Mark A Ramsay
@ramsma.bsky.social
A kung fu hippie from Gangsta City. He's a rappin' surfer, you're the fool he pities. My posts are my own, my opinions are my own
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Mark A Ramsay
@ramsma.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Save The Nougat
Save the Scottish Nougat: A Heritage Worth Preserving The Scottish nougat, a cherished confectionery delight for over a century, is on the brink of extinction. With the recent cessation of productio...
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This is such an important Scottish tradition that in the month that we celebrate our National Bard I know he’d want you all to join me in this endeavour to #SaveTheNougat. Please let’s get the crowd-funding going to surpass their target aldomak.co.uk/pages/save-n...
Americans’ Long Love/Hate Relationship With Work www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca... via @instapaper.com
Americans’ Long Love/Hate Relationship With Work
From the Protestant work ethic to “rage quitting,” American attitudes about their work are driven by its promise of prosperity—and its precarious nature.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Americans’ Long Love/Hate Relationship With Work www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca... via @instapaper.com
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-count... via @instapaper.com
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025
Discover the countries with the largest forests in 2025 and how just five nations hold more than half of global woodland.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025 www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-count... via @instapaper.com
Mapped: The Global Cost of Living Index 2025 www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-g... via @instapaper.com
Mapped: The Global Cost of Living Index 2025
Explore Numbeo’s 2025 Global Cost of Living Index, comparing expenses across 140+ countries relative to New York City.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Donald Trump wants to send troops to Chicago to boost a shopping centre that doesn’t exist, if you were wondering how the US is doing www.thepoke.com/2025/11/12/t...
Donald Trump wants to send troops to Chicago to boost a shopping centre that doesn’t exist, if you were wondering how the US is doing
Donald Trump has been on one again, this time in a little rant about the state of the commercial real estate sector in Chicago. Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swa...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Donald Trump wants to send troops to Chicago to boost a shopping centre that doesn’t exist, if you were wondering how the US is doing www.thepoke.com/2025/11/12/t...
Elon Musk pointed men towards Homer’s The Iliad for ‘maximum Alpha’ and it was a self-own for the ages – 13 classic comebacks www.thepoke.com/2025/11/11/e...
Elon Musk pointed men towards Homer’s The Iliad for ‘maximum Alpha’ and it was a self-own for the ages – 13 classic comebacks
You may well have seen an author’s devastating takedown of Elon Musk which went wildly viral after she suggested – despite all his billions – that he was basically a cultural desert all but blind to t...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Elon Musk pointed men towards Homer’s The Iliad for ‘maximum Alpha’ and it was a self-own for the ages – 13 classic comebacks www.thepoke.com/2025/11/11/e...
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs www.visualcapitalist.com/minimum-wage... via @instapaper.com
Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs
After adjusting for living costs and inflation, we rank statutory minimum wages in 50 states and 35 countries as of 2024.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs www.visualcapitalist.com/minimum-wage... via @instapaper.com
Ranked: The Top Countries Driving ChatGPT Traffic in 2025 www.visualcapitalist.com/top-countrie... via @instapaper.com
Ranked: The Top Countries Driving ChatGPT Traffic in 2025
Emerging economies drove significant ChatGPT traffic in August, highlighting the technology’s accelerating global reach.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Ranked: The Top Countries Driving ChatGPT Traffic in 2025 www.visualcapitalist.com/top-countrie... via @instapaper.com
Ranked: The Most Viewed Wikipedia Pages of 2025 (So Far) www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-m... via @instapaper.com
Ranked: The Most Viewed Wikipedia Pages of 2025 (So Far)
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Kamala Harris dominated Wikipedia traffic in 2025.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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A Republican senator’s ‘hard at work’ photo with Donald Trump was a glorious self-own and one spot in particular was solid gold www.thepoke.com/2025/11/10/a...
A Republican senator’s ‘hard at work’ photo with Donald Trump was a glorious self-own and one spot in particular was solid gold
Everybody’s working for the weekend. Except tireless worker, President Donald Trump, and his closest allies, like Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. These guys never quit. All weekend long they’re har...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A Republican senator’s ‘hard at work’ photo with Donald Trump was a glorious self-own and one spot in particular was solid gold www.thepoke.com/2025/11/10/a...
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BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
Donald Trump's "Insane" Response To A Loyal MAGA Voter Begging Him To Lower Grocery Prices Is Going Viral - BuzzFeed apple.news/AV0-yh9SgQqG...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Donald Trump's "Insane" Response To A Loyal MAGA Voter Begging Him To Lower Grocery Prices Is Going Viral - BuzzFeed apple.news/AV0-yh9SgQqG...
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Trio of Researchers for Work in Quantum Mechanics www.msn.com/en-us/money/... via @instapaper.com
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November 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Trio of Researchers for Work in Quantum Mechanics www.msn.com/en-us/money/... via @instapaper.com
As Elon Musk Preps Tesla’s Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain www.theinformation.com/articles/elo... via @instapaper.com
As Elon Musk Preps Tesla’s Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain
When Elon Musk takes the stage at Tesla’s annual meeting next month, one of the centerpieces of his plan to impress shareholders will be a dancing troupe of Optimus bots, the humanoid machines that he...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
As Elon Musk Preps Tesla’s Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain www.theinformation.com/articles/elo... via @instapaper.com
Central Banks Now Hold More Gold Than U.S. Treasuries www.visualcapitalist.com/central-bank... via @instapaper.com
Central Banks Now Hold More Gold Than U.S. Treasuries
For the first time since 1996, central banks hold more gold than U.S. Treasuries.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Central Banks Now Hold More Gold Than U.S. Treasuries www.visualcapitalist.com/central-bank... via @instapaper.com
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dr Oz claims the US will slim down by 135 billion lbs in a year due to cheaper weight-loss drugs, and the magic of counting proved him wrong www.thepoke.com/2025/11/07/d...
Dr Oz claims the US will slim down by 135 billion lbs in a year due to cheaper weight-loss drugs, and the magic of counting proved him wrong
Former Oprah Winfrey Show celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz is now the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the US, because we’re living in the stupidest timeline. He recently sp...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Dr Oz claims the US will slim down by 135 billion lbs in a year due to cheaper weight-loss drugs, and the magic of counting proved him wrong www.thepoke.com/2025/11/07/d...
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Elon Musk was asked to justify his claim that new NY mayor Zohran Mamdani was a ‘swindler’ and the pause lasted so long we thought our watch had stopped www.thepoke.com/2025/11/07/e...
Elon Musk was asked to justify his claim that new NY mayor Zohran Mamdani was a ‘swindler’ and the pause lasted so long we thought our watch had stopped
Always on the lookout to make friends and influence people, Elon Musk has accused the new New York mayor Zohran Mamdani of being a ‘swindler’. Over on the Joe Rogan podcast, the presenter wondered exa...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Elon Musk was asked to justify his claim that new NY mayor Zohran Mamdani was a ‘swindler’ and the pause lasted so long we thought our watch had stopped www.thepoke.com/2025/11/07/e...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
Trump's SNAP Benefits Threat During The Shutdown Has People Absolutely Fuming Online - BuzzFeed apple.news/A-rr1FxXUQfu...
Trump's SNAP Benefits Threat During The Shutdown Has People Absolutely Fuming Online — BuzzFeed
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November 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trump's SNAP Benefits Threat During The Shutdown Has People Absolutely Fuming Online - BuzzFeed apple.news/A-rr1FxXUQfu...