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Just trying to figure it all out. Read my newsletter, the Future Phatness. https://open.substack.com/pub/futurephatness

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · Jul 23

I wrote something: People Don't Use Headphones in Public Anymore and I Hate it

People Don't Use Headphones in Public Anymore and I Hate It

It's the 1980s all over again but way way way worse.

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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 10m

“This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates, and that room is filled with both courage and integrity. So we base only our decision on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel.”

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 10m

The fact that the committee gave it to a Hispanic woman....

a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer

ALT: a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1h

Forbes article about Washington Post losing subscribers

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 15m

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 5h

need to someone to date me so i have someone to assemble furniture with

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 1h

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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 7h

The government is shut down, so government workers, contractors, and beneficiaries aren't being paid. Yet the Treasury Department is using $20 billion in unappropriated funds to aid the right-wing government of Argentina in their upcoming elections.

An undemocratic abuse of financial statecraft.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 7h

"Racism is bad" is too politically charged. Think about that.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7h

I just really fucking love Chicago.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 16h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13h

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 18h

It’s kind of crazy that Nazis and the KKK have recently become controversial bad guys because a bunch of bitter online dorks assumed it was about them

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 18h

Jokes on them: That game would have made a billion dollars. I would have bought ten copies.

Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 18h

Trump gets the Nobel Peace Prize in exchange he gets into a space ship and we can launch it into the fucking sun.

Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 18h

I'll ignore that shit just like I do every year.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

the latest effort to try to find the switch to turn off liberalism (also these people hate the idea of a free society)

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 22h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 19h

This coming from the fucking party kidnapping people in the streets and housing them like cattle.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 20h

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 23h

15 shillings per week = 624 shillings per year = £31.2 per year.

Bank of England says £31.2 in 1843 money is worth about £3,546 today.

That’s about $4,800 per year in American currency.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

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Slacks @jayslacks.bsky.social · 1d

He still won't win the Nobel.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

He is once again an oath breaker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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