@joepampel.bsky.social
Polymath generalist, curious human, entrepreneur, rescue dog dad. Founding CISO/CTO @ Vestwell | Infosec/Compliance nerd. | Guitarist, auto mechanic, amateur luthier, ADHD poster child. He/Him
sausage making for sure, but some hopeful steps.
Bipartisan crypto market bill in US Senate redefines regulatory oversight
The long-awaited draft bill hands the CFTC the biggest role in overseeing digital assets, marking a major step in clarifying who polices crypto and how.
www.grip.globalrelay.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
sausage making for sure, but some hopeful steps.
Remember when we had a semi-functional free press?
Good times.
Good times.
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Remember when we had a semi-functional free press?
Good times.
Good times.
Me (gen jones)
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
www.ndtv.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Me (gen jones)
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
If the devil is 6..
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November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
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U.S. TARIFFS ARE SET TO IMPOSE $1.2 TRILLION IN ADDITIONAL COSTS ON COMPANIES IN 2025, WITH MOST OF THOSE COSTS BEING PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS, PER S&P GLOBAL.
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
U.S. TARIFFS ARE SET TO IMPOSE $1.2 TRILLION IN ADDITIONAL COSTS ON COMPANIES IN 2025, WITH MOST OF THOSE COSTS BEING PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS, PER S&P GLOBAL.
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WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
Very insightful. Stats I’ve seen say 65% of Americans are invested. (Not 50), fees are terrible - yes! but also retail banking is a $ loser. They are forced to do it. (Just a lens). Local tax funding of schools is another - poor areas have underfunded schools, less oppty, causes a repeating cycle. /
"Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it.
This is the thesis of the lauded sociologist Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America."
This is the thesis of the lauded sociologist Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America."
The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won.
The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Very insightful. Stats I’ve seen say 65% of Americans are invested. (Not 50), fees are terrible - yes! but also retail banking is a $ loser. They are forced to do it. (Just a lens). Local tax funding of schools is another - poor areas have underfunded schools, less oppty, causes a repeating cycle. /
My grandpa Leo serving in France, barely 18. His father drove an ambulance since he was too old for combat. Later, Leo would drive an ambulance in WW-II while his son John fought. I've always admired service to something larger, and I deeply appreciate it. Wherever, however you served, thank you.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My grandpa Leo serving in France, barely 18. His father drove an ambulance since he was too old for combat. Later, Leo would drive an ambulance in WW-II while his son John fought. I've always admired service to something larger, and I deeply appreciate it. Wherever, however you served, thank you.
so our 2yo coffee maker started beeping this morning, a high temp alarm as far as I can tell. Parts of the plastic housing were just starting to melt. Guessing the thermostat failed? Not sure. Looks like it’s probably a 20 cent thermistor but there are no parts or specs online. argh. It’s so dumb.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
so our 2yo coffee maker started beeping this morning, a high temp alarm as far as I can tell. Parts of the plastic housing were just starting to melt. Guessing the thermostat failed? Not sure. Looks like it’s probably a 20 cent thermistor but there are no parts or specs online. argh. It’s so dumb.
when i was a srsly broke musician in Boston, my bandmate & I would go play guitar in a T-station, make a few bucks and then we’d go buy a box of kraft mac & cheese for .99 and split it for dinner. I guess we were just thinking inside the box.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
when i was a srsly broke musician in Boston, my bandmate & I would go play guitar in a T-station, make a few bucks and then we’d go buy a box of kraft mac & cheese for .99 and split it for dinner. I guess we were just thinking inside the box.
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12.4% OF CREDIT CARD BALANCES IN THE U.S. ARE NOW 90+ DAYS DELINQUENT — THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2011
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
12.4% OF CREDIT CARD BALANCES IN THE U.S. ARE NOW 90+ DAYS DELINQUENT — THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2011
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
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Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
For me it was Jaques Cousteau & Rachel Carson.
And of course all of the incredible life in the sea.
And of course all of the incredible life in the sea.
Why the fuck did so many of us wanted to become a marine biologist when we were kids??
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For me it was Jaques Cousteau & Rachel Carson.
And of course all of the incredible life in the sea.
And of course all of the incredible life in the sea.
5 years ago in sept '20 I got together with 2 bandmates and recorded this cover for a Wilco tribute to support Chicago music clubs. We stayed masked except if singing and kept pretty far apart. Very few takes, mostly live. Despite being recorded in a concrete basement it still sounds good.
We've Been Had, by Coffee House Killers
from the album Just A Fan: A Tribute To Jeff Tweedy + Wilco
justafan.bandcamp.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
5 years ago in sept '20 I got together with 2 bandmates and recorded this cover for a Wilco tribute to support Chicago music clubs. We stayed masked except if singing and kept pretty far apart. Very few takes, mostly live. Despite being recorded in a concrete basement it still sounds good.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Simple joys. We have always hoped that some of Gus’s hair would end up in a bird’s nest. He’s just so fluffy… Yesterday we found one on ln the ground made with what looks like a clump of his fur. I hope it helped keep the little chicks comfy & warm. #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Simple joys. We have always hoped that some of Gus’s hair would end up in a bird’s nest. He’s just so fluffy… Yesterday we found one on ln the ground made with what looks like a clump of his fur. I hope it helped keep the little chicks comfy & warm. #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
39 years ago this week I met a clever, sarcastic & deeply kind young woman who some years later would agree to marry me. This is for her. Sorry for the ancient vcr footage.
"She's a long, tall drink of water Badder than Bo Diddley's electric guitar"
Produced by the God-like Mr Chris Butler.
"She's a long, tall drink of water Badder than Bo Diddley's electric guitar"
Produced by the God-like Mr Chris Butler.
Scruffy the Cat - My Baby, She's All Right
YouTube video by HoboHike
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
39 years ago this week I met a clever, sarcastic & deeply kind young woman who some years later would agree to marry me. This is for her. Sorry for the ancient vcr footage.
"She's a long, tall drink of water Badder than Bo Diddley's electric guitar"
Produced by the God-like Mr Chris Butler.
"She's a long, tall drink of water Badder than Bo Diddley's electric guitar"
Produced by the God-like Mr Chris Butler.
Sadly, yes. When confronted with the challenge of of our time, we shot ourselves in the head rather than compete.
Why China will Rule Renewable Energy
And why it matters in an era of great-power rivalry
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sadly, yes. When confronted with the challenge of of our time, we shot ourselves in the head rather than compete.