Running With Spoons
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Safety first, then we dine in Hell. Bring your own sauce.
Most of my posts criticize two cultures that define our lives but are rarely discussed:
* Honor-Shame Culture
* Managerialism
The rest are about politics or information security.
Most of my posts criticize two cultures that define our lives but are rarely discussed:
* Honor-Shame Culture
* Managerialism
The rest are about politics or information security.
Pinned
They want a gd who tells them it’s ok to hurt and kill the people they hate and if they don’t get one they’ll just make one up bsky.app/profile/diew...
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
They know what the right thing to do is, but they don't want to do it.
American Christians have worked hard to create ideologies that bypass the Christian moral code and allow them to behave selfishly.
American Christians have worked hard to create ideologies that bypass the Christian moral code and allow them to behave selfishly.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Shocking no one, the Democratic capitulation will NOT result in the immediate payment of SNAP benefits.
Bonus points: Mike Johnson has already made clear the “promise” of a vote on healthcare applies to the Senate only.
Trump’s GOP has no conscience and 7+ Democrats betrayed us all.
Bonus points: Mike Johnson has already made clear the “promise” of a vote on healthcare applies to the Senate only.
Trump’s GOP has no conscience and 7+ Democrats betrayed us all.
Trump administration again asks Supreme Court intervene on order for full SNAP benefits
The administration's appeal to the high court over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program comes despite new efforts to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot.
www.nhpr.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Shocking no one, the Democratic capitulation will NOT result in the immediate payment of SNAP benefits.
Bonus points: Mike Johnson has already made clear the “promise” of a vote on healthcare applies to the Senate only.
Trump’s GOP has no conscience and 7+ Democrats betrayed us all.
Bonus points: Mike Johnson has already made clear the “promise” of a vote on healthcare applies to the Senate only.
Trump’s GOP has no conscience and 7+ Democrats betrayed us all.
Wonder how much of a mess it will be to refund $140 billion dollars to millions of recipients
The actual amount of #IEEFA tariffs likely to be refunded, in the event of a full reversal: $115b to $145b, says a Goldman estimate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wonder how much of a mess it will be to refund $140 billion dollars to millions of recipients
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Amazon just sued one of the largest power companies in Oregon after it failed to power up two data center (one without enough power and one with no power at all) campuses that were meant to be ready *in 2021*. Sure hope this isn't an industry wide problem!
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Amazon just sued one of the largest power companies in Oregon after it failed to power up two data center (one without enough power and one with no power at all) campuses that were meant to be ready *in 2021*. Sure hope this isn't an industry wide problem!
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
American business leaders believe they have the money so they do not need to care about workers' concerns.
They do not want to think about recruiting or retaining talent.
This is why they love outsourcing: they do not have to worry about cultivating a workforce. That's someone else's job.
They do not want to think about recruiting or retaining talent.
This is why they love outsourcing: they do not have to worry about cultivating a workforce. That's someone else's job.
What a great long-term recruiting pitch: come do this high-stress job, you may have to work for free at some point — and if you try to feed your family with a side gig, you’ll be punished. 🤡
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
American business leaders believe they have the money so they do not need to care about workers' concerns.
They do not want to think about recruiting or retaining talent.
This is why they love outsourcing: they do not have to worry about cultivating a workforce. That's someone else's job.
They do not want to think about recruiting or retaining talent.
This is why they love outsourcing: they do not have to worry about cultivating a workforce. That's someone else's job.
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BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
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On earnings calls, Amazon & Microsoft said the real AI bottleneck isn't chip,
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
Data Centers in Nvidia’s Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power
The fate of two facilities in Santa Clara, California, highlights a major challenge for the US tech sector and indeed the wider economy.
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
On earnings calls, Amazon & Microsoft said the real AI bottleneck isn't chip,
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Taught Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy” a few weeks back, and there is a lot packed in this story, especially calling out the Lost Cause narrative.
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
The Lost Cause in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy”
When I started thinking about my American literary survey course this semester, I knew I wanted to have a story by Flannery O’Connor…
interminablerambling.medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Taught Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy” a few weeks back, and there is a lot packed in this story, especially calling out the Lost Cause narrative.
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
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“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Every person using ChatGPT costs OpenAI more money then they pay them. Every free and paying user asking how to make a fluffy omelette or getting it to draft an email to their kid's teacher drains their resources.”
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-...
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Yep. I think it's pretty likely we're close to an AI crash.
Bear Stearns starting the 2008 crash was poetic enough (especially, looking back, the Epstein ties).
But if Palantir was the Bear Stearns of the AI crash, it'd be such poetic justice.
Bear Stearns starting the 2008 crash was poetic enough (especially, looking back, the Epstein ties).
But if Palantir was the Bear Stearns of the AI crash, it'd be such poetic justice.
Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.
Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April
Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Yep. I think it's pretty likely we're close to an AI crash.
Bear Stearns starting the 2008 crash was poetic enough (especially, looking back, the Epstein ties).
But if Palantir was the Bear Stearns of the AI crash, it'd be such poetic justice.
Bear Stearns starting the 2008 crash was poetic enough (especially, looking back, the Epstein ties).
But if Palantir was the Bear Stearns of the AI crash, it'd be such poetic justice.
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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Trump: "I stick up for Viktor Orban. Not a lot of people do because in many cases they're jealous. They wish they did what he did. They would have no problems if they did what he did."
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Trump: "I stick up for Viktor Orban. Not a lot of people do because in many cases they're jealous. They wish they did what he did. They would have no problems if they did what he did."
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November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
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@zacheverson.com
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November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
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It's amazing how quickly the vibe has shifted.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It's amazing how quickly the vibe has shifted.
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Commie.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Commie.
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Deutsche Bank Is worried that it is too exposed to the AI bubble via lending for data center infrastructure. So it’s exploring shorting AI stocks as a hedge so that if the AI bubble pops they capture some upside versus being stuck with bad loans for half built data centers.
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Deutsche Bank Is worried that it is too exposed to the AI bubble via lending for data center infrastructure. So it’s exploring shorting AI stocks as a hedge so that if the AI bubble pops they capture some upside versus being stuck with bad loans for half built data centers.
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OpenAI is asking the U.S. government for loan guarantees to fund its staggering $1 .4 trillion+ AI infrastructure build-out.
Basically if OpenAI can’t come up with the money after taking out loans then taxpayers will bail them out.
They finally played the “Too Big To Fail” card.
Basically if OpenAI can’t come up with the money after taking out loans then taxpayers will bail them out.
They finally played the “Too Big To Fail” card.
ICYMI - OpenAI asks U.S. for loan guarantees to fund $1 trillion AI expansion | investingLive
OpenAI’s pursuit of government-backed financing underscores the escalating cost of AI infrastructure and the growing overlap between tech investment and public-sector support. The move could reshape f...
investinglive.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
OpenAI is asking the U.S. government for loan guarantees to fund its staggering $1 .4 trillion+ AI infrastructure build-out.
Basically if OpenAI can’t come up with the money after taking out loans then taxpayers will bail them out.
They finally played the “Too Big To Fail” card.
Basically if OpenAI can’t come up with the money after taking out loans then taxpayers will bail them out.
They finally played the “Too Big To Fail” card.
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
Trump is pretty open about his goal of ending free and fair elections.
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump is pretty open about his goal of ending free and fair elections.