Bleak tidbit from Regime Change — Bessent attempted a Hitler-style shakedown of Zelenskyy as one of his first acts as Treasury Secretary
playing scattegiries w/ two 40-somethings, five 20+somethings & four children ages 8-12. the letter is C. the category is "something found on a college campus" my 12 yr old son. my firstborn. my legacy to the world. answered... "cocaine".
that upcoming "nerd reich" book sent me down a rabbit hole into the philosophical foundations of the nerd reich's political ideology & world view those guys are on some asperger fascism, soylent green, nazi shit & however weird & nazi you think it is it is WAY weirder and WAYYY more nazi than that
yesterday i learned that the ramones' "i dont want to grow up", which is arguably the most ramones song ever (lyrics, bubblegum melody, simplistic chord progression, all of it) is actually a tom waits cover. i cannot begin to tell you guys how much this has shaken my entire world view
sorry but the only clipse i want to see are push and malice
my options for congress in this primary are, in no particular order: - the woman who resigned from congress 4 months ago after being indicted for stealing covid funds - a well intentioned but comically unqualified child - a political hack (national) - a political hack (local) - luther campbell
listened to this interview w/ the author of the nerd reich yesterday. whatever batshit nazi ideology you thought apartheid clyde and thiel were into, it is way way more batshit and wayyyyyy more nazi than that www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.
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actually kinda shocking that jason statham hasn't already played the role of an irritated but lethal catering truck driver responsible for safely whisking a comically corrupt and hubristic president away from danger
you cannot defeat capitalism. you have to incorporate capitalist incentives to get buy-in on the structural changes you want to enact. tldr: we must actively court the guillotine makers.
tbh it does sometimes feel like tripping on acid that "don't commit war crimes" and "people should have healthcare" has become the extremist position
the least believable thing about this cape fear remake is that anyone living in ACC country pays any attention to hurricane evacuation orders
if we could wrap up this whole "freefall into fascism" before the new legend of zelda comes out that'd be awesome
The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
my man gets it. the nature of capitalism is that market winners use their influence & wealth to establish structural inequities cementing their status as marketplace winners (e.g. lobbying, anti-competitive practices, etc.) a marketplace without robust regulation is not a free market meritocracy
laura olin@lauraolin.bsky.social · last wk.Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”
idk when this happened but, ladies we're good on use of the word "intentional". you gotta find a new word.
donnie proactively avoiding the rate hike by tanking the economy
i knew they were making a madden movie starring nick cage. i did NOT know it was being directed by david. o. russell. fuck. yes.
"haley is the most unlikeable candidate of all time." - pot roast n' gravy do you have any idea how radioactive your personality has to be for PRNG to conclude that the muslim democratic socialist is more likeable shout out to all three of you who got this. apologies to everyone else
raise you're hand if you've never had a triple digit number of bank accounts closed for suspected money laundering
seems like as good a day as any to reiterate that this is a super fast & easy read and very much worth your time www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic T…
New York Times finance editor David Enrich's explosive …
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@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2w agoABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"
at some point we should probably talk about how larry ellison took an otherwise flourishing company and scrapped oracle's entire business model to gambled the entire company on data centers, the seething hatred of which is now the only thing that americans can agree on
closed out my palantir position a few weeks ago so feel free to go ahead disregard pretty much everything i have to say
still banging the drum for an origin story spinoff show starring adebisi and marshawn lynch about the pre-euphoria adventures of alamo brown and G
gotta be honest i really thought we'd have gotten bailed out by "heart attack on the shitter" by now