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Angie the Optimist (again)
@angietheoptimus.bsky.social
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Chaotic good archaeologist. Work-from-home enthusiast. Everyone’s history is important. Smaller class sizes. Prison is immoral. ACAB. Sorry for being so awkward.
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Same house as previous photo but better lighting. White house with Mary, Jesus, and Joseph in front and a postcard shaped 8 x 4 ft sign saying, “I was a Stranger and you Welcomed Me”
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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finally finished my christmas decorations, a postcard from Jesus
Photo of a white house with a dark roof and Christmas decorations featuring a baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. On the roof is a large rectangular sign that says, in neon cursive, “I was a Stranger and you Welcomed Me”
December 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Lucy did it better
Still from the I Love Lucy TV show with Ethel and Lucy in “designer” gowns and hats that look like burlap sacks. Honestly, not terrible looks
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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we are here
Still from the classic roadrunner cartoon showing the roadrunner standing on firm ground sticking his tongue out at Wile E. Coyote, who has run off the edge of a cliff but is still upright, standing on thin air before the inevitable fall
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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financing for the current explosive growth in ai has become almost entirely circular and uses a questionable financial vehicle made famous by, you guessed it, Enron
The design of the deal is complicated but it goes something like this: Blue Owl took out a loan for $27 billion for the data center. That debt is backed up by Meta's payments for leasing the facility. Meta essentially has a mortgage on the data center. Meta owns 20% of the entity but gets all of the computing power the data center generates. Because of the financial structure of the deal, the $27 billion loan never shows up on Meta's balance sheet. If the Al bubble bursts and the data center goes dark, Meta will be on the hook to make a multi-billion-dollar payment to Blue Owl for the value of the data center. Such financial arrangements, according to Luria, have something of a checkered past. "The term special purpose vehicle came to consciousness about 25 years ago with a little company called Enron," said Luria, referring to the energy company that collapsed in 2001. "What's different now is companies are not hiding it. But having said that, it's not something we should be leaning on to build our future."
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Wow! Institutions not people own land. Someone who has read this article, please tell me how Noah ties this knot, because it’s baffling on the surface
Headline from The Free Press, a “just asking questions” stealth-right-wing rag 岂FREEPRESS No, You Are Not on Indigenous Land Noah Smith • History • November 26, 2025 Pieces of territory belong to institutions, not to racial groups.
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I’m not sure why, maybe it’s because I knew lots of these guys as a grad student, but this message makes me laugh so hard. Larry Summers is such a cretin, and, yeah, he’s totally fucked. And she is a goddess
Email from Larry Summers to Jeffrey Epstein (who is playing Cyrano for massive creeper Summers) On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:29 AM LHS < > wrote: Game day at conference she was extremely good Smart Assertive and clear Gorgeous. I'm fucked.
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Screenshot of birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein discussing a shared secret and signed by Donald Trump. Text overlaid on image: “he knew about the girls”
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Senate Democrats negotiating strategy
A folding chair
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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screenshot of a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein, talking about a shared secret, signed by Donald Trump. added text over the top reads, “he knew about the girls”
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Screenshot of the famous birthday note to Epstein, talking about sharing a secret, signed by Donald Trump Text overlaid: “he knows about the girls” from recently released Epstein emails
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Here’s Tricky Dick and his toady John Ehrlichman talking about how to inject profit incentives into healthcare, as a good thing.

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Excerpt of Nixon and Ehrlichman talking about how less care = more profit: Ehrlichman: "This ... this is a .." President Nixon: "I don't [unclear]..." Ehrlichman: ".. private enterprise one." President Nixon: "Well, that appeals to me." Ehrlichman: "Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason that he can ... the reason he can do it ... I had Edgar Kaiser come in ... talk to me about this and I went into it in some depth. All the incentives are toward less medical care, because ..." President Nixon: [Unclear.] Ehrlichman: "... the less care they give them, the more money they make." President Nixon: "Fine." [Unclear.] Ehrlichman: [Unclear]"... and the incentives run the right way." President Nixon: "Not bad." [Source: University of Virginia Check - February 17, 1971, 5:26 pm - 5:53 pm, Oval Office Conversation 450-23. Look for: tape rmn_e450c. Here's a link to the audio file: http://web2.millercenter.org/rmn/audiovisual/whrecordings/chron1/rmn_e450c.mp32J ALL THE INCENTIVES ARE TOWARD LESS MEDICAL CARE In this conversation excerpt, domestic policy advisor John Ehrlichman briefed President Nixon on what he viewed as the advantages of relying on Health Maintenance Organizations as a key component of the U.S. health care system, using Edgar Kaiser's Permanente as an example. True HMOs at the time had been devised by health care reformers who hoped to control costs, improve patient care, and facilitate coverage for the uninsured. For Ehrichman, however, the HMO idea represented an opportunity to develop a private sector-based, profit-driven alternative to a national health care proposal offered by Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy (D-MA). Nixon succinctly endorsed the idea in this conversation, and his administration soon made it the core of what would eventually become the Health Maintenance Organization and Resources Development Act of 1973. Date: Feb 17, 1971 Participants: Richard Nixon, John Ehrlichman Conversation Number: 450-023
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Promo poster for the Movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Photo of costars Steve Martin and Michael Caine in suits, smiling at the camera and holding one hand out, as if in a toast, with a coupe glass of champagne. The premise was that they conned rich people out of their dough in fancy places.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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throwing food at bad leaders and cops is a time-honored tradition, actually
Cartoon from 1907 showing a politician giving a speech and being pelted by tomatoes, eggs, other food, shoes, and a cat by angry constituents. Text says, “Swallowing the fruits of his labor” and “Vote for Tom Blatt, the working man’s friend”
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Thanksgiving is cheaper this year! Whadda ya crying about, losers?
Photo of a tiny toy Thanksgiving turkey with vegetables on a tiny platter being held between a person’s pointer finger and thumb for scale
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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CAYTUIN!
Instructions for a bread bow knife. I believe CAUTION!!! is spelled CAUTUIN!!! ULTRA SHARP BLADE CAYTUIN!!! Please be careful Not to touch the blade directly with your hands when using it, including when cleaning and storing. When cleaning, it is recommended to rinse directly under the water of gently scrub with a cleaning brush. When storing, please buckle the attached blade protection over again to ensure safety.
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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and by “crush it” they mean absolutely doing the bare minimum and producing useless crap
My splash screen at work. “A new Al agent is helping people "crush it" at work”
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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It’s Voting Day - Yes you have time!

And they give you a fun sticker
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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All I’m saying is that my grandfather was a bookie and he bought the house my mom grew up in after Truman unexpectedly won the presidency. There’s the odds and then there’s the inside odds.
Black and white photo of a victorious and smiling President-elect Truman holding up a Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper with the all-block letters headline, “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” on the front page above the fold.
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Here in California, we have safe, secure, and modern mail-in voting. Voting in every state should be like this!
Today 8:04 AM A Message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Good morning California!
If you haven’t turned in your ballot, never voted before, or just haven’t gotten around to registering, TODAY is your day! Polling places are open all across the state and trained election workers are there to help you through the process! Get your sticker and VOTE TODAY!
Photo of a yard sign saying “VOTE” with a smaller “Yes on 50” sign attached to the upper right corner. In the front of a landscaped yard and White House with a Mexican flag.
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Feliz Día de los Muertos 💀✨
Halloween graveyard scene in my yard decorated for Día de los Muertos.
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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not that I’ve seen, but you made me curious. he does have a LinkedIn profile with interesting tidbits. Apparently, one of his key strengths is “cultural awareness”

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LinkedIn profile page for Gregory Bovino Gregory Bovino Chief Patrol Agent at U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Customs and Border Protection • National War College Greater El Centro, CA Area About 25-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol with extensive experience identifying and enhancing operational efficiencies. Demonstrated history of leading community outreach initiatives to engage community members, law enforcement and local government to achieve common national security goals. Key strengths include cultural awareness, strategy formulation & implementation, leadership and budget management.
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Can we pull the plug on the psychosis machines? Have we not seen enough?
OpenAl Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week OpenAl released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively. LOUISE MATSAKIS Wired 10.27.25 13:10 PM
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This is shocking
The arrangement began quietly, almost a century ago. In 1928, Congress created the Office of the Attending Physician, a Capitol clinic staffed by U.S. Navy doctors to tend to members too essential to be left waiting in line. It was emergency preparedness, but now it's the fastest medical treatment in the country: same-day exams, X-rays, blood work, and referrals to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. For roughly $650 a year, which is less than I pay a month for medical coverage as a single woman, members receive unlimited access.
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM