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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 38m

Just a bunch of uncertainty, a lot of it unnecessary. How I’m thinking of the markets over the next month or so:

Strategically:
- Long gold, healthcare, $nflx, Asia
- Still a lot in cash

Tactically:
- Earnings will probably give some bid
- On big rallies, sell call spreads, buy put spreads

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 47m

Risks to the stonk market:

- More Trump China tariff drama. Will he taco or not?

- Earnings start next week

- Govt shutdown

- SCOTUS hears oral arguments on tariffs in early Nov

- Jobs market sucking

- AI bubble / hype

- Fed independence

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship." n.pr/4ocHQcG

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2h

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US reut.rs/4q6RLlQ

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry's Gyros, a diner on Chicago's northwest side, his manager knew something was wrong. The short order cook always let someone know if he was running late, even by just 5 minutes.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 8h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h

just randomly looking around and found a place that sells these outfits in multiple sizes, if anyone's interested

www.favounicorn.com/inflatable-f...

Inflatable frog costume in kid and adult sizes, $54

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 9h

AI slop. But it’s really hard to tell.

“Oh look! Sora 2 can create realistic videos, and we don’t give a shit about the implications!

That’ll be higher electricity costs and water bills, please.”

- OpenAI

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 10h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 10h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 9h

We’re wasting so much energy. Experiencing mental (and physical for some) trauma, hate, and fear.

Because half the nation couldn’t vote for Kamala.

And the oligarchs were too giddy, counting all the money they could make with Trump.

Fcking bullshit.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9h

“I’ve got no problem with gruel.” Under orders from Trump, officials seek to make the life sentences of 37 convicted killers more like a living hell. The men were spared the death penalty by Biden.

Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

Law and order www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10h

A diseased population is easier to control

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 10h

Trump also feels emboldened by the stock market

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 10h

Be a damn shame if another pandemic happened now

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 10h

Ice crashes into car and arrests victim in Chicago

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h

How Peter Thiel's Palantir operates: JP Morgan reportedly had to oust a security chief installed on references from Palantir after executives found out he was spying on them. www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/j...

JP Morgan reportedly had to oust a security chief backed by Palantir after executives found out he was spying on them

J.P. Morgan Chase reportedly ousted its special operations head, Peter Cavicchia III, five years ago after learning that his insider security group had spied on the bank's top executives.

www.cnbc.com

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 10h

A very touching video that shows the moment Maria Corina Machado learns she received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Video slightly truncated to fit Bluesky’s 3 min limit.

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Hoon @hoon.bsky.social · 11h

Liar

Reuters @reuters.com · 11h

Trump remains in 'exceptional health,' doctor says reut.rs/4q3BVZd

Trump remains in 'exceptional health,' doctor says

U.S. President Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, Trump's doctor said in a memo released by the White House.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 14h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 11h

Well, I mean..

www.salesforce.com/news/press-r...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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