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Financial Advisor Turned Outdoor Philosopher On A Bicycle. Exploring the great outdoors & political landscapes one Bluesky post at a time. 🌅 This Is The Place ❄️ The Greatest Snow On Earth 🏜️ Unusual Occurrences in The Desert 🧺 It's all about the picnic!

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Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · Dec 23

My all time favorite three minute ski video, about Dave the farmer at Alta Utah. He passed away the following fall. These are some of the last turns of a life well lived. Make a run for Dave ❄️⛷️🌞
youtu.be/u6nuxLCt1LM?...

Steeped In Tradition Episode 8 - The Farmer

YouTube video by AltaSkiArea

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 1d

From mid-August to mid-October we added $1 trillion more dollars to our debt. ONE TRILLION DOLLARS IN TWO MONTHS! To put this in perspective: The U.S. hit $34 trillion in Jan. 2024, $35 trillion in July 2024, $36 trillion in Nov. 2024, $37 trillion in Aug. 2025 and now $38 trillion in October 2025

US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic

The U.S. government's gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion during the federal shutdown, marking a record high.

apnews.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 3h

Bottomless pit of greed

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Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 17m

Reactionaries, all of them.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 26m

"On Thursday morning, Trump signed one of his most scandalous pardons to date.

On Thursday afternoon, he couldn’t explain his actions from hours earlier..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

President Bystander stumped when asked about pardon he signed hours earlier

On Thursday morning, Trump signed one of his most scandalous pardons to date. On Thursday afternoon, he couldn’t explain his actions from hours earlier.

www.msnbc.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

Illinois has now achieved its 10th credit rating upgrade since I took office.

It reflects our continued growth in financial standing and speaks volumes to our state's commitment to fiscal discipline.

With each upgrade, it means saving Illinoisans millions of dollars.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”

@pbsnews.org
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 8h

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

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Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks Barry!
The Hill article about return to office policies is a great read. Being forced to return toffice two years ago was the catalyst for my retirement.

Fwded the article to my old boss asking if they've suffered the same fate or been able to keep veteran talent 🧐

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 4h

10 Friday AM Reads

ritholtz.com/2025/10/10-f...

10 Friday AM Reads - The Big Picture

My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • When you shut the door on remote work, seasoned talent turns away: Veteran talent walks away the moment in-office work policy clashes with autonomy. McKinsey ...

ritholtz.com

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

When you bike during the morning rush hour, you see drivers do all sorts of distracting stuff that takes their eyes off the road while driving: use a smart phone, put on make up, eat (sometimes with silverware!), reach for stuff far away in the car, and give stuff to kids. What else have you seen?

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Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 1d

When I was bicycle commuting to work, I'd look around and every driver would be on their phone.

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 1d

Local “Man” insists cyclists should ‘share the road’ by staying out of it entirely. Experts confirm he has not shared anything since 1998.

Picture of lifted white truck rolling Coal on cyclist

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Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha that's funny. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent became chief investment officer for Soros’s firm and played a major role in several landmark financial trades, including the 1992 bet against the British pound that earned Soros over $1 billion (“Black Wednesday”).

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

Our story so far:
Trump orders minions to destroy the Capitol on Jan 6.
He's banned from YouTube.
He returns to the White House.
He sues YouTube for banning him.
They settle for $22 million.
That money is used by Trump to destroy the East Wing
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...

Trump White House East Wing ballroom project got $22M boost from YouTube legal settlement

President Trump has said he and donors will cover the costs of the White House East Wing ballroom, but it is not clear who all the contributors are.

www.cnbc.com

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stunt tulpa @highplainsdrifter.bsky.social · 1d

This write up from someone who demoed one for several days makes me think itll actually be interesting.

www.rivianforums.com/review-i-rod...

Review: I rode the ALSO TM-B E-Bike: Rivian Micromobility Startup’s First EV

I just spent the day in San Francisco riding a bike unlike any other I’ve ever ridden. This is it. It’s not your average looking or functioning bike—and that may not come as a surprise once you hear i...

www.rivianforums.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism isn’t some high-flown ideology

It’s what happens when you shut down higher brain functions and think only with your lizard brain.

Hate. Fear. Violence. Cruelty. Us vs. Them

It’s the opposite of thinking

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Shredgar @shredgar.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Barry!

The Kevin Costner article is very interesting. Spouse is a big Yellowstone fan.

We are currently in southern Utah about 12 miles away from the Territory Studios location, but I'm not able to find anything about it on Google maps 🤷🏻‍♂️