Peter Rooney
@peterwrooney.bsky.social
Why was @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social offering advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to gain leverage over Donald Trump? Seems unethical and creepy
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Why was @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social offering advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to gain leverage over Donald Trump? Seems unethical and creepy
@itskyleconner.bsky.social is excellent on the Motor Trend “Inevitable” podcast. Measured and informative. So good
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
@itskyleconner.bsky.social is excellent on the Motor Trend “Inevitable” podcast. Measured and informative. So good
@mcuban.bsky.social is outstanding on Pod Save America. Perhaps uniquely among business leaders, he has real political insight
July 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
@mcuban.bsky.social is outstanding on Pod Save America. Perhaps uniquely among business leaders, he has real political insight
@davidfrum.bsky.social’s answer to what happened to working class wages in America is a tour de force of exposition describing recent economic history
Next episode of David Frum Show drops at midnight ET tonight, with guest Susan Rice. Among other things, we discuss her experience of manufactured scandals vs the genuine scandals of the Trump era. Subscribe on YouTube or your favorite audio platform.
May 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
@davidfrum.bsky.social’s answer to what happened to working class wages in America is a tour de force of exposition describing recent economic history
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Wrote a rare spot of *good* news in tech: a $167 million ruling against NSO Group means it's going to be harder for commercial spyware companies to target innocent people www.platformer.news/whatsapp-nso...
May 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wrote a rare spot of *good* news in tech: a $167 million ruling against NSO Group means it's going to be harder for commercial spyware companies to target innocent people www.platformer.news/whatsapp-nso...
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On this 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride, I keep thinking of a few lines from the last stanza of Longfellow’s poem:
“And so through the night went his cry of alarm…
A cry of defiance and not of fear…”
“In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear…”
“And so through the night went his cry of alarm…
A cry of defiance and not of fear…”
“In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear…”
April 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
On this 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride, I keep thinking of a few lines from the last stanza of Longfellow’s poem:
“And so through the night went his cry of alarm…
A cry of defiance and not of fear…”
“In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear…”
“And so through the night went his cry of alarm…
A cry of defiance and not of fear…”
“In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear…”
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This is the game. Unite and then manipulate the data for whatever mischief you want to do www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up
DOGE has tapped into some of the most sensitive and valuable data in the world. Now it’s starting to put it to work.
www.wired.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is the game. Unite and then manipulate the data for whatever mischief you want to do www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
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If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
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An American citizen says he and his wife were detained for hours by US border agents when they returned to the United States after a short trip to Canada: cnn.it/4cIHYMI
US citizen says he and his wife detained for hours after Canadian trip | CNN
An American citizen says he and his wife were detained for hours by U.S. border agents when they returned to the United States after a short trip to Canada.
cnn.it
April 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
An American citizen says he and his wife were detained for hours by US border agents when they returned to the United States after a short trip to Canada: cnn.it/4cIHYMI
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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Topeka Kansas April 5th
Photo credit to 'AloneTulip'
Photo credit to 'AloneTulip'
April 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Topeka Kansas April 5th
Photo credit to 'AloneTulip'
Photo credit to 'AloneTulip'
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My son @natfrum.bsky.social tonight reminded me of a bit of movie dialogue
"We all know how much you love to say, 'I told you so.'
"When that day comes, even I won't want to say so."
We're headed into the deep dark, and it may last a long time.
"We all know how much you love to say, 'I told you so.'
"When that day comes, even I won't want to say so."
We're headed into the deep dark, and it may last a long time.
April 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My son @natfrum.bsky.social tonight reminded me of a bit of movie dialogue
"We all know how much you love to say, 'I told you so.'
"When that day comes, even I won't want to say so."
We're headed into the deep dark, and it may last a long time.
"We all know how much you love to say, 'I told you so.'
"When that day comes, even I won't want to say so."
We're headed into the deep dark, and it may last a long time.
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Vladimir Putin is the most successful investor in the history of the world.
April 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Vladimir Putin is the most successful investor in the history of the world.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
April 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
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Exactly right
“Trump’s personality is, and has always been, zero-sum and urgent,” writes @dkthomp.bsky.social. “The scariest thing about the Trump tariffs isn’t the numbers, but the underlying message. We’re all living inside the president’s head, and nobody knows anything”: https://theatln.tc/d9Y7nSsY
April 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Exactly right
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We’ve got a lot to build in this country, and we need a lot more builders.
So we’ll cover training costs and make it easier to work anywhere in Canada.
It’s going to be a great time to be in the skilled trades.
So we’ll cover training costs and make it easier to work anywhere in Canada.
It’s going to be a great time to be in the skilled trades.
April 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We’ve got a lot to build in this country, and we need a lot more builders.
So we’ll cover training costs and make it easier to work anywhere in Canada.
It’s going to be a great time to be in the skilled trades.
So we’ll cover training costs and make it easier to work anywhere in Canada.
It’s going to be a great time to be in the skilled trades.
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Profiles in non courage www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘The Terror Is Real’: An Appalled Tech Industry Is Scared to Criticize Elon Musk
A huge swath of Silicon Valley is horrified by what Elon Musk is doing — but they’re increasingly afraid to say so.
www.politico.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Profiles in non courage www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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stevenrattner.com/article/new-... what morons.. WE all knew
New York Times: ‘Few of Us Ever Imagined He Would Go This Far’ | Steve Rattner
stevenrattner.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
stevenrattner.com/article/new-... what morons.. WE all knew
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
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1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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Periodic reminder that the law makes no provision for the president to just extend the deadline as many times as he wants
Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal "requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed" (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Periodic reminder that the law makes no provision for the president to just extend the deadline as many times as he wants
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Lesson of real stock-market crashes:
They're usually worse two months in, than two days in. (With some "dead cat bounces" in between. I say as a fan of cats.)
2025 will not be like 1929. But for perspective, here's roughly where we'd be now, in loss-from-peak terms, on the 1929 track.
They're usually worse two months in, than two days in. (With some "dead cat bounces" in between. I say as a fan of cats.)
2025 will not be like 1929. But for perspective, here's roughly where we'd be now, in loss-from-peak terms, on the 1929 track.
April 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Lesson of real stock-market crashes:
They're usually worse two months in, than two days in. (With some "dead cat bounces" in between. I say as a fan of cats.)
2025 will not be like 1929. But for perspective, here's roughly where we'd be now, in loss-from-peak terms, on the 1929 track.
They're usually worse two months in, than two days in. (With some "dead cat bounces" in between. I say as a fan of cats.)
2025 will not be like 1929. But for perspective, here's roughly where we'd be now, in loss-from-peak terms, on the 1929 track.
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How would you feel if overaged and legally blind person were at controls of your fully loaded A380.
And said "Hey, watch this!" as he put the plane into a dive.
And cockpit crew (M Johnson, J Thune, Marco, etc) looked at each other but said nothing as we all headed toward the ground
America: 2025
And said "Hey, watch this!" as he put the plane into a dive.
And cockpit crew (M Johnson, J Thune, Marco, etc) looked at each other but said nothing as we all headed toward the ground
America: 2025
April 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How would you feel if overaged and legally blind person were at controls of your fully loaded A380.
And said "Hey, watch this!" as he put the plane into a dive.
And cockpit crew (M Johnson, J Thune, Marco, etc) looked at each other but said nothing as we all headed toward the ground
America: 2025
And said "Hey, watch this!" as he put the plane into a dive.
And cockpit crew (M Johnson, J Thune, Marco, etc) looked at each other but said nothing as we all headed toward the ground
America: 2025