Avi Rappoport
@avirr.bsky.social
Trying to be more curious.
It’s hard to post anything but politics as our nation implodes. But the Medievalsky community is delightful.
FYI: I rarely follow additional accounts that post really often. It’s not you, it’s me.
It’s hard to post anything but politics as our nation implodes. But the Medievalsky community is delightful.
FYI: I rarely follow additional accounts that post really often. It’s not you, it’s me.
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Bitcoin hit a high of $126,000 last year. Then it dropped to $120K, $110K, $100K, $90K, $80K, $70K and is no hovering around $60K.
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
Bitcoin Break Below $80,000 Signals New Crisis of Confidence Bloomberg
finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin...
finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin...
Bitcoin Break Below $80,000 Signals New Crisis of Confidence
Bitcoin has failed to respond to geopolitical stress, dollar weakness, or risk rallies. Bitcoin fell nearly 11% in January, marking its fourth straight monthly decline — the longest losing streak sin...
finance.yahoo.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Bitcoin hit a high of $126,000 last year. Then it dropped to $120K, $110K, $100K, $90K, $80K, $70K and is no hovering around $60K.
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
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And, my favorite ever, Thomas Aquinas interrupts the Annunciation to introduce the Virgin Mary to Cardinal Carafa who paid for the painting. Carafa chapel, Filipino Lippi, c. 1500.
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
And, my favorite ever, Thomas Aquinas interrupts the Annunciation to introduce the Virgin Mary to Cardinal Carafa who paid for the painting. Carafa chapel, Filipino Lippi, c. 1500.
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The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.
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They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Even the winners in late stage capitalism aren’t enjoying late stage capitalism.
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Even the winners in late stage capitalism aren’t enjoying late stage capitalism.
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Absolutely fucking repulsive.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Absolutely fucking repulsive.
The interview with the “Melania” cinematographer www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
February 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The interview with the “Melania” cinematographer www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
February 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
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🎁⛓️
Visitors log should be public. Justices and employees oath should be to the Constitution, above all. Why should one branch of government have this secrecy?
They gave near complete immunity to the President, while giving themselves complete.
#ShadowDocket
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Visitors log should be public. Justices and employees oath should be to the Constitution, above all. Why should one branch of government have this secrecy?
They gave near complete immunity to the President, while giving themselves complete.
#ShadowDocket
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🎁⛓️
Visitors log should be public. Justices and employees oath should be to the Constitution, above all. Why should one branch of government have this secrecy?
They gave near complete immunity to the President, while giving themselves complete.
#ShadowDocket
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Visitors log should be public. Justices and employees oath should be to the Constitution, above all. Why should one branch of government have this secrecy?
They gave near complete immunity to the President, while giving themselves complete.
#ShadowDocket
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Ethical and moral definitions for flavors of Epstein enablers.
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Ethical and moral definitions for flavors of Epstein enablers.
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/7 I don’t think these people encouraged Epstein to rape more children. I don’t think Epstein needed encouragement.
But they did send him an unmistakable message: raping children is not a deal-breaker for notable, powerful and influential people to have a relationship with you.
But they did send him an unmistakable message: raping children is not a deal-breaker for notable, powerful and influential people to have a relationship with you.
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
/7 I don’t think these people encouraged Epstein to rape more children. I don’t think Epstein needed encouragement.
But they did send him an unmistakable message: raping children is not a deal-breaker for notable, powerful and influential people to have a relationship with you.
But they did send him an unmistakable message: raping children is not a deal-breaker for notable, powerful and influential people to have a relationship with you.
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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
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i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
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My BIL has two kids on the spectrum and he said "So many parents are angry and sad and desperately looking for anything to blame for their child's unfair struggles and RFK and the right are cashing in on misery and fear and we're the prop"
WSJ reports RFK Jr has instructed HHS to link autism with Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiency.
Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.
www.wsj.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My BIL has two kids on the spectrum and he said "So many parents are angry and sad and desperately looking for anything to blame for their child's unfair struggles and RFK and the right are cashing in on misery and fear and we're the prop"
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We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong!
Please read and share.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
Please read and share.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
www.the-londoner.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong!
Please read and share.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
Please read and share.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
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Parametric triggers are terrible, obviously. A lot of people and communities will get screwed if this model is implemented.
www.eenews.net/articles/int...
www.eenews.net/articles/int...
Internal report urges Trump to transform disaster aid
The FEMA Review Council recommends replacing the decades-old system for distributing money to states with a plan triggered by weather conditions, not
www.eenews.net
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Parametric triggers are terrible, obviously. A lot of people and communities will get screwed if this model is implemented.
www.eenews.net/articles/int...
www.eenews.net/articles/int...
All that noise and TikTok’s not even profitable! It would be so funny if Oracle collapsed under the weight of that and AI investments.
There are a lot of straws on this camel’s back, and Ellison has added one more in the form of TikTok’s US operations (which bleed billions of dollars a year) and with the direction of the algorithm, the idea of a user exodus isn’t unthinkable.
www.wheresyoured.at/haters-guide...
www.wheresyoured.at/haters-guide...
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
All that noise and TikTok’s not even profitable! It would be so funny if Oracle collapsed under the weight of that and AI investments.
He fought American Japanese internment camps during WWII and eventually won.
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
He fought American Japanese internment camps during WWII and eventually won.
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it's increasingly clear that the reason ICE wears masks and is afraid of getting "doxxed" is actually because they are deeply familiar with how robust digital surveillance tools are and do not want them to be eventually used against themselves
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 PM
it's increasingly clear that the reason ICE wears masks and is afraid of getting "doxxed" is actually because they are deeply familiar with how robust digital surveillance tools are and do not want them to be eventually used against themselves
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Much love to the rural Minnesotans helping THEIR neighbors, too.
Bears repeating that while Minneapolis gets the most attention, it's exactly the same situation in St. Paul and very similar in many suburbs and smaller towns around the state (and, obviously, outside MN)
Bears repeating that while Minneapolis gets the most attention, it's exactly the same situation in St. Paul and very similar in many suburbs and smaller towns around the state (and, obviously, outside MN)
Rural Minnesota isn’t staying silent.
As ICE expands raids into small towns, neighbors, faith leaders, and students are stepping up to protect Somali communities and each other.
Betsy Froiland reporting on the residents uniting to protect immigrant neighbors.
As ICE expands raids into small towns, neighbors, faith leaders, and students are stepping up to protect Somali communities and each other.
Betsy Froiland reporting on the residents uniting to protect immigrant neighbors.
Rural Minnesotans Stand Up to ICE
As federal agents descend on small towns in Minnesota, residents are uniting to protect their immigrant neighbors.
inthesetimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Much love to the rural Minnesotans helping THEIR neighbors, too.
Bears repeating that while Minneapolis gets the most attention, it's exactly the same situation in St. Paul and very similar in many suburbs and smaller towns around the state (and, obviously, outside MN)
Bears repeating that while Minneapolis gets the most attention, it's exactly the same situation in St. Paul and very similar in many suburbs and smaller towns around the state (and, obviously, outside MN)
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This should be happening at every public event attended by any congressional rep who votes for ICE funding.
January 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This should be happening at every public event attended by any congressional rep who votes for ICE funding.
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In Minneapolis, far-right influencers posing as journalists are casting themselves as victims and labeling ICE-watch groups “terrorists.” Their big new evidence—“infiltrated” Signal chats—isn’t a secret, had no calls for violence and urged people to witness, not interfere.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism
As communities organize against Trump's federal crackdown, a network of pundits is building an "insurrectionist" narrative against them.
www.ms.now
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
In Minneapolis, far-right influencers posing as journalists are casting themselves as victims and labeling ICE-watch groups “terrorists.” Their big new evidence—“infiltrated” Signal chats—isn’t a secret, had no calls for violence and urged people to witness, not interfere.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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I used to think the thing in cartoons where you could walk off a cliff and not fall as long as you stay oblivious was a joke.
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
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the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I used to think the thing in cartoons where you could walk off a cliff and not fall as long as you stay oblivious was a joke.