Roddy Boyd
@roddyboyd.bsky.social
Reporter. Reporting on when and how business goes bad.
Kind of embarrassed to say that I just discovered Richard Swift's music.
What a prodigious talent, and what a brutal, tragic loss at 41 (in 2018) from cirrhosis.
The guy's talent was just off the hook
What a prodigious talent, and what a brutal, tragic loss at 41 (in 2018) from cirrhosis.
The guy's talent was just off the hook
May 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Kind of embarrassed to say that I just discovered Richard Swift's music.
What a prodigious talent, and what a brutal, tragic loss at 41 (in 2018) from cirrhosis.
The guy's talent was just off the hook
What a prodigious talent, and what a brutal, tragic loss at 41 (in 2018) from cirrhosis.
The guy's talent was just off the hook
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I think it's best if you just put me in a home
MrBeast is teaming up with James Patterson on a thriller, to be published by HarperCollins in 2026 in 15 languages, after a reported eight-figure bidding war (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
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May 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I think it's best if you just put me in a home
Sure is a lot of words saying a partisan mope named Sean Keveney, A)is fired and B)launched the Trump administration into a war with Harvard it knows it will (and should) lose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Sure is a lot of words saying a partisan mope named Sean Keveney, A)is fired and B)launched the Trump administration into a war with Harvard it knows it will (and should) lose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
The Flamin Groovies' "Shake some action" is probably one of the most underrated rock songs ever.
It just drives and slaps so damned hard.
It just drives and slaps so damned hard.
April 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Flamin Groovies' "Shake some action" is probably one of the most underrated rock songs ever.
It just drives and slaps so damned hard.
It just drives and slaps so damned hard.
This is silly. Where were the Senate votes for any of this anti-corruption legislation? What about enforcement initiatives and budget allocations in Democratic admins?
She knows that Clinton took apart Glass Steagall? That Obama, with a mandate to regulate too big to fail banks, punted?
She knows that Clinton took apart Glass Steagall? That Obama, with a mandate to regulate too big to fail banks, punted?
April 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is silly. Where were the Senate votes for any of this anti-corruption legislation? What about enforcement initiatives and budget allocations in Democratic admins?
She knows that Clinton took apart Glass Steagall? That Obama, with a mandate to regulate too big to fail banks, punted?
She knows that Clinton took apart Glass Steagall? That Obama, with a mandate to regulate too big to fail banks, punted?
I am alive at a time when a reporter who wrote the words below would not be immediately fired for being on acid, primarily because what they wrote is true
The US is doing a CBE on invading a friendly sovereign's territory
The US is doing a CBE on invading a friendly sovereign's territory
Scoop: White House officials are studying the costs of taking over Greenland, attempting to determine price-tag to maintain & what revenue could be gained, per sources
Government officials working on Greenland
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Government officials working on Greenland
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights
It’s the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I am alive at a time when a reporter who wrote the words below would not be immediately fired for being on acid, primarily because what they wrote is true
The US is doing a CBE on invading a friendly sovereign's territory
The US is doing a CBE on invading a friendly sovereign's territory
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31 years ago today, this joke first aired on TV.
March 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
31 years ago today, this joke first aired on TV.
This is.... entirely correct? Or was that it just couldn't be monetized at scale?
One of the reasons the liberal establishment abandoned MeToo—and joined + solidified the backlash against it, leading to the refusal to call out egregious sexual violence on the right—is because sexual violence doesn’t discriminate by party. There are abusers anywhere there’s power
March 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is.... entirely correct? Or was that it just couldn't be monetized at scale?
In a few weeks, I have gone from viewing the USA as a nation where the rule of law was under pressure, to where it doesn't exist in a meaningful sense.
A girl who wrote an op-ed in her college paper was disappeared; $NKLA's Trevor Milton, a corporate crook, was just pardoned
A girl who wrote an op-ed in her college paper was disappeared; $NKLA's Trevor Milton, a corporate crook, was just pardoned
March 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In a few weeks, I have gone from viewing the USA as a nation where the rule of law was under pressure, to where it doesn't exist in a meaningful sense.
A girl who wrote an op-ed in her college paper was disappeared; $NKLA's Trevor Milton, a corporate crook, was just pardoned
A girl who wrote an op-ed in her college paper was disappeared; $NKLA's Trevor Milton, a corporate crook, was just pardoned
Astonishing how POTUS can force one of the world's largest, most profitable law firms to its knees over a meaningless, virtue signaling piece of paper
The network of private and public entities that made up the institutional United States is in total disarray
The network of private and public entities that made up the institutional United States is in total disarray
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Astonishing how POTUS can force one of the world's largest, most profitable law firms to its knees over a meaningless, virtue signaling piece of paper
The network of private and public entities that made up the institutional United States is in total disarray
The network of private and public entities that made up the institutional United States is in total disarray
All these years on and @irisdement.bsky.social "Our Town" still floors me with its starkly haunting elegance.
IMO it ranks with Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit" and John Prine's "Paradise" for lyrically illuminating what so many Americans (myself included) work hard to avoid thinking about
IMO it ranks with Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit" and John Prine's "Paradise" for lyrically illuminating what so many Americans (myself included) work hard to avoid thinking about
March 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
All these years on and @irisdement.bsky.social "Our Town" still floors me with its starkly haunting elegance.
IMO it ranks with Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit" and John Prine's "Paradise" for lyrically illuminating what so many Americans (myself included) work hard to avoid thinking about
IMO it ranks with Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit" and John Prine's "Paradise" for lyrically illuminating what so many Americans (myself included) work hard to avoid thinking about
Black Bag was really good.
I do, however, wonder if a lot of the reason I liked it was simply because scripted movies are so rare. Probably though, it was legitimately good.
Michael Fassbender was excellent, you can take that to the bank
I do, however, wonder if a lot of the reason I liked it was simply because scripted movies are so rare. Probably though, it was legitimately good.
Michael Fassbender was excellent, you can take that to the bank
March 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Black Bag was really good.
I do, however, wonder if a lot of the reason I liked it was simply because scripted movies are so rare. Probably though, it was legitimately good.
Michael Fassbender was excellent, you can take that to the bank
I do, however, wonder if a lot of the reason I liked it was simply because scripted movies are so rare. Probably though, it was legitimately good.
Michael Fassbender was excellent, you can take that to the bank
Seven-figure advances and significant royalty packages require franchises that generate nine figures
March 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Seven-figure advances and significant royalty packages require franchises that generate nine figures
March 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Is there a tipping point where voters reject dismantling the institutions that truly make America exceptional?
People seem to be fine with the elimination of American scientific and medical supremacy
People seem to be fine with the elimination of American scientific and medical supremacy
The Wilson center was great because scholars could actually scholar and weren’t held hostage by the whims of gulf state donations…another stupid ass move
Gutted to see the Woodrow Wilson Center included in this. It has been a crucial institution in the production, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about the history of the U.S. and the world. Its Cold War archives are a priceless teaching and research tool. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
March 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is there a tipping point where voters reject dismantling the institutions that truly make America exceptional?
People seem to be fine with the elimination of American scientific and medical supremacy
People seem to be fine with the elimination of American scientific and medical supremacy
I feel this; I have been there.
This does, however, answer the question of how they can be a core sponsor of Yankees' broadcasts for the last 35 years
This does, however, answer the question of how they can be a core sponsor of Yankees' broadcasts for the last 35 years
Maybe I'll just go to P.C. Richard where a $219 installation plus a $32.97 hose costs $331.97
March 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I feel this; I have been there.
This does, however, answer the question of how they can be a core sponsor of Yankees' broadcasts for the last 35 years
This does, however, answer the question of how they can be a core sponsor of Yankees' broadcasts for the last 35 years
Land acknowledgments are the stupidest thing the left does.
There is not one person on God's green earth that can point to a single time they have ever been inconvenienced or harmed by pronouns or land acknowledgements. It's an endless conveyor belt of stuff they've seen online and have chosen to get upset about because they don't know how to not be upset.
Elissa Slotkin told Tim Alberta why her response to Trump's joint address did not touch on a laundry list of priorities from various advocacy groups.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Land acknowledgments are the stupidest thing the left does.
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It also has extremely complex accounting that has long attracted critical scrutiny. @roddyboyd.bsky.social looked at Brookfield Asset Management in 2013, what @johnhempton.bsky.social said at the time "is as black-box as they come"
Brookfield’s Looking-Glass World – The Foundation for Financial Journalism
ffj-online.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It also has extremely complex accounting that has long attracted critical scrutiny. @roddyboyd.bsky.social looked at Brookfield Asset Management in 2013, what @johnhempton.bsky.social said at the time "is as black-box as they come"
The institutions collapsed after a multi-generation struggle where one party argued government is a combination of corrupt and incapable of delivering efficient services
“But what’s happening in the US is some sort of weird hybrid of the kind of power grabs we’ve seen in the tech industry, combined with a more traditional collapse of democratic institutions.
The destruction is far more systematic and dangerous than many realize.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
The destruction is far more systematic and dangerous than many realize.”
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The institutions collapsed after a multi-generation struggle where one party argued government is a combination of corrupt and incapable of delivering efficient services
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what bank would have the balls to make a collateral call to Musk as the value of the Tesla shares he pledged falls?
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
what bank would have the balls to make a collateral call to Musk as the value of the Tesla shares he pledged falls?
I agree!
Except it is very much us.
The majority of the American electorate thinks, at least in the abstract, this is a good idea.
Except it is very much us.
The majority of the American electorate thinks, at least in the abstract, this is a good idea.
Put signs like this everywhere
Greed, bullying, obsessively cruelty to the most vulnerable, initiated & abetted by cowards.
This is not The United States of America.
This is not The United States of America.
March 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I agree!
Except it is very much us.
The majority of the American electorate thinks, at least in the abstract, this is a good idea.
Except it is very much us.
The majority of the American electorate thinks, at least in the abstract, this is a good idea.
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The worst day in geopolitics since... idk, it is far worse than Watergate
and media treating it like a TV show
and media treating it like a TV show
March 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The worst day in geopolitics since... idk, it is far worse than Watergate
and media treating it like a TV show
and media treating it like a TV show
How are people not getting put against the wall for this stuff?
This Github implicates a single DOGE freak in potential crimes that would land him in prison for decades if federal law was enforceable.
🚨🚨🚨 On Xitter, Roger Sollenberger unpacked the Github of one of Elon's DOGE boys.
It includes:
1) A script to download X DMs
2) A script to filter HR data by union membership
3) Data on undersea cables and valuable minerals
xcancel.com/Sollenberger...
It includes:
1) A script to download X DMs
2) A script to filter HR data by union membership
3) Data on undersea cables and valuable minerals
xcancel.com/Sollenberger...
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
How are people not getting put against the wall for this stuff?
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I think we’re all fucked. I hope future archaeologists don’t look too unkindly on us. I think we have some legitimately impressive accomplishments.
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I think we’re all fucked. I hope future archaeologists don’t look too unkindly on us. I think we have some legitimately impressive accomplishments.
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It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM