John Smith Of the Smiths of Smithtown by the village smithy
@fincoot.bsky.social
Freelance anchorite, Windmill cancer survivor, Political Unreliable
Pinned
Oh for fucks sake
3. Where the Argument Fails
Category error: percent change vs multiplicative factor
Lutnick conflates:
Multiplicative comparisons (“7 times higher”)
with
Percentage reductions (“down 700%”)
This is incorrect.
Category error: percent change vs multiplicative factor
Lutnick conflates:
Multiplicative comparisons (“7 times higher”)
with
Percentage reductions (“down 700%”)
This is incorrect.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
3. Where the Argument Fails
Category error: percent change vs multiplicative factor
Lutnick conflates:
Multiplicative comparisons (“7 times higher”)
with
Percentage reductions (“down 700%”)
This is incorrect.
Category error: percent change vs multiplicative factor
Lutnick conflates:
Multiplicative comparisons (“7 times higher”)
with
Percentage reductions (“down 700%”)
This is incorrect.
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Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
Cutting our earned benefits should NEVER be on the table.
Cutting our earned benefits should NEVER be on the table.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
Cutting our earned benefits should NEVER be on the table.
Cutting our earned benefits should NEVER be on the table.
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Bongos Out! For Real This Time!
Dan Bongino, your L is waiting.
www.wonkette.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This would be a very good moment for Democratic leaders to increase the political salience of unnecessary wars
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This would be a very good moment for Democratic leaders to increase the political salience of unnecessary wars
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
"I just wish he'd stop tweeting" every gop voter in 2016.
Because we like to be unwitting about the monsters we worship
Because we like to be unwitting about the monsters we worship
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"I just wish he'd stop tweeting" every gop voter in 2016.
Because we like to be unwitting about the monsters we worship
Because we like to be unwitting about the monsters we worship
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Today is Bill of Rights Day
#OTD in 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens, including many of our nation's most valued freedoms that guarantee civil rights & liberties.
#OTD in 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens, including many of our nation's most valued freedoms that guarantee civil rights & liberties.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today is Bill of Rights Day
#OTD in 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens, including many of our nation's most valued freedoms that guarantee civil rights & liberties.
#OTD in 1791, the new United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, confirming the fundamental rights of its citizens, including many of our nation's most valued freedoms that guarantee civil rights & liberties.
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ICYMI:
The Houston Chronicle article below republished by Yahoo! News, titled “Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts,” speaks for itself.
You can access the article by clicking the link here:…
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Houston Chronicle article below republished by Yahoo! News, titled “Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts,” speaks for itself.
You can access the article by clicking the link here:…
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts.
Houston Congressman Al Green, D-Texas, filed his seventh article of impeachment this week against President Donald Trump.
www.yahoo.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ICYMI:
The Houston Chronicle article below republished by Yahoo! News, titled “Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts,” speaks for itself.
You can access the article by clicking the link here:…
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Houston Chronicle article below republished by Yahoo! News, titled “Al Green's latest attempt to impeach President Trump has been stopped. These are all of his past efforts,” speaks for itself.
You can access the article by clicking the link here:…
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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We’ll get through this. 😍
December 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We’ll get through this. 😍
signs to watch for
Trump
begins to affect gloves
Trump
begins to affect gloves
a person is putting on a pair of white gloves on another person 's arm .
ALT: a person is putting on a pair of white gloves on another person 's arm .
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
signs to watch for
Trump
begins to affect gloves
Trump
begins to affect gloves
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December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Starting to get even dodgier than trump properties brand is know for.
I fully expect to say "And just like that 200 million in donations disappeared"
I fully expect to say "And just like that 200 million in donations disappeared"
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom reut.rs/4iUt8pv
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.
reut.rs
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Starting to get even dodgier than trump properties brand is know for.
I fully expect to say "And just like that 200 million in donations disappeared"
I fully expect to say "And just like that 200 million in donations disappeared"
Brown University is in it's sixth hour of shelter in place.
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Brown University is in it's sixth hour of shelter in place.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
This is some sort of nature Elf magic.
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is some sort of nature Elf magic.
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We wanted to express our gratitude to the brave, patriotic people who are video-taping and posting the disgusting crimes that Trump’s masked goons commit every day on American streets.
History will not remember them kindly.
Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
History will not remember them kindly.
Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We wanted to express our gratitude to the brave, patriotic people who are video-taping and posting the disgusting crimes that Trump’s masked goons commit every day on American streets.
History will not remember them kindly.
Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
History will not remember them kindly.
Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
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A couple of months ago, I noticed that the Wapo editorial board member’s names were no longer public.
I emailed a senior Wapo editor and asked who exactly was writing this dribble. To my surprise, he emailed back and told me the names were secret.
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
I emailed a senior Wapo editor and asked who exactly was writing this dribble. To my surprise, he emailed back and told me the names were secret.
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the Wapo editorial board member’s names were no longer public.
I emailed a senior Wapo editor and asked who exactly was writing this dribble. To my surprise, he emailed back and told me the names were secret.
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
I emailed a senior Wapo editor and asked who exactly was writing this dribble. To my surprise, he emailed back and told me the names were secret.
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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