Dr GRat
@drgrat.bsky.social
Historian turned Screenwriter. Started in New Orleans, a few years in Macon, a few more in Edinburgh, ended up in Austin.
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy” — Camus
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy” — Camus
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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European Allies To Rally Support For Ukraine As US Pressure Mounts – FT
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
European Allies To Rally Support For Ukraine As US Pressure Mounts – FT
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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Cinema will find a way. 💕
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cinema will find a way. 💕
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Maybe it’s time to conclude that Mr. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine.”
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December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Maybe it’s time to conclude that Mr. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine.”
@wsj.com
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Next Fed Chair 🤦♂️
FOX: Year to date job cuts are up 54%. That seems like a troubling number. What's your take?
HASSETT: The flow of jobs in & out is a little higher, there's a little more turnover. A lot of times that can happen because people feel like they're actually able to get another job if they leave this one
HASSETT: The flow of jobs in & out is a little higher, there's a little more turnover. A lot of times that can happen because people feel like they're actually able to get another job if they leave this one
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Next Fed Chair 🤦♂️
Newsom said his “Trump kneepads .. were sold out, just like our universities were selling out, just like our law firms were selling out, just like a lot of CEOs were selling out—selling out this country, our future, our republic.”
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December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Imagine being the only dude to get in trouble for this
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Imagine being the only dude to get in trouble for this
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
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December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Kash Patel today:
"When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
Never ever forget #January6th !!
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Kash Patel today:
"When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
Never ever forget #January6th !!
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December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Kash Patel today:
"When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
Never ever forget #January6th !!
💠 👊 💠
Kash Patel today:
"When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
Never ever forget #January6th !!
💠 👊 💠
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when you dodge becoming the fall guy
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
when you dodge becoming the fall guy
We must eliminate this presidential power if we are to end this era of rampant corruption.
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We must eliminate this presidential power if we are to end this era of rampant corruption.
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Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Irish PM: Putin must never be allowed to suceed
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Irish PM: Putin must never be allowed to suceed
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BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped $13.5 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the 2nd largest liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
Fed Reserve just pumped $13.5 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the 2nd largest liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped $13.5 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the 2nd largest liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
Fed Reserve just pumped $13.5 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the 2nd largest liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
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2026 Warning 🚨: Going back to 1926, the S&P 500 has seen an average drawdown of 18.2% in the 12 months before midterm elections 📉 Going back 60 years, the smallest drawdown has been 7.4% while the largest was 41.8% 🤯 After the midterms, all is well, but before? 🤔👀
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
2026 Warning 🚨: Going back to 1926, the S&P 500 has seen an average drawdown of 18.2% in the 12 months before midterm elections 📉 Going back 60 years, the smallest drawdown has been 7.4% while the largest was 41.8% 🤯 After the midterms, all is well, but before? 🤔👀
It’s corruption all the way down.
Trump to pardon ex-Honduran president serving 45 years for drug trafficking on.ft.com/4iBRcNJ
Trump to pardon ex-Honduran president serving 45 years for drug trafficking
Clemency for Juan Orlando Hernández comes ahead of fraught elections in Central American country on Sunday
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November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It’s corruption all the way down.
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"The logical end point of AI progress is feudalism for 99.9 percent of humanity, so vote for me and we'll eliminate the billionaire class responsible for it" is a political platform I will vote for, if offered.
AI threatens to liberate the rich from their age-old dependence on ordinary people's labor -- thereby entrenching a permanent oligarchy.
My essay on that grim hypothetical is now out from behind the paywall www.vox.com/the-highligh...
My essay on that grim hypothetical is now out from behind the paywall www.vox.com/the-highligh...
The most likely AI apocalypse
How artificial intelligence could be leading most humans into an inescapable trap.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"The logical end point of AI progress is feudalism for 99.9 percent of humanity, so vote for me and we'll eliminate the billionaire class responsible for it" is a political platform I will vote for, if offered.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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the European ICE (petrol + diesel) auto market is in a death spiral while EV sales boom...except TSLA. September saw some quarter-end window dressing but October was a return to the regularly scheduled declines of more than 40% YoY. Elon + diesel are dead letters in the EU auto market at this point.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
the European ICE (petrol + diesel) auto market is in a death spiral while EV sales boom...except TSLA. September saw some quarter-end window dressing but October was a return to the regularly scheduled declines of more than 40% YoY. Elon + diesel are dead letters in the EU auto market at this point.