Peel
@rhpeel.bsky.social
New Jerseyan, Catholic, Dad, corvid enthusiast, below average musician and songwriter. Newly trying to avoid politics because it feels pointless. Still anti-Trump.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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Thought this was only in Madden!
👉 The Vikings run Engage-8 vs. the Ravens.
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👉 The Vikings run Engage-8 vs. the Ravens.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thought this was only in Madden!
👉 The Vikings run Engage-8 vs. the Ravens.
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👉 The Vikings run Engage-8 vs. the Ravens.
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Wtf
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Wtf
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Just spitballing here, but maybe if we all took seriously the idea that character matters in a president we would all be better off.
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just spitballing here, but maybe if we all took seriously the idea that character matters in a president we would all be better off.
No Kennedys.
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, said he would run for a New York City congressional seat, joining the crowded Democratic primary and continuing his family’s legacy in politics. We spoke with him about his campaign. nyti.ms/4qWSoiu
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
No Kennedys.
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
Somewhere, Colin Meloy perks up
There are few American mariners today. But demand could soon rise, as President Trump and a bipartisan group in Congress look to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry. nyti.ms/3WTbMiD
Trump Wants to Revive Shipping. He Will Need More Mariners.
Few American are becoming mariners today, but demand could soon rise because President Trump and a bipartisan group of legislators in Congress want to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Somewhere, Colin Meloy perks up
I have no objection to any of the names, but I dislike the theory behind them. Every one of those guys has a significant Giants connection already.
Rap: Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo, former Raiders HC Antonio Pierce, Colts DC Lou Anarumo "among the names" to watch in Giants' HC search.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I have no objection to any of the names, but I dislike the theory behind them. Every one of those guys has a significant Giants connection already.
This is actually a subtweet about politics too.
Yup. It's not about whether Schoen *deserves* a shot. It's about what's best for the organization.
Giants should start fresh with front office, in addition to Daboll.
There are worse renovation projects:
- Dart looks better than any reasonable expectation
- Top 5 left tackle
- Malik Nabers
- Dexter/Burns/Carter on DL through at least '27
There are worse renovation projects:
- Dart looks better than any reasonable expectation
- Top 5 left tackle
- Malik Nabers
- Dexter/Burns/Carter on DL through at least '27
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is actually a subtweet about politics too.
Yup. It's not about whether Schoen *deserves* a shot. It's about what's best for the organization.
Giants should start fresh with front office, in addition to Daboll.
There are worse renovation projects:
- Dart looks better than any reasonable expectation
- Top 5 left tackle
- Malik Nabers
- Dexter/Burns/Carter on DL through at least '27
There are worse renovation projects:
- Dart looks better than any reasonable expectation
- Top 5 left tackle
- Malik Nabers
- Dexter/Burns/Carter on DL through at least '27
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yup. It's not about whether Schoen *deserves* a shot. It's about what's best for the organization.
Schoen should be fired too. This becomes the most enviable opening in the league if vacant.
What does this mean for Joe Schoen, who hasn't had a great success rate at the top of the draft and let Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney leave in free agency last year? Would argue he's equally or even more culpable for the disappointing seasons since the playoff win.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Schoen should be fired too. This becomes the most enviable opening in the league if vacant.
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If you can't protect the franchise investment then you can't be the HC
BREAKING: The Giants are firing head coach Brian Daboll after Sunday’s loss to the Bears, per sources.
Daboll, who won Coach of the Year in 2022, finishes his New York tenure with a 20-40-1 record in 3+ seasons.
Daboll, who won Coach of the Year in 2022, finishes his New York tenure with a 20-40-1 record in 3+ seasons.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you can't protect the franchise investment then you can't be the HC
Amen. Some things never change.
I’m glad that through my whole political journey I’ve been able to hate Chuck Schumer the whole time
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Amen. Some things never change.
My pedantic point is that *insurance* is not the right way to frame routine health care spending, as insurance should be for catastrophic expenses only. We need a different mechanism to pay for routine care.
But I have lost this argument politically. Nobody cares.
But I have lost this argument politically. Nobody cares.
It is a huge concern that so many of people who run this country have no idea how insurance works on even the most basic level.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My pedantic point is that *insurance* is not the right way to frame routine health care spending, as insurance should be for catastrophic expenses only. We need a different mechanism to pay for routine care.
But I have lost this argument politically. Nobody cares.
But I have lost this argument politically. Nobody cares.
Everyone should read the first part of Caro's *Master of the Senate* ("The Dam"). It is the way it is for a reason.
'you just don't understand how recondite and archaic the Senate is'
'so you're working to change it, right?'
*anakin face*
'so you're working to change it, right?'
*anakin face*
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Everyone should read the first part of Caro's *Master of the Senate* ("The Dam"). It is the way it is for a reason.
The other part of this is that ppl aren't stupid and they can see that Trump is not laser-focused on their priorities.
Everybody agrees now that "affordability" is the key political issue of our time.
But what does this mean when inflation-adjusted wages and household income are higher than ever?
Trump enters the same pain cave that bedeviled Biden.
www.slowboring.com/p/affordabil...
But what does this mean when inflation-adjusted wages and household income are higher than ever?
Trump enters the same pain cave that bedeviled Biden.
www.slowboring.com/p/affordabil...
“Affordability” is just high nominal prices
I think Trump is totally screwed on this one
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November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The other part of this is that ppl aren't stupid and they can see that Trump is not laser-focused on their priorities.
Specifically, public opinion regulates the use of such emergency powers. Such a drastic step cannot be sustained without popular buy-in.
I can help with this!
Yes, it makes perfect sense that in an *emergency*, e.g. a pandemic, you might need to do something like stop all trade while the same provision cannot be invoked punitively for non-emergencies, e.g. Canada quoting Ronald Reagan in an ad you don’t like
Yes, it makes perfect sense that in an *emergency*, e.g. a pandemic, you might need to do something like stop all trade while the same provision cannot be invoked punitively for non-emergencies, e.g. Canada quoting Ronald Reagan in an ad you don’t like
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Specifically, public opinion regulates the use of such emergency powers. Such a drastic step cannot be sustained without popular buy-in.
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Then like I said - don't do the shutdown at all if there's no serious theory of victory. This is just more Loser Stink on Dems.
"A couple million people should just go without paychecks for however long it takes until either the Republican party decides it no longer hates the ACA or the 120th Congress is sworn" is not a viable or serious theory of victory, as more than a couple of us pointed out in Sept
Then why do the shutdown at all? What did it accomplish? The Democrats knew going into the shutdown that it would mean federal workers eat shit indefinitely - Republicans even cited it as a reason Democrats would break: and they were right!
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Then like I said - don't do the shutdown at all if there's no serious theory of victory. This is just more Loser Stink on Dems.
Pretty sure the answer here is "no"
Oh, man. Caleb Williams 17-yard bootleg for a TD and the Bears take a 24-20 led with 1:47 to play. Can Russell Wilson find some magic?
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Pretty sure the answer here is "no"
It's still very early days. It is the exception, rather than the rule, where a new technology gets created and immediately transforms productivity. It tends to go in fits and starts.
We are less than a decade from the initial pure research that started the boom.
We are less than a decade from the initial pure research that started the boom.
A relatively small number of people in certain jobs say that ChatGPT and other LLMs have made them more productive at work. But in the overall economy, it does not look like net productivity is up.
Most of the supposed value is in sci-fi speculation. “Imagine a machine that cures cancer.”
Most of the supposed value is in sci-fi speculation. “Imagine a machine that cures cancer.”
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's still very early days. It is the exception, rather than the rule, where a new technology gets created and immediately transforms productivity. It tends to go in fits and starts.
We are less than a decade from the initial pure research that started the boom.
We are less than a decade from the initial pure research that started the boom.
Honestly, this should have been the Stephanopoulos interview with Biden, not 17 versions of "Why won't you drop out?"
I'll venmo five thousand dollars to the first journalist who asks him "what year is it" live on camera
Outlining doors? High contrast? Labeling everything? Familiar motifs? Folks, the White House is a memory care wing.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Honestly, this should have been the Stephanopoulos interview with Biden, not 17 versions of "Why won't you drop out?"
If we had less ideologically sorted parties I would be in favor of getting rid of the filibuster.
It is a mechanism to handle disagreement.
It is a mechanism to handle disagreement.
The theory of the filibuster repealers is basically that if they can pass government programs with smaller majorities, they'll get better, more enduring policy achievements and a better situation for government services.
What if that assumption is wrong?
What if that assumption is wrong?
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If we had less ideologically sorted parties I would be in favor of getting rid of the filibuster.
It is a mechanism to handle disagreement.
It is a mechanism to handle disagreement.
The theory of the filibuster repealers is basically that if they can pass government programs with smaller majorities, they'll get better, more enduring policy achievements and a better situation for government services.
What if that assumption is wrong?
What if that assumption is wrong?
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The theory of the filibuster repealers is basically that if they can pass government programs with smaller majorities, they'll get better, more enduring policy achievements and a better situation for government services.
What if that assumption is wrong?
What if that assumption is wrong?