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Disappointed Optimist
@disappoptimism.bsky.social
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I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · Nov 6
This is my thread of threads - the stories & tales I tell in one place for the Bluesky:
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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 14h
If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 7h
We are all here for Spag O’Murph spitting rhymes now
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 8h
Ahhh but also whaaaat
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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 8h
The only defendant to appeal against his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot has had his sentence increased as he was found guilty once more
Gisèle Pelicot rapist’s jail term extended after appeal trial
www.thetimes.com
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Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 10h
Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?
A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 10h
I mean, America has quarterly reporting. How the heck do you lose this much money?

Like: it has to be criminal at that point. You don’t lose this down the back of the sofa
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 10h
Uhhhh
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h
A five-byline alarm on First Brands:

“.. the stakes were raised on Wednesday night when one of First Brands’ financial partners made an emergency court filing calling for an independent investigation into $2.3 billion .. it said had ‘simply vanished.’”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 13h
Very very British
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 14h
that’s the Guido Fawkes editorial team isn’t it?
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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 21h
The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)
An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d
WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances It reads: "This man is your FRIEND He fights for FREEDOM" The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG
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Chris Washington 🧛‍♂️ @cwashington.bsky.social · 14h
Took them long enough...

BBC News - DJ Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape
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DJ Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape
DJ Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape and multiple counts of sexual and indecent assault, Met Police say
www.bbc.com
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 14h
Yeah so M&A is usually about buying business not increasing GDP. So productivity normally drops post acquisition
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 15h
Also: I feel M&A activity actually stifles growth. And there’s been a LOT of this
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 15h
Imho as a total n00b it’s a combination of a drop in traditional manufacturing & production & the consolidation services combined with fact you can no longer write off technology as a capital cost very effectively anymore.

So no real investment is made by companies because margins are impacted
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 15h
They’ve definitely got ready to rumble and maybe even gone as far as just a little love.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 15h
Those sure do look like bubbles in that diagram - don’t they?
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 16h
Peter Atwater
“With each passing day, the AI space looks more and more like the USA’s home mortgage securitization at the peak of the 2007-8 housing bubble with its overlapping series of capital conveyor belts.”
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17h
The real Annabelle looks like a proper little strumpet & troublemaker
A ridiculous 80s doll with red hair and printed facial features wearing a white dress that’s claimed to be haunted
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 17h
I watched 'The Conjuring: Last Rites" and it still makes me smile when you compare the movie version of Annabelle with the actual doll.
The movie version of Annabelle, forged in cursed Bakelite and imbued with the souls of the damned, glares out at us from its glass prison. The sign on the door reads "Warning! Positively do not open", not that any warning is necessary when you look at its cruel face. The actual Annabelle, essentially a jolly cushion with limbs and a face, gives a cheery smile as it stares out at us from its glass prison. The sign on the door reads "Warning! Positively do not open" which seems unduly harsh. Like caging a Smurf.
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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d
Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17h
Telling everyone it’s a drug cartel and blowing up fisherman whilst carrying out manoeuvres on their coast is very posturing
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17h
America is about to do a little democratic delivery in Venezuela isn’t it?
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 18h
NOW THEY WILL FIND OUT
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 18h
Nah. The last one is a real estate fraudster.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 18h
It’s a plea for the large print leaflet and visit my house personally party.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 19h
It raises the logical point:

If this is only about pride; why are you see intent on not being proud of it?
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