@valfells.bsky.social
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Regardless of anything else about the Wisconsin race, it's just a relief to learn that money can't always buy elections
April 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Regardless of anything else about the Wisconsin race, it's just a relief to learn that money can't always buy elections
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Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
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Talking Ukraine, Russia, and Putin with Dr. Fiona Hill on today’s Prof G Conversations.
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
March 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Talking Ukraine, Russia, and Putin with Dr. Fiona Hill on today’s Prof G Conversations.
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7hKA...
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One nice thing about the Trump era is that it’s revealed how much of the American political, media and economic elite believe in absolutely nothing.
March 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One nice thing about the Trump era is that it’s revealed how much of the American political, media and economic elite believe in absolutely nothing.
"On the issues, Silber never gave an inch. He refused to avoid collisions. He made the shade of Epictetus gulp with admiration." Tom Wolfe about his write-in vote for John Silber for president in 2008.
Silberado | Bostonia
In a new book of John Silber’s speeches, Tom Wolfe remembers the man who could not assent to what he knows is wrong
www.bu.edu
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"On the issues, Silber never gave an inch. He refused to avoid collisions. He made the shade of Epictetus gulp with admiration." Tom Wolfe about his write-in vote for John Silber for president in 2008.
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In 2018, it was my honor to finally present Navajo Code Talker Adolph Nagurski’s family with his Congressional Silver Medal.
It's my job to make sure our veterans receive the recognition and care they’ve earned and I won't let Trump and Musk erase them from history.
It's my job to make sure our veterans receive the recognition and care they’ve earned and I won't let Trump and Musk erase them from history.
March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In 2018, it was my honor to finally present Navajo Code Talker Adolph Nagurski’s family with his Congressional Silver Medal.
It's my job to make sure our veterans receive the recognition and care they’ve earned and I won't let Trump and Musk erase them from history.
It's my job to make sure our veterans receive the recognition and care they’ve earned and I won't let Trump and Musk erase them from history.
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Shows how social fabric has frayed in the digital age, people need connection to nature & each other in real life
March 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Shows how social fabric has frayed in the digital age, people need connection to nature & each other in real life
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My Prof G Markets co-host Ed Elson contributed a nice piece to @financialtimes.com this weekend 👉🏻 on.ft.com/3RbrXF1
‘Gen Z is more anxious, lonely and poorer than other generations’
Ed Elson, writer and co-host of Prof G Markets podcast, offers an explanation to the question he receives most often
on.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My Prof G Markets co-host Ed Elson contributed a nice piece to @financialtimes.com this weekend 👉🏻 on.ft.com/3RbrXF1
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"All told, a Mar-a-Lago Accord would represent huge downside risk for approximately zero upside gain."
on.ft.com/3FlitV0
on.ft.com/3FlitV0
Mar-a-Lago Accord, Schmar-a-Lago Accord
Anatomy of a bad idea
on.ft.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"All told, a Mar-a-Lago Accord would represent huge downside risk for approximately zero upside gain."
on.ft.com/3FlitV0
on.ft.com/3FlitV0
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What look like twin flames are known as Lynds 483 (L483), ejections from two actively forming stars at the center. The stars themselves are hidden in a teeny, opaque disk of dust that fits into one pixel. (1/4) 🔭 🧪 🧵
March 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What look like twin flames are known as Lynds 483 (L483), ejections from two actively forming stars at the center. The stars themselves are hidden in a teeny, opaque disk of dust that fits into one pixel. (1/4) 🔭 🧪 🧵
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“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
March 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Bluesky and Reddit take the opposite approach: user-controlled feeds put curation power where it belongs. YOU choose what appears through follows, custom feeds, and communities - not an algorithm deciding what you "should" see based on engagement metrics. 4/6
March 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Bluesky and Reddit take the opposite approach: user-controlled feeds put curation power where it belongs. YOU choose what appears through follows, custom feeds, and communities - not an algorithm deciding what you "should" see based on engagement metrics. 4/6
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Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness
In order to protect their sovereignty, the continent’s leaders must invest in a digital ecosystem independent of America
on.ft.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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“For his part, Musk claims that he purchased Trump outright by spending nearly $300 million on his 2024 campaign.” - @borowitzreport.bsky.social
Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump
The negotiations are proving contentious.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“For his part, Musk claims that he purchased Trump outright by spending nearly $300 million on his 2024 campaign.” - @borowitzreport.bsky.social
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We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
February 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?