Ruinizer
@ruinizer.bsky.social
Millennial father and reformed Silicon Valley Banker. Lover of small business, science & innovation, strong social safety nets, and the Oxford comma.
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Happy #Duckerday 🦆 @cornduck3.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Happy #Duckerday 🦆 @cornduck3.bsky.social
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One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone.
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone.
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
#WildOz #UrbanBirds
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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The BBC should get some lawyers that aren’t just three small actuaries in a trenchcoat
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The BBC should get some lawyers that aren’t just three small actuaries in a trenchcoat
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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As I say at the top, the most useful message is that AI products cannot promise guardrails work because by definition, unless the internals of the system stop being the type of LLMs used, you need a human between toy and child/user. Defeating the point 100% of course!
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Part of this story is expertise & intent. ChatGPT is being used by many as “therapy” unable to afford a therapist.
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
Finding is one of most direct statements from the tech company on how AI can exacerbate mental health issues
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
As I say at the top, the most useful message is that AI products cannot promise guardrails work because by definition, unless the internals of the system stop being the type of LLMs used, you need a human between toy and child/user. Defeating the point 100% of course!
6/n
bsky.app/profile/mari...
6/n
bsky.app/profile/mari...
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
Also, “the left” explicitly does not have to give up on a founding ideal of our nation, and “the right” absolutely does not have to give up on the “free market”…. We as Americans don’t have to give up on anything that is good.
Here is Fuentes literally arguing for National Socialism.
Lest you think it sounds silly or he has no actual space to succeed here, he has been laying the groundwork of propagandizing to the anti-Zionist left since Oct 7th.
So have many other far right influencers. And they've succeeded.
Lest you think it sounds silly or he has no actual space to succeed here, he has been laying the groundwork of propagandizing to the anti-Zionist left since Oct 7th.
So have many other far right influencers. And they've succeeded.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Also, “the left” explicitly does not have to give up on a founding ideal of our nation, and “the right” absolutely does not have to give up on the “free market”…. We as Americans don’t have to give up on anything that is good.
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
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One of my favorite parts of being WIRED’s Special Projects editor is working with the team that turns our journalism into films, docs, and TV series. Today, the world gets to see one of those projects with the release of ‘The Carman Family Deaths’ on Netflix. 🧵
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
Watch The Carman Family Deaths | Netflix Official Site
A young man's dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family in this true-crime documentary.
www.netflix.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorite parts of being WIRED’s Special Projects editor is working with the team that turns our journalism into films, docs, and TV series. Today, the world gets to see one of those projects with the release of ‘The Carman Family Deaths’ on Netflix. 🧵
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
www.netflix.com/watch/81664825
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore
People can remain irrational longer than they can remain solvent
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
People can remain irrational longer than they can remain solvent
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Lot of ‘Sensible Adults’ on this app trying to convince everyone else that actually the Democrats had to cave because they needed to sacrifice one vulnerable group for another.
Unsurprisingly, it never crosses their mind that we can try to NOT sacrifice anyone, though….
Unsurprisingly, it never crosses their mind that we can try to NOT sacrifice anyone, though….
I will just say - before the Brits wake up to see US news - that the Scourge of the Sensible Adult is something that is international and speaks to a greater issues that needs to be addressed if we want true progress in our lives.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lot of ‘Sensible Adults’ on this app trying to convince everyone else that actually the Democrats had to cave because they needed to sacrifice one vulnerable group for another.
Unsurprisingly, it never crosses their mind that we can try to NOT sacrifice anyone, though….
Unsurprisingly, it never crosses their mind that we can try to NOT sacrifice anyone, though….
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I will just say - before the Brits wake up to see US news - that the Scourge of the Sensible Adult is something that is international and speaks to a greater issues that needs to be addressed if we want true progress in our lives.
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I will just say - before the Brits wake up to see US news - that the Scourge of the Sensible Adult is something that is international and speaks to a greater issues that needs to be addressed if we want true progress in our lives.
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I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
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The prose is incoherent & the only way to make it through a paragraph is to rely on the North Star or her self-pitying narcissism. The gist of this graf is “strangers obsess about me, must be because I work so hard,” but it is almost immediate lost in the morass of “typed on notes app while hiking”
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The prose is incoherent & the only way to make it through a paragraph is to rely on the North Star or her self-pitying narcissism. The gist of this graf is “strangers obsess about me, must be because I work so hard,” but it is almost immediate lost in the morass of “typed on notes app while hiking”
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More good coverage on crypto fraud in the NYT this morning. Note the phrase "at least $28 billion". It is undoubtedly A LOT more than $28 billion because the technology is so perfectly designed to be untraceable AND this doesn't include all kinds of fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
More good coverage on crypto fraud in the NYT this morning. Note the phrase "at least $28 billion". It is undoubtedly A LOT more than $28 billion because the technology is so perfectly designed to be untraceable AND this doesn't include all kinds of fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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Who in the world believes that online instantaneous sports gambling from your phone advertised on every sporting event at all times is a good idea, aside from the corporations making money from it and the politicians they spread it around to?
Jesus Christ.
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Who in the world believes that online instantaneous sports gambling from your phone advertised on every sporting event at all times is a good idea, aside from the corporations making money from it and the politicians they spread it around to?
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Would be interesting to see it color coded by party control.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Would be interesting to see it color coded by party control.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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One thing that seems like it would be potentially valuable right now is for some kind of private/academic consortium to try to compile and release data about the state of the economy, since it seems like official stats are almost certainly going to be either nonexistent or wildly unreliable.
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One thing that seems like it would be potentially valuable right now is for some kind of private/academic consortium to try to compile and release data about the state of the economy, since it seems like official stats are almost certainly going to be either nonexistent or wildly unreliable.