thimbles.bsky.social
@thimbles.bsky.social
It's about Milton Friedman ideology being used as the basis of lawsuits and the idea that customers and corporations that discriminate against bad actor industries should be policed under antitrust.
It's about ideology, think tanks, politically motivated treasurers (who aren't subject to antitrust)
It's about ideology, think tanks, politically motivated treasurers (who aren't subject to antitrust)
January 18, 2026 at 7:25 AM
It's about Milton Friedman ideology being used as the basis of lawsuits and the idea that customers and corporations that discriminate against bad actor industries should be policed under antitrust.
It's about ideology, think tanks, politically motivated treasurers (who aren't subject to antitrust)
It's about ideology, think tanks, politically motivated treasurers (who aren't subject to antitrust)
I'm reminded of the old @rubenbolling.bsky.social comics featuring Lucky Ducky.
That guy used to always get one up on the rich hardworking hound despite his poor personal choices.
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/o-lucky-du...
Gotcha!
That guy used to always get one up on the rich hardworking hound despite his poor personal choices.
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/o-lucky-du...
Gotcha!
January 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I'm reminded of the old @rubenbolling.bsky.social comics featuring Lucky Ducky.
That guy used to always get one up on the rich hardworking hound despite his poor personal choices.
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/o-lucky-du...
Gotcha!
That guy used to always get one up on the rich hardworking hound despite his poor personal choices.
tomthedancingbug.substack.com/p/o-lucky-du...
Gotcha!
I guess, on the good news side, at least the confidence in scientists post covid hasn't fallen as much among Democrats as it has among Republicans.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I guess, on the good news side, at least the confidence in scientists post covid hasn't fallen as much among Democrats as it has among Republicans.
This article by Haley Smith on the pew opinion poll on science is a good dipstick of the information environment we're in.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
In this current state of things, ONLY 65 percent of DEMOCRATS "say the U.S. is losing ground in scientific achievements"?
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
In this current state of things, ONLY 65 percent of DEMOCRATS "say the U.S. is losing ground in scientific achievements"?
January 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This article by Haley Smith on the pew opinion poll on science is a good dipstick of the information environment we're in.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
In this current state of things, ONLY 65 percent of DEMOCRATS "say the U.S. is losing ground in scientific achievements"?
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
In this current state of things, ONLY 65 percent of DEMOCRATS "say the U.S. is losing ground in scientific achievements"?
Thor put it best:
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January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Thor put it best:
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Aww. Such adorable behavior from the guy slags libs for being unable to debate.
Did I hurt your feelings @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
I'm sorry Mr. "Takes on 50 libs at a time". Didn't realize you were the Steven Seagal of political debate.
Did I hurt your feelings @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
I'm sorry Mr. "Takes on 50 libs at a time". Didn't realize you were the Steven Seagal of political debate.
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Aww. Such adorable behavior from the guy slags libs for being unable to debate.
Did I hurt your feelings @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
I'm sorry Mr. "Takes on 50 libs at a time". Didn't realize you were the Steven Seagal of political debate.
Did I hurt your feelings @radiofreetom.bsky.social?
I'm sorry Mr. "Takes on 50 libs at a time". Didn't realize you were the Steven Seagal of political debate.
"What does it profit a man to gain a fortune in shares of despoiling industry and lose the whole world?"
"Turns out it profits a man pretty good if you can lie enough about it."
"Turns out it profits a man pretty good if you can lie enough about it."
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"What does it profit a man to gain a fortune in shares of despoiling industry and lose the whole world?"
"Turns out it profits a man pretty good if you can lie enough about it."
"Turns out it profits a man pretty good if you can lie enough about it."
It's post truth politics, the term @volts.wtf coined to describe the generated reality of conservatives vs objective reality itself:
grist.org/politics/201...
grist.org/politics/201...
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It's post truth politics, the term @volts.wtf coined to describe the generated reality of conservatives vs objective reality itself:
grist.org/politics/201...
grist.org/politics/201...
It's cartoon universe logic, akin to the coyote just refusing to look down because the law of gravity doesn't kick in until you look down.
But this is not an attribute of politics now.
@hankgreen.bsky.social actually echoes @kdrum.bsky.social from a decade ago.
grist.org/politics/as-...
But this is not an attribute of politics now.
@hankgreen.bsky.social actually echoes @kdrum.bsky.social from a decade ago.
grist.org/politics/as-...
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
It's cartoon universe logic, akin to the coyote just refusing to look down because the law of gravity doesn't kick in until you look down.
But this is not an attribute of politics now.
@hankgreen.bsky.social actually echoes @kdrum.bsky.social from a decade ago.
grist.org/politics/as-...
But this is not an attribute of politics now.
@hankgreen.bsky.social actually echoes @kdrum.bsky.social from a decade ago.
grist.org/politics/as-...
@skepticalscience.bsky.social brings us the right @xkcd.com, which is only confirms the rule that there is always an xkcd for every occassion.
skepticalscience.com/ivar-giaever...
skepticalscience.com/ivar-giaever...
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
@skepticalscience.bsky.social brings us the right @xkcd.com, which is only confirms the rule that there is always an xkcd for every occassion.
skepticalscience.com/ivar-giaever...
skepticalscience.com/ivar-giaever...
Too friggin great, and around that same time the three spiderman comics got together to publish a story that would become Kraven's Last Hunt.
God I was spoiled.
God I was spoiled.
January 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Too friggin great, and around that same time the three spiderman comics got together to publish a story that would become Kraven's Last Hunt.
God I was spoiled.
God I was spoiled.
Going back as a teen and reading that Walt Thor run is like dining on fine comic cuisine.
You're happy to consume it, but it just feels too good for your plate.
It's a comic.
Why does my brain feel on fire?
Thor's a frog in one story:
You're happy to consume it, but it just feels too good for your plate.
It's a comic.
Why does my brain feel on fire?
Thor's a frog in one story:
January 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Going back as a teen and reading that Walt Thor run is like dining on fine comic cuisine.
You're happy to consume it, but it just feels too good for your plate.
It's a comic.
Why does my brain feel on fire?
Thor's a frog in one story:
You're happy to consume it, but it just feels too good for your plate.
It's a comic.
Why does my brain feel on fire?
Thor's a frog in one story:
Every page of Thor 380 was a splash page. Every gorgeous panel of this epic damn fight took an entire page.
And it wasn't just a Thing vs Hulk slug fest.
The dialog between these two ancient enemies as they beat the mythic snot out of each other was splendid.
Look at this! I still get tingles.
And it wasn't just a Thing vs Hulk slug fest.
The dialog between these two ancient enemies as they beat the mythic snot out of each other was splendid.
Look at this! I still get tingles.
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Every page of Thor 380 was a splash page. Every gorgeous panel of this epic damn fight took an entire page.
And it wasn't just a Thing vs Hulk slug fest.
The dialog between these two ancient enemies as they beat the mythic snot out of each other was splendid.
Look at this! I still get tingles.
And it wasn't just a Thing vs Hulk slug fest.
The dialog between these two ancient enemies as they beat the mythic snot out of each other was splendid.
Look at this! I still get tingles.
"Thus legends are born"
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
"Thus legends are born"
"This project marks GE’s first H-Class gas turbine order in Vietnam."
Huh.
Now what was it I read about these gas turbines?
bsky.app/profile/thim...
Oh yeah, the AI guys are eating up all the turbines.
Huh.
Now what was it I read about these gas turbines?
bsky.app/profile/thim...
Oh yeah, the AI guys are eating up all the turbines.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM
"This project marks GE’s first H-Class gas turbine order in Vietnam."
Huh.
Now what was it I read about these gas turbines?
bsky.app/profile/thim...
Oh yeah, the AI guys are eating up all the turbines.
Huh.
Now what was it I read about these gas turbines?
bsky.app/profile/thim...
Oh yeah, the AI guys are eating up all the turbines.
"make all the Somalis, Samoans, etc..."
Once again, this is the same group of people who marched in Charlottesville in 2017 holding torches and chanting "The Jews will not replace us".
This is what they mean.
And according to the current POTUS, "there were very good people" in that chanting crowd
Once again, this is the same group of people who marched in Charlottesville in 2017 holding torches and chanting "The Jews will not replace us".
This is what they mean.
And according to the current POTUS, "there were very good people" in that chanting crowd
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"make all the Somalis, Samoans, etc..."
Once again, this is the same group of people who marched in Charlottesville in 2017 holding torches and chanting "The Jews will not replace us".
This is what they mean.
And according to the current POTUS, "there were very good people" in that chanting crowd
Once again, this is the same group of people who marched in Charlottesville in 2017 holding torches and chanting "The Jews will not replace us".
This is what they mean.
And according to the current POTUS, "there were very good people" in that chanting crowd
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
@pkrugman.bsky.social on inflation and @jasonfurman.bsky.social in 2025.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inflation
I don't know if this qualifies as a come to Jesus moment, but it should be.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inflation
I don't know if this qualifies as a come to Jesus moment, but it should be.
January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
@pkrugman.bsky.social on inflation and @jasonfurman.bsky.social in 2025.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inflation
I don't know if this qualifies as a come to Jesus moment, but it should be.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inflation
I don't know if this qualifies as a come to Jesus moment, but it should be.
I think I captured the tone of your post.
December 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I think I captured the tone of your post.
What is he trying to do? Well:
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
What is he trying to do? Well:
December 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The dude took six hours to clarify his own statement.
If you make an ambiguous post, people will fill in the ambiguous blanks.
Quelle suprise.
If you make an ambiguous post, people will fill in the ambiguous blanks.
Quelle suprise.
December 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The dude took six hours to clarify his own statement.
If you make an ambiguous post, people will fill in the ambiguous blanks.
Quelle suprise.
If you make an ambiguous post, people will fill in the ambiguous blanks.
Quelle suprise.
So I did some looking into some Josh Freed of @thirdwayenergy.bsky.social and it's interesting because they seem to bunch environmental activists to one side and oil fanatics to the other.
And of course, they are the third way down the middle.
Here's Josh Freed:
www.thirdway.org/newsletter/o...
And of course, they are the third way down the middle.
Here's Josh Freed:
www.thirdway.org/newsletter/o...
December 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
So I did some looking into some Josh Freed of @thirdwayenergy.bsky.social and it's interesting because they seem to bunch environmental activists to one side and oil fanatics to the other.
And of course, they are the third way down the middle.
Here's Josh Freed:
www.thirdway.org/newsletter/o...
And of course, they are the third way down the middle.
Here's Josh Freed:
www.thirdway.org/newsletter/o...
"Hype"
They kind of address this in the article:
They kind of address this in the article:
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Hype"
They kind of address this in the article:
They kind of address this in the article:
Meanwhile, for comedy's sake, here's a passage which you've no doubt filed from the Anti-Cassandra, David Brooks:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
God, it reads like bad caritcature.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
God, it reads like bad caritcature.
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Meanwhile, for comedy's sake, here's a passage which you've no doubt filed from the Anti-Cassandra, David Brooks:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
God, it reads like bad caritcature.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
God, it reads like bad caritcature.