This Sandwichman is Tom Walker
@thesandwichman.bsky.social
“The reduction of the working day is the basic prerequisite.”
The more the contradition develops: 'footnotes' to the pop-up book, "Marx's Fetters: a remedial reading" https://bsky.app/profile/thesandwichman.bsky.social/post/3lapaumwpdc2n
The more the contradition develops: 'footnotes' to the pop-up book, "Marx's Fetters: a remedial reading" https://bsky.app/profile/thesandwichman.bsky.social/post/3lapaumwpdc2n
when peek-a-boo evolves into slap-a-mom...
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
when peek-a-boo evolves into slap-a-mom...
Fun fact: Nov. 28, 2001:
"Enron, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by Nvidia Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips. As index funds sold Enron and bought Nvidia, Nvidia jumped $2.25 to $53.61 on Nasdaq."
"Enron, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by Nvidia Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips. As index funds sold Enron and bought Nvidia, Nvidia jumped $2.25 to $53.61 on Nasdaq."
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fun fact: Nov. 28, 2001:
"Enron, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by Nvidia Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips. As index funds sold Enron and bought Nvidia, Nvidia jumped $2.25 to $53.61 on Nasdaq."
"Enron, which had been a component of the S&P; 500, was removed at the end of trading Thursday and replaced by Nvidia Corp., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of computer-graphics chips. As index funds sold Enron and bought Nvidia, Nvidia jumped $2.25 to $53.61 on Nasdaq."
Economic Consequences of the Built-in Bailout Bubble -- this time the "reparations" will be coming from inside the house.
The challenge: to build a bubble so big that the bailout will do even more damage than the bursting bubble.
The challenge: to build a bubble so big that the bailout will do even more damage than the bursting bubble.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Economic Consequences of the Built-in Bailout Bubble -- this time the "reparations" will be coming from inside the house.
The challenge: to build a bubble so big that the bailout will do even more damage than the bursting bubble.
The challenge: to build a bubble so big that the bailout will do even more damage than the bursting bubble.
Eat your heart out, Kim Jong Un.
There is a new Trump whisperer in town.
There is a new Trump whisperer in town.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Eat your heart out, Kim Jong Un.
There is a new Trump whisperer in town.
There is a new Trump whisperer in town.
Reposted by This Sandwichman is Tom Walker
Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾
Reposted by This Sandwichman is Tom Walker
Carsie Blanton, everybody. 👑
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Carsie Blanton, everybody. 👑
From Wikipedia:
"In 2001, Standard & Poor's selected Nvidia to replace the departing Enron in the S&P 500 stock index, meaning that index funds would need to hold Nvidia shares going forward."
So there's that.
"In 2001, Standard & Poor's selected Nvidia to replace the departing Enron in the S&P 500 stock index, meaning that index funds would need to hold Nvidia shares going forward."
So there's that.
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
From Wikipedia:
"In 2001, Standard & Poor's selected Nvidia to replace the departing Enron in the S&P 500 stock index, meaning that index funds would need to hold Nvidia shares going forward."
So there's that.
"In 2001, Standard & Poor's selected Nvidia to replace the departing Enron in the S&P 500 stock index, meaning that index funds would need to hold Nvidia shares going forward."
So there's that.
Jensen Huang's "We see something very different" t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered...
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Jensen Huang's "We see something very different" t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions already answered...
Wall Street Logic: There is no AI bubble. See! It is still getting BIGGER!
counterpoint: That's what bubbles do. Until they don't.
counterpoint: That's what bubbles do. Until they don't.
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Wall Street Logic: There is no AI bubble. See! It is still getting BIGGER!
counterpoint: That's what bubbles do. Until they don't.
counterpoint: That's what bubbles do. Until they don't.
NVIDIA = ENRON on Magnificent 7 steroids. After the bailout: LLM = MBS.
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
NVIDIA = ENRON on Magnificent 7 steroids. After the bailout: LLM = MBS.
"Indeed, as Walker argues disposable time is simultaneously ‘an element of the explosive contradiction of capitalist accumulation and the prize of emancipation from capitalism.’"
FINALLY someone cited my 2021 article! Bonus: accurately!
brill.com/view/journal...
FINALLY someone cited my 2021 article! Bonus: accurately!
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Indeed, as Walker argues disposable time is simultaneously ‘an element of the explosive contradiction of capitalist accumulation and the prize of emancipation from capitalism.’"
FINALLY someone cited my 2021 article! Bonus: accurately!
brill.com/view/journal...
FINALLY someone cited my 2021 article! Bonus: accurately!
brill.com/view/journal...
JD's in the files.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
JD's in the files.
Blank space.
Why is the space under the 9:13 am email from Epstein blank?
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Blank space.
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Here's how the New Yorker is viewing it:
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here's how the New Yorker is viewing it:
Who knew Sam Cooke's "Working on a Chain Gang" could be transformed into a "country song" by running through a LLM to make it about MAGA white boys feeling semantically victimized by "woke"?
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Who knew Sam Cooke's "Working on a Chain Gang" could be transformed into a "country song" by running through a LLM to make it about MAGA white boys feeling semantically victimized by "woke"?
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You make it sound like corporations aren't people
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
You make it sound like corporations aren't people
apropos of nothing I am reposting this photo of young chuck schumer attending roy cohn's birthday party in 1979.
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
apropos of nothing I am reposting this photo of young chuck schumer attending roy cohn's birthday party in 1979.
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Watch this. I mean it. Watch it
Need to feed your kids? Fine do that first. But the bathroom? Hold it. Watch this first
Jennifer Moriarty describes being thrown in a Border Patrol vehicle & spending hours driven around by, per Daniel Biss, the Keystone Kops danielbiss.substack.com/p/daniel-bis...
Need to feed your kids? Fine do that first. But the bathroom? Hold it. Watch this first
Jennifer Moriarty describes being thrown in a Border Patrol vehicle & spending hours driven around by, per Daniel Biss, the Keystone Kops danielbiss.substack.com/p/daniel-bis...
Daniel Biss talks with detained ICE protestor Jennifer Moriarty
In this recording from our live conversation, I spoke with Evanston resident Jennifer Moriarty, who was "grabbed by the neck" and then detained while peacefully protesting against ICE.
danielbiss.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Watch this. I mean it. Watch it
Need to feed your kids? Fine do that first. But the bathroom? Hold it. Watch this first
Jennifer Moriarty describes being thrown in a Border Patrol vehicle & spending hours driven around by, per Daniel Biss, the Keystone Kops danielbiss.substack.com/p/daniel-bis...
Need to feed your kids? Fine do that first. But the bathroom? Hold it. Watch this first
Jennifer Moriarty describes being thrown in a Border Patrol vehicle & spending hours driven around by, per Daniel Biss, the Keystone Kops danielbiss.substack.com/p/daniel-bis...
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How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments.
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments.
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
FAKE LIPS SINK SHIPS
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
FAKE LIPS SINK SHIPS
DELICIOUS!
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
DELICIOUS!
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Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
sherwood.news
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Mary McCarthy about Lillian Hellman
(Date yourself by identifying the parties.)
November 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mary McCarthy about Lillian Hellman
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Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.