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Jim Teeth
@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
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I enjoy history, economics, politics, foreign policy and technology. I’m actually fairly knowledgeable about some of it.

Over educated but under-credentialed.

I have a fondness for Existentialism and Judaism.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · Nov 7
I’m an adherent of the Block and Go philosophy of Bluesky. The thing is I don’t need rude people in my timeline and my life is better with them gone. Don’t be a dick.
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Why does a truck cost $111k?
ens0.me Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 17h
one of the least sympathetic microgenres of post is, "I financed an extremely expensive truck at fairly normal APRs and am paying HOW MUCH in interest?!"

my uncle is broke as shit in his 60s in large part from making this exact sort of decision multiple times
A person complaining about $47k in interest over the life of a loan on a $111k truck
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Viagra Boys - Research Chemicals
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Dead Kennedys - Rawhide (In Studio)
YouTube video by DeadKennedysVEVO
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November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
The territory Ukrainians hold is Ukraine.
24hoursukraine.bsky.social 24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 19h
Putin: “When Ukrainians troops withdraw from the territories they hold, then we will cease hostilities; If they don’t leave, we will achieve this by military means “
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste
A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste
The machine learning community is finally waking up to the madness, but the detour of the last few years has been costly.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Interesting story here.
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Just saw police, ambulance and fire drive by. I’m guessing someone tried deep frying a turkey for the fist time.
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Alton Brown and Elizabeth Ingram doing a live Thanksgiving event. If you haven’t seen one of these live events you should. Alton without a censor is a gem.
Surprise Turkey Day Live!
YouTube video by Alton Brown
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November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
When is an order an ‘unlawful command’?
And why has Trump reacted so furiously to six members of Congress correctly stating the law?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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When is an order an ‘unlawful command’?

And why has Trump reacted so furiously to six members of Congress correctly stating the law?

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

(In which I go and look at the actual law and guidance in US and also UK.)

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
What the six members of Congress said was correct—indeed it went no further than that the Department of Defense’s own court martial manual guidance. No particular order is mentioned: the video is framed in general terms. In any normal circumstance, the response of the US president and the administration generally would be to say “of course”. But Donald Trump and the administration did not respond in that sensible way. The president said that the six legislators should be tried and executed for sedition. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating. There is even the proposal that one of the six, Senator Mark Kelly, is recalled to service so he can be punished and dismissed, notwithstanding his exemplary military service. This is nasty political intimidation on a grand scale. But the six are standing firm in the face of this bullying onslaught. They are right to do so. Although the video is a political act, to which there should be political responses, the content of the video aligns with the US government’s own formally published understanding of when orders should be disobeyed.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Trump: TO be tough on China I will impose huge tariffs
China [buys all its soybean from Brazil]
Trump: To free Bolsonaro I will impose huge tariffs on coffee
Brazil [jails Bolsonaro early]
Trump to Japan: You have to let China take Taiwan or they won't buy our soybeans
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Trump’s failed trade war has only emboldened President Xi and China. They realize they are the stronger party in any negotiation with Trump and the US. They will leverage that position and only strengthen it. The US really needs to stabilize its domestic situation, but that won’t happen under Trump.
How Xi Played Trump
Beijing gambled and is now reaping the rewards.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Anyone up for a river cruise in sunny North Korea?
N. Korea says cruise ship to launch on Taedong River | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will launch a luxury cruise ship in the downstream ...
en.yna.co.kr
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Old enough to remember Very Serious Journalists who lapped up the Nuzzi piece on Biden last summer as gospel and if you think anyone in that category is going to offer a mea culpa you’ve got another thing coming.
In June, Olivia was working on two big things: a profile of Joe Biden's cognitive decline and a strategy memo to help Bobby revive his dying campaign. Bobby was excluded from the CNN presidential debate on June 24, 2024, and he planned a livestream instead in which he would respond in real time to the Trump-Biden event. Olivia had major concerns about the Kennedy campaign's plan, which she thought would look gimmicky and diminish Bobby, and she drew up what she considered a much better approach. She included demographic data about who Bobby could reach, explained that he needed to rise above looking petty and aggrieved by complaining about being excluded by CNN, offered advice about how to package short clips from the event on social media, urged him to prescreen audience questions, and told him to wear a blue suit. The contrast, she urged, should be that Bobby is "Rocky," while Biden and Trump are "Rocky and Bullwinkle." She also advised that Bobby offer Fox News an exclusive interview in the run-up to the event and dictate all sorts of terms, including the on-screen chyrons. Jesse Watters was Olivia's first choice for this interview. If Fox turned him down, she recommended he go to the Daily Mail, because their standards were low and he could dictate more terms. As a last resort, she recommended Newsmax or NewsNation. A week after Bobby's event—yes, he wore a blue suit—Olivia published her piece about Biden, savaging him as a drooling invalid. I was shocked when I read the piece because she had included an anecdote about Biden not remembering the name of a "Democratic megadonor" that I knew had been told to her off the record. "How did you get that in there?" I asked. "I just sort of Michael Wolffed it," she replied, which was jarring to me because previously she was scrupulous about sourcing. Her piece was promoted as an account of "the conspiracy of silence to protect" Biden. Soon after the debate, Bobby realized his campaign for president was over and began the…
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to all y’all in the US.
WKRP Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Brian Henigin
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November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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White House pooler S.V. Daté releases a statement about President Trump's video on the DC shooting not NOT saying it was AI-generated

(VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvcj...)
WHCA travel pool report 9a - pool not advised re remarks A clarification about the video this evening on the WH web site: The travel pool was not advised about the remarks that were streamed on the White House YouTube site, neither before, nor after. No members of the pool were present during their broadcast or taping. That was not the pool camera used. Pool has no information about the remarks beyond what the president posted on his social media platform. -30- ー S.V. Dáte White House correspondent HuffPost
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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"People will still find a way to gamble if they want to!"

Ok, but people still find ways to buy meth but we still don't sell it at Boots and let the Sinoloa Cartel advertise on football uniforms.
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
drjamesjteeth.bsky.social
Has the bailout of generative AI already begun?
Has the bailout of generative AI already begun?
Or is pouring a pile of government money in just a coincidence?
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Trump is selling Taiwan to China for beans.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.

Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was arrested by ICE.
Woman with family connection to White House press secretary arrested by ICE in Revere
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere.
www.wcvb.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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So the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just picked up by ICE.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM