River_Tam
@rivertam.bsky.social
Managing Director of Single Family Housing Inventory at BlackRock #DarkBlueSky
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The GOP base’s position on Hitler seems to be converging on “He should’ve deported all the evil Jews instead of killing them.” Not exactly reassuring!
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The GOP base’s position on Hitler seems to be converging on “He should’ve deported all the evil Jews instead of killing them.” Not exactly reassuring!
All this tells me is that he got prescribed aspirin for cardiac prevention sometime before the mid 2000s - which would make sense with his age (he turned 50 in 1996). At that time, 325mg was the standard before they discovered that the 81mg baby aspirin dose was just as good.
President Trump tells the Wall Street Journal that the large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily. www.wsj.com/us-news/as-signs-...
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
All this tells me is that he got prescribed aspirin for cardiac prevention sometime before the mid 2000s - which would make sense with his age (he turned 50 in 1996). At that time, 325mg was the standard before they discovered that the 81mg baby aspirin dose was just as good.
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John Mulaney's Horse in the Hospital joke remains the best explanation of the Trump administration. Trump doesn't have agency - he's just a force of nature / dumb fucking horse. It's up to everyone else to horse-proof their decisionmaking.
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
John Mulaney's Horse in the Hospital joke remains the best explanation of the Trump administration. Trump doesn't have agency - he's just a force of nature / dumb fucking horse. It's up to everyone else to horse-proof their decisionmaking.
At least in the US there's been a big shift in dog culture over the past 30-40 years where it's now a lot more expected that you keep your dog on a leash in public
as I've said before, both as an immigrant and someone who's lived in a bunch of places - British dogs are, ime, noticeably badly behaved, and I would love to know why that is! (my bitchy French theory is that tons of Brits are so conflict avoidant that they can't even train their own pets lol)
I don't dislike dogs to be clear. But I really really dislike how many dog owners allow their dogs to foul the streets and to yap at people and scare kids and still expect everyone to think their precious little pooch is such a good dog 14/10 whatever
January 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
At least in the US there's been a big shift in dog culture over the past 30-40 years where it's now a lot more expected that you keep your dog on a leash in public
I solved the Thursday 1/01/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 7:09!
www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...
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Play The New York Times Crossword
Keep your mind sharp by making The Crossword part of your daily routine.
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January 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I solved the Thursday 1/01/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 7:09!
www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...
www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...
Whats the most recent year that when you hear it your brain automatically says "that's the past" instead of having to decide whether it's the past or the future? For me it's like...2010
January 1, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Whats the most recent year that when you hear it your brain automatically says "that's the past" instead of having to decide whether it's the past or the future? For me it's like...2010
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pour one out
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
pour one out
Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi is the closest I've come to being sexually attracted to a woman
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi is the closest I've come to being sexually attracted to a woman
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i don't mean this in a mean way
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
i don't mean this in a mean way
I would settle for an "edit" button that just deletes my tweet and pulls up the compose window with a new draft of the same tweet in the same thread context.
you can't have an edit button because it breaks the data model of an append-only system and makes it harder to keep everything synced
this is also why you couldn't have one on twitter
yw everyone
this is also why you couldn't have one on twitter
yw everyone
Bluesky account: Posts Happy New Year in Japanese for the country that is like at least 1/4th of the userbase
English user base: "Can we have an edit button please?"
English user base: "Can we have an edit button please?"
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I would settle for an "edit" button that just deletes my tweet and pulls up the compose window with a new draft of the same tweet in the same thread context.
Platonic ideal of a BlueSky thread
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Platonic ideal of a BlueSky thread
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done. If you allow for a brief break to eat a couple of blackberries, the 46 crosswords took almost exactly four hours.
I fell behind on crosswords and have 46 NYTs to catch up on before the end of the year. If I try to do them all right now will I:
A) give up less than halfway through
B) give up more than halfway through
C) finish before 7 pm
D) finish before 9 pm
E) finish before midnight
A) give up less than halfway through
B) give up more than halfway through
C) finish before 7 pm
D) finish before 9 pm
E) finish before midnight
December 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
done. If you allow for a brief break to eat a couple of blackberries, the 46 crosswords took almost exactly four hours.
These people are such stupid freaks
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
These people are such stupid freaks
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this website is so bizarre sometimes. if you’re gonna quote me with both replies and quotes off and then block me when i @ you, why even bother?
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
this website is so bizarre sometimes. if you’re gonna quote me with both replies and quotes off and then block me when i @ you, why even bother?
Older 2 kids are playing battleship and 6yo is losing her mind bc 4yo is cheating his ass off and therefore winning every game
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Older 2 kids are playing battleship and 6yo is losing her mind bc 4yo is cheating his ass off and therefore winning every game
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scaramucci, gucci mane / jk rowling went insane
December 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
scaramucci, gucci mane / jk rowling went insane
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I have heard recently that Mike Pence has a new think tank. I am very glad that I will have an alternative in case I do decide no longer to follow heritage foundation suggestions for America.
starting to wonder whether the heritage foundation people have America’s best interests in mind
I’m considering no longer relying on them for policy suggestions
Just seems like so many new surprising revelations about this institution
I just don’t know
I’m considering no longer relying on them for policy suggestions
Just seems like so many new surprising revelations about this institution
I just don’t know
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I have heard recently that Mike Pence has a new think tank. I am very glad that I will have an alternative in case I do decide no longer to follow heritage foundation suggestions for America.
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I have a single digit number of drinks and <3 beers a year ama
Ok if we are making fun of 5-7 beers guy we gotta make fun of this nerd too
5-7 beers a DAY?
i have like a beer every 2 months (and my parents rib me for it)? how on earth do people not get sick of the taste
i have like a beer every 2 months (and my parents rib me for it)? how on earth do people not get sick of the taste
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I have a single digit number of drinks and <3 beers a year ama
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so with the clout that the EIC of CBS News has with the White House, and more than 10 days since they pulled the story, surely Stephen Miller has sat for an interview by now, right
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
so with the clout that the EIC of CBS News has with the White House, and more than 10 days since they pulled the story, surely Stephen Miller has sat for an interview by now, right
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remembering when Elon Musk learned that the social security database has weird age information sometimes because COBOL doesn't have a date type and decided that there was billions of dollars of fraud being perpetrated
i really do think one genuine problem of our time is that the neo-populists essentially think any element of social complexity is a conspiracy against them by the Other
Lolol Dort discovered 7(a) loans.
Just wait till he learns about 8(a).
He’ll whinge against that right up until the point someone talks him through how to get his SDVOSB certification.
Just wait till he learns about 8(a).
He’ll whinge against that right up until the point someone talks him through how to get his SDVOSB certification.
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
remembering when Elon Musk learned that the social security database has weird age information sometimes because COBOL doesn't have a date type and decided that there was billions of dollars of fraud being perpetrated
Thanks a lot Mamdani
After 30 years, today is the last day to buy a MetroCard. @matteowong.bsky.social mourns an underrated technological marvel.
A Symbol of New York Is Gone
The MetroCard never got its due.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks a lot Mamdani
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I was awarded the Canadian Medal of Bravery at the age of 15 for safe navigation of a hostage situation, securing myself and three others and removing us from the situation. My family's house did not survive the event but we all made it out without physical injury.
December 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I was awarded the Canadian Medal of Bravery at the age of 15 for safe navigation of a hostage situation, securing myself and three others and removing us from the situation. My family's house did not survive the event but we all made it out without physical injury.
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Pulling out of Afghanistan is when his approval tanked, even
I don't think Biden ending the drone war or pulling out of Afghanistan or negotiating an end to the war in Yemen netted Democrats as single solitary vote in 2022 or 2024.
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Pulling out of Afghanistan is when his approval tanked, even
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Those spam sites that make up celebrity networks are very convincing to stupid people. I’ve seen members of Congress cite the fake Elizabeth Warren net worth, when she fills out the same disclosure forms they do. They just require reading a PDF instead of asking Grok
all it really takes to understand the extent of how little rightwingers know about reality is to just talk to a rightwinger immeshed in the far right media ecosystem. they start saying things like “AOC is worth 30 million dollars” and you realize this is the average american now
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Those spam sites that make up celebrity networks are very convincing to stupid people. I’ve seen members of Congress cite the fake Elizabeth Warren net worth, when she fills out the same disclosure forms they do. They just require reading a PDF instead of asking Grok