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Vandy, C.A.

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I used to sling stocks at the Squid || dog, food+beverage, travel pics || markets/econ but not investment advice || travel advisor Chicago or Paris https://cavandy.substack.com/p/lucy virtuoso.com/advisor/VandyGlobalTravel

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi new BlueSkyers! I’m here to talk markets, economy, food/wine, travel and try not to despair the next 4 years.

Feel free to tag me in all doggo pics, still miss my darling Lucy RIP who was the bestest sweetest girl ever. Here she is in 2020 💜

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

Chicagoland is a friendly, safe, vibrant, & fun place. I’m very happy my kids have grown up in the Rogers Park neighborhood of the city, & in Evanston. They’re both wonderful places.

But ICE is attacking us. People are doing everything possible to protect their neighbors. But it’s hard.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 6h

Trump claims the “Biden FBI” placed 274 agents at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump was president on Jan. 6.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 13h

you don’t follow me yet Russell cannot judge veracity

Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 13h

sexy military

like all the fake instagrams trying to follow me

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 13h

tonight I met a golden retriever named Sweetie in a restaurant in Paris and we had a little cuddle sesh and I was so happy

then an hour later I saw her on the street and I’m sorry that’s one of the coolest fuckin things that’s ever happened to me

Sweetie for lifffffeeee

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

Meryl Streep, honoring Keaton at AFI:

“She’s given us all so. Much. Happiness.”

#RIP 🙏🏼

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 13h

met this gorgeous icon in Roma in 2022 and she was as beautiful and warm and generous as you’d expect

RIP

Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 14h

goddammit not her RIP #DianeKeaton a great one 😢

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 17h

Listen to me very carefully: I will never, *never*, "ask Gemini."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20h

Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

“That sounds terrible.”

“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 1d

everyone is calling for him to be sacked bc he’s a fucking ghoul who is making us less safe

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

$CRM

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

This is like disbanding your military during World War Two.

The Trump regime is firing many of the 2,540 employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) during the ongoing government shutdown. Why? CISA dismissed Trump’s allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump one of the first hit with federal firings due to government shutdown

CISA plans to keep just 889 employees on duty during a shutdown while furloughing 65% of its workforce.

nypost.com

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

Some people don't super love Dubai but they get offered good money for a good job and they go for a couple of years. Wouldn't be my choice but I get it.
But a lot of people have made "slagging off the UK and going on about Dubai" their entire personality and it's quite dull

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 1d

hmmm what's more likely to be the antichrist, the sweaty billionaire whose boyfriends keep dropping out of windows or some guy that sweaty billionaire is pointing to??

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel has recently hosted 4 lectures about who the antichrist could be + warning that Armageddon is coming. He says the harbinger of the end of the world could already be in our midst + things such as international agencies, environmentalism and guardrails on technology could quicken its rise

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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NOTRELOAD AI @notreload.bsky.social · 1d

$AAPL [Apple is acquiring talent and computer vision tech from startup Prompt AI. Prompt, founded by top researchers, had good tech (Seemour smart home app) but a failed business model. Apple will likely use this for its HomeKit division.] www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/a...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Vandy, C.A. @cavandy.bsky.social · 1d

*another one??

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