Trevor Austin
@trevoraustin.bsky.social
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"Bitcoin is down...the crash sapped energy and attention from the crypto scene. Prediction markets, by contrast, are pulling in the same speculative crowd, offering a sharper hit: binary odds, real-world stakes, fast resolution."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Bitcoin is down...the crash sapped energy and attention from the crypto scene. Prediction markets, by contrast, are pulling in the same speculative crowd, offering a sharper hit: binary odds, real-world stakes, fast resolution."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Just discovered the subreddit r/accidentalrockwell and it is delightful
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Just discovered the subreddit r/accidentalrockwell and it is delightful
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The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain
September 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain
Not just any man though—Reacher asks “what if *Sherlock Holmes* was a giant corn-fed American.”
Intense eye for details that others miss, brilliant and self-assured, antisocial and pathologically blunt, seamlessly navigates the underbelly of society.
Just huge and plainspoken instead of foppish.
Intense eye for details that others miss, brilliant and self-assured, antisocial and pathologically blunt, seamlessly navigates the underbelly of society.
Just huge and plainspoken instead of foppish.
watched some reacher on the treadmill today and i do love that we have a whole franchise whose central premise is “what if a man were really big”
February 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Not just any man though—Reacher asks “what if *Sherlock Holmes* was a giant corn-fed American.”
Intense eye for details that others miss, brilliant and self-assured, antisocial and pathologically blunt, seamlessly navigates the underbelly of society.
Just huge and plainspoken instead of foppish.
Intense eye for details that others miss, brilliant and self-assured, antisocial and pathologically blunt, seamlessly navigates the underbelly of society.
Just huge and plainspoken instead of foppish.
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Already THE great thread in Bluesky history.
Jokes on them, I’m going to use AI to come up with 8000 businesses for dipshits
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
February 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Already THE great thread in Bluesky history.
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My “This is not a quid pro quo” footnote is bringing up a lot of questions already answered by my footnote.
This footnote in Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove’s memo to Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, directing her to dismiss charges against Mayor Eric Adams, is … something:
February 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My “This is not a quid pro quo” footnote is bringing up a lot of questions already answered by my footnote.
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This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
February 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII
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ski instructor said the yeti turds I found are moose droppings. am I supposed to be comforted by the fact the yeti is riding a goddamn moose
January 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
ski instructor said the yeti turds I found are moose droppings. am I supposed to be comforted by the fact the yeti is riding a goddamn moose
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THE GREEN KNIGHT
What’s your favorite underappreciated Christmas movie?
December 25, 2024 at 1:44 AM
THE GREEN KNIGHT
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[a horse walks into a bar]
bartender: what can i get you
horse: what no that’s not how this format goes you’re supposed to say why the long f… you know what nvm just show me where i can get some water
bartender: i could but then i can’t make you drink
horse: what
bartender: what can i get you
horse: what no that’s not how this format goes you’re supposed to say why the long f… you know what nvm just show me where i can get some water
bartender: i could but then i can’t make you drink
horse: what
December 22, 2024 at 3:28 PM
[a horse walks into a bar]
bartender: what can i get you
horse: what no that’s not how this format goes you’re supposed to say why the long f… you know what nvm just show me where i can get some water
bartender: i could but then i can’t make you drink
horse: what
bartender: what can i get you
horse: what no that’s not how this format goes you’re supposed to say why the long f… you know what nvm just show me where i can get some water
bartender: i could but then i can’t make you drink
horse: what
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(slaps cinnamon and/or spice-flavored drink out of your hand)
IT'S WINTER, BITCHES
(shoves peppermint latte at you)
(throws down red and green smoke bomb)
(disappears, jingling all the way)
IT'S WINTER, BITCHES
(shoves peppermint latte at you)
(throws down red and green smoke bomb)
(disappears, jingling all the way)
December 21, 2024 at 3:16 PM
(slaps cinnamon and/or spice-flavored drink out of your hand)
IT'S WINTER, BITCHES
(shoves peppermint latte at you)
(throws down red and green smoke bomb)
(disappears, jingling all the way)
IT'S WINTER, BITCHES
(shoves peppermint latte at you)
(throws down red and green smoke bomb)
(disappears, jingling all the way)
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
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starbucks barista: order for cathy lou
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
October 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM
starbucks barista: order for cathy lou
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
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The way I got this right is: This is all people.
Man how did @scalzi.com get scientists in the distant future so right
October 14, 2024 at 2:18 PM
The way I got this right is: This is all people.
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gathering a team to steal the
October 8, 2024 at 5:31 PM
gathering a team to steal the
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"i would like a SMALL CABBAGE"
September 23, 2024 at 5:54 AM
"i would like a SMALL CABBAGE"
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speak your truth
September 12, 2024 at 7:28 PM
speak your truth
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Someone’s looking to get their arm ripped off
September 3, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Someone’s looking to get their arm ripped off
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"This is a kind of law of physics in the attention age: you can never defeat spam; you can only manage it. And that’s because spam will exist wherever attention collects, the same way weeds will grow wherever there are the right conditions to grow crops: they thrive in the same soil."
August 28, 2024 at 8:55 PM
"This is a kind of law of physics in the attention age: you can never defeat spam; you can only manage it. And that’s because spam will exist wherever attention collects, the same way weeds will grow wherever there are the right conditions to grow crops: they thrive in the same soil."
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The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished.
10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes
10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes
August 27, 2024 at 1:58 PM
The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished.
10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes
10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes
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Sad to see this Russian influence operation here in the USA!
Don’t want to be a “data mule” for them, so I’ll leave it to you to translate the message
But please consider how low our enemies will go to distract/insult true U.S. Voters!™
(& that you wouldn’t get this from any other guy on BS!)
Don’t want to be a “data mule” for them, so I’ll leave it to you to translate the message
But please consider how low our enemies will go to distract/insult true U.S. Voters!™
(& that you wouldn’t get this from any other guy on BS!)
August 24, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Sad to see this Russian influence operation here in the USA!
Don’t want to be a “data mule” for them, so I’ll leave it to you to translate the message
But please consider how low our enemies will go to distract/insult true U.S. Voters!™
(& that you wouldn’t get this from any other guy on BS!)
Don’t want to be a “data mule” for them, so I’ll leave it to you to translate the message
But please consider how low our enemies will go to distract/insult true U.S. Voters!™
(& that you wouldn’t get this from any other guy on BS!)
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any burrito can be a breakfast burrito, freedom is total and eludes the flimsy bonds of our constraints
August 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
any burrito can be a breakfast burrito, freedom is total and eludes the flimsy bonds of our constraints
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Paul Verhoeven: How I Would Solve The American Political Dilemma Through A Layered Science Fiction Allegory Full Of Gruesome Violence And Amazing Performances By Unexpected Actors
July 21, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Paul Verhoeven: How I Would Solve The American Political Dilemma Through A Layered Science Fiction Allegory Full Of Gruesome Violence And Amazing Performances By Unexpected Actors