PDXCowbell
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Here's the full-circle scam
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here's the full-circle scam
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
Ultra-wealthy PE's and bankers buy politicians who promise not to tax them
Politicians instead borrow from pension funds to pay for public infrastructure
Pension funds go insolvent and get stuck yield-chasing
Pension funds have to invest in funds managed by said PE's
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Learned this nearly two decades ago when mentioning my love for fraktur/blackletter typefaces in a post for my graphic design website.
I don't maintain the blog anymore, but if you're curious, here's the post:
calyxdesign.com/all-roads-le...
I don't maintain the blog anymore, but if you're curious, here's the post:
calyxdesign.com/all-roads-le...
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Learned this nearly two decades ago when mentioning my love for fraktur/blackletter typefaces in a post for my graphic design website.
I don't maintain the blog anymore, but if you're curious, here's the post:
calyxdesign.com/all-roads-le...
I don't maintain the blog anymore, but if you're curious, here's the post:
calyxdesign.com/all-roads-le...
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Pretty sure this is the story:
1941 – “Today the Führer decided that ROMAN is from now on to be designated as the standard letter. All printed products will be progressively changed over to this standard letter. The use of Schwabacher-Jewish letters by authorities will in future cease”.
1941 – “Today the Führer decided that ROMAN is from now on to be designated as the standard letter. All printed products will be progressively changed over to this standard letter. The use of Schwabacher-Jewish letters by authorities will in future cease”.
December 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pretty sure this is the story:
1941 – “Today the Führer decided that ROMAN is from now on to be designated as the standard letter. All printed products will be progressively changed over to this standard letter. The use of Schwabacher-Jewish letters by authorities will in future cease”.
1941 – “Today the Führer decided that ROMAN is from now on to be designated as the standard letter. All printed products will be progressively changed over to this standard letter. The use of Schwabacher-Jewish letters by authorities will in future cease”.
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Ellen Burstyn is 92
Love how & why she did another Exorcist sequel.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Love how & why she did another Exorcist sequel.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ellen Burstyn is 92
Love how & why she did another Exorcist sequel.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Love how & why she did another Exorcist sequel.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Yeah hi, I'll have a big mac meal aaaand please have the Grinch jack me off.
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yeah hi, I'll have a big mac meal aaaand please have the Grinch jack me off.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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GOLDENEYE Pause Music
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
GOLDENEYE Pause Music
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
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Not a day goes by I don’t miss my pal Neil Innes & wish we could chat again. An amazing human in all the most brilliantly absurd ways,always keen to have a drink & a think & a bit of uke to accompany both. A sweet soul. Here’s a cover he did of his friend George’s song the last time we were together
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Not a day goes by I don’t miss my pal Neil Innes & wish we could chat again. An amazing human in all the most brilliantly absurd ways,always keen to have a drink & a think & a bit of uke to accompany both. A sweet soul. Here’s a cover he did of his friend George’s song the last time we were together
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There have been many attempts at lampooning Elton John over the years, but the brilliance in Neil Innes' approach from RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION is to emulate Elton's musicianship while gently ribbing the oft-times endearingly flowery/nonsensical nature of Bernie Taupin's lyrics...
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There have been many attempts at lampooning Elton John over the years, but the brilliance in Neil Innes' approach from RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION is to emulate Elton's musicianship while gently ribbing the oft-times endearingly flowery/nonsensical nature of Bernie Taupin's lyrics...
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From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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Madeline dives deep into a bizarre piece of gaming history with this article. Give it a read, folks.
why are there missing children posters coded into Mini Golf and other Bally Sente arcade cabinets?
for @endlessmode.bsky.social, I tried to get to the bottom of it.
for @endlessmode.bsky.social, I tried to get to the bottom of it.
Six Missing Children Have Haunted These Arcade Cabinets For Decades. Why?
For 40 years the faces of missing children have haunted arcades from inside a miniature golf video game.
www.endlessmode.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Madeline dives deep into a bizarre piece of gaming history with this article. Give it a read, folks.
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I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
@razorgirl1984.bsky.social I may have a pointless collection problem
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@razorgirl1984.bsky.social I may have a pointless collection problem
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Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.