Nick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭
@nickpinkston.bsky.social
Founder/CEO @ Volition. W. PA Rust Belt to SF. Build Manufacturing/Engineering Tools. Econ/Finance/History Nerd. YIMBY / Pro-Democracy++ / Left-Accelerationist.
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Keep protesting. Keep going, everyone.
June 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Keep protesting. Keep going, everyone.
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Why do cops have awesome power and no oversight?
Biggest reasons: 1) taxpayer funded PR propaganda campaigns, 2) a monopoly on violence, and 3) the weaponization of criminal punishment system against the people who criticize them.
Biggest reasons: 1) taxpayer funded PR propaganda campaigns, 2) a monopoly on violence, and 3) the weaponization of criminal punishment system against the people who criticize them.
You’re seeing a lot on TV rn about force and misconduct in Los Angeles sheriff department's role.
Well, here’s what happened when someone tried to get serious about bringing accountability to the department: she faced huge pushback… and now she faces criminal charges. boltsmag.org/the-curious-...
Well, here’s what happened when someone tried to get serious about bringing accountability to the department: she faced huge pushback… and now she faces criminal charges. boltsmag.org/the-curious-...
The Curious Case Against a Los Angeles Sheriff Watchdog - Bolts
Diana Teran worked for years to root out misconduct in the LA Sheriff’s Department, but now she faces charges from the state AG related to that work. Critics worry it could chill local efforts to ‘pol...
boltsmag.org
June 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Why do cops have awesome power and no oversight?
Biggest reasons: 1) taxpayer funded PR propaganda campaigns, 2) a monopoly on violence, and 3) the weaponization of criminal punishment system against the people who criticize them.
Biggest reasons: 1) taxpayer funded PR propaganda campaigns, 2) a monopoly on violence, and 3) the weaponization of criminal punishment system against the people who criticize them.
Totally agree with @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev on this title and approach.
A lot of Abundance folks love to talk policy, but we won't win unless we get good at the messy business of politics.
People are going to get mad anyway, so we might as well put some heat into the fight!
A lot of Abundance folks love to talk policy, but we won't win unless we get good at the messy business of politics.
People are going to get mad anyway, so we might as well put some heat into the fight!
June 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Totally agree with @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev on this title and approach.
A lot of Abundance folks love to talk policy, but we won't win unless we get good at the messy business of politics.
People are going to get mad anyway, so we might as well put some heat into the fight!
A lot of Abundance folks love to talk policy, but we won't win unless we get good at the messy business of politics.
People are going to get mad anyway, so we might as well put some heat into the fight!
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After seeing how people use Grok on X, it’s actually worse out there than I thought.
May 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
After seeing how people use Grok on X, it’s actually worse out there than I thought.
May 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is wild
May 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is wild
If you really want abundance, you need to FIGHT FOR IT!
@yimbyaction.bsky.social (via YIMBY Law) uses lawsuits to open the housing market by overcoming NIMBY resistance.
The future ain't gonna build itself!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/cupert...
@yimbyaction.bsky.social (via YIMBY Law) uses lawsuits to open the housing market by overcoming NIMBY resistance.
The future ain't gonna build itself!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/cupert...
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you really want abundance, you need to FIGHT FOR IT!
@yimbyaction.bsky.social (via YIMBY Law) uses lawsuits to open the housing market by overcoming NIMBY resistance.
The future ain't gonna build itself!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/cupert...
@yimbyaction.bsky.social (via YIMBY Law) uses lawsuits to open the housing market by overcoming NIMBY resistance.
The future ain't gonna build itself!
www.yimbylaw.org/press/cupert...
Story in two charts:
- S&P 500
- Trump's Net Approval
- S&P 500
- Trump's Net Approval
April 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Story in two charts:
- S&P 500
- Trump's Net Approval
- S&P 500
- Trump's Net Approval
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"which means fighting with people who want to protect their own best interest - and that means opposition from the wealthy and powerful, who the abundance crowd are usually so unwilling to target." cc @nickpinkston.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"which means fighting with people who want to protect their own best interest - and that means opposition from the wealthy and powerful, who the abundance crowd are usually so unwilling to target." cc @nickpinkston.bsky.social
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It is absurd to think US can host the World Cup next year. This is not like hosting Olympics in 1936 Germany, it is like hosting Olympics in 1938 Germany.
April 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It is absurd to think US can host the World Cup next year. This is not like hosting Olympics in 1936 Germany, it is like hosting Olympics in 1938 Germany.
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I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
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Damn, I just came across this chart for the first time.
What an indictment of our system - another metric that demonstrates why people are rightfully pissed off.
Trump isn't it, but if your policy program doesn't address this, you're doing it wrong.
www.newgeography.com/content/0077...
What an indictment of our system - another metric that demonstrates why people are rightfully pissed off.
Trump isn't it, but if your policy program doesn't address this, you're doing it wrong.
www.newgeography.com/content/0077...
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Damn, I just came across this chart for the first time.
What an indictment of our system - another metric that demonstrates why people are rightfully pissed off.
Trump isn't it, but if your policy program doesn't address this, you're doing it wrong.
www.newgeography.com/content/0077...
What an indictment of our system - another metric that demonstrates why people are rightfully pissed off.
Trump isn't it, but if your policy program doesn't address this, you're doing it wrong.
www.newgeography.com/content/0077...
Hear me out...
Has anyone tried injecting the stock market with bleach?
Has anyone tried injecting the stock market with bleach?
April 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hear me out...
Has anyone tried injecting the stock market with bleach?
Has anyone tried injecting the stock market with bleach?
So is Japan, China, and/or the EU supposed to sail into our ports to "open America" now, or what?
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
So is Japan, China, and/or the EU supposed to sail into our ports to "open America" now, or what?
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God it must be so surreal to be conducting a genocide and have to fly to DC to talk Tariffs with Donald Trump
"Netanyahu tells reporters that he told Trump Israel 'will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States.' Netanyahu continued:
“'We are going to eliminate the tariffs and rapidly.'”
"Netanyahu tells reporters that he told Trump Israel 'will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States.' Netanyahu continued:
“'We are going to eliminate the tariffs and rapidly.'”
April 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
God it must be so surreal to be conducting a genocide and have to fly to DC to talk Tariffs with Donald Trump
"Netanyahu tells reporters that he told Trump Israel 'will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States.' Netanyahu continued:
“'We are going to eliminate the tariffs and rapidly.'”
"Netanyahu tells reporters that he told Trump Israel 'will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States.' Netanyahu continued:
“'We are going to eliminate the tariffs and rapidly.'”
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I don’t even know what to say here. We’re talking about a generational posting crashout. Lmfao NOW you’re concerned about conflicts of interest.
April 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I don’t even know what to say here. We’re talking about a generational posting crashout. Lmfao NOW you’re concerned about conflicts of interest.
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Tiny, struggling Youngstown, OH just brought the FIRE—850+ showed up to fight for democracy in red Mahoning County.
This isn’t apathy.
This is a RISING.
Even in the heart of MAGA country, people are wide awake and shouting: #HandsOff our rights, our votes, our future. 🤩
This isn’t apathy.
This is a RISING.
Even in the heart of MAGA country, people are wide awake and shouting: #HandsOff our rights, our votes, our future. 🤩
April 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tiny, struggling Youngstown, OH just brought the FIRE—850+ showed up to fight for democracy in red Mahoning County.
This isn’t apathy.
This is a RISING.
Even in the heart of MAGA country, people are wide awake and shouting: #HandsOff our rights, our votes, our future. 🤩
This isn’t apathy.
This is a RISING.
Even in the heart of MAGA country, people are wide awake and shouting: #HandsOff our rights, our votes, our future. 🤩
Seems like it's time to pull this one out
April 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Seems like it's time to pull this one out
The "vote my wallet" crowd taking a ton of L's recently...
So tired of "winning"...
So tired of "winning"...
April 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The "vote my wallet" crowd taking a ton of L's recently...
So tired of "winning"...
So tired of "winning"...
I wonder how many grant writers will start submitting titles like:
"Confirming Trump's 2020 victory, via observing mutation rates in drosophila exposed to..."
"Confirming Trump's 2020 victory, via observing mutation rates in drosophila exposed to..."
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I wonder how many grant writers will start submitting titles like:
"Confirming Trump's 2020 victory, via observing mutation rates in drosophila exposed to..."
"Confirming Trump's 2020 victory, via observing mutation rates in drosophila exposed to..."