Erik Madsen
@erik-t-madsen.bsky.social
Staff Software Engineer at a big media corporation. Open source contributor from time to time. Friendly.
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Quote by William L. Shirer about von Ribbentrop which seems awfully relatable in our times.
”The idea (…) was Hitler’s. The Nazi foreign minister embraced it with all the enthusiasm to which his abysmal ignorance often drove him.”
”The idea (…) was Hitler’s. The Nazi foreign minister embraced it with all the enthusiasm to which his abysmal ignorance often drove him.”
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Anytime a CEO starts complaining about the shorts, it’s a strong indicator their company is an overhyped fraud. I believe the correlation is 💯% www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/p...
Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April
Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Anytime a CEO starts complaining about the shorts, it’s a strong indicator their company is an overhyped fraud. I believe the correlation is 💯% www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/p...
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“Trump died on December 8, three weeks before Christmas. The news broke during evening programming. Within three hours, coverage had settled into rhythm: the same footage, the same talking heads, the same speculation. No one yet understood what his death would reveal.”
My newest piece:
My newest piece:
After the Front Man
The System Trump Revealed by Dying
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“Trump died on December 8, three weeks before Christmas. The news broke during evening programming. Within three hours, coverage had settled into rhythm: the same footage, the same talking heads, the same speculation. No one yet understood what his death would reveal.”
My newest piece:
My newest piece:
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BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
Fed Reserve just pumped $29.4 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This amount far surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Probably Fine, carry on
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Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
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Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.
www.forbes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
1/
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
1/
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Siri, is it normal and OK when ABS conferences in Miami are so deafeningly loud and excitable that @brookeamasters.ft.com almost turns around and leaves? on.ft.com/47zsZm5
Deregulation will pour extra fuel on the private credit bonfire
[FREE TO READ] The Trump administration’s looser rules could breed more ‘cockroaches’ in the lending market
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Siri, is it normal and OK when ABS conferences in Miami are so deafeningly loud and excitable that @brookeamasters.ft.com almost turns around and leaves? on.ft.com/47zsZm5
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Rubio's dead eyed stare into the void as Trump is describing a dementia test is incredible content
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Rubio's dead eyed stare into the void as Trump is describing a dementia test is incredible content
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My God… they jacked up the estimated inflation data point share from 10% to 40% of the total… nearly half of the inflation estimates are now guesswork
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My God… they jacked up the estimated inflation data point share from 10% to 40% of the total… nearly half of the inflation estimates are now guesswork
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This is absolutely terrifying. And this man, as slovenly as he looks, has the president's ear and knows what they're planning.
BANNON: “Trump will be president in 2028 and get a third term. People oughta get accommodated with that.”
“What about the constitution?”
BANNON: “He’s a vehicle of divine providence.”
(PSA: Believe them. He is not joking.)
“What about the constitution?”
BANNON: “He’s a vehicle of divine providence.”
(PSA: Believe them. He is not joking.)
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is absolutely terrifying. And this man, as slovenly as he looks, has the president's ear and knows what they're planning.
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It's been said before, but these are extremely weird people.
“This country was going to die without you.”
Dark, Unhinged, North Korea-level stuff from Stephen Miller
Dark, Unhinged, North Korea-level stuff from Stephen Miller
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It's been said before, but these are extremely weird people.
Quote by William L. Shirer about von Ribbentrop which seems awfully relatable in our times.
”The idea (…) was Hitler’s. The Nazi foreign minister embraced it with all the enthusiasm to which his abysmal ignorance often drove him.”
”The idea (…) was Hitler’s. The Nazi foreign minister embraced it with all the enthusiasm to which his abysmal ignorance often drove him.”
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Quote by William L. Shirer about von Ribbentrop which seems awfully relatable in our times.
”The idea (…) was Hitler’s. The Nazi foreign minister embraced it with all the enthusiasm to which his abysmal ignorance often drove him.”
”The idea (…) was Hitler’s. The Nazi foreign minister embraced it with all the enthusiasm to which his abysmal ignorance often drove him.”
If you’re a software engineer, do yourself a favour and invest two hours to watch this. Regardless of your level of experience you will be much much smarter about using LLMs and AI augmented development and be enriched with a ton of great ideas and techniques!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSK...
AI Talks - Lada Kesseler: Augmented Coding: Mapping the Uncharted Territory
YouTube video by Calgary Software Crafters
m.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If you’re a software engineer, do yourself a favour and invest two hours to watch this. Regardless of your level of experience you will be much much smarter about using LLMs and AI augmented development and be enriched with a ton of great ideas and techniques!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSK...
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It's all out in the open, folks.
BLAME CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS.
BLAME CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS.
In 2023, Binance was fined $4.3 billion for processing billions of dollars worth of crypto transactions involving sanctioned jurisdictions, including Iran, Russia, Cuba, and Syria.
This enables the worst regimes in the world to benefit the President's corrupt crypto business.
This enables the worst regimes in the world to benefit the President's corrupt crypto business.
President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture.
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's all out in the open, folks.
BLAME CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS.
BLAME CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS.
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he knows the asset based economy is all he’s got, and this group has started to break www.wsj.com/business/ent...
Exclusive | Trump Administration in Talks to Take Equity Stakes in Quantum-Computing Firms
The discussions signal Washington’s wider involvement in critical parts of the economy.
www.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
he knows the asset based economy is all he’s got, and this group has started to break www.wsj.com/business/ent...
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Update: it’s not fine because the computers are shitting themselves
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Update: it’s not fine because the computers are shitting themselves
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Meta, $META, has cut an undisclosed number of people in its AI unit, as it had become overly bureaucratic, per Axios
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Meta, $META, has cut an undisclosed number of people in its AI unit, as it had become overly bureaucratic, per Axios
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Q: How comfortable are you w/Trump seeking $230m from the DOJ?
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Q: How comfortable are you w/Trump seeking $230m from the DOJ?
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
MIKE JOHNSON: Uh, I don't know the details. I just read it. I know he believes he's owed that reimbursement. What I heard is that if receives it, he's gonna consider giving it to charity. They attack him for everything. *changes topic*
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First moments after the Russian attack on a daycare in Kharkiv.
Kids crying for their moms, rescuers and civilians rushing to get them out of the building...
Heartbreaking.
Kids crying for their moms, rescuers and civilians rushing to get them out of the building...
Heartbreaking.
October 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
First moments after the Russian attack on a daycare in Kharkiv.
Kids crying for their moms, rescuers and civilians rushing to get them out of the building...
Heartbreaking.
Kids crying for their moms, rescuers and civilians rushing to get them out of the building...
Heartbreaking.
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Newest subprime auto-related BK just dropped.
![Subprime Lender PrimaLend Enters Bankruptcy After Bond Default
By Eliza Ronalds-Hannon and Libby Cherry
10/22/2025 08:04:09 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- PrimaLend Capital Partners filed for bankruptcy after months of negotiations with creditors following missed interest payments on its debt.
PrimaLend, which provides financing to auto dealerships that cater to subprime borrowers, listed estimated assets and liabilities below $500 million each, according to court documents it filed in the Northern District of Texas.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreia2xvyd3wom2tx5dhaaswsvglw2hqo5knjvv7j5x5pjbz2rhheb2q@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Newest subprime auto-related BK just dropped.
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Trump and Stephen Miller have taken the legal position that they can redirect and/or withhold spending that has been allocated by Congress, so any “deal” they do is meaningless. What the Dems should do is make their vote contingent on simply releasing the full Epstein files. Put them in a corner.
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Trump and Stephen Miller have taken the legal position that they can redirect and/or withhold spending that has been allocated by Congress, so any “deal” they do is meaningless. What the Dems should do is make their vote contingent on simply releasing the full Epstein files. Put them in a corner.
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Big "Taliban destroys the Buddhas of Bamiyan" energy, but somehow tackier?
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Big "Taliban destroys the Buddhas of Bamiyan" energy, but somehow tackier?