Dave Ramsey: A lot of people feel boxed out of the housing market now. We've got trillion dollar debt in cars and autos, trillion dollars in credit card debt, a trillion dollars almost, 2 trillion now in student loans and guess who's carrying that? These last two generations.
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One Who Walks Among the Dead@anubisthejackal.bsky.social · 23m agoIf I started strapping rockets to the surface of the moon, and fired them off all at once, how many rockets would I need to shift the moon's orbit?
I honestly think we should look at it as an opportunity to do stimulus. That's a lot of good-paying manufacturing jobs spread out all over the country that we can create.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 40m agoI know it sucks, but Dems have got to be prepared to inherit a munitions-and-readiness hole that is going to be expensive to fill, but which will need to be filled. Hardly the only such hole, but it will be a big one.
My local grocery stores looks like they did during COVID. Lots of empty shelves.
Yael Schacher@yaelschacher.bsky.social · 2y agoThis is the definition of a raid that isn’t going after people with criminal records or removal orders. It’s literally stopping cars and arresting people at gas stations calmatters.org/economy/2025...
the beginning of the Stonk Market # as a domain of war. Everyone is watching and seeing how easy it to move that number, someone is going to figure out how to move the number like a weapon and at super low cost.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h agoFifty years from now, historians will conclude that Trump's decision to go to war in Iran was likely driven principally by a desire for personal self-enrichment. The Trump and Kushner families likely executed billions in oil futures contracts and enhanced their wealth by untold sums by manipulating
Central Park Five every day
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h agoIt's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
Almost every LLM that reaches a broad audience is quantized—compressed to run cheaply. USC's Emilio Ferrara argues this compression is treated as a safety nonevent, when it should be treated as a change to the deployed system. This has policy implications, he says.
The Model You Audit Is Not the Model You Ship
Almost every LLM that reaches a broad audience is quantized—with under-appreciated ramifications for AI safety, writes Emilio Ferrara.
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a close read reveals the factories will make robots that pull down their pants and show us their robo butts.
BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
First Principles On January 6th Trump declared war on a super-power. That decision haunts Trump, and everything he does, the ball room, this attack on Pirro and the US Justice system, his allies. All of it is warfare.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3h agoIt’s a direct attack on rule of law from the highest levels, aimed at permanently ending US Constitutional democracy and imposing a dictatorship. Always has been. Anyone who tries treating it as something else—as if they’re dealing with mistaken impressions rather than lies—gets egg on their face.
One thing people should notice, Dems are turning out in almost 2X the numbers of GOP in Michigan so far for this
Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn, responding to Jeanine Pirro’s motion to dismiss, seeks dismissal *with prejudice.* Trump’s & Burghum’s conduct after dismissal show case’s political motivation & danger of harassment & re-prosecution. 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
"If the breakdown of the prewar status quo for the Persian Gulf is the geopolitical crisis which guarantees a less stable oil market, then the damage done by war to Persian Gulf and Russian energy infrastructure is the material crisis which will limit future oil production." #EnergySky #EconSky
Oil volatility is here to stay Part 3 - Hazards of war
If the breakdown of the prewar status quo for the Persian Gulf is the geopolitical crisis which guarantees a less stable oil market, then the damage done by war to Persian Gulf and Russian energy infr...
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Zines appeal to artists and organizers because they sidestep digital surveillance and reach people in real life. https://bit.ly/4fUv6Fk
Can zines help us resist the slop overtaking the Internet? - Chicago Reader
Zines appeal to artists and organizers because they sidestep digital surveillance and reach people in real life.
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Capital One closed over 300 tRump accounts due to strong suspicions of money laundering activity. Instead of looking closer into this matter, the U.S. completely ignores it.
Do they care about school closures when they are driven by climate change or only when they can blame the teachers unions? How about when the schools are closed because they've burned down, been blown apart, or are engulfed in floods?
9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the 2024-2025 school year » Yale Climate Connections
Extreme heat, smoke, floods, and storms are disrupting education across the country.
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This and the other bad AI results is before enshitification. The AI's have not been through the enshitification cycle yet.
John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 16h agoSee also... news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
But the more interesting question is what happened downstream. Did talking to AI make people feel less lonely? Surprisingly, no! It did the opposite. It actually increased loneliness.
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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Someone needs to explain to RFK Jr. how the cyclospora outbreak spreads.😱
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 20h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
What gear did the Oath Keepers purchase from Amazon.com to perpetrate the January 6th act of war against the USA?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 16h agoA federal judge agreed to dismiss the seditious-conspiracy case against the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, and seven other members of the extremist group who planned to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
I honestly didn’t think that EA could get any worse. Little did I know. I feel very bad for the gaming industry to be honest 
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 20h agoWell, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666
This guy, and his family, are Marco Rubio's literal sugar daddies.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 17h agoAlfonso Fanjul Jr., who helped build one of the world’s largest sugar empires after fleeing Fidel Castro’s communist takeover of Cuba, has died. He was 89.
I don't understand why we are losing a war against a smaller nation.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 18h agoStolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
