Steve Baird

@stevenkbaird.bsky.social

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Two weeks ago today, after Nasdaq willingly rigged the rules, somewhere btw $7-10 bil of passive money was forced to buy SpaceX at $160.42 Today, 10 trading days later, it closed at $119.85 It’s an unprecedented forced loss (at least $2b) for passive investors and our financial media is 🦗

On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...

This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE

Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.

nj.com

Apparently, today I only have testosterone in my legs. And in a couple of years, the only testosterone in my whole body will be pooled down around my calves and feet. I can feel my testosterone draining away as I post this. I am Low T. Can I park in the handicapped spots? Asking for an old friend.

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In other "excellent news from religious bodies", the US Presbyterian General Assembly has formally voted to start the process to (correctly) declare white Christian nationalism a theological error incompatible with the teachings of Jesus: pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...

PC(USA) labels White Christian nationalism "Theological Error"

Calling White Christian nationalism incompatible with the teachings of Jesus, commissioners approved a proposed constitutional amendment and a new policy statement opposing the ideology.

pres-outlook.org

There are signs that say those things because people used to think that basic statements of decency were universally understood and then hateful fuckos like JD Vance made it clear that they were absolutely not universally understood.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Vance: People hang out those hideous signs in their yard that say, "in this house we believe blah blah blah blah blah. You know, love is love, science is science, whatever. No person is illegal." That sign is such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed

On the anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, we celebrate the landmark decision legalizing marriage equality nationwide. As the Trump Administration continues its sweeping MAGA attacks on LGBTQIA+ Americans, we recommit to defending freedom, dignity and equal protection for all.