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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 52m

I am seeking $15 million of VC financing to revolutionise the wine industry by ageing wine in wooden barrels.

In other news, people continue to send me articles about innovations in the chocolate industry that actually predate the Giza pyramids.

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 12h

Welcoming "Trump deserves a Nobel" takes only means you are enthusiastically gullible.

No discourse is enriched, no person or viewpoint better known by contending with rationalisations, pretending they are good faith arguments.

Being a mark is not a liberal value.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 16h

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SubGothius @subgothius.bsky.social · 1d

That and Fučík's "Entrance of the Gladiators"

Entrance of the Gladiators - Julius Fučík (The BEST Version)

YouTube video by scathandra

youtu.be

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Butlerian jihadi @rsgreacen.bsky.social · 21h

Whoops

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 21h

🎈📌👶 www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

AI bubble is 17 times the size of that of the dot-com frenzy, analyst says

A research firm is arguing not just that AI is in a bubble, but that it is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble.

www.marketwatch.com

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 22h

This is something that sounds like a perfect fit in a new greenfield development, like Montréal's Namur-Hippodrome.

Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 22h

District heating is one of the solutions for low-emission heating in cities. It's not easy due to high upfront, non-socialized investments and the complicated agreements needed.
But in Delft, a project for 6,000 homes is under construction, with geothermal heat!
www.omroepdelft.nl/omroepdelft/...

Buis van 180 meter gaat meters diep de grond in voor Delfts warmtenet

8-10-2025 13:57 Door Joey Hut Een 180 meter lange warmteleiding verdwijnt aan de E. du Perronlaan onder de grond. Elf hijskranen tillen de buis op de juiste hoogte, zodat het 45 centimeter dikke gevaa...

www.omroepdelft.nl

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

it always blows my mind when these people act like “the left just calls everyone nazis” these days and it’s like no. we’re calling nazis nazis! there just happens to be a lot of them in and around the government these days!

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.

Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."

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Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Miss Piggy wearing a leather jacket with leopard print collar and cuffs, pearl necklace, pink gloves and a large stone ring.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Brad Woodfin @bradwoodfin.bsky.social · 2d

@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social The courageous person I wish was my MP Nima Machouf is being illegally detained by Israel. You have been my MP for 8 years now? This would be the time to finally find a spine and do something.

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 2d

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 2d

Ce serait extraordinaire que le taux de réussite soit si haut- c'est bien mieux qu'en industrie!

Est-ce que le gouvernement a des données historiques sur l'évolution du taux de réussite?

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 3d

If these people wanted to crash consumer confidence and cause a recession, what would they do differently?

Tariffs, tourism, deportations, higher education, cancelling renewable energy projects / IRA... any one of those could be enough to start a recession.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 3d

On the last section of the 3rd version of my business plan, I realise I need to start over.

It's getting better... slowly.

Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 3d

Not the chocolate news I expected to relay today, but chocolate news nonetheless.

Quality being fractal, you can make a guess as to the quality of the contents.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

People would have signed this off.

Others will have been shown the product.

Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.

How on Earth did nobody spot it?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 3d

This is a remarkable document. here is a mayor restricting her constituents’ first amendment rights to (checks notes) protect them from (checks notes) the federal (really?) government.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

New: Broadview, IL Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order today - her first this year - limiting protest outside the Broadview ICE facility to between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The order cites "recent escalation of violence by ICE" at the facility as reason to restrict protest there.

An executive order restricting protest at the Broadview ICE facility. Full order can be found here:

https://broadview-il.gov/reference/latest-news/village-of-broadview-executive-order-no-2025-01/

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately she also wants to audit the bike lanes instead of the dangerous areas, and runs candidates who are beyond the pale.

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 4d

Can you say which candidate and solution?

I'm baffled so many can claim to be pro-housing while permitting delays kept growing, and AFAIK only Rosemont has reasonable turnaround times.

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 4d

We really need to retire "contrarian" as a descriptor for Weiss immediately.

The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.

She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.

NPR @npr.org · 4d

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. n.pr/4o634cr

CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

n.pr

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

“We”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Daniel Haran @danielharan.bsky.social · 5d

Moldbug IS right that antifa generally have more sex than *checks notes* incels and undataeable far-right assholes.

I wonder where he'd go seek asylum. Russia?

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 5d

mencius moldbug is thinking of fleeing the country because he thinks the trump administration's chaotic half-assing of dismantling liberal democracy is going to bite them all in the ass

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 5d

what the fuck is going on

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5d

SE London's Bakerloo line extension keeps not happening and in the absence of it, local government has stepped in to provide a (let's hope) temporary fix.

That's not a criticism. It's a very good idea indeed

@london.gov.uk

www.bbc.com/news/article...

New Bakerloop bus route launches between Waterloo and Lewisham

The BL1, which links Waterloo and Lewisham, launches with free fares for its first week of operation.

www.bbc.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d

I keep going back to this, but one of the reasons South Korea has an incredibly effective protest culture is because they have *decades* of organizational experience through daily/weekly protesting. it helps a lot to do the routine stuff to be able to pull off the big stuff.

Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 6d

Why doesn't the US have a general strike? Well you can point to culture or whatever but I think structure is of not immediate use here: does the US have organizations and institutions it can use to network, organize and mobilize a general strike? No.

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