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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 36m

OK I'll admit it, I'm on the board

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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🥈72 dogs 🐝 @careycuprisin.bsky.social · 13h

Jed Rubenfeld is back in the news

The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 13h

the dork in question is Jed Rubenfeld, husband of Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame, who also mentored Vance. The fix was in, and it was most likely a very gentle 'debate'

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

At Yale Political Union, 72% of students voted against Curtis Yarvin’s resolution to “end the democratic experiment.”

He debated a Yale Law professor on the question.

New rule: Anyone who “debates” Yarvin is an even bigger and more desperate dork.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 11d

I think @enbuenora.bsky.social & @iriedc.bsky.social may have it right, that he knows he’s a hack but he is indignant about us plebs challenging our betters.

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 13h

whenever I see Jed or Amy in the news, I'm always like "jesus what now?"

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

At Yale Political Union, 72% of students voted against Curtis Yarvin’s resolution to “end the democratic experiment.”

He debated a Yale Law professor on the question.

New rule: Anyone who “debates” Yarvin is an even bigger and more desperate dork.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...

Yarvin argues for American monarchy at closed-door debate

Curtis Yarvin, who is known for his anti-democratic views, argued to “end the democratic experiment” against Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld in front of the Yale Political Union Tuesday evenin...

yaledailynews.com

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 13h

the dork in question is Jed Rubenfeld, husband of Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame, who also mentored Vance. The fix was in, and it was most likely a very gentle 'debate'

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13h

At Yale Political Union, 72% of students voted against Curtis Yarvin’s resolution to “end the democratic experiment.”

He debated a Yale Law professor on the question.

New rule: Anyone who “debates” Yarvin is an even bigger and more desperate dork.

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10...

Yarvin argues for American monarchy at closed-door debate

Curtis Yarvin, who is known for his anti-democratic views, argued to “end the democratic experiment” against Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld in front of the Yale Political Union Tuesday evenin...

yaledailynews.com

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Matt Ruby @mattruby.bsky.social · 14h

I demand accountability from everyone who made me listen to some "NFTs are the future" bullsh*t.

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 16h

To what effect, though?

Assuming a D controlled congress in the midterms, Congress passes such a law, R controlled SCOTUS rules it's unconstitutional restraint on the free speech of jackboots and also something something unitary executive, and we're back where we started.

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Zombie Ostrich and 12.5k others @justostrich.com · 16h

At this point the 14th Amendment is just paper. They don't care. They're busy acting, not legislating. The government is refusing to be bound by existing rules, so changing the rules isn't a prescription.

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 16h

you idiot, they're already doing things that are prohibited by law. Think better.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 17h

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 19h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Adam Young (obscure drummer) @iamadamyoung.bsky.social · 18h

I want to support journos who have real integrity. They're crucial for the democracy we wish we had.But if I see anything published by oligarch owned media I dismiss it out of hand. WP,CBS,NYT,CNN,FOX etc. All garbage. I try to support journalists but the best only receive a pittance of their value

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 18h

my fave is the fact that no matter what "expected by" date I get from an online site, I always always always get it two or three days late. Always

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 20h

There are only two types of products and services now: outright scam and pseudo scam (where you're like ehh technically I got something in exchange for my money but cmon)

The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 19h

Abbott? I really wonder about the bitter unhappy universe all these people inhabit. I mean, for me to act the way they act, I would have to feel deeply wronged by the whole world. And yet they're the most privileged in history.

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 1d

by causing the NY media circle jerk to jerk it in your name

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

How does one “win” the news

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Matt Ruby @mattruby.bsky.social · 1d

🆕 SUBSTACK: "What Bari Weiss and The Free Press offers rich white men is priceless: the sense that they’re the real victims now. You can’t put a price tag on that. (OK, you can...it’s $150 million.)"

On Israel, Gaza, generational warfare, and Bari Weiss...

👇 LINK BELOW 👇

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 1d

Im sure Pam & Corey already have a nice co-op waiting for them in Dubai

The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 1d

Horseshoe Licking

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

so funny how the far left and the far right have somehow come around to russian bootlicking as foreign policy. i wonder if there's some word for this

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

Individual excellence is tyranny, Matt.

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 1d

well, no, actually, he's breaking the law. What is wrong with you people? Never another penny from me, you pathetic failures

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

n.pr

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 1d

amateurs getting top billing will continue to be an ongoing thing

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

i can't even make a joke. unprecedented levels of cringe.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 1d

CNN has always been garbage

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

Winchell's
Donut Hors
Open
Winchell's
Donut House
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.”

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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 2d

just many?

The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 2d

we've all been saying this for literally decades. Nothing will change as long as people continue to patronize so-called "elite" media. The NYT has been contemptible for 50 years, garbage writing by garbage people, intended for garbage people. Anyone who owns an NPR totebag is part of the problem.

Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 2d

the Silicon Valley ideology

Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 2d

We often assume the deal between the Russian state and its contract soldiers is not ideological. But what could be more ideological than believing the state owes you nothing, you owe the state nothing, and everything - including your life - can be reduced to a business transaction?