Pareto
@pareto80twenty.bsky.social
Atheist. Vegan. Altruist. Work as a computer programmer. Student of stoicism and risk parity. Cat parent. Maintain a solitary bee house to support native pollinators. Amateur vegetable gardener. Currently reading The Soul of Wealth by Daniel Crosby.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Guys, immigrating without documents is not even an actual crime. It's a civil violation - like speeding.
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Guys, immigrating without documents is not even an actual crime. It's a civil violation - like speeding.
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This happened earlier today. A guy collapsed down on the floor right next to him at an Oval office event and Trump barely moves a muscle, doesn’t give a damn, and looks super annoyed that his photo op this afternoon has been interrupted. Donald Trump in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen.
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This happened earlier today. A guy collapsed down on the floor right next to him at an Oval office event and Trump barely moves a muscle, doesn’t give a damn, and looks super annoyed that his photo op this afternoon has been interrupted. Donald Trump in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen.
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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Tesla investing in xAI is in limbo due to many abstentions to the vote.
xAI's survival is more crucial to Musk than his $1TR bonus award. I removed the paywall from a 9/26 report on this given today's tepid response.
Musk may need to sell some TSLA to fund xAI.
open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...
xAI's survival is more crucial to Musk than his $1TR bonus award. I removed the paywall from a 9/26 report on this given today's tepid response.
Musk may need to sell some TSLA to fund xAI.
open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...
Why Tesla is Being Pumped: xAI Needs a Bailout Like SolarCity Did
Musk is desperate to keep his AI startup alive, which is why the vote to allow Tesla to invest in xAI is urgent and more important than his $1 trillion pay package.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Tesla investing in xAI is in limbo due to many abstentions to the vote.
xAI's survival is more crucial to Musk than his $1TR bonus award. I removed the paywall from a 9/26 report on this given today's tepid response.
Musk may need to sell some TSLA to fund xAI.
open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...
xAI's survival is more crucial to Musk than his $1TR bonus award. I removed the paywall from a 9/26 report on this given today's tepid response.
Musk may need to sell some TSLA to fund xAI.
open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
Please donate to your local food banks to support SNAP beneficiaries who have been taken hostage by Trump and Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Please donate to your local food banks to support SNAP beneficiaries who have been taken hostage by Trump and Republicans.
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Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
From the Sandwich Guy’s trial.
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
From the Sandwich Guy’s trial.
“There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.”
All trans employees were also let go.
Both are protected classes under federal law, by the way.
All trans employees were also let go.
Both are protected classes under federal law, by the way.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.”
All trans employees were also let go.
Both are protected classes under federal law, by the way.
All trans employees were also let go.
Both are protected classes under federal law, by the way.
“Federal law requires comprehensive asbestos inspection, notification, and abatement before any demolition. As of this date, no publicly available information demonstrates that these statutory obligations have been fulfilled.”
The East Wing was originally constructed in 1902 and was renovated in 1942, a period when asbestos was used extensively in government buildings.
Trump’s swift demolition of East Wing may have launched asbestos plumes
There is no confirmation that the Trump admin. followed abatement processes.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“Federal law requires comprehensive asbestos inspection, notification, and abatement before any demolition. As of this date, no publicly available information demonstrates that these statutory obligations have been fulfilled.”
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The weekly US influenza surveillance report is now lagging behind by 6 weeks. The last data update was for the week of September 20th. This used to be a vital tool to alert on how widely flu was circulating during peak season. Looks like we will be flying blind this year.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 38, ending September 20, 2025
Seasonal influenza activity is low.
www.cdc.gov
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The weekly US influenza surveillance report is now lagging behind by 6 weeks. The last data update was for the week of September 20th. This used to be a vital tool to alert on how widely flu was circulating during peak season. Looks like we will be flying blind this year.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Great article by The Atlantic. Though the overall economy will be worse off, “the benefits [of Trump’s deportation drive] would accrue to one politically important group: working-class, native-born men.”
America’s Impending Population Collapse
This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will enter.
www.yahoo.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Great article by The Atlantic. Though the overall economy will be worse off, “the benefits [of Trump’s deportation drive] would accrue to one politically important group: working-class, native-born men.”
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One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) responds to a question about what Dems will do to fix Republicans’ mess. 🙌 I will add that the power to fix this situation lies with VOTERS in 2026 and beyond. ✊
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) responds to a question about what Dems will do to fix Republicans’ mess. 🙌 I will add that the power to fix this situation lies with VOTERS in 2026 and beyond. ✊
Faculty and staff at MIT won’t receive merit increases in 2026 due to Trump’s cuts to research funding and his increase in taxation of endowments. More budget tightening measures are to come.
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Faculty and staff at MIT won’t receive merit increases in 2026 due to Trump’s cuts to research funding and his increase in taxation of endowments. More budget tightening measures are to come.
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Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.
Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.
10 months in and the United States has decayed into a repugnant hellscape of 24/7 rights violations by federalized thugs.
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
10 months in and the United States has decayed into a repugnant hellscape of 24/7 rights violations by federalized thugs.
Attention east coast of the continental US. Melissa is currently over Jamaica and moving north.
A warming atmosphere holds more moisture resulting in storms with higher wind speeds, more intense rainfall and more destruction on the ground.
A warming atmosphere holds more moisture resulting in storms with higher wind speeds, more intense rainfall and more destruction on the ground.
...aaaand Melissa is now the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured in the satellite era.
T8.5 = 185kt
T8.5 = 185kt
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Attention east coast of the continental US. Melissa is currently over Jamaica and moving north.
A warming atmosphere holds more moisture resulting in storms with higher wind speeds, more intense rainfall and more destruction on the ground.
A warming atmosphere holds more moisture resulting in storms with higher wind speeds, more intense rainfall and more destruction on the ground.
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We have bailed out these failed policies repeatedly. Propped up Red States with infrastructure deals and manufacturing jobs and the GOP takes credit and their voters never see who is really helping them. Dems cannot cave on our only leverage. #HoldtheLine
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We have bailed out these failed policies repeatedly. Propped up Red States with infrastructure deals and manufacturing jobs and the GOP takes credit and their voters never see who is really helping them. Dems cannot cave on our only leverage. #HoldtheLine
The president of the United States just said the baseball World Series is probably rigged by Democrats and the mafia. Anybody treating Trump’s escalating criminal insanity as a nothing burger is a traitor to the country. I’m looking at you Republicans, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, WaPo, NY Times, WSJ.
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The president of the United States just said the baseball World Series is probably rigged by Democrats and the mafia. Anybody treating Trump’s escalating criminal insanity as a nothing burger is a traitor to the country. I’m looking at you Republicans, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, WaPo, NY Times, WSJ.
Get ready for food prices to go up again. With Republicans refusing to fund SNAP during the government shutdown despite a USDA plan to do just that, supermarkets, superstores and small businesses will make up their missing income from SNAP by raising prices.
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Get ready for food prices to go up again. With Republicans refusing to fund SNAP during the government shutdown despite a USDA plan to do just that, supermarkets, superstores and small businesses will make up their missing income from SNAP by raising prices.
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The dementia patient in power took it personally that Canada accurately quoted Ronald Reagan in an ad and, as a result, he's going to make Americans pay 10% more for anything they buy from Canada.
The president got his feelings hurt, so we're doing 10% more tariffs on Canada. Joke of an administration.
October 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The dementia patient in power took it personally that Canada accurately quoted Ronald Reagan in an ad and, as a result, he's going to make Americans pay 10% more for anything they buy from Canada.