Duncan Keefe
@duncan0.bsky.social
California. Northern.
Tech, gardening, cycling, travel, food.
Tech, gardening, cycling, travel, food.
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Duncan Keefe
@duncan0.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Switched to Mastodon after Twitter got sold to the authoritarians. Not sure I'm thrilled about this site being owned by a slightly less insane weirdo (nor is it federated) but giving it a try.
Well, now we know where the money's going to come from to finance more than a trillion dollars in capex pledges. Because it ain't coming from revenue and it ain't coming from the magic kiting operation they have going with Oracle and Nvidia.
The CFO of OpenAI says the company wants a federal guarantee to make it easier to finance its massive investments in AI chips for data centers.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well, now we know where the money's going to come from to finance more than a trillion dollars in capex pledges. Because it ain't coming from revenue and it ain't coming from the magic kiting operation they have going with Oracle and Nvidia.
I'm not easily horrified. Spending decades in Silicon Valley tends to breed cynicism.
But this sociopathy is genuinely horrifying.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
But this sociopathy is genuinely horrifying.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying
It's time for a reckoning.
www.sfgate.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm not easily horrified. Spending decades in Silicon Valley tends to breed cynicism.
But this sociopathy is genuinely horrifying.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
But this sociopathy is genuinely horrifying.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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I encounter a lot of folks who’ve lived nowhere but cities or extremely luxe suburbs who simply have no idea how many American exurbs have atrophied to dog shit.
In 2025, my hometown has the all the affect of a neglected truck stop. Miserable.
In 2025, my hometown has the all the affect of a neglected truck stop. Miserable.
the biggest force for rural resentment of cities in the last three decades is that cities got way better and the countryside got way worse.
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I encounter a lot of folks who’ve lived nowhere but cities or extremely luxe suburbs who simply have no idea how many American exurbs have atrophied to dog shit.
In 2025, my hometown has the all the affect of a neglected truck stop. Miserable.
In 2025, my hometown has the all the affect of a neglected truck stop. Miserable.
My favorite sign of the day:
"EMPTY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN"
"EMPTY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN"
June 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My favorite sign of the day:
"EMPTY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN"
"EMPTY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN"
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If 102-year-old Kurt Goldschmidt, a survivor of the Holocaust, says "no kings" you'd best get up and stand up for your rights before it's too late. Mr. Goldschmidt knows all too well what he's seeing in Trump's America. It was an honor to stand with him today. #NoKingsInAmerica
June 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If 102-year-old Kurt Goldschmidt, a survivor of the Holocaust, says "no kings" you'd best get up and stand up for your rights before it's too late. Mr. Goldschmidt knows all too well what he's seeing in Trump's America. It was an honor to stand with him today. #NoKingsInAmerica
"Will there be anything else, my liege? Shall we behead him as well?" #bendingtheknee www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
ABC News cuts ties with Terry Moran over Stephen Miller social media post
Terry Moran, a senior national correspondent who's worked for ABC News for almost 30 years, has been fired due to allegedly violating their policies.
www.usatoday.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Will there be anything else, my liege? Shall we behead him as well?" #bendingtheknee www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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….hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Around the time that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was indicted in the Middle District of Tennessee, the chief of the criminal division in that district posted this on LinkedIn:
“Earlier today, after nearly 15 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, I resigned…”
“Earlier today, after nearly 15 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, I resigned…”
June 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
….hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Jake Tapper might as well be reporting on the late housekeeping at a burning hotel.
June 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Jake Tapper might as well be reporting on the late housekeeping at a burning hotel.
You're so cute with your belief that you if you just keep your head down that the single-party totalitarians won't notice *you.*
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
You're so cute with your belief that you if you just keep your head down that the single-party totalitarians won't notice *you.*
The moves around Treasuries from both the Executive Branch and Congress could not be better designed to boost US adversaries' longstanding goal of undermining the US as an investment safe harbor.
THREAD
Markets are waking up to a provision buried in the House bill that could undermine the demand for US Treasuries at a time when bond markets are already jittery:
www.ft.com/content/b400...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Markets are waking up to a provision buried in the House bill that could undermine the demand for US Treasuries at a time when bond markets are already jittery:
www.ft.com/content/b400...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Foreign tax provision in Trump budget bill spooks Wall Street
Legislation would erode the appeal of US financial assets, warn banks and investors
www.ft.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The moves around Treasuries from both the Executive Branch and Congress could not be better designed to boost US adversaries' longstanding goal of undermining the US as an investment safe harbor.
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Please hold while your encrypted DMs are transferred to the federal government for analysis
X says it's pausing the encrypted DMs feature to "work on making some improvements"; users can view previous encrypted DMs but cannot send new ones (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
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May 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Please hold while your encrypted DMs are transferred to the federal government for analysis
Take a couple of minutes to watch these two geniuses at work. I mean at fun. #ellafitzgerald #meltorme #jazz
Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
May 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Take a couple of minutes to watch these two geniuses at work. I mean at fun. #ellafitzgerald #meltorme #jazz
While Yarvin's writing is endless incoherent blather, and he doesn't seem to be able to make his points in person: unless this professor is a skilled debater, this is probably a bad idea. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Extremist blogger to debate Harvard professor at unsanctioned campus event
Event between Curtis Yarvin, a favorite of Vance, and Danielle Allen put on by far-right publishing house
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
While Yarvin's writing is endless incoherent blather, and he doesn't seem to be able to make his points in person: unless this professor is a skilled debater, this is probably a bad idea. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Guess the 100-day mark means it's time for this exercise in journalistic malpractice and unintentional self-revelation to resurface.
April 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Guess the 100-day mark means it's time for this exercise in journalistic malpractice and unintentional self-revelation to resurface.
Prions will be the new ivermectin.
April 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Prions will be the new ivermectin.
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There's a consequential race underway in Wisconsin.
Justice Susan Crawford is running to protect the freedoms of everyday Wisconsinites as a WI Supreme Court Judge, while her MAGA opponent wants to turn the clock back to the 1800s.
Volunteer, donate, and - if you live in Wisconsin - go VOTE!
Justice Susan Crawford is running to protect the freedoms of everyday Wisconsinites as a WI Supreme Court Judge, while her MAGA opponent wants to turn the clock back to the 1800s.
Volunteer, donate, and - if you live in Wisconsin - go VOTE!
March 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There's a consequential race underway in Wisconsin.
Justice Susan Crawford is running to protect the freedoms of everyday Wisconsinites as a WI Supreme Court Judge, while her MAGA opponent wants to turn the clock back to the 1800s.
Volunteer, donate, and - if you live in Wisconsin - go VOTE!
Justice Susan Crawford is running to protect the freedoms of everyday Wisconsinites as a WI Supreme Court Judge, while her MAGA opponent wants to turn the clock back to the 1800s.
Volunteer, donate, and - if you live in Wisconsin - go VOTE!
"Ass end of nowhere" does not *begin* to describe Collinsville. Building the needed roads and utilities alone would be colossal. There are plenty of far better located spots near freeways and train lines, including *actual* shipyards.
This is a play to get the Feds to subsidize California Forever.
This is a play to get the Feds to subsidize California Forever.
The "California Forever" - techie city of the future thing, backed by a number of Silicon Valley billionaires - appears to be converging in a Trump direction.
March 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"Ass end of nowhere" does not *begin* to describe Collinsville. Building the needed roads and utilities alone would be colossal. There are plenty of far better located spots near freeways and train lines, including *actual* shipyards.
This is a play to get the Feds to subsidize California Forever.
This is a play to get the Feds to subsidize California Forever.
A *huge* tell in the announcement of today's round of Trump and Putin carving up Ukraine: the very first thing on the table for a ceasefire is "energy infrastructure"—this means that Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities are seriously hurting. #Ukraine
apple.news/AWPCRwtBMRjC...
apple.news/AWPCRwtBMRjC...
Trump, Putin agree to 30-day halt on Ukraine energy facility strikes — Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Tuesday to a limited 30-day ceasefire against energy infrastructure targets in Ukraine, while talks aimed at advancing toward...
apple.news
March 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A *huge* tell in the announcement of today's round of Trump and Putin carving up Ukraine: the very first thing on the table for a ceasefire is "energy infrastructure"—this means that Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities are seriously hurting. #Ukraine
apple.news/AWPCRwtBMRjC...
apple.news/AWPCRwtBMRjC...
They think their money will insulate them.
That worked out well for the Russian oligarchs who ran afoul of Putin.
#russiafication
That worked out well for the Russian oligarchs who ran afoul of Putin.
#russiafication
From the end of this morning’s WP article on Trump’s economic plans everybody’s mad about.
1) Nobody — not even powerful rich CEOs — contradict Trump to his face because they’re afraid of being yelled at.
2) Their strategy is hoping they can survive this until he leaves.
1) Nobody — not even powerful rich CEOs — contradict Trump to his face because they’re afraid of being yelled at.
2) Their strategy is hoping they can survive this until he leaves.
March 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They think their money will insulate them.
That worked out well for the Russian oligarchs who ran afoul of Putin.
#russiafication
That worked out well for the Russian oligarchs who ran afoul of Putin.
#russiafication
Got nothing to add to this.
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Got nothing to add to this.
America is in its Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire phase, but on fast forward. There were plenty of self-over-greater good types in last centuries of the Roman Empire, but there's no evidence that anyone was trying to wreck it from the inside.
March 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
America is in its Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire phase, but on fast forward. There were plenty of self-over-greater good types in last centuries of the Roman Empire, but there's no evidence that anyone was trying to wreck it from the inside.
Well, at least this one is owning it.
March 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Well, at least this one is owning it.
Because Amazon's ad profiles don't have enough information about you already.
March 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Because Amazon's ad profiles don't have enough information about you already.