@joebklyn.bsky.social
Current retired multi-volunteer with disadvantaged youth in LA
Army brat till 14 then to NYC
Studied English Lit & CompSci NYU
Started programming in NYC
Then Germany (Daimler-Benz, IBM) then Switzerland (SwissBank Corp)
28 yrs on Wall Street
Liberal
Army brat till 14 then to NYC
Studied English Lit & CompSci NYU
Started programming in NYC
Then Germany (Daimler-Benz, IBM) then Switzerland (SwissBank Corp)
28 yrs on Wall Street
Liberal
I HAD TO DO IT. Sometimes get 30+ texts a day. This is how our beloved party has handed over to a for-profit operation that is literally harrassing us. One per day would be fine. 30+???? Fuck that shit.
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August 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I HAD TO DO IT. Sometimes get 30+ texts a day. This is how our beloved party has handed over to a for-profit operation that is literally harrassing us. One per day would be fine. 30+???? Fuck that shit.
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Who thinks MSNBC management is trying to destroy the evening shows?
I mean, the weakest of the hosts were retained & the best gone.
And this group format? Crap. ~4 (albeit good) people chit-chatting instead of a focused host delivering clear and concentrated what needs to be said. Bring them back.
I mean, the weakest of the hosts were retained & the best gone.
And this group format? Crap. ~4 (albeit good) people chit-chatting instead of a focused host delivering clear and concentrated what needs to be said. Bring them back.
July 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Who thinks MSNBC management is trying to destroy the evening shows?
I mean, the weakest of the hosts were retained & the best gone.
And this group format? Crap. ~4 (albeit good) people chit-chatting instead of a focused host delivering clear and concentrated what needs to be said. Bring them back.
I mean, the weakest of the hosts were retained & the best gone.
And this group format? Crap. ~4 (albeit good) people chit-chatting instead of a focused host delivering clear and concentrated what needs to be said. Bring them back.
Democrats are somehow failing to educate people where their interests lie. Or, more likely, the methods of the rapeublicans are just more effective with lesser educated segments of the US population:
June 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Democrats are somehow failing to educate people where their interests lie. Or, more likely, the methods of the rapeublicans are just more effective with lesser educated segments of the US population:
A platform that is an openly-admitted Russian influence operation is now in the press pool:
White House Welcomes Controversial Blog Zero Hedge to Press Pool
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I remember this Russian Op back in the 2010’s when “Grexit” became an E.U. crisis.
Utterly disgraceful.
White House Welcomes Controversial Blog Zero Hedge to Press Pool
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I remember this Russian Op back in the 2010’s when “Grexit” became an E.U. crisis.
Utterly disgraceful.
White House Welcomes Controversial Blog Zero Hedge to Press Pool
The controversial financial news website Zero Hedge, which was accused of spreading Russian propaganda by US intelligence officials in 2022, was admitted to the White House press pool Thursday amid hi...
www.bloomberg.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A platform that is an openly-admitted Russian influence operation is now in the press pool:
White House Welcomes Controversial Blog Zero Hedge to Press Pool
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I remember this Russian Op back in the 2010’s when “Grexit” became an E.U. crisis.
Utterly disgraceful.
White House Welcomes Controversial Blog Zero Hedge to Press Pool
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I remember this Russian Op back in the 2010’s when “Grexit” became an E.U. crisis.
Utterly disgraceful.
Any questions about the Supreme Court’s capture?
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Breaking news: Supreme Court overturns lower court’s block on Venezuelan deportations
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April 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Any questions about the Supreme Court’s capture?
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Rand Paul is against tariffs???!!!
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rand Paul is against tariffs???!!!
@maddow.msnbc.com
You and Susan deserve a night off!!!
You and Susan deserve a night off!!!
April 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com
You and Susan deserve a night off!!!
You and Susan deserve a night off!!!
We have to take names and build a list. These businesses should be shutdown and excluded from ever doing work for the government for playing for Trump.
Fearing DOGE Cuts, Consultants Try to Woo the Man In Charge of Their Federal Contracts
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fearing DOGE Cuts, Consultants Try to Woo the Man In Charge of Their Federal Contracts
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fearing DOGE Cuts, Consultants Try to Woo the Man In Charge of Their Federal Contracts
Executives at the US’s biggest management consulting firms are trying to shield tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts from scorched-earth spending cuts by the Trump administration.
www.bloomberg.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We have to take names and build a list. These businesses should be shutdown and excluded from ever doing work for the government for playing for Trump.
Fearing DOGE Cuts, Consultants Try to Woo the Man In Charge of Their Federal Contracts
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fearing DOGE Cuts, Consultants Try to Woo the Man In Charge of Their Federal Contracts
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Watch for the Trumpers to catch wind of this and make hay out of it. And worst of all that human train-wreck Kennedy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid
Five years after the start of Covid, we still don’t know the truth.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Watch for the Trumpers to catch wind of this and make hay out of it. And worst of all that human train-wreck Kennedy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
So the gangster films along with the rise of a gangster president have turned our democracy into a gangster movie with gangster outcomes:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans
In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat of ruining them if they stray — to keep them in line behind his agenda.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So the gangster films along with the rise of a gangster president have turned our democracy into a gangster movie with gangster outcomes:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...
Splattered this all over Twitter.
I know some don’t want to do it since not great reading for your mental health. But just do it a little to push back.
I know some don’t want to do it since not great reading for your mental health. But just do it a little to push back.
March 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Splattered this all over Twitter.
I know some don’t want to do it since not great reading for your mental health. But just do it a little to push back.
I know some don’t want to do it since not great reading for your mental health. But just do it a little to push back.
Well, the market isn’t the economy.
Except when it is:
Except when it is:
March 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Well, the market isn’t the economy.
Except when it is:
Except when it is:
Yaaay! TDSecurities. 2nd to last place I worked on Wall Street.
March 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yaaay! TDSecurities. 2nd to last place I worked on Wall Street.
This is so wrong. This is just another aspect of advantaging wealth. I had my first experience with this trying to get tickets to a Van Morrison concert last year. It was insane. And it seems all the performers are going with this. Ticketmaster is evil. There has to be a boycott to take this down.
March 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is so wrong. This is just another aspect of advantaging wealth. I had my first experience with this trying to get tickets to a Van Morrison concert last year. It was insane. And it seems all the performers are going with this. Ticketmaster is evil. There has to be a boycott to take this down.
This is what turned a small monster into a threat to civilization:
March 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is what turned a small monster into a threat to civilization:
And on another feature of our devolution:
“To Bracy, today’s venture capital is not only lemmings following lemmings, but lemmings shock-prodding sub-lemmings to run even faster over the cliff.”
Venture Capital’s ‘Blitzscaling’ Obsession Is Warping the World
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“To Bracy, today’s venture capital is not only lemmings following lemmings, but lemmings shock-prodding sub-lemmings to run even faster over the cliff.”
Venture Capital’s ‘Blitzscaling’ Obsession Is Warping the World
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Venture Capital’s ‘Blitzscaling’ Obsession Is Warping the World
Catherine Bracy takes Silicon Valley monoculture to task in a new book.
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
And on another feature of our devolution:
“To Bracy, today’s venture capital is not only lemmings following lemmings, but lemmings shock-prodding sub-lemmings to run even faster over the cliff.”
Venture Capital’s ‘Blitzscaling’ Obsession Is Warping the World
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“To Bracy, today’s venture capital is not only lemmings following lemmings, but lemmings shock-prodding sub-lemmings to run even faster over the cliff.”
Venture Capital’s ‘Blitzscaling’ Obsession Is Warping the World
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
And another funny one that I expect will also backfire big time. All those Jewish families and their kids are going to end up with a crappy school after “working” so hard to get in. Let’s hope the other Ivies say f*ck off.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Federal Funds to Columbia University
The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
And another funny one that I expect will also backfire big time. All those Jewish families and their kids are going to end up with a crappy school after “working” so hard to get in. Let’s hope the other Ivies say f*ck off.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
Get the popcorn. I can’t wait till one of the Cabinet comes to a meeting with a gun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Rubio and Trump Officials Clash With Elon Musk in an Explosive Meeting
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Get the popcorn. I can’t wait till one of the Cabinet comes to a meeting with a gun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
This is 100% a directive given to Trump from V. Putin. Putin has long had the objective of taking ALL of Africa as a client state and putting people in place that oppose any form of western involvement.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency
A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is 100% a directive given to Trump from V. Putin. Putin has long had the objective of taking ALL of Africa as a client state and putting people in place that oppose any form of western involvement.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Here it is. The shadow government as is and going forward:
Peter Thiel’s ‘Children’ in Trump’s Government: From DOGE to HHS
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Peter Thiel’s ‘Children’ in Trump’s Government: From DOGE to HHS
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Peter Thiel’s Network Is Quietly Shaping Trump’s Government
The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.
www.bloomberg.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Here it is. The shadow government as is and going forward:
Peter Thiel’s ‘Children’ in Trump’s Government: From DOGE to HHS
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Peter Thiel’s ‘Children’ in Trump’s Government: From DOGE to HHS
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
It’s another gift! Their GRIFT GIFTS keep giving.
Hey, dude! Really cool crypto sh*t!!
Just like how you “govern”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...
Hey, dude! Really cool crypto sh*t!!
Just like how you “govern”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...
Argentina’s Crypto Scandal Swindled Thousands. What Did Javier Milei Know?
A new cryptocurrency called $Libra bilked investors out of $250 million. It had been promoted by President Javier Milei.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It’s another gift! Their GRIFT GIFTS keep giving.
Hey, dude! Really cool crypto sh*t!!
Just like how you “govern”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...
Hey, dude! Really cool crypto sh*t!!
Just like how you “govern”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...