
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When Democrats control the House in January they should offer Trump an ultimatum of firing a dozen or so Cabinet and WH officials if he wants the final two years of his term to be mere gridlock instead of a personal hell. Top of the list are Miller, Vought, Hegseth, Kennedy, and Blanche.
Dolly Parton was the most popular musician of all-time among all adults, and most popular living musician no matter how you slice it: men, women, boomer, x, millennial yougov.com/en-us/rating...
The most popular all-time music artists in America 2026 | Entertainment | YouGov Ratings
The most popular all-time music artists in America according to YouGov Ratings. Popularity is based on millions of responses from the American public and YouGov's innovative survey methodology.
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New Election Profit Makers:⤵️ “Reflecting Pool Reflections” overcast.fm/+AAr_rth0pmA
Episode 376: Reflecting Pool Reflections — Election Profit Makers
Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/electionprofitmakers Send questions and comments to contact@electionprofitmakers.com Watch David’s show DICKTOWN on Hulu http://bit.ly/dicktown Follow Jon...
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A strong story about the pain Trump and Republicans have inflicted on North Carolinians struggling to pay for health insurance. But I wish the reporter had asked them about their political leanings. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
How ACA marketplace cuts is pushing NC families to make tough healthcare choices
NC saw one of the steepest declines, with enrollment falling 21% among those who buy their own insurance, including small-business owners.
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30 years ago, Eric Rudolph set off a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics. Five years later, Jeff Postell caught him dumpster diving in Murphy and ended the most intense manhunt in American history. Rudolph's story is well documented. Postell's is not. I fixed that. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/what-ever-...
What ever happened to the 21-year-old police officer who caught Eric Rudolph?
Jeff Postell was just 10 months into his first patrol job in the small town of Murphy. Then one night, he caught the man behind the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and everything changed.
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Congrats to NC State on picking up over 30 inches of rain yesterday at Carter Finley Stadium. Might want to move the weather station away from the sprinklers. www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pw...
Argentina is Duke. Five guys fouling and flopping all the time.
If OpenAI is stealing Apple products they’re worse off than I thought.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2mo agoBREAKING: Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products