Brian Romanchuk
@brianromanchuk.bsky.social
Writes about the economics of the bond market. Live in the Greater Montreal area.
Website: www.bondeconomics.com,
Substack: https://bondeconomics.substack.com/
Website: www.bondeconomics.com,
Substack: https://bondeconomics.substack.com/
This is looks to be the equivalent of the Arachnids from Klendathu attacking Washington to remove Trump and then install J.D. Vance. Great job, chumps.
oh my god it actually was a coup assisted by the US, 10/10 no notes bsky.app/profile/labu...
"Senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime...funneled through intermediaries in Qatar."
January 4, 2026 at 4:27 AM
This is looks to be the equivalent of the Arachnids from Klendathu attacking Washington to remove Trump and then install J.D. Vance. Great job, chumps.
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Unless the "interim governing structure" is 'the Maduro regime run by Delcy Rodriguez,' they're gonna have a hard time governing much.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Unless the "interim governing structure" is 'the Maduro regime run by Delcy Rodriguez,' they're gonna have a hard time governing much.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
Either that or they have some invading to do. It is robustly unclear to me what they think they are doing or if they know.
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"Venzuela as the 21st century version of the Italian campaign in Africa" is what we're going to get, aren't we
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"Venzuela as the 21st century version of the Italian campaign in Africa" is what we're going to get, aren't we
So, I stopped playing Wizardry for a few minutes and checked out my feed. Oh dear, the FIFA Peace Prize winner really did it this time.
OK, time to go back to the graph paper and map level 7.
OK, time to go back to the graph paper and map level 7.
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
So, I stopped playing Wizardry for a few minutes and checked out my feed. Oh dear, the FIFA Peace Prize winner really did it this time.
OK, time to go back to the graph paper and map level 7.
OK, time to go back to the graph paper and map level 7.
I just saw this post. The interest rate angle brings us to The Fiscal Dominance Fun Zone. Raising interest blows out the fiscal deficit further, but how much does it really help to reduce inflation?
Stupid policies causing a recession appears to be the Trump Inflation Plan™️.
Stupid policies causing a recession appears to be the Trump Inflation Plan™️.
The US has a budget deficit near 6% of GDP, a trade deficit despite tariffs, a massively negative NIIP, we’re cutting rates despite inflation running above target, and the dollar just fell 10% in a year. We are flirting dangerously close to the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Memorial Neo-Fischerian Fun Zone.
January 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I just saw this post. The interest rate angle brings us to The Fiscal Dominance Fun Zone. Raising interest blows out the fiscal deficit further, but how much does it really help to reduce inflation?
Stupid policies causing a recession appears to be the Trump Inflation Plan™️.
Stupid policies causing a recession appears to be the Trump Inflation Plan™️.
The Trump trade juggernaut got overrun by Italian pasta makers. Worthless and weak.
youtu.be/eGlxP3YbMmw?...
youtu.be/eGlxP3YbMmw?...
January 2, 2026 at 4:04 AM
The Trump trade juggernaut got overrun by Italian pasta makers. Worthless and weak.
youtu.be/eGlxP3YbMmw?...
youtu.be/eGlxP3YbMmw?...
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via @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social on Twitter: Saturn Devouring His Son, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636, 📸 by Tiffany Trump
January 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
via @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social on Twitter: Saturn Devouring His Son, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636, 📸 by Tiffany Trump
From a great power diplomacy perspective, Hitler had a good run until the twin idiocies of invading the Soviet Union and declaring on the US.
His luck might have run out with the invasion of Poland if the invasion of France hadn’t worked. However, he did have a de facto alliance with the Reds.
His luck might have run out with the invasion of Poland if the invasion of France hadn’t worked. However, he did have a de facto alliance with the Reds.
In defense of my discipline, we do not, in fact, all agree to that.
Indeed, the general view from a military perspective is that the Wehrmacht succeeded (to the degree it did) substantially despite Hitler. I'm not sure many serious historians of any field would label him a 'genius.'
Indeed, the general view from a military perspective is that the Wehrmacht succeeded (to the degree it did) substantially despite Hitler. I'm not sure many serious historians of any field would label him a 'genius.'
"All serious historians agree."
January 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
From a great power diplomacy perspective, Hitler had a good run until the twin idiocies of invading the Soviet Union and declaring on the US.
His luck might have run out with the invasion of Poland if the invasion of France hadn’t worked. However, he did have a de facto alliance with the Reds.
His luck might have run out with the invasion of Poland if the invasion of France hadn’t worked. However, he did have a de facto alliance with the Reds.
Been playing the remastered “Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.” I played the Apple ][ version, which was released in 1981 (45 years ago, sigh).
Pretty much the grand-daddy of computer RPG’s. I imagine it would make youngster sad.
Pretty much the grand-daddy of computer RPG’s. I imagine it would make youngster sad.
January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Been playing the remastered “Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.” I played the Apple ][ version, which was released in 1981 (45 years ago, sigh).
Pretty much the grand-daddy of computer RPG’s. I imagine it would make youngster sad.
Pretty much the grand-daddy of computer RPG’s. I imagine it would make youngster sad.
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Population per capita by U.S. state.
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Population per capita by U.S. state.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Mysterious attack along the shore? Aqua Man or The Deep Ones.
REPORTER: Was the Venezuelan facility taken out by the US military or another entity like the CIA?
TRUMP: Well, I don't want to say that. I know exactly who it was, but I don't want to say who it was. It was along the shore.
TRUMP: Well, I don't want to say that. I know exactly who it was, but I don't want to say who it was. It was along the shore.
Moments after seemingly confirming that the US conducted a land strike on Venezuela, Trump refuses to say if the military or CIA was behind the operation
December 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mysterious attack along the shore? Aqua Man or The Deep Ones.
Well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.
The Daily Mail is now concerned at net emigration of Romanians from the UK to Romania: there were 539,000 people born in Romania in 2021 (+460k on 2011) but net emigration to Romania of 23,000 in 2024-25
December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.
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Sparta is the perennial classic example of this because I bet they can't cite a single actual example of a Spartan military victory of note
What’s fascinating is how the “chud” adopts the most failed ideologies and movements in history as something cool--a pillar of masculine expression, in fact.
Whether it’s the Crusades, the Confederacy, monarchism, Nazism, all they have is millennia of utter disaster and humiliation.
Whether it’s the Crusades, the Confederacy, monarchism, Nazism, all they have is millennia of utter disaster and humiliation.
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
December 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sparta is the perennial classic example of this because I bet they can't cite a single actual example of a Spartan military victory of note
“What happens when you start a war but the enemy refuses to acknowledge the existence of the war?” would be a fun exam question in International Relations.
El País: "What is striking in this murky affair is that Caracas has not denounced the attack, or that more information from the ground has not come to light."
Trump announces destruction of a drug production facility in Venezuela
Washington has declined to share details about the operation, which if confirmed would be the first US ground attack against the Latin American country
english.elpais.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“What happens when you start a war but the enemy refuses to acknowledge the existence of the war?” would be a fun exam question in International Relations.
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Not more current, but an another opportunity to share the shark attack graph from May.
December 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Not more current, but an another opportunity to share the shark attack graph from May.
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"Quebec nationalism is part of Canadian patriotism."
He's right, gotta hand it to him. It's the most Canadian of political ideologies.
Every conservative thinks they can win over Quebec, but every conservative is not Brian Mulroney – a Quebecer.
He's right, gotta hand it to him. It's the most Canadian of political ideologies.
Every conservative thinks they can win over Quebec, but every conservative is not Brian Mulroney – a Quebecer.
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Quebec nationalism is part of Canadian patriotism."
He's right, gotta hand it to him. It's the most Canadian of political ideologies.
Every conservative thinks they can win over Quebec, but every conservative is not Brian Mulroney – a Quebecer.
He's right, gotta hand it to him. It's the most Canadian of political ideologies.
Every conservative thinks they can win over Quebec, but every conservative is not Brian Mulroney – a Quebecer.
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Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
I just did a search for “Shadowstats” on here with almost no hits (although @sharonk.bsky.social had one dunk recently, of course). Roughly one post/month pace (all dunks).
I logged into X, dozens of posts from just *today* citing Shadowstats seriously. (“The real numbers are at …”)
I logged into X, dozens of posts from just *today* citing Shadowstats seriously. (“The real numbers are at …”)
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just did a search for “Shadowstats” on here with almost no hits (although @sharonk.bsky.social had one dunk recently, of course). Roughly one post/month pace (all dunks).
I logged into X, dozens of posts from just *today* citing Shadowstats seriously. (“The real numbers are at …”)
I logged into X, dozens of posts from just *today* citing Shadowstats seriously. (“The real numbers are at …”)
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Giselle took half of everything
Touchdown Tom dressing like this with one glove makes him look like a hitman
December 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Giselle took half of everything
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They're making cars too curvy now. Everything looks like a dang oval. Do not explain the reasons to me please. I need cars to look like this
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
They're making cars too curvy now. Everything looks like a dang oval. Do not explain the reasons to me please. I need cars to look like this
That’s gotta hurt.
The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
That’s gotta hurt.
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Just paid $99 for a membership to the local movie theater for next year (one free ticket to any show plus a companion discount, waived online fees, and a food/drink discount). Feels like good optionality with how deep the 2026 slate is.
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just paid $99 for a membership to the local movie theater for next year (one free ticket to any show plus a companion discount, waived online fees, and a food/drink discount). Feels like good optionality with how deep the 2026 slate is.
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“And that’s why the hot dog man launched a coup then changed his mind before the gameshow host installed by the vertically challenged KGB agent the first time but won fair and square the second time because he promised to raise prices with tariffs to combat inflation…”
“I’m calling the police.”
“I’m calling the police.”
December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“And that’s why the hot dog man launched a coup then changed his mind before the gameshow host installed by the vertically challenged KGB agent the first time but won fair and square the second time because he promised to raise prices with tariffs to combat inflation…”
“I’m calling the police.”
“I’m calling the police.”
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A little … TOO ironic. Yeah, I really do think
I think it's wildly ironic C-suiters believe AI is going to replace front-line workers, not realizing that their jobs are the ones that would be easiest to replace. Most orgs need a *leader* but almost all management tasks could easily be done by AI.
Source: I have been a senior exec for 35 yrs.
Source: I have been a senior exec for 35 yrs.
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A little … TOO ironic. Yeah, I really do think