HotelEcho
@hotelecho.bsky.social
Civilisation ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the foodchain; and not always at the top.
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HotelEcho
@hotelecho.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I'm only here to encourage Morgan Stanley to further mark down the value of Elon's loans
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the ft reporting that christine lagarde walked out on lutnick, and lutnick was being heckled by... al... gore?
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
the ft reporting that christine lagarde walked out on lutnick, and lutnick was being heckled by... al... gore?
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
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In the grand scheme this is not the most important thing that happened today.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
In the grand scheme this is not the most important thing that happened today.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
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My god that must be a hot ladder.
January 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My god that must be a hot ladder.
I promise you, you will never have felt so pumped up by a local news vox pop in your life. Jesse still has The Juice!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSU...
Jesse Ventura on Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'We're a 3rd world country now'
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I promise you, you will never have felt so pumped up by a local news vox pop in your life. Jesse still has The Juice!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=udSU...
Please please please come fix the Packers' running game next season
BREAKING: The Dolphins have fired head coach Mike McDaniel, per source.
McDaniel finishes with a 35-35 record in four seasons, including two playoff losses.
McDaniel finishes with a 35-35 record in four seasons, including two playoff losses.
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Please please please come fix the Packers' running game next season
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It's nothing everyone doesn't already know, but ICE/CBP guys know they can do whatever they want. They're the absolute dregs of the Violence Worker Community, not trained for anything like what they're doing, out of their depth, all that. But it starts with them knowing they won't face consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
It's nothing everyone doesn't already know, but ICE/CBP guys know they can do whatever they want. They're the absolute dregs of the Violence Worker Community, not trained for anything like what they're doing, out of their depth, all that. But it starts with them knowing they won't face consequences.
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This is fucking insane. An "axis of sanctions evasion"? They're sovereign states trading with each other! The sanctions have been applied by us, not fucking God!
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
This is fucking insane. An "axis of sanctions evasion"? They're sovereign states trading with each other! The sanctions have been applied by us, not fucking God!
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Oreos will probably cause people who eat them to live forever, says Oreo CEO
Artificial intelligence will help millions of people in ways that do not appear in traditional economic statistics, says OpenAI’s chief economist ft.trib.al/toxh1Gq
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Oreos will probably cause people who eat them to live forever, says Oreo CEO
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chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
From the OpenAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community
www.reddit.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
Listen to Blood Work
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Listen to Blood Work
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fair play to starmer no other PM has so openly admitted "we are completely subservient bootlickers to the US and have no sovereignty of our own"
Keir Starmer: "I constantly remind myself that 24/7 our defence, our security & our intelligent relationship with the US matters probably more than any other relationship we've got in the world and it would not be in our national interest to weaken that in any way"
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
fair play to starmer no other PM has so openly admitted "we are completely subservient bootlickers to the US and have no sovereignty of our own"
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I am only ever calling it "regurgitative AI".
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I am only ever calling it "regurgitative AI".
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This image is real btw. It looks like a photoshopped joke but it’s real.
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This image is real btw. It looks like a photoshopped joke but it’s real.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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i know this is a very serious situation but it is kind of funny watching rubio, hegseth, & the other boys in the background start to shift uncomfortably, darting their eyes around the room in silent growing panic as the president drifts from topic to topic instead of focusing on the war he started
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
i know this is a very serious situation but it is kind of funny watching rubio, hegseth, & the other boys in the background start to shift uncomfortably, darting their eyes around the room in silent growing panic as the president drifts from topic to topic instead of focusing on the war he started
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oh yeah? well, could a dying sex criminal do THIS? [bombs venezuela]
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
oh yeah? well, could a dying sex criminal do THIS? [bombs venezuela]
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This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
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Oh man, 2026 will be the greatest year ever if Sir Kier issues a series of Pledges!
It's the first day of the year, and you know what that means!
RELAUNCH SEASON IS UPON US!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
RELAUNCH SEASON IS UPON US!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to woo voters and MPs with new year plan to cut cost of living
PM to highlight energy bill and interest rate cuts, plus end to two-child benefit cap, and to invite his MPs to Chequers
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Oh man, 2026 will be the greatest year ever if Sir Kier issues a series of Pledges!
If we lose it, we have to let them invade again
Find this fascinating.
The Tapestry is literally priceless. There is no market. Why not £2 billion? Or £500 million?
www.ft.com/content/ec9a... Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
The Tapestry is literally priceless. There is no market. Why not £2 billion? Or £500 million?
www.ft.com/content/ec9a... Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of Norman Conquest will be on display at British Museum in 2026
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If we lose it, we have to let them invade again
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
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Perhaps a good starting point for the Teesside Airport shenanigans would be; why did you design such an arcane structure in the first place? Was it to ensure FOIs could be avoided?
Nobody has ever done an inquiry into the airport and it cannot be FOId, due to an arcane share structure involving a charity. So its inner financial workings are opaque.
But the liabilities at STDC - and qs about who is on the hook - *had* been red flagged before, by the Tees Valley Review in 2024
But the liabilities at STDC - and qs about who is on the hook - *had* been red flagged before, by the Tees Valley Review in 2024
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Perhaps a good starting point for the Teesside Airport shenanigans would be; why did you design such an arcane structure in the first place? Was it to ensure FOIs could be avoided?