Sky Marchini
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economist, 🇨🇳, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. 🏳️🌈 they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/
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apropos of this, fun story about VW rabbits. my uncle had one when he was in grad school in chicago. he was driving down lakeshore drive once when it stalled and died.
there was nothing wrong with the car. it was just so cold with the wind coming off the lake that the fuel was gelling in the carb.
there was nothing wrong with the car. it was just so cold with the wind coming off the lake that the fuel was gelling in the carb.
My first car was a 1979 VW Rabbit. I loved that car. It broke down a lot thought.
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
apropos of this, fun story about VW rabbits. my uncle had one when he was in grad school in chicago. he was driving down lakeshore drive once when it stalled and died.
there was nothing wrong with the car. it was just so cold with the wind coming off the lake that the fuel was gelling in the carb.
there was nothing wrong with the car. it was just so cold with the wind coming off the lake that the fuel was gelling in the carb.
person who lives above me is getting absolutely plowed rn to the point where I am putting in headphones
December 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
person who lives above me is getting absolutely plowed rn to the point where I am putting in headphones
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the president is not popular. the civil society-based opposition is very real. the vibes and stories out there are not appreciably different than 2018; it’s the media environment that has decidedly shifted/balkanized.
“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the president is not popular. the civil society-based opposition is very real. the vibes and stories out there are not appreciably different than 2018; it’s the media environment that has decidedly shifted/balkanized.
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You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
you know what I need. I need to be with the girls and be like "IDK should i text him/her" and all the girls to be like NOOOOOOOOO DON'T. I need this in my life.
I don't even want to text 'em. I just want to feel that support
I don't even want to text 'em. I just want to feel that support
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
you know what I need. I need to be with the girls and be like "IDK should i text him/her" and all the girls to be like NOOOOOOOOO DON'T. I need this in my life.
I don't even want to text 'em. I just want to feel that support
I don't even want to text 'em. I just want to feel that support
hope all the friends that live in my phone had a good christmas :)
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
hope all the friends that live in my phone had a good christmas :)
chat should I have An Beer and watch die hard?
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
chat should I have An Beer and watch die hard?
i like how people think they're slick
December 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
i like how people think they're slick
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I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!
December 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!
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DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
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If this was your friend you'd be trying to talk them down from their obviously manic mental health episode.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
If this was your friend you'd be trying to talk them down from their obviously manic mental health episode.
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This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"
December 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"
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You can’t spend 40 years shouting "Information wants to be free!" and then get mad when a neural network takes you up on that offer.
December 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You can’t spend 40 years shouting "Information wants to be free!" and then get mad when a neural network takes you up on that offer.
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A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
ngl getting absolutely bombed at dave & busters in college was a 10/10 experience
American society peaked at roller rink/arcades imo
December 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
ngl getting absolutely bombed at dave & busters in college was a 10/10 experience
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to elaborate on this a bit, landlords committing arson-based insurance fraud was a documented epidemic on both sides of the Hudson before and during this time period, before you even get into the murder rates
not to dismiss that there is also a stark racial angle to this, but there's a specific neurosis about urban life that comes from having been in the tristate in the 80s and 90s imo
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
to elaborate on this a bit, landlords committing arson-based insurance fraud was a documented epidemic on both sides of the Hudson before and during this time period, before you even get into the murder rates
Oh good my car has another oil leak
December 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Oh good my car has another oil leak
(It should go without saying that this is a bit)
December 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
(It should go without saying that this is a bit)
feel like shit just want her back
December 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
feel like shit just want her back
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Nativity, by Melchior Broederlam, 1390s. Patterns on fabrics are wonderful! Now Joseph is tearing up his stockings to make swaddling for Baby J. Good parenting!
December 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Nativity, by Melchior Broederlam, 1390s. Patterns on fabrics are wonderful! Now Joseph is tearing up his stockings to make swaddling for Baby J. Good parenting!
Them: how do you plan to make Christmas dinner
My parents: oh it’s easy we just make the 🏳️🌈 kid do it
My parents: oh it’s easy we just make the 🏳️🌈 kid do it
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Them: how do you plan to make Christmas dinner
My parents: oh it’s easy we just make the 🏳️🌈 kid do it
My parents: oh it’s easy we just make the 🏳️🌈 kid do it