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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 53m

... and doing so for two reasons:

1. He speaks the Spanish.
2. He has a spine whereas they do not.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 56m

Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries recording music on SoundCloud to being one of the most streamed artists in the world. He embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of Latinos that Republicans say should make them natural conservatives. Instead they are crashing out on him.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 52m

Some Saturday night entertainment from the Zillow Gone Wild subreddit.

www.reddit.com/r/zillowgone...

From the zillowgonewild community on Reddit: No words necessary for this one

Explore this post and more from the zillowgonewild community

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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 1h

If the Supreme Court's Catholics don't put a stop to this Leo ought to excommunicate them.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 2h

Previous repost: in the immortal words of my skeptical grandfather, "I could live with this Pope."

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 3h

Rome might not use those words but Rome has thrown open the door to them being used, and clearly backs them. Think about that.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Barchart @barchart.com · 4h

😂😂

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 4h

As one Vietnamese-American to another, an executive who unilaterally decides he no longer is bound by the plain text of the constitution is called a "dictator" and government under such an executive is called a "dictatorship."

People and systems like that are a big reason our parents fled Vietnam.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 4h

Seriously, short ticker PSKY on the stock market.

labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes I wonder where does the alpha in the stock market come from? Why aren't people uncovering the things I've uncovered?
And then I see this, and remember why.

PPP Grifter @pppgrifter.bsky.social · 8h

These people agreed to be embarrassed on TV. You couldn’t waterboard this out of me

Hachmama.Slava_Ukrani.eth🌻 @hachbiz.bsky.social · 8h

These people are allowed to vote

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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 1d

Your periodic reminder that the greatest innovation of Crypto is to stop people out of positions at horrific levels when not even Auckland is in the office.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 11h

-West Texas Fertilizer Depot (2013)
-California Fireworks Depot (2025)
-Atlanta Chlorine Depot (2024)
-This incident

This and Countless other examples is a reminder that hazardous solids are exempt from RMP process safety rules, and deaths pile up every year. Shameful bipartisan fuckup

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

A powerful explosion that tore through a central Tennessee ammunition plant on Friday morning has left 18 people missing, putting the small rural communities surrounding the facility on edge. Here’s what we know about the blast.

What We Know About the Explosion in Central Tennessee

The blast happened at a plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems. Officials did not specify a death toll but said 18 people were missing.

nyti.ms

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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 1d

11 months ago:

DT @d1puck1t.bsky.social · Oct 23

"You can survive him again!"
1,219,487 Americans died during his inept handling of Covid.
On Palestine, he cut off all aid during his administration promised to do so again, criticized Bibi for being soft, promised a Muslim ban, to deport protestors, etc.
There are 2 possible winners. He's worse.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 6h

This gets back to my main theme about this admin: it is dismantling ALL of the risk management put in place over decades and decades.
Trump bankrupted so many businesses because he does not do risk management, wouldn't know it if it slapped him upside his head.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 6h

Previous repost: as Florida stopped requiring vaccinations, this is what I figured would be the disease that would bring us to our knees, given how ridiculously contagious it is. So far so good (derogatory).

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 11h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 8h

I learned Prussia was the name of a tribe wiped out by the Teutonic Knights from reading a medieval history by Pirenne. Startling bit of history. Didn't know Lithuania was attached to them.

labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 9h

Key to what happened with rare earths and China, and Trump's reaction yesterday, was likely his response to the soybeans debacle.
The below quote captures the dynamic. China tested him with soybeans, saw the limp response, and pushed harder.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

But if you pursue handshake deals, it’s classic game theory: The other side is going to evaluate your response if they renege. And if they think you’re chicken, they’re just not going to adhere to the deal.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

Because they saw, and still see, America as something far superior to the tinpot shithole regimes we opposed. And there's nothing more insulting to them than seeing someone go and try to turn America into *exactly* that kind of country.

Binzie @binns.bsky.social · 1d

My boss is a Reagan Republican and has been enraged since this all started. I seem to remember being plenty angry at that group of Republicans back then but again, nothing like this.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished running the numbers, but nothing concrete yet as a lot of it is preliminary. Some numbers haven't been updated, likely because of how crazed this session was. But it's a weekend, so there's time to finish & see. But so far it's bearish with a high probability of a big bounce Monday.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 1d

Even Andrew fucking Jackson would slap Trump upside his head.

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🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 1d

"Calm down people! Deploy the Galactic Militia and declare Martial Law."
"Yes sir! What shall I pay them with?"
"Their payment will be the honor they feel to serve!.. Wait a minute, who's paying me to yell at this guy?
"I can answer that.. for MONEY."

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 1d

Went through the major stop loss level for the day with only a passing wave. That's not a good sign.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, I guess the low volatility regime in the stock market is dead and buried, anyway.

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labsoftwaredev.bsky.social @labsoftwaredev.bsky.social · 1d

Got out with a profit for the day on this thing. Stuff you absitively posulutely cannot make up. My God.
VIX is exploding higher which is very good.