Karol Karpinski
@karolkarpinski.bsky.social
Financial plumber. DC NPC. Likes things that soar, glide and fly. All views mine, not my employer's.
on my Niemeyer arc
July 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
on my Niemeyer arc
Does any of my followers happen to be in Brasilia?
July 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Does any of my followers happen to be in Brasilia?
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Sheryl Sandberg messages Mark Zuckerberg
November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012
May 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sheryl Sandberg messages Mark Zuckerberg
November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012
Based French communists:
May 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Based French communists:
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so to the extent that there's a market for commentary about "La trahison des clercs" it is probably corresponding to the unresolved sense of grievance over simply seeing so many things fail
March 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
so to the extent that there's a market for commentary about "La trahison des clercs" it is probably corresponding to the unresolved sense of grievance over simply seeing so many things fail
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Money is credit is trust
March 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Money is credit is trust
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young men need to rediscover quiet confidence and reflective contemplation
If progressives want to win back young men, then they must talk to them and address their needs, instead of constant scolding. All the finger wagging just drives them to Rogan, Peterson, and the Tate brothers. And they DO talk to young men.
March 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
young men need to rediscover quiet confidence and reflective contemplation
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Blog post from @timpaul.co.uk and Helena Trippe at GDS, exploring what the ideas in the 'Blueprint for modern digital government' might look and behave like "when they inevitably bump up against the rough edges of the real world"...
gds.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/07/v...
gds.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/07/v...
Visualising modern digital government
Learn more about the process of creating the blueprint for a modern digital government including the collaboration involved, open working, and user-centered design.
gds.blog.gov.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Blog post from @timpaul.co.uk and Helena Trippe at GDS, exploring what the ideas in the 'Blueprint for modern digital government' might look and behave like "when they inevitably bump up against the rough edges of the real world"...
gds.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/07/v...
gds.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/07/v...
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Another victim of pig butchering scam
They're scammed and trafficked to Cambodia or Myanmar under the pretense of a job offer, imprisoned in a compound to perform internet romance scams for the mob boss
Sometimes they let you leave if you find a replacement. This is likely what happened here.
They're scammed and trafficked to Cambodia or Myanmar under the pretense of a job offer, imprisoned in a compound to perform internet romance scams for the mob boss
Sometimes they let you leave if you find a replacement. This is likely what happened here.
Chinese man in Cambodia leaps from car in daring escape after being sold and kidnapped by friends.
March 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Another victim of pig butchering scam
They're scammed and trafficked to Cambodia or Myanmar under the pretense of a job offer, imprisoned in a compound to perform internet romance scams for the mob boss
Sometimes they let you leave if you find a replacement. This is likely what happened here.
They're scammed and trafficked to Cambodia or Myanmar under the pretense of a job offer, imprisoned in a compound to perform internet romance scams for the mob boss
Sometimes they let you leave if you find a replacement. This is likely what happened here.
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The “cover” of today’s Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. #StrongAndFree
March 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The “cover” of today’s Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. #StrongAndFree
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excellent example of "accounting system as mental prison" - if you cut the social care budget and put the responsibility onto families, it looks like you have more money to spend on military investment, but the actual amount of labour hours available has probably shrunk
Ganesh telling us all the same answer he always trots out for everything.But if the state isn't making provision for the very young, the sick and the old then productive workers will be taken out of the workforce to do so.And if there isn't decent childcare provision then people won't have kids.etc.
Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state
There is no way of defending the continent without cuts to social spending
www.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
excellent example of "accounting system as mental prison" - if you cut the social care budget and put the responsibility onto families, it looks like you have more money to spend on military investment, but the actual amount of labour hours available has probably shrunk
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There is a huge infrastructure that works pretty darn well and thus has faded into the background and become invisible and unknown to the public.
one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc
March 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There is a huge infrastructure that works pretty darn well and thus has faded into the background and become invisible and unknown to the public.
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We made it. Foreign Affairs says we’re Western Europe.
November 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM
We made it. Foreign Affairs says we’re Western Europe.
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I like this place, it's chill, but the reason I became addicted to Twitter in the first place is I could watch major breaking news events happen in real time, and trying to use this site to track what's happening in NW Syria now is utterly hopeless.
November 28, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I like this place, it's chill, but the reason I became addicted to Twitter in the first place is I could watch major breaking news events happen in real time, and trying to use this site to track what's happening in NW Syria now is utterly hopeless.
Is there a bluecheck/brand verification service on Bluesky? @jay.bsky.team
I wanted to check the status of Office 365 outages, but there’s a lot of accounts that may or may not be Microsoft’s. Verification would come handy!
I wanted to check the status of Office 365 outages, but there’s a lot of accounts that may or may not be Microsoft’s. Verification would come handy!
November 25, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Is there a bluecheck/brand verification service on Bluesky? @jay.bsky.team
I wanted to check the status of Office 365 outages, but there’s a lot of accounts that may or may not be Microsoft’s. Verification would come handy!
I wanted to check the status of Office 365 outages, but there’s a lot of accounts that may or may not be Microsoft’s. Verification would come handy!
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Why I’m bearish on liberalism
November 22, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Why I’m bearish on liberalism
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Great read from Scott Bessent on the legacy of Abenomics www.international-economy.com/TIE_F22_Bess...
November 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Great read from Scott Bessent on the legacy of Abenomics www.international-economy.com/TIE_F22_Bess...
Is there any Ukraine starter pack?
November 21, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Is there any Ukraine starter pack?
People who are on both sites, do you post different things here and there? Or just crosspost?
November 21, 2024 at 1:15 AM
People who are on both sites, do you post different things here and there? Or just crosspost?
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Last week on the blog! (I forgot to post it): Afterlife of the Roman Republic!
A look at the continued existence of Rome's republican institutions in the imperial period, particularly the principate (31BC-284AD) - to what degree did they endure and why?
acoup.blog/2024/11/08/c...
A look at the continued existence of Rome's republican institutions in the imperial period, particularly the principate (31BC-284AD) - to what degree did they endure and why?
acoup.blog/2024/11/08/c...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” b…
acoup.blog
November 14, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Last week on the blog! (I forgot to post it): Afterlife of the Roman Republic!
A look at the continued existence of Rome's republican institutions in the imperial period, particularly the principate (31BC-284AD) - to what degree did they endure and why?
acoup.blog/2024/11/08/c...
A look at the continued existence of Rome's republican institutions in the imperial period, particularly the principate (31BC-284AD) - to what degree did they endure and why?
acoup.blog/2024/11/08/c...
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How are people managing to both tweet here and on Twitter? It's so time consuming and it's like redundant work.
October 11, 2023 at 8:12 AM
How are people managing to both tweet here and on Twitter? It's so time consuming and it's like redundant work.
the 'starter pack' is the first genuinely useful product innovation in social media in a while
November 13, 2024 at 2:58 AM
the 'starter pack' is the first genuinely useful product innovation in social media in a while