Ryan Smith
@pseudonymblusky.bsky.social
Programmer, when my dogs allow it. Designer/Developer/Pro-toe-typer at @loreforgegames Prime War Fox Experiment He/Him
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“the tariffs that we said would being prices down actually raised them like any dope knew they would, why are you even asking, are you a dope Joe”
KERNEN: If we're reversing some tariffs to try to help affordability, isn't that acknowledging that tariffs were responsible for some of the higher prices and inflation?
HASSETT: This is nothing new
HASSETT: This is nothing new
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“the tariffs that we said would being prices down actually raised them like any dope knew they would, why are you even asking, are you a dope Joe”
> go to “hole in the wall” restaurant
> look inside
> someone put a door over the hole
> look inside
> someone put a door over the hole
> go to "mom and pop" bakery
> look inside
> no traces of parental remains in the pastries
> look inside
> no traces of parental remains in the pastries
> go to "brick and mortar" store
> look inside
> entirely made of concrete
> look inside
> entirely made of concrete
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
> go to “hole in the wall” restaurant
> look inside
> someone put a door over the hole
> look inside
> someone put a door over the hole
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Christopher Halliburton is so close he can taste it, all that work, all these years, he can fucking taste it.
It's very funny when NPR is
interviewing an expert in something and it all feels fairly normal and evenhanded and then at the end they're like "and that was Christopher Halliburton from the Center for Exploding Venezuela"
interviewing an expert in something and it all feels fairly normal and evenhanded and then at the end they're like "and that was Christopher Halliburton from the Center for Exploding Venezuela"
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Christopher Halliburton is so close he can taste it, all that work, all these years, he can fucking taste it.
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Major businesses are adding significant square footage and there is urgency to lease even more office space in New York City with no sign of any looming corporate exodus caused by democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s election win.
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
www.cnbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Major businesses are adding significant square footage and there is urgency to lease even more office space in New York City with no sign of any looming corporate exodus caused by democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s election win.
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Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
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THE THING YOU BUY WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE VERGE IS THE ETHICS POLICY WHICH PROHIBITS US FROM INVESTING IN THE COMPANIES WE COVER
Should one be shorting CoreWeave? According to this #Trader the answer is No seekingalpha.com/article/4843...
At least the #Trader unlike the journalist is putting her money where her mouth is and I can #Respect that
At least the #Trader unlike the journalist is putting her money where her mouth is and I can #Respect that
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
THE THING YOU BUY WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE VERGE IS THE ETHICS POLICY WHICH PROHIBITS US FROM INVESTING IN THE COMPANIES WE COVER
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fascism is a movement long before it is a government
“It’s not fascism until its control is total and fear of it is ruling your life” is a take designed to keep you from fighting until it’s too late.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
fascism is a movement long before it is a government
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
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incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
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wow thats crazy great SEO headline www.wheresyoured.at/core-incompe...
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
wow thats crazy great SEO headline www.wheresyoured.at/core-incompe...
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Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
wrd.cm
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Things like this will become increasingly common as billionaires increasingly treat low earth orbit like their personal playground and garbage dump
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The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
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Complete Millenial Victory, we are now in charge of DI band programs
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Complete Millenial Victory, we are now in charge of DI band programs
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death' reut.rs/4pcH1RR
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death'
South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai Steel plant sprang to life during maintenance and crushed his legs and back.
reut.rs
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
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If only the massive multi-billion dollar corporation with hundreds of trained professionals could do something about it... like set up training schools in their factories... like they used to.
I know Lora said something similar in a different tweet, just hammering how easy this is to solve.
I know Lora said something similar in a different tweet, just hammering how easy this is to solve.
here was an excellent story on Ford CEO Jim Farley’s concerns about dearth of talent, mechanics — www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Ford CEO: Company can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120K
CEO Jim Farley said the U.S. isn’t training enough workers to acquire the roughly five years of skills needed for advanced Ford mechanic jobs
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
If only the massive multi-billion dollar corporation with hundreds of trained professionals could do something about it... like set up training schools in their factories... like they used to.
I know Lora said something similar in a different tweet, just hammering how easy this is to solve.
I know Lora said something similar in a different tweet, just hammering how easy this is to solve.
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claim that people don’t “wish” to do $120,000 / year jobs as automechanics seems detached from reality. www.bls.gov/ooh/installa... “median annual wage for automotive service technicians & mechanics was $49,670 in May 2024…lowest 10% earned less than $33,660, & highest 10% earned more than $80,850.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
claim that people don’t “wish” to do $120,000 / year jobs as automechanics seems detached from reality. www.bls.gov/ooh/installa... “median annual wage for automotive service technicians & mechanics was $49,670 in May 2024…lowest 10% earned less than $33,660, & highest 10% earned more than $80,850.”
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Non-industry compromised scientists keep saying these models don't become safe, no matter what, but people keep thinking just because the concept of guardrails is mentioned it must work. By definition, it doesn't. This is not something open to discussion, unless you're a paid shill.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Non-industry compromised scientists keep saying these models don't become safe, no matter what, but people keep thinking just because the concept of guardrails is mentioned it must work. By definition, it doesn't. This is not something open to discussion, unless you're a paid shill.
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Wait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED
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That we keep the screwworm at bay is a huge public health achievement. If we are having issues with screwworms it’s because we have cut the public health officials that maintain these efforts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
That we keep the screwworm at bay is a huge public health achievement. If we are having issues with screwworms it’s because we have cut the public health officials that maintain these efforts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq6...
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This is just the economy now
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is just the economy now
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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Speaking of which how absolute dare they cancel Last Man on Earth and leave it with a cliffhanger.
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Speaking of which how absolute dare they cancel Last Man on Earth and leave it with a cliffhanger.