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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 7h

3000 years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Kaufax

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 7h

Beyond bubble. Ponzi. Prove me wrong!

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7h

The AI doomsayers are warning of a bubble, but—at least for now—that doesn't seem to matter to AI’s biggest investors, Will Gottsegen writes in The Atlantic Daily.

The AI Money Vortex

OpenAI is worth $500 billion now. What are its investors getting back?

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 7h

H/t RF bleachers in Oakland on the "other drugs"

Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 7h

If you've been to a game that goes 16+ innings the lack of food is really less of a problem than alcohol wearing off without concessions. On the other hand, there are other drugs on hand

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

what is the snack bar situation

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dense scrub 𓅰 @waxwing.bsky.social · 15h

The entire economy is scams

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 8h

AI is just a ponzi scheme at this point. Prove me wrong

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals on.ft.com/4q0tjCV

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

on.ft.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 18h

Say no to drugs, kids

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 10h

Girls are in NYC and boys went to bed so it's just me and Daisy tonight

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 10h

Drugs man

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trickyNOtreat 🎃 @trickykat.bsky.social · 1d

beating insomnia by walking
up up
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left right
left right
Bed
Advil
Sleep

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phylan @phylan.website · 1d

I don't think they should be allowed to do that

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 1d

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11h

“I’m surprised you don’t know this, since you’re a doctor,” I said, “But NOT letting your monkeys jump on the bed actually has far worse consequences. I saw a twenty-seven-part TikTok about it."

I’m a MAHA Mom, and Here’s Why I Won’t Stop My Monkeys from Jumping on the Bed—No Matter What the Doctor Says

I’m a proud mother of five who is obsessed with keeping her monkeys healthy. Some people think it’s crazy how much time I spend making sure everyth...

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 10h

I've had worse tbh

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 11h

Also any magician from coastal Maine

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 11h

I was told trade wars are good and easy to win

Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 1d

Arkansas farmers will lose hundreds of dollars per acre this year for their corn, cotton, long grain rice and soybean crops, according to an analysis by extension economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

UADA analysis shows Arkansas farmers to suffer losses for corn, cotton, long grain rice, soybeans | Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas farmers will lose hundreds of dollars per acre this year for their corn, cotton, long grain rice and soybean crops, according to an analysis by extension economists with the University of…

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 11h

What's $2k for a new phone every year when you have to pay $2k/month for ACA premiums? Pick your battles

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15h

we are all sherman

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 17h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 14h

We could barely get a prix fixe dinner downtown last time we were there

Matt Tex Eckerle @mattexx.bsky.social · 14h

Rye bagel, hummus

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is steering us toward a future more like Russia or China — countries we are not supposed to like — than the United States of America — the country we are all supposed to love.

It’s official: Trump is a communist

What happens when companies know that their market access depends not on efficiency or innovation, but on keeping the president happy? They self-censor, shareholders suffer, innovation grinds to a hal...

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