Zack
@zachary.mba
NE Ohio
Let’s talk sports, finance, and science nerdery
Let’s talk sports, finance, and science nerdery
I have this theory (I'm a little biased) that Ohio has always been the moral compass of the nation; Oberlin, Hudson, John Brown, and the Western Reserve generally at forefront of abolitionism / equal rights, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Garfield, Hayes, Harrison, McKinley, Carl Stokes, Kent State etc.
This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...
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Signs of Fascism!
YouTube video by COOLHAND
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October 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have this theory (I'm a little biased) that Ohio has always been the moral compass of the nation; Oberlin, Hudson, John Brown, and the Western Reserve generally at forefront of abolitionism / equal rights, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Garfield, Hayes, Harrison, McKinley, Carl Stokes, Kent State etc.
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God you gotta love Ulysses Grant
October 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
God you gotta love Ulysses Grant
"Nothing can be settled which is not right"
- Charles Sumner
Since things have never been perfect, there have always been soldiers fighting a long war, losing & losing & losing - maybe for generations - until one day they aren't losing anymore. That's how progress is made on moral projects.
- Charles Sumner
Since things have never been perfect, there have always been soldiers fighting a long war, losing & losing & losing - maybe for generations - until one day they aren't losing anymore. That's how progress is made on moral projects.
i love this part and i think it very much shows the difference in depth of thinking between someone like Klein, desperately fighting in the here-and-now and arguing to win a battle with compromise, versus Coates' position that he is a soldier in a long war.
September 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Nothing can be settled which is not right"
- Charles Sumner
Since things have never been perfect, there have always been soldiers fighting a long war, losing & losing & losing - maybe for generations - until one day they aren't losing anymore. That's how progress is made on moral projects.
- Charles Sumner
Since things have never been perfect, there have always been soldiers fighting a long war, losing & losing & losing - maybe for generations - until one day they aren't losing anymore. That's how progress is made on moral projects.
This chart the same summer that Tom Hamilton goes into the hall of fame ... sometimes seems like the only good thing going on in the world. Thank you, baseball.
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This chart the same summer that Tom Hamilton goes into the hall of fame ... sometimes seems like the only good thing going on in the world. Thank you, baseball.
I bought a very lightly used Bolt EUV that’s pretty loaded (heated and cooled seats, panoramic moonroof, digital rear view mirror, Super Cruise, heated steering wheel, wireless CarPlay etc) for $21k and I don’t really think you could get a low mileage and similarly equipped gas car for that.
September 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I bought a very lightly used Bolt EUV that’s pretty loaded (heated and cooled seats, panoramic moonroof, digital rear view mirror, Super Cruise, heated steering wheel, wireless CarPlay etc) for $21k and I don’t really think you could get a low mileage and similarly equipped gas car for that.
Stagflation is imminent. I repeat, stagflation is imminent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Stagflation is imminent. I repeat, stagflation is imminent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
While everyone (fairly) talks about free speech today, in other news, Nvidia has now been presumably pressured to financially support Intel following the government taking a stake in the company.
We are rapidly normalizing moves towards state capitalism.
nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...
We are rapidly normalizing moves towards state capitalism.
nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...
NVIDIA and Intel to Develop AI Infrastructure and Personal Computing Products
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) today announced a collaboration to jointly develop multiple generations of custom data center and PC products that accelerate applications an...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
While everyone (fairly) talks about free speech today, in other news, Nvidia has now been presumably pressured to financially support Intel following the government taking a stake in the company.
We are rapidly normalizing moves towards state capitalism.
nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...
We are rapidly normalizing moves towards state capitalism.
nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...
So I've been reading this book by Michael Luo
Couple things
1) This is dark
2) What a timely book
3) 'Economic Anxiety' has a very long history
4) Uniting people across ethnicities into shared labor unions might be the most difficult yet worthwhile of undertakings
www.amazon.com/Strangers-La...
Couple things
1) This is dark
2) What a timely book
3) 'Economic Anxiety' has a very long history
4) Uniting people across ethnicities into shared labor unions might be the most difficult yet worthwhile of undertakings
www.amazon.com/Strangers-La...
Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
Amazon.com: Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America: 9780385548571: Luo, Michael: Books
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September 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So I've been reading this book by Michael Luo
Couple things
1) This is dark
2) What a timely book
3) 'Economic Anxiety' has a very long history
4) Uniting people across ethnicities into shared labor unions might be the most difficult yet worthwhile of undertakings
www.amazon.com/Strangers-La...
Couple things
1) This is dark
2) What a timely book
3) 'Economic Anxiety' has a very long history
4) Uniting people across ethnicities into shared labor unions might be the most difficult yet worthwhile of undertakings
www.amazon.com/Strangers-La...
When you live under a dictator, your institutions mourn what he mourns, and ignore what he ignores.
Everything that’s happening in this regard is a mirror to the state of our democracy.
Everything that’s happening in this regard is a mirror to the state of our democracy.
The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.
For an actual public servant.
Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.
For an actual public servant.
Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.
September 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When you live under a dictator, your institutions mourn what he mourns, and ignore what he ignores.
Everything that’s happening in this regard is a mirror to the state of our democracy.
Everything that’s happening in this regard is a mirror to the state of our democracy.
You will know the robotics movement is serious when they are all quadrupeds.
Bipedalism is stupid. Making biped robots is stupid.
Bipedalism is stupid. Making biped robots is stupid.
Someone crossed a Whippet with a Belgian Malinois and the dog can run almost 40 MPH. Something incredibly soothing about this pup’s gait at that speed. Add in the wind turbine-peppered sunset and man…
September 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You will know the robotics movement is serious when they are all quadrupeds.
Bipedalism is stupid. Making biped robots is stupid.
Bipedalism is stupid. Making biped robots is stupid.
Just finished @carlzimmer.com ‘s book ‘Air-Borne’ and would recommend it enthusiastically. A terrific book that documents an incredible history of the scientific thought regarding what’s in the air we breathe. Thank goodness for those working so hard to help us better understand the world around us.
August 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just finished @carlzimmer.com ‘s book ‘Air-Borne’ and would recommend it enthusiastically. A terrific book that documents an incredible history of the scientific thought regarding what’s in the air we breathe. Thank goodness for those working so hard to help us better understand the world around us.
Went to an Underground Railroad museum today in the small town of Flushing, Ohio. Had never really thought about slave auctions taking place just across the Ohio River in Wheeling before. But they did.
On the way home, stopped at Salt Fork State Park for a short hike. Made some four-legged friends
On the way home, stopped at Salt Fork State Park for a short hike. Made some four-legged friends
August 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Went to an Underground Railroad museum today in the small town of Flushing, Ohio. Had never really thought about slave auctions taking place just across the Ohio River in Wheeling before. But they did.
On the way home, stopped at Salt Fork State Park for a short hike. Made some four-legged friends
On the way home, stopped at Salt Fork State Park for a short hike. Made some four-legged friends
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Lev Menand is blistering here. Must listen. Meeting the moment. Incredible stuff from @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social on Odd Lots.
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Lev Menand on Trump’s Attempt to Fire the Fed’s Lisa Cook — Odd Lots
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August 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Lev Menand is blistering here. Must listen. Meeting the moment. Incredible stuff from @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social on Odd Lots.
overcast.fm/+AA5AWNdOBV0
overcast.fm/+AA5AWNdOBV0
To read the headlines today is to know what it is to live in a dictatorship.
I hate it.
I hate it.
August 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
To read the headlines today is to know what it is to live in a dictatorship.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I went and watched the Paul Skenes show today. He's simply incredible.
August 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I went and watched the Paul Skenes show today. He's simply incredible.
I've started listening to the New York Times podcast 'Day X' which was posted back in 2021. If you listen to it, you can't help but see the current situation in the United States staring back at you. It's a lil terrifying tbh
www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/p...
www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/p...
Day X (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I've started listening to the New York Times podcast 'Day X' which was posted back in 2021. If you listen to it, you can't help but see the current situation in the United States staring back at you. It's a lil terrifying tbh
www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/p...
www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/p...
Listened to Neil Young sing 'Ohio' live last Friday and worried we were approaching a repeat. Bad feeling right in the chest. Feels real bad, man.
what donald trump wants more than anything is video of american soldiers gunning down american citizens
This could end up very badly given what we know of Rules on Use of Force (RUF) for Guard in DC. And very different training regimens compared to local police.
Wall Street Journal reporting:
"National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days."
Wall Street Journal reporting:
"National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days."
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Listened to Neil Young sing 'Ohio' live last Friday and worried we were approaching a repeat. Bad feeling right in the chest. Feels real bad, man.
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The CDC shooting didn’t even really register in the news and the details are absolutely insane
First the terrorist tried to enter campus in a car filled with guns. When he wasn’t allowed past the gates, he started firing from a CVS drugstore across the street. From a semi-automatic weapon, 500 shots is a lot. He was at it for a long time.
Here are the weapons & shell casings he left behind.
Here are the weapons & shell casings he left behind.
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The CDC shooting didn’t even really register in the news and the details are absolutely insane
Reading the news feels a little more like this every day
August 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reading the news feels a little more like this every day
Exactly - and that’s why a central organizing principle of Trump 2.0 is the dismantling of civil service reform efforts that are 150 years old.
That’s how you buy loyalty: by giving jobs to people who would most likely never have gotten them under normal circumstances. They will do anything to hold on to that job including breaking laws they barely grasp. Resource dependence theory (Pfeffer & Salancik) led to the “golden handcuff” theory.
August 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Exactly - and that’s why a central organizing principle of Trump 2.0 is the dismantling of civil service reform efforts that are 150 years old.
Here’s something you notice at every car event in NE Ohio; approximately nobody under ~55 cares to own, restore, or tinker with classic cars. Those that care largely can’t afford it as a hobby. Minty nice classic cars in the estates of dying boomers are going to be cheap af.
Classic car restoration requires maniacally devoted artisans. But a disappearing labor force is creating years-long wait lists.
So You Bought a Fancy Vintage Car. Now Who’s Going to Restore it?
The restoration industry faces years-long waiting lists and a disappearing labor force.
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August 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here’s something you notice at every car event in NE Ohio; approximately nobody under ~55 cares to own, restore, or tinker with classic cars. Those that care largely can’t afford it as a hobby. Minty nice classic cars in the estates of dying boomers are going to be cheap af.
It would be quite fun if the 6 head to head games between the Tigers and Guardians in the second half of September were division-deciding ...
August 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It would be quite fun if the 6 head to head games between the Tigers and Guardians in the second half of September were division-deciding ...
Hey @kairyssdal.bsky.social I just listened to your Friday show and you said it's been 20 years. Congratulations on that anniversary. It's no exaggeration to say that listening to Marketplace changed my life, helping me navigate a move from anthropology to business and finance. I appreciate you.
August 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hey @kairyssdal.bsky.social I just listened to your Friday show and you said it's been 20 years. Congratulations on that anniversary. It's no exaggeration to say that listening to Marketplace changed my life, helping me navigate a move from anthropology to business and finance. I appreciate you.
Austin Hays was on the USS Alabama with Bob Feller
Austin Hays is the most 1950s-looking player in baseball. Looks like his nickname should be “tugboat” and he should be sponsored by a cigarette company
August 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Austin Hays was on the USS Alabama with Bob Feller