Edwin Roorda
@eskyroo.bsky.social
Curious, with questions. Fan of clear thinking, justice and actual expertise. Finance career, "Not a regular accountant." Not a bot.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
January 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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weird i must've been out sick when they first asked for permission to fuck up the power grid
Delicious to me
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
weird i must've been out sick when they first asked for permission to fuck up the power grid
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When LEAVING the US. We are in fully in the "your papers, please" mode of fascism.
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 1:46 AM
When LEAVING the US. We are in fully in the "your papers, please" mode of fascism.
Shocked! Shocked, I tell you...🙄
Who could have seen this coming and why didn't anyone say anything!! 😔
Who could have seen this coming and why didn't anyone say anything!! 😔
If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Shocked! Shocked, I tell you...🙄
Who could have seen this coming and why didn't anyone say anything!! 😔
Who could have seen this coming and why didn't anyone say anything!! 😔
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who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
This. Is. His. Way.
my buddy worked on his suite for tonight’s game installing bulletproof glass. Cost $22k and Trumps team said “here’s 15k, take it or leave it”
😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭
January 20, 2026 at 12:55 AM
This. Is. His. Way.
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A Declaration of Independence From The Mad King
It's time.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Really good goal. I've been wondering what to do with mine.
She says hold on, don't spend it yet. Or keep one. Or MAKE another one!
Got it! 👍
She says hold on, don't spend it yet. Or keep one. Or MAKE another one!
Got it! 👍
Here's a thing I need from you all.
When we get through to the other side of things. When.
I need you to now, take a coin sized piece of anger and hate, and I need you to freeze that thing. I need you to keep it cold and hard and next to your heart.
So when we come through to the other side
When we get through to the other side of things. When.
I need you to now, take a coin sized piece of anger and hate, and I need you to freeze that thing. I need you to keep it cold and hard and next to your heart.
So when we come through to the other side
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Really good goal. I've been wondering what to do with mine.
She says hold on, don't spend it yet. Or keep one. Or MAKE another one!
Got it! 👍
She says hold on, don't spend it yet. Or keep one. Or MAKE another one!
Got it! 👍
#47 believes the US Economy belongs to him, runs on oil, just needs lower interest rates to grow and has a magic tariff control dial. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade
Iran exports much of its oil to China.
www.reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
#47 believes the US Economy belongs to him, runs on oil, just needs lower interest rates to grow and has a magic tariff control dial. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Who or what costs you a "Bandwidth Tax"?
Why?
Why?
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Who or what costs you a "Bandwidth Tax"?
Why?
Why?
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This feels very staid and also like a huge holy shit moment.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
This feels very staid and also like a huge holy shit moment.
Not "working" in the traditional sense, but it's going to take this...
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Not "working" in the traditional sense, but it's going to take this...
I keep thinking we've been told FOR DECADES that for some people in our society, ANY encounter with law enforcement can be fatal.
Now, stark "This is what it's like" awareness because she was white. 😞
A wider society is more aware of the face eating leopards.
The mechanics are really depressing.
Now, stark "This is what it's like" awareness because she was white. 😞
A wider society is more aware of the face eating leopards.
The mechanics are really depressing.
If you've ever been on the wrong end of a gun barrel because an abusive man didn't like a woman talking back, then you know. That's how I know.
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I keep thinking we've been told FOR DECADES that for some people in our society, ANY encounter with law enforcement can be fatal.
Now, stark "This is what it's like" awareness because she was white. 😞
A wider society is more aware of the face eating leopards.
The mechanics are really depressing.
Now, stark "This is what it's like" awareness because she was white. 😞
A wider society is more aware of the face eating leopards.
The mechanics are really depressing.
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If you've ever been on the wrong end of a gun barrel because an abusive man didn't like a woman talking back, then you know. That's how I know.
January 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
If you've ever been on the wrong end of a gun barrel because an abusive man didn't like a woman talking back, then you know. That's how I know.
Wow. This is a "Finance shorthand summary".
Too big for a bumper sticker or T-shirt, but 🚨💯💯
Too big for a bumper sticker or T-shirt, but 🚨💯💯
chat what does it mean if your whole economy functions this way
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Wow. This is a "Finance shorthand summary".
Too big for a bumper sticker or T-shirt, but 🚨💯💯
Too big for a bumper sticker or T-shirt, but 🚨💯💯
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Dump X 👍🏼
Views of Twitter/X in Britain
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
Favourable 14% (3% very favourable)
Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable)
By gender
Men 16-65 (-49)
Women 10-64 (-54)
By 2024 vote
Reform 23-46 (-23)
Cons 17-57 (-40)
Labour 10-76 (-66)
LibDem 6-79 (-73)
Green 5-89 (-84)
YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Dump X 👍🏼
I just finished "Black AF History" by Michael Herriot.
When the courts and laws are only bludgeons to be used on the "other", what recourse is left?
Each breach is a "swarm-the-opposition" to the next one.
The libertarian-states-rights
-whyte-only's aren't going to surrender (again in their minds).
When the courts and laws are only bludgeons to be used on the "other", what recourse is left?
Each breach is a "swarm-the-opposition" to the next one.
The libertarian-states-rights
-whyte-only's aren't going to surrender (again in their minds).
There's no immunity from criminal prosecution... so far. But those six assholes have showng they're capabale of anything.
But, anyway, practically, if Minnesota *wants* to do this, they can get it done even while being shut out by the FBI. There's video, there's witness statements. Could be enough.
But, anyway, practically, if Minnesota *wants* to do this, they can get it done even while being shut out by the FBI. There's video, there's witness statements. Could be enough.
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I just finished "Black AF History" by Michael Herriot.
When the courts and laws are only bludgeons to be used on the "other", what recourse is left?
Each breach is a "swarm-the-opposition" to the next one.
The libertarian-states-rights
-whyte-only's aren't going to surrender (again in their minds).
When the courts and laws are only bludgeons to be used on the "other", what recourse is left?
Each breach is a "swarm-the-opposition" to the next one.
The libertarian-states-rights
-whyte-only's aren't going to surrender (again in their minds).
Re: this administration:
For AT LEAST the last six months, I've thought, "It hasn't even been a YEAR!"😞
3 more is impossible to comprehend.
For AT LEAST the last six months, I've thought, "It hasn't even been a YEAR!"😞
3 more is impossible to comprehend.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Re: this administration:
For AT LEAST the last six months, I've thought, "It hasn't even been a YEAR!"😞
3 more is impossible to comprehend.
For AT LEAST the last six months, I've thought, "It hasn't even been a YEAR!"😞
3 more is impossible to comprehend.
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we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
EVERY media site discussion of our Venezuelan behavior says "Captured..".
WTAF
"Kidnapped..." IS THE WORD.
Someone is "captured' if they're running around your neighborhood with a gun or robbed a bank.
My wife saw an OL meme asking Canada to "capture" OUR dictator.
Is that what WE WOULD call it?
🙄
WTAF
"Kidnapped..." IS THE WORD.
Someone is "captured' if they're running around your neighborhood with a gun or robbed a bank.
My wife saw an OL meme asking Canada to "capture" OUR dictator.
Is that what WE WOULD call it?
🙄
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
EVERY media site discussion of our Venezuelan behavior says "Captured..".
WTAF
"Kidnapped..." IS THE WORD.
Someone is "captured' if they're running around your neighborhood with a gun or robbed a bank.
My wife saw an OL meme asking Canada to "capture" OUR dictator.
Is that what WE WOULD call it?
🙄
WTAF
"Kidnapped..." IS THE WORD.
Someone is "captured' if they're running around your neighborhood with a gun or robbed a bank.
My wife saw an OL meme asking Canada to "capture" OUR dictator.
Is that what WE WOULD call it?
🙄
Some politicians could make this and other digital realities their platform.
1) Fine spammers
2) Fine companies that don't stop spam
3) All data is opt in, and my data and Identity is mine. You get permission or pay me. Don't do either? BIG fine.
Basic start, but there are others just as real.
1) Fine spammers
2) Fine companies that don't stop spam
3) All data is opt in, and my data and Identity is mine. You get permission or pay me. Don't do either? BIG fine.
Basic start, but there are others just as real.
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Some politicians could make this and other digital realities their platform.
1) Fine spammers
2) Fine companies that don't stop spam
3) All data is opt in, and my data and Identity is mine. You get permission or pay me. Don't do either? BIG fine.
Basic start, but there are others just as real.
1) Fine spammers
2) Fine companies that don't stop spam
3) All data is opt in, and my data and Identity is mine. You get permission or pay me. Don't do either? BIG fine.
Basic start, but there are others just as real.