@tequila0341.bsky.social
Just another former grunt NCO with bad takes.
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Excellent summary of the large body of work @steffenmurau.bsky.social and colleagues have done on the Offshore (US) Dollar Syatem
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
Trump's Dollar | Steffen Murau
Trump’s economic policy and the future of the world dollar
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Excellent summary of the large body of work @steffenmurau.bsky.social and colleagues have done on the Offshore (US) Dollar Syatem
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
Look here for the bigger body of work:
steffenmurau.com/portfolio/in...
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Behind almost every university "financial crisis" is some sort of insider benefitting real estate deal, sometimes not just corrupt but clearly criminal
“California College of the Arts gambled on a major campus expansion. Here’s what went wrong” archive.ph/KnydJ
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Behind almost every university "financial crisis" is some sort of insider benefitting real estate deal, sometimes not just corrupt but clearly criminal
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[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
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Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
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"you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free...."
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free...."
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Surya Bonaly and the "illegal" backflip. Sorry but there can't be rules here this entire sport is yo that shit is cool so the score should be on how cool this is or how smooth you are doing cool shit. You get a score for cool and for smooth.
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Surya Bonaly and the "illegal" backflip. Sorry but there can't be rules here this entire sport is yo that shit is cool so the score should be on how cool this is or how smooth you are doing cool shit. You get a score for cool and for smooth.
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We’re a few legislative sessions from these schools being targeted for closure imo
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We’re a few legislative sessions from these schools being targeted for closure imo
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it's funny how UK politics is a war between zoomers who want to keep the welfare state for their parents and the populist right which their parents vote for
🗳️ How young men would vote in #GE2029:
🟢 Grn: 30% (+18)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-19)
🟠 Lib: 17% (+1)
🔵 Con: 12% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 12% (=)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan (+/- vs GE2024)
🟢 Grn: 30% (+18)
🔴 Lab: 21% (-19)
🟠 Lib: 17% (+1)
🔵 Con: 12% (+2)
➡️ Ref: 12% (=)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan (+/- vs GE2024)
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
it's funny how UK politics is a war between zoomers who want to keep the welfare state for their parents and the populist right which their parents vote for
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Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
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Celebrating 250 years of democracy by only allowing vassals willing to pay tribute an opportunity to speak to the King.
SCOOP: Freedom 250 — the group launched by Trump to oversee projects including the @UFC fight on the WH lawn & his arch overlooking DC — is offering access to him for donors who give $1M.
For $2.5M, donors are being offered the chance to speak at the national July 4 celebration. 🎁🔗
For $2.5M, donors are being offered the chance to speak at the national July 4 celebration. 🎁🔗
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Celebrating 250 years of democracy by only allowing vassals willing to pay tribute an opportunity to speak to the King.
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When I was still fighting my forced discharge, I told my chain of command over and over that these policies wouldn't break me. Ultimately, they didn't.
What broke me was how easily and quickly I was abandoned. What broke me was realizing how much of the "profession" was smoke and mirrors.
What broke me was how easily and quickly I was abandoned. What broke me was realizing how much of the "profession" was smoke and mirrors.
I'm increasingly convinced the #Profession cannot survive on its current form.
February 8, 2026 at 5:26 AM
When I was still fighting my forced discharge, I told my chain of command over and over that these policies wouldn't break me. Ultimately, they didn't.
What broke me was how easily and quickly I was abandoned. What broke me was realizing how much of the "profession" was smoke and mirrors.
What broke me was how easily and quickly I was abandoned. What broke me was realizing how much of the "profession" was smoke and mirrors.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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This looks to be an extraordinary overperformance for Dems. With more than three-fourth of the vote in, the Dem leads by more than 20%.
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This looks to be an extraordinary overperformance for Dems. With more than three-fourth of the vote in, the Dem leads by more than 20%.
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This is exactly why people who aren't MAGA assholes ought to wave American flags and re-claim patriotism from these traitors. Bigoted shitweasels aren't "real America," and we should stop letting them pretend like they are.
They accuse anyone besides white christians of not being real Americans but it's the MAGA folks whose patriotism is conditional.
Wow. MAGA admits it is rooting AGAINST Team USA because athletes are using their first amendment rights!
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This is exactly why people who aren't MAGA assholes ought to wave American flags and re-claim patriotism from these traitors. Bigoted shitweasels aren't "real America," and we should stop letting them pretend like they are.
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We’re looking at another very big Dem overperformance tonight—in a Trump+13 district. Dem Chasity Martinez is up 61-39 with more than half the vote in. Notably, like in TX last weekend, the e-day vote has been even *better* for her than the early vote. voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 AM
We’re looking at another very big Dem overperformance tonight—in a Trump+13 district. Dem Chasity Martinez is up 61-39 with more than half the vote in. Notably, like in TX last weekend, the e-day vote has been even *better* for her than the early vote. voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical
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Forcing married people who changed their surname to purchase a passport with their married name is a three-figure poll tax.
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Forcing married people who changed their surname to purchase a passport with their married name is a three-figure poll tax.
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I'd really love for you to take a look at this thread.
I think you'll really enjoy the stories... and
I just had to replace my catalytic converter which, alas, costs about 1000 times what one of these stories does. :)
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I think you'll really enjoy the stories... and
I just had to replace my catalytic converter which, alas, costs about 1000 times what one of these stories does. :)
(Repost, if you don't mind. It helps. Thank you.)
I don't often plug stuff here, but...
1) I do have to eat
2) I'm really proud of a set of stories and characters I started with *brand new* at the beginning of the year.
This is the first story: ko-fi.com/s/ef5a7b7880
1) I do have to eat
2) I'm really proud of a set of stories and characters I started with *brand new* at the beginning of the year.
This is the first story: ko-fi.com/s/ef5a7b7880
The Mad King - Michael A Stackpole's Ko-fi Shop
The Mad King is a sword & sorcery fantasy novella featuring Neryon, a warlock whose life is governed by the whims of fate. In this first story he enco...
ko-fi.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I'd really love for you to take a look at this thread.
I think you'll really enjoy the stories... and
I just had to replace my catalytic converter which, alas, costs about 1000 times what one of these stories does. :)
(Repost, if you don't mind. It helps. Thank you.)
I think you'll really enjoy the stories... and
I just had to replace my catalytic converter which, alas, costs about 1000 times what one of these stories does. :)
(Repost, if you don't mind. It helps. Thank you.)
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this isn't a novel point, but when he fired CQ for his skin color/Francetti for having a vagina and not a single GOFO said anything/quit, that die was cast
I don't expect every senior person to be a bastion of ethical purity or to uniformly stamp out this behavior. But it is surprising that there does not seem to be any effort at all, even in the face of risk, to enforce one of the most basic premises of the professional American officer corps.
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
this isn't a novel point, but when he fired CQ for his skin color/Francetti for having a vagina and not a single GOFO said anything/quit, that die was cast
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“Epstein Class” is a useful shorthand & every D caught up in the network is completely - necessarily? - expendable.
GS is going to fire Kathy Ruemmler by the end of the week. She betrayed us. Good for Ds to treat Biglaw as the opposition at this point, at least until terms of surrender are offered.
GS is going to fire Kathy Ruemmler by the end of the week. She betrayed us. Good for Ds to treat Biglaw as the opposition at this point, at least until terms of surrender are offered.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“Epstein Class” is a useful shorthand & every D caught up in the network is completely - necessarily? - expendable.
GS is going to fire Kathy Ruemmler by the end of the week. She betrayed us. Good for Ds to treat Biglaw as the opposition at this point, at least until terms of surrender are offered.
GS is going to fire Kathy Ruemmler by the end of the week. She betrayed us. Good for Ds to treat Biglaw as the opposition at this point, at least until terms of surrender are offered.
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@nature.org again functioning as a marketing platform rather than upholding scientific standards. It is misleading at best to describe this as a "randomized controlled trial" AND there is no disclosure that these are Google researchers "studying" a Google product.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
@nature.org again functioning as a marketing platform rather than upholding scientific standards. It is misleading at best to describe this as a "randomized controlled trial" AND there is no disclosure that these are Google researchers "studying" a Google product.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
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VERY audible boos from U.S. fans at Milano Rho when J.D. Vance left the game just now.
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
VERY audible boos from U.S. fans at Milano Rho when J.D. Vance left the game just now.
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Phenomenal. It’s incredible how relevant Shakespeare remains, and who better than Gandalf to perform this.
The entire interview is worth a watch too.
The entire interview is worth a watch too.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Phenomenal. It’s incredible how relevant Shakespeare remains, and who better than Gandalf to perform this.
The entire interview is worth a watch too.
The entire interview is worth a watch too.
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The ICE raids have reshaped daily life in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley. Some construction companies now pouring concrete at 2 a.m. and fencing up job sites to protect workers. Taquerias once packed with blue collar lunch crowds now empty. Business owners in group chats sharing ICE sightings.
February 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The ICE raids have reshaped daily life in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley. Some construction companies now pouring concrete at 2 a.m. and fencing up job sites to protect workers. Taquerias once packed with blue collar lunch crowds now empty. Business owners in group chats sharing ICE sightings.