Carl AF
@carlos8.bsky.social
Social Democrat, Reformed Banker and Genealogist.
Kiwi in Brisbane, sometimes Andalucia. Flygtning fra Danmark.
Kiwi in Brisbane, sometimes Andalucia. Flygtning fra Danmark.
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Dataviz explores Milkshake Duck
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Dataviz explores Milkshake Duck
The Field of Bollocks
Four Bollocks and a Funeral
Four Bollocks and a Funeral
The Magnificent Bollocks
The Bollocks Of Navarone
Kelly's Bollocks
The Bollocks Of Navarone
Kelly's Bollocks
Angela's Bollocks
October 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Field of Bollocks
Four Bollocks and a Funeral
Four Bollocks and a Funeral
Choose a CEO & get “not a good listener” and “doesn’t take feedback well even if delivered constructively” - shocked I tell you, shocked
#NZPol
#NZPol
Excerpt: Frequent comments are he is “not a good listener”, “doesn’t take feedback well even if delivered constructively” and “needs a stronger Prime Minister’s Office behind him” www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...
Boardroom verdict: Why Luxon’s leadership divides business leaders
Just 3% of CEOs rate Christopher Luxon’s domestic performance as ‘very impressive’.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Choose a CEO & get “not a good listener” and “doesn’t take feedback well even if delivered constructively” - shocked I tell you, shocked
#NZPol
#NZPol
My unscientific reckon is that we have to ride out this global Fascism wave until the lead poisoned generations have aged out.
September 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My unscientific reckon is that we have to ride out this global Fascism wave until the lead poisoned generations have aged out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
BBC will no longer broadcast ‘high risk’ performances
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BBC will no longer broadcast ‘high risk’ performances
Whether it's austerity, bailouts or whatever legal nonsense this is; we are in the grips of 'Government of the people, by the assetholders, for the assetholders'
This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!
The Supreme Court goes out of its way to say that its order today does NOT allow Trump to remove members of the Federal Reserve because it is "uniquely structured" and has a "distinct history tradition." (I do not think those distinctions hold water.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Whether it's austerity, bailouts or whatever legal nonsense this is; we are in the grips of 'Government of the people, by the assetholders, for the assetholders'
The banality of evil - Journalism edition
I wonder if she thought at the start of her career that she'd end up providing cover for the world's leaders by attacking a young band
I wonder if she thought at the start of her career that she'd end up providing cover for the world's leaders by attacking a young band
What a fucking great way of handling such a distressingly evil interview. I had never heard of Kneecap, but I'm buying their discography just for being good lads with a solid moral compass in a fucking horrifying world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C17...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C17...
Kneecap manager says band ‘on the right side of history’
YouTube video by RTÉ News
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The banality of evil - Journalism edition
I wonder if she thought at the start of her career that she'd end up providing cover for the world's leaders by attacking a young band
I wonder if she thought at the start of her career that she'd end up providing cover for the world's leaders by attacking a young band
If you see this post your getaway vehicle
May 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
If you see this post your getaway vehicle
We intuitively know this is happening most places but nice to have clear stats.
Still, sTOp tHe iMmiGrAntS !
Still, sTOp tHe iMmiGrAntS !
A big problem for the "Biden created inflation" Jason Furman types is how big of a percent of demand comes from the richest 10% of Americans.
The problem with economics that doesn't consider power dynamics (in this case vast income inequality) is that they miss the forest from the trees.
The problem with economics that doesn't consider power dynamics (in this case vast income inequality) is that they miss the forest from the trees.
February 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We intuitively know this is happening most places but nice to have clear stats.
Still, sTOp tHe iMmiGrAntS !
Still, sTOp tHe iMmiGrAntS !
The "good" Techbro describing extortion as negotiation
Overton Window goes woosh
Overton Window goes woosh
Got to say I LOVE the Trump Administration negotiating to get Rare Minerals from Ukraine, for 2 reasons:
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
February 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The "good" Techbro describing extortion as negotiation
Overton Window goes woosh
Overton Window goes woosh
Might stick with Duo
February 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Might stick with Duo
People been comparing to Hitler, Franco, Peron, etc. but it's getting more Pol Pot & Year Zero by the day
RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. wants to send people addicted to antidepressants to government "wellness farms"
The farms will "reparent" them.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
People been comparing to Hitler, Franco, Peron, etc. but it's getting more Pol Pot & Year Zero by the day
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Truly the holy roman empire of musicians
February 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Truly the holy roman empire of musicians
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We were the undisputed leaders at making shitty things that will make society more shitty but now CHINA has pulled ahead of us. This is intolerable, there CANNOT be a shitty thing gap!
The DeepSeek announcement from China has been called by some AI’s “Sputnik moment” for America.
It’s precisely why I made AI a top priority in the last Congress and will keep at it.
It’s precisely why I made AI a top priority in the last Congress and will keep at it.
January 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We were the undisputed leaders at making shitty things that will make society more shitty but now CHINA has pulled ahead of us. This is intolerable, there CANNOT be a shitty thing gap!
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“My campus is fine, but there are campus speech problems elsewhere”
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Students' thoughts on campus speech. Turns out, very few say faculty are the problem. Students also say campus speech is more problematic at other places than their own campus. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
December 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
“My campus is fine, but there are campus speech problems elsewhere”
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Sadly, I know way too many people who would read this & still oppose doing anything
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Sadly, I know way too many people who would read this & still oppose doing anything
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Me, liking comments in a BlueSky debate thread from people I've never met, on the skeet of someone I barely know who doesn't follow me back, that has nothing to do with me, and never adding a comment
October 2, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Me, liking comments in a BlueSky debate thread from people I've never met, on the skeet of someone I barely know who doesn't follow me back, that has nothing to do with me, and never adding a comment
Quote post the fictional character you are in your head
September 4, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Quote post the fictional character you are in your head
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All the calls for “everyone” to “cool down the rhetoric” etc feel like how families so often put the burden of keeping the peace on the family members who are already working hardest at that, since the difficult/abusive folks are unfixable/cannot be reasoned with.
July 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM
All the calls for “everyone” to “cool down the rhetoric” etc feel like how families so often put the burden of keeping the peace on the family members who are already working hardest at that, since the difficult/abusive folks are unfixable/cannot be reasoned with.