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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4m

His moves are in fact transitions toward a command economy, albeit not one which is in conformance with any Marxist principles.

It's not really socialism, but then again, neither is what Stalin did.

It's academically false to call it Communism, but it's not terrible communication to the public imo

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Nevadans have a front row seat to.. Trump’s transformation of the U.S. economy from a free market to a command economy, complete with the ability for Trump to manipulate the market.. in favor of his own investments, .. friends or family.”

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 16m

I think we can just say that the constitution is over, and anyone who pretends otherwise is going to be destroyed.

It has been destroyed by the trump regime. It could have been defended and saved, but the opposition has chosen to pretend it is defending them rather than actually defend it.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 55m

Bragging about working more than a practice that was outlawed in China for being too inhumane

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 1h

the trump regime is the most fragile easily-topplable autocracy of all time, but we simply will not do it because the democrats still think they are working with a constitution

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah thanks for recommending this album you don't have the rights for any of the songs on, spotify.

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 1h

I think that what we can infer is that insider trading is rampant, there is an expectation that if you are onside with the administration you will not be prosecuted for it, and there is a belief this admin will not be leaving, so YOLO.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine that

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 1h

I saw her in the airport last month and begged her to do something. She just bowed her head and said “okay thank you”

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

yeah its wild that an OS which has been out for 4 years is still so fucked

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

Frankly, Jony Ive is owed an apology from everybody left at Apple.

🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

Liquid Glass™ is a cool name I guess, but I would have just called it Can't See Shit®.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not doing it. They cannot make me.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

Liquid Glass™ is a cool name I guess, but I would have just called it Can't See Shit®.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

All Fromsoft games are cults and all Paradox games are databases

Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 2h

As I get older I’ve concluded, ‘everything is basically either a cult or a database’. I will not be explaining

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2h

Bluesky is a cult. Mastodon is, of course, a database.

Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 2h

As I get older I’ve concluded, ‘everything is basically either a cult or a database’. I will not be explaining

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 2h

tariffed

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 3h

i have been trying to figure out how to turn this shit off for a month now

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 3h

Wife: "Diane Keaton, the journalist?"
Me: "She was an actress."
Wife: "Oh I was thinking of Leslie Stahl."

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3h

RIP to a legend 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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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 3h

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 3h

Its just the classic dilemma of something being annoying not actually being bad, or in fact being good.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

We're going to need a system that simply does not acknowledge such pardons. This constitution is toast.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

This used to be in Campari

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

Brother, the entirety of internet leftism has been trapped in a Sopranos-shaped prism for the last 20 years.

Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 4h

I’m currently at a pop culture convention with 120k+ attendees where there’s Game of Thrones stuff literally everywhere, and the Marvel TV panel was so overpacked they had to shut down the floor. But I will agree people do not talk about Succession quite as often as when it was airing every week.

Nobody really talks about Succession anymore. Or Game of Thrones. Sort of confirms my thesis that, with rare exceptions, television does not really matter.

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

i wont name the retailer because i was naughty and shameful to shop there 😔

🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

you know about this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine

Carmine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

peak seems unattainable

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🦇 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 4h

microwaveable mac and cheese for kids up to $7.50 at major retailer

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