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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 44m

BUT what if we bundle these up, then cut them into different tranches, and then sell those?! IT CANNOT FAIL

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 48m

Crypto bros have a great idea: "fractional real estate." Investors just buy a piece of a property, on the blockchain.
This is *how every property-related security already works*.
And given its history, securitization might not be something you want to reinvent!
From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:

Crypto Bros Want to Create Micro Landlords

Crypto executives are selling investors fractions of buildings in yet another scheme to reinvent an existing activity and say rules don’t apply because it’s on the blockchain.

prospect.org

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 45m

What's more peaceful than a Department of Defense? A Department of War, of course!

Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 46m

Can't believe the guy deploying troops against his own citizens and blowing up motorboats without a scintilla of legal justification didn't win the peace prize

Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 46m

Can't believe the guy deploying troops against his own citizens and blowing up motorboats without a scintilla of legal justification didn't win the peace prize

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 3h

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 5h

This year’s laureate:

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 11h

I hate sports, why do I watch sports, sports are dumb and stupid and

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Shane McNichol @ontheshanetrain.bsky.social · 12h

New meme format

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 12h

Paul Ingrassia is also the WH aide who Brian "The Drizz" Driscoll has alleged questioned him about political loyalty to Trump

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Pat Gallen @patgallen.bsky.social · 12h

Devonta Smith running wide open 40 yards downfield and Hurts misses him.

The Philly sports week from hell.

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Mike @85mf.bsky.social · 13h

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 12h

OF FUCKING COURSE THEY DO

Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 12h

Flyers lose their opener to the Panthers by a 2-1 final score.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 12h

ugh.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 13h

Eagles seem to do better when I watch. Phillies, so far, no impact either way. Might stick with football for all our sakes

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 13h

Not feeling great about sports right now

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 13h

Truly believe the goofy guys protesting as silly as possible will be what saves us

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 15h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 20h

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

www.npr.org

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Jacob Knutson @jaknutson.bsky.social · 20h

How do we operate as a free and open society when the president can swoop into any city, tear apart communities, then use the inevitable unrest resulting from his actions to station standing armies indefinitely?

Jacob Knutson @jaknutson.bsky.social · 20h

The DOJ is currently arguing in court that the president can deliberately provoke unrest and incite chaos in a city and then can use that turmoil as justification for deploying the National Guard.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 20h

Perry: How do you respond to the plaintiffs' contention that any unrest, any violence is the fault of how federal agents are interacting with members of the public? Does it matter if their conduct is why they can't execute federal laws?
Hamilton: No.

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 20h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE63...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23h

I might end up talking about this graph all day.

I think one thing Dems need to realize is that "Americans" are not buying into the "cities on fire" lies of this admin.

It's JUST Republicans. So if you're a governor of a solidly blue state, or a blue-city mayor, the national story is NOT YOURS.

Gallup poll showing a wild divergence in "is crime rising" over the past two years, w GOP at 90, independents at 68, Dems at 29.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 23h

Given the targeting of Soros related operations in all of this, it's again worth noting Trump's Treasury secretary was high up in the financier's operation.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 23h

Trump accelerates efforts to use nation's law enforcement to target his political enemies: Stephen Miller "is deeply involved" in going after non profits and educational institutions. Via Reuters

www.reuters.com

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 1d

One takeaway from the F&M poll of Pa voters for me:
People are super anxious about AI and want to see AI regulated.

All the hype from AI boosters could bite them in the butt if politicians realize AI regulations would be very welcome by voters.

October 2025 F&M Poll Results

The first poll since the 2024 election explores a number of issues, including AI, democracy, and the state Supreme Court retention election, along with the mood of Pennsylvania's voters and their rati...

www.fandmpoll.org

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