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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 38m

I want a car that is 0% computer.

Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 22h

“We think the Trump administration is kicking off a major wave of deregulation, unlocking a huge amount of capacity, which will give a massive economic boost and an earnings uplift.”

#Finance #WallStreet #Deregulation #Banks

www.ft.com/content/8c69...

Bank deregulation set to unlock $2.6tn of Wall Street lending capacity

US lenders expected to cement global dominance by a significant easing of post-financial crisis rules

www.ft.com

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 22h

Views from my morning run.
#Photography
#Beach
#California

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 22h

“Learn at your pace.”

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 1d

Understanding a wound is not the same as healing it.

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 2d

4am.

I wonder what the worm thinks though.

Spooky Bunsz 👻 @copaceticbunsz.com · 2d

Early bird gets the worm but what's considered early to yall ?

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 2d

You can't make someone love you by giving them more of what they already don't appreciate.

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 3d

The Tylenol in me recognizes and honors the circumcision in you.

Namautisticste.

🙏🏾.

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 3d

"Asked last year if he was creating a doomsday bunker, the Facebook founder gave a flat "no". The underground space spanning some 5,000 square feet is, he explained, "just like a little shelter, it's like a basement"."

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

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 3d

If companies shifted all of their on-premise IT budgets to cloud and also reinvested the savings from applying AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and R&D into capital spending on new data centers, they would still fall $800 billion short of the revenue needed.

www.bain.com/insights/how...

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 3d

Our economy is now largely AI service companies paying AI service companies for AI services.

a man in a black suit says you know this story is not going to end well

ALT: a man in a black suit says you know this story is not going to end well

media.tenor.com

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 4d

2003 - 2024, the time that Americans spent attending or hosting a social event declined by 50%. Last year, Americans aged 15-24 spent 70% less time attending or hosting parties than they did in 2003.

#Culture #Loneliness #Community #SocialLife #ModernAmerica

www.derekthompson.org/p/the-death-...

The Death of Partying in the U.S.A.—and Why It Matters

Young Americans today spend 70 percent less time attending or hosting parties than they did at the beginning of the 21st century. Why?

www.derekthompson.org

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 5d

I can see why.

Probably addicted too 😂.

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 8d

I can’t tell if Temu is shopping or a slot machine.

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 8d

They’d eat the homeless if it made the accounting reports for “universal” healthcare look profitable.

Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 8d

Narrator: She was right, but sadly most people didn’t “study” anymore.

Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · 8d

The History of Nazis holding rallies in Left Wing areas of Weimar Germany instigating Street Fights & then telling the Press that only they can save Germany from the Violent Communist seems like an Important thing for People to be Studying Right Now 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 8d

*taps sign*

👇🏾

Ea-nāṣir @jedgarnaut.bsky.social · 8d

During the greatest generation, half the country had segregated water fountains. Duality there, indeed.

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, and then a lot of Nazi fascists came to America after the war and took political, scientific, and economic power. We in fact welcomed them with open arms to beat the “Communists”.

Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 8d

So I guess the US was also a fascist country when FDR was putting Japanese Americans in internment camps, right?

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Barack Ollama, Esq. @jamiewitter.bsky.social · 8d

Democracy and Fascism can go hand in hand. Hitler came to power in a democracy:
“When Hitler had vowed in court, in September 1930, to destroy democracy through the democratic process, a judge asked, “So, only through constitutional means?” Hitler replied crisply, “Jawohl.”

time.com/6971088/adol...