Peter Bondi
@pbondi.bsky.social
Now made w/ Ti. Plays outside. Often omits the sarcasm symbol. Politics, policy, food, & baseball. Works on democracy & elections, while we still have them. he/him
Apparently seating arrangements are “a confidential matter”
Had missed this detail: Paramount’s David Ellison talked to Trump at the Kennedy Center Awards on Sunday and sat next to FCC Chair Brendan Carr
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Apparently seating arrangements are “a confidential matter”
Paying more, getting less. They misspelled Trumpcare.
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Paying more, getting less. They misspelled Trumpcare.
Your loss, nytimes.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Your loss, nytimes.
This should be awarded to an NFL kicker every year.
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This should be awarded to an NFL kicker every year.
The building is shaped like a giant middle finger, and lit up like a movie screen, seen for miles. Given that it’s JPMorgan, it’s appropriate.
& the only people shielded from it? Those on the inside.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/r...
& the only people shielded from it? Those on the inside.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/r...
New York’s Skyline Has a Bold New Look
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The building is shaped like a giant middle finger, and lit up like a movie screen, seen for miles. Given that it’s JPMorgan, it’s appropriate.
& the only people shielded from it? Those on the inside.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/r...
& the only people shielded from it? Those on the inside.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/r...
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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Nvidia is spending $1.3 billion to rent its own chips back from CoreWeave, a company in which it owns a $4 billion stake.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nvidia is spending $1.3 billion to rent its own chips back from CoreWeave, a company in which it owns a $4 billion stake.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
If only we had a functioning constitutional democracy here.
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt www.nbcnews.com/world/brazil...
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt
The far-right leader had been under house arrest since August and was taken in Saturday after trying to break his ankle monitor.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If only we had a functioning constitutional democracy here.
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Related: apnews.com/article/pent...
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Related: apnews.com/article/pent...
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living through the previously-absurd scenario of an out-of-control president looting the nation, ignoring the law, inciting violence, pardoning criminals, working with our enemies, but instead of some titanic political struggle most of society is just trying really hard to avoid mentioning it
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
living through the previously-absurd scenario of an out-of-control president looting the nation, ignoring the law, inciting violence, pardoning criminals, working with our enemies, but instead of some titanic political struggle most of society is just trying really hard to avoid mentioning it
Impeach.
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Impeach.
Those streaming prices will keep going up & up & up
THE WRAP: ".. Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel have signed deals worth over $60 million each to return for 'Frozen 3' and 'Frozen 4' .."
$DIS
www.thewrap.com/frozen-3-4-k...
$DIS
www.thewrap.com/frozen-3-4-k...
Disney Megadeal: Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel Score $60 Million Packages for 'Frozen' 3 and 4 | Exclusive
Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel will be paid $60 million each to return for "Frozen" 3 and 4 in a Disney megadeal.
www.thewrap.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Those streaming prices will keep going up & up & up
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Imagine if tech companies had made a wild capex bet on chasing clean energy, instead of inventing a plagiarism machine powered by **checks notes** extending the life of coal plants
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Imagine if tech companies had made a wild capex bet on chasing clean energy, instead of inventing a plagiarism machine powered by **checks notes** extending the life of coal plants
You know what govt doesn’t need? A larger ballroom so they can fit in even more grovelers.
Elon Musk returns to the White House at dinner for Saudi crown prince on.ft.com/4a6pYwi
Elon Musk returns to the White House at dinner for Saudi crown prince
Billionaire’s appearance at black-tie event for Mohammed bin Salman signals improving relations with Donald Trump
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You know what govt doesn’t need? A larger ballroom so they can fit in even more grovelers.
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
Does ctr-v have the authority of the President of the United States?
Trump's new autopen scandal. Every accusation is a confession.
Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Does ctr-v have the authority of the President of the United States?
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer,” said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer,” said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.