Triplebassist
@triplebassist.bsky.social
Masshole in Training
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She committed one of the most textbook violations of journalistic ethics with zero ambiguity and so ‘endured’ a one year hiatus between incredibly prestigious jobs. I feel like at the *very least* the media could refrain from then giving her deeply sympathetic profiles chronicling her ‘suffering’
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
She committed one of the most textbook violations of journalistic ethics with zero ambiguity and so ‘endured’ a one year hiatus between incredibly prestigious jobs. I feel like at the *very least* the media could refrain from then giving her deeply sympathetic profiles chronicling her ‘suffering’
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I don’t know at this point if there is enough evident to say “the New York Times, institutionally, was a co-conspirator with Epstein” but it’s basically beyond doubt at this point that at least one employee of the paper were co-conspirators and used their position at the paper to help affect that
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
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9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
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Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
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Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I don’t know at this point if there is enough evident to say “the New York Times, institutionally, was a co-conspirator with Epstein” but it’s basically beyond doubt at this point that at least one employee of the paper were co-conspirators and used their position at the paper to help affect that
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Against my own instincts I am turning into a pretty unashamed credentialist. We've become so enamored of the Hollywood narrative where the scrappy outsider proves all the established experts wrong that we lose sight of how rare it is in reality, and how HUGELY damaging it is to treat as probable.
I'm kinda not a fan of credentialism
"Non-scientists" can have insight
And actual scientists can be grifters
So the substance is what matters
But how can you judge substance unless you're an expert lol
But also people just cherry pick their fave experts all the time too
No good solution really
"Non-scientists" can have insight
And actual scientists can be grifters
So the substance is what matters
But how can you judge substance unless you're an expert lol
But also people just cherry pick their fave experts all the time too
No good solution really
If you are also a scientist, sure. If you aren't, like these guys, you should probably shut the fuck up and let the people whose opinions matter talk.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Against my own instincts I am turning into a pretty unashamed credentialist. We've become so enamored of the Hollywood narrative where the scrappy outsider proves all the established experts wrong that we lose sight of how rare it is in reality, and how HUGELY damaging it is to treat as probable.
God DAMMIT you have no idea how little I want to have to hand it to my representative. But you've gotta hand it to him here.
Seth Moulton went on MSNBC and straight up said "the president is a pedophile" and refused to walk it back even after the hosts kept trying to equivocate.
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
God DAMMIT you have no idea how little I want to have to hand it to my representative. But you've gotta hand it to him here.
Idk I'm glad my old coworkers, the most dedicated and public minded people I know, will be able to buy food. And I'm extra glad that the worries they had about that don't appear to have been for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Idk I'm glad my old coworkers, the most dedicated and public minded people I know, will be able to buy food. And I'm extra glad that the worries they had about that don't appear to have been for nothing.
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This interview correctly focuses on too many cars being the cause of congestion, and there is plenty of discussion about expanding and improving public transit. Yet nowhere in these 7 minutes are bikes ever discussed as a transit option.
Is Boston traffic getting worse?
YouTube video by CBS Boston
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This interview correctly focuses on too many cars being the cause of congestion, and there is plenty of discussion about expanding and improving public transit. Yet nowhere in these 7 minutes are bikes ever discussed as a transit option.
Not only is the gap wider than people think, but when averages are up over 50% for one candidate, that candidate is probably gonna win.
This is the NJ average btw. you wouldn't think it is this from the discourse on here.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Not only is the gap wider than people think, but when averages are up over 50% for one candidate, that candidate is probably gonna win.
@sickoscommittee.org what the hell happened. I get off the plane and Idaho is walking away with it, I get to the hotel and they're losing
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
@sickoscommittee.org what the hell happened. I get off the plane and Idaho is walking away with it, I get to the hotel and they're losing
Said this before but my old BU would probably have been in open revolt if NTEU leadership did this.
yeah I don’t think this is how AFGE should be operating www.politico.com/news/magazin...
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Said this before but my old BU would probably have been in open revolt if NTEU leadership did this.
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This is another excellent piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social. I don't think I would've predicted how much we are overbuilding large bedroom housing to smaller housing even as household size shift and everyone complains "we don't need more luxury studios." It does in fact look like we need more.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is another excellent piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social. I don't think I would've predicted how much we are overbuilding large bedroom housing to smaller housing even as household size shift and everyone complains "we don't need more luxury studios." It does in fact look like we need more.
I do want to watch football, but I don't know if I can stomach the football that's on offer.
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I do want to watch football, but I don't know if I can stomach the football that's on offer.
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The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
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Everyone who makes money on housing understands that strict zoning and politicized permitting is good for landlords and bad for tenants.
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Everyone who makes money on housing understands that strict zoning and politicized permitting is good for landlords and bad for tenants.
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Federal employee ethics training is like “you are technically allowed to get a birthday card for your co-worker but why risk it?”
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
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All on the taxpayer’s dime.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Federal employee ethics training is like “you are technically allowed to get a birthday card for your co-worker but why risk it?”
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baseball posting is unambiguously good for Bluesky. not my thing but we desperately need some lighter topics round these parts
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
baseball posting is unambiguously good for Bluesky. not my thing but we desperately need some lighter topics round these parts
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Dallas Fed services comments are LIT this month
"generally antibusiness policies being championed by Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration"
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
"generally antibusiness policies being championed by Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration"
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
![Accommodation
The government shutdown and economic malaise are taking a toll on hotel and travel demand.
Administrative and support services
It feels impossible to predict what the hiring and employment market will be in six months. This year has been the most challenging in 15 years of search and staffing. Candidates have failed background checks. Employers have delayed hiring, candidates have accepted counter offers, others have continued interviewing after accepting a new role. These events used to be uncommon and rare. Now they're happening on a regular basis. Revenue swings month to month are drastic. We are trying to budget and forecast, but it is impossible, and I'm on the edge of laying off an employee now. Business has felt recessionary for over a year—no wonder we knew the jobs numbers were off and kept saying there was no way they were as good as reported, and we were correct. These are very tough times for small and midsized businesses.
The level of uncertainty has increased in the face of higher interest rates and borrowing costs. Layoffs in the energy sector are just now being felt, and the federal shutdown will have a compounding impact.
The government shutdown [is an issue impacting our business].
Most of our customers are federal agencies. If there is a shutdown, our business suffers.
Ambulatory health care services
We are seeing major price escalation resistance.
There are numerous factors affecting our outlook and current performance. A general downturn in the economy and economic outlook coupled with increased layoffs and significant increases in prices for day-to-day commodities have reduced demand for those seeking our pediatric urgent care services. Healthcare fatigue is also a factor post-COVID. Couple that with the frankly baseless guidance that the Department of Health and Human Services is providing, there is also a lot of confusion among potential patients of ours of sound medical judgement.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Dallas Fed services comments are LIT this month
"generally antibusiness policies being championed by Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration"
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
"generally antibusiness policies being championed by Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration"
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
Really good thread and really good memo. Bill Gates is good at this.
*sigh* Now I have to read a 17 page memo since apparently others won't.
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Really good thread and really good memo. Bill Gates is good at this.
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And speaking of metatext with the possible exception of the previous bit, this whole section is a defense of valuing the lives of the global poor as opposed to being afraid of them increasing their numbers and energy usage making our lives in rich countries worse.
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
And speaking of metatext with the possible exception of the previous bit, this whole section is a defense of valuing the lives of the global poor as opposed to being afraid of them increasing their numbers and energy usage making our lives in rich countries worse.
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First off, a demerit to NBC news for not linking the memo, which is helpfully at gatesnotes dot com instead of you know some sort of secret high level meeting only.
FFS reporters, give us access to primary sources.
FFS reporters, give us access to primary sources.
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
First off, a demerit to NBC news for not linking the memo, which is helpfully at gatesnotes dot com instead of you know some sort of secret high level meeting only.
FFS reporters, give us access to primary sources.
FFS reporters, give us access to primary sources.
It's pretty annoying how common this is everywhere. People are allowed to move to new cities as adults! That should be boring and normal for politicians, assuming they've lived where they want to run for more than a couple months.
people of the Twin Cities and Minnesota, the way around this is to (i) destroy every politician who tries this language and (ii) vocally shaming your friends and peers and family who put a stupid premium on “born and raised here”. I know you have them!
When I moved to Minneapolis in the mid-aughts, it was really difficult to make friends. People from other states didn’t get it.
Now the bias is front and center in my city politics. If I’m a resident who “just got here,” do I matter less to Josh?
Now the bias is front and center in my city politics. If I’m a resident who “just got here,” do I matter less to Josh?
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's pretty annoying how common this is everywhere. People are allowed to move to new cities as adults! That should be boring and normal for politicians, assuming they've lived where they want to run for more than a couple months.
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I think this framing falls prey to the idea that if only X had been done differently, the case might not have failed—unfortunately, as the article itself indicates, there was really no option but to bring the prosecution in South Florida. sometimes you just lose.
How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed
Seeking to get the classified documents case to a jury before the 2024 election, the special counsel made a fateful decision that some in his office saw as a misstep.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I think this framing falls prey to the idea that if only X had been done differently, the case might not have failed—unfortunately, as the article itself indicates, there was really no option but to bring the prosecution in South Florida. sometimes you just lose.
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Folks, if we had sectoral bargaining with wage boards and the best anti-trust imaginable, we'd still need a welfare state. If we had a fully socialist economy we'd still need a welfare state. There is a lot we can do to empower workers but poverty is a household level phenomenon.
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Folks, if we had sectoral bargaining with wage boards and the best anti-trust imaginable, we'd still need a welfare state. If we had a fully socialist economy we'd still need a welfare state. There is a lot we can do to empower workers but poverty is a household level phenomenon.
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This is also why your vote- your singular vote- is not something to play with. Someone is going to be given the ability to pull those levers. To decide whether $8bn will feed a lot of hungry people. You owe it to everyone one of them to vote as a responsible citizen, not a consumer.
October 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is also why your vote- your singular vote- is not something to play with. Someone is going to be given the ability to pull those levers. To decide whether $8bn will feed a lot of hungry people. You owe it to everyone one of them to vote as a responsible citizen, not a consumer.