Mr. Buick
@mrbuick.bsky.social
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Pennsylvania Nationalist
Catholic Worker Movement Respecter
AACA, SCCA, & BCA Member
“So come drive with us!”
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Mr. Buick
@mrbuick.bsky.social
· Oct 30
"Hello, and welcome to America; we're glad to have you with us!"
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Civil conflict*, generalized state paralysis punctuated by acts of performative cruelty with a few inflection points is still the median outlook, I think.
Though it’s wild the way the administration is flirting with disunion right now.
Though it’s wild the way the administration is flirting with disunion right now.
Is there a version of this that doesn't end in civil war?
January 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Civil conflict*, generalized state paralysis punctuated by acts of performative cruelty with a few inflection points is still the median outlook, I think.
Though it’s wild the way the administration is flirting with disunion right now.
Though it’s wild the way the administration is flirting with disunion right now.
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i'd kill for a costco apartment
Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units.
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
www.entrepreneur.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
i'd kill for a costco apartment
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Costco retirement communities, whenever they get around to it, are going to remake this country and possibly several others
Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units.
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
www.entrepreneur.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Costco retirement communities, whenever they get around to it, are going to remake this country and possibly several others
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Pedocon theory confirmed yet again
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Pedocon theory confirmed yet again
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"more training will solve this" is easily debunked by the fact that the killer was a trainer at ICE. It's a barrel of bad apples that exists to produce bad apples and the solution is you woodchip the barrel and compost the apples and try something else.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
"more training will solve this" is easily debunked by the fact that the killer was a trainer at ICE. It's a barrel of bad apples that exists to produce bad apples and the solution is you woodchip the barrel and compost the apples and try something else.
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
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They’re pulling out of chicago too for Minneapolis. This is going to get very worse very soon.
Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make thousands of arrests, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis.
www.mprnews.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
They’re pulling out of chicago too for Minneapolis. This is going to get very worse very soon.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Unsurprisingly a random protester has much better framing than nearly all politicians. And handles the bad faith questions easily
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Unsurprisingly a random protester has much better framing than nearly all politicians. And handles the bad faith questions easily
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perfect, Louvre this thing now
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
perfect, Louvre this thing now
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“Markets, bureaucracies, and machines are inventions designed to process information at speeds, in quantities, and with accuracies that surpass human capabilities…Bureaucracies have historically secured information by command, markets by seduction, and machine systems by simulation or scavenging.”
An excellent essay at Bloomberg by Walter Frick very clearly explaining our ideas about Large Models as a cultural and social technology
bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com/news/article...
Is AI More Like a Mind or a Market?
A group of scholars argue we should think of it as a “social technology” akin to a bureaucracy, a democracy or a marketplace.
bloomberg.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
“Markets, bureaucracies, and machines are inventions designed to process information at speeds, in quantities, and with accuracies that surpass human capabilities…Bureaucracies have historically secured information by command, markets by seduction, and machine systems by simulation or scavenging.”
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They think of themselves like an occupying army and you should, too.
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
They think of themselves like an occupying army and you should, too.
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We're at the scene of a protest in downtown Minneapolis outside the Canopy by Hilton hotel, where ICE agents are believed to be staying. Photographer Alex Kormann estimates at least 1,000 people are in attendance.
January 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
We're at the scene of a protest in downtown Minneapolis outside the Canopy by Hilton hotel, where ICE agents are believed to be staying. Photographer Alex Kormann estimates at least 1,000 people are in attendance.
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This is just basic extraction and *ignoring* representation, not just from the affected areas, but from everywhere.
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This is just basic extraction and *ignoring* representation, not just from the affected areas, but from everywhere.
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Thing is for the “this is no taxation without representation” thing, I’ve *got* dogshit representation (Andy Harris) who is probably faithfully representing my dogshit neighbors by approving all this shit. This is worse than taxation without representation.
January 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Thing is for the “this is no taxation without representation” thing, I’ve *got* dogshit representation (Andy Harris) who is probably faithfully representing my dogshit neighbors by approving all this shit. This is worse than taxation without representation.
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It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
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The Costly Failure of Pittsburgh’s Billion-Dollar Highway
YouTube video by Build Core
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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For those that don’t follow Aaron closely, a friendly reminder that his children attended Annunciation Catholic School which was the site of a school shooting less than 5 months ago.
No child should ever experience these kinds of horrors.
No child should ever experience these kinds of horrors.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For those that don’t follow Aaron closely, a friendly reminder that his children attended Annunciation Catholic School which was the site of a school shooting less than 5 months ago.
No child should ever experience these kinds of horrors.
No child should ever experience these kinds of horrors.
It’s the smaller acts of resistance that stack atop one another, over time, that we are all capable of engaging in. You do not need to lead a vanguard army; but you do need to fulfill a role
I’m outside of the Canopy by Hilton hotel, where protesters have gathered for a noise demonstration after learning DHS agents may be staying here.
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
It’s the smaller acts of resistance that stack atop one another, over time, that we are all capable of engaging in. You do not need to lead a vanguard army; but you do need to fulfill a role
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Spent 3 hours in a yellow vest on foot patrol today outside of my daughter’s elementary school (at the school’s request) so the kids in all grades could safely have outside recess.
Now we hear the Feds are sending even more agents here.
Once again @governorwalz.mn.gov — what’s the plan?
Now we hear the Feds are sending even more agents here.
Once again @governorwalz.mn.gov — what’s the plan?
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Spent 3 hours in a yellow vest on foot patrol today outside of my daughter’s elementary school (at the school’s request) so the kids in all grades could safely have outside recess.
Now we hear the Feds are sending even more agents here.
Once again @governorwalz.mn.gov — what’s the plan?
Now we hear the Feds are sending even more agents here.
Once again @governorwalz.mn.gov — what’s the plan?
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"Yeah, that's the thing. If you artificially cap borrowing rates, then you restrict the availability of credit. If you want to create a man-made recession, this is a good way to do it."
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
"Yeah, that's the thing. If you artificially cap borrowing rates, then you restrict the availability of credit. If you want to create a man-made recession, this is a good way to do it."
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It is difficult to explain how dire this situation is. There are 2,200 ICE agents in Minneapolis right now. They are heavily armed and are operating with no rules. The MPD only has 550 officers. StP even fewer. How can they protect us against an invading army? Because that's what this is.
Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make thousands of arrests, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis.
www.mprnews.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
It is difficult to explain how dire this situation is. There are 2,200 ICE agents in Minneapolis right now. They are heavily armed and are operating with no rules. The MPD only has 550 officers. StP even fewer. How can they protect us against an invading army? Because that's what this is.
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That's because it isn't. You only need an easily achieved 10% of the population out on the streets and the occupation likely ends.
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
That's because it isn't. You only need an easily achieved 10% of the population out on the streets and the occupation likely ends.
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The federal government seceding from the union is a new one
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The federal government seceding from the union is a new one
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I'm sorry classics knowers but if I have to read the word Thucydides one more time I am going to die.
January 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I'm sorry classics knowers but if I have to read the word Thucydides one more time I am going to die.