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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2h

Oh!

Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

"FirstBrands is a huge POS"
"A huge position? Well, it's quite large but we've had larger in the past"
#PlausibleDeniability

Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

There are an awful lot of very well-paid credit analysts who got caught offside by this FirstBrands business.
I hope you've kept the emails where you said "this is a huge POS" and the reply from your boss when they overruled you.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

There are an awful lot of very well-paid credit analysts who got caught offside by this FirstBrands business.
I hope you've kept the emails where you said "this is a huge POS" and the reply from your boss when they overruled you.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4h

Not sure how anyone was supposed to know that the exact thing that they were repeatedly warned would happen was gonna happen

404 Media @404media.co · 23h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

Leaked footage of Trump's supporters lobbying the Nobel committee...

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

Also the "well done to the committee for resisting the pressure".
I mean... seriously?
"Now we come to candidate number three. We can skip over candidate number three, yes?"

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 4h

(I do not think the Nobel Prize Committee are “trolling Trump”, by the way. I think you are all reading across your own opinions and this is a committee of people acting out of - in their eyes - great moral seriousness, they wouldn’t be acting out of spite or malicious glee)

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 5h

Marco Rubio supported Maria Corina Machado's nomination.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 5h

Oh, yikes! Also...

a cartoon character with fxnow written on the bottom of the screen

ALT: a cartoon character with fxnow written on the bottom of the screen

media.tenor.com

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of "disappointed Trump" posts this morning (including from me) but we should celebrate the winner, of course.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 5h

"Yes, she's Venezuelan. Yes, 'she'."

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 5h

"The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace;"
<Trump stands up and walks towards the stage>

" a woman..."
<Trump hesitates>

"Who keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness"
<Trump returns to chair>

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, when crossing the executive by executing the law means the executive launches revenge prosecutions, then it’s time to get your money out, charge massive risk premiums or both.

Because this is banana republic stuff, and that means the risks are too high not to cover against it.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 20h

Giving Trump the Nobel tomorrow may prevent him flying into a murderous rage and therefore the very act of giving it him would mean the Nobel Prize Committee should award it to itself next year.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

Kissinger? That would have been totally ridic... hold on a minute...

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is in to 10/1 on Betfair from 20/1 to win the Peace Prize tomorrow.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

U ok hun?

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

The search continues for a modest Yorkshireman...

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

"No increase in taxes means your pint of beer will cost just the same"
"So you can promise we'll get the same amount of beer for our money?"
"Absolutely!"

(h/t @dsquareddigest.bsky.social )

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

Dear lord.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

Pass out to help out

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