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Umbrarchist
@umbrarchist.bsky.social
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Retired Boomer, Electrical Engineering dropout. Fixed computers for IBM anyway.
🖖 Science Fiction aficionado 🚀
Economics hobbyist specializing in Depreciation due to Planned Obsolescence. 11/16/24 day 0
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Umbrarchist @umbrarchist.bsky.social · Mar 10
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How about putting some Free SF reading into the mix?

Black Man's Burden (1961) by Mack Reynolds 
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- - - The Book - - -
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Mack Reynolds on Africa, Islam, utopia, and progress
It's surprising you don't hear more about Mack Reynolds. By all accounts he injected his stories with radical politics and anti-imperialist utopianism, and he was certainly a precursor of the New Wave...
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Rabbit holes are getting Deep Alice!
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“Most People Have No Idea What Hackers Just Leaked About Trump” - Obama
“Most People Have No Idea What Hackers Just Leaked About Trump” - Obama Disclaimer: This is an independent, fan-created channel and is not connected to Barack Obama, his campaign, or any political organization. Our videos draw on public speeches and verified reporting, and are presented for educational and analytical purposes only. We use voiceover narration, storytelling, and dramatized reenactments to break down complex political news in a clear, emotionally resonant, and engaging style. All visuals and voices are produced by us and do not feature or portray Barack Obama himself. Our aim is to cover political developments in a way that fosters civic understanding and thoughtful discussion while showing respect for all public figures. We work to share public information responsibly and adhere to fair-use guidelines and standards of journalistic integrity. obama, barack obama, Build The Vision, trump, us politics, government shutdown
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Why was Neo the SIXth One?
Because God rested on the SEVENth Day! #sci-fi
The Matrix
One pill makes you larger.
So many people confused by Architect Babble. 🤣😂🤣
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What The Architect Scene in The Matrix ACTUALLY Means
YouTube video by Stories That Inspire
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November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
The perception of reality is such a problem!
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Is the Global Economic Power Game psychologically intertwined with the paradigm of Western Culture?

When Africa Awakes (1920)
by Hubert Harrison
gutenberg.org/ebooks/69712

Black Man's Burden
gutenberg.org/ebooks/32390
How the Media Gets Africa Wrong: Debunking Stereotypes & Misconceptions
YouTube video by Unwritten Africa
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November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Oil, OPEC & Economic Power Games
Of course Technology is what it is all about. How well do economists comprehend technology? The Big Picture is Really BIG with lots of little details.
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How OPEC Ended the Golden Age of Capitalism
YouTube video by Culture and Capital
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November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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@stupidconfident.bsky.social has blocked you

At least the name explains why.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I'm always wondering how accurate Rus/Ukr War info is! How can a "Big Ground Offensive" be implemented with those spy drones everywhere?
It does not make any sense!
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Russia's Biggest Pokrovsk Attack Ends in Disaster—170.000 Russians GOT STUCK in Hell
YouTube video by PPR GLOBAL
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November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Manifest Destiny
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They Got The Highest Scores. The Navy Failed Them Anyway
YouTube video by Unseen Frontlines
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November 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Who are You?

@bullythelsb.bsky.social has blocked you

LSB?
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The Packard Merlin!
Have we forgotten what was learned in WWII because fools spending money on silly variations is preferable to the standardization of Real Lasting Wealth?
Packard manufacturing of Rolls Royce design.
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They Laughed at America’s Copy — Then 55,000 Packard Merlins Buried the Luftwaffe
YouTube video by WW2 Memoirs
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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PO Video
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Ending the Depression through Planned Obsolescence
by Bernard London
gutenberg.org/ebooks/72003

Economic Wargames
www.spectacle.org/1199/wargame...

EW2
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The Money Based Economy Created Planned Obsolescence
YouTube video by Access Abundance For All
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November 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reposted by Umbrarchist
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Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
So far I have only watched #1.
I worked in a hospital after I left IBM. We live in a Capitalism of LIES!
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The Top 10 Lies I Was Taught as an American
YouTube video by Holy Koolaid
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
The Center cannot hold!
Things fly apart. Economics,
Wages, Debt, War!
No solution! Ukraine has done Russia in. Putin the Putrid is waiting for the Window.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ju...
Putin’s Empire Is COLLAPSING — No Wages. No Fuel. No Future. The Russian People Have Had ENOUGH!
YouTube video by The Global Report
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Who owns You?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkZ...
When did interest on Credit Cards go from 25% to 35%?
If Every Country Is in Debt… Who’s the Creditor?
YouTube video by Financial Peter
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November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
All Ego No BRAINS!
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Trump just lost the trade war with China - which he started!
YouTube video by Geopolitical Economy Report
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November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Actually, I think comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler is an insult to Hitler.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Money, money, money, money
MORAL Hazard!
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You Shouldn’t Have Built a House There
YouTube video by Maxinomics
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November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Maybe Trump is competing with Putin to see who can make a bigger mess of his own country.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NUc6...
Civil War Erupts in Russia between FSB & Military Generals
YouTube video by Business Basics
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Is this a Techno-Illiterate Culture?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=aY20...
What is the significance of that? What does it mean for the so-called Economy?
Can Economists figure it out?
These 13 Engines Are Actually Hidden Time Bombs!
YouTube video by SUV Zone
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November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Over engineering is just engineered stupidity!
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We don't buy cars for transportation, we buy cars for the manufacturer to make 🤑 Money! It's half-a-century after the Moon Landing. Economists cannot figure out Planned Obsolescence. 💸🤬
Demand Side Depreciation!
The £500 BULB Replacement - Modern Car Electrics Strike again!
YouTube video by Scottish Car Clan
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November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Cars, cars, CARS!
Faulty Financial Foolishness!
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How The Automakers Deliberately Over Complicate Basic Systems To Milk You Dry
YouTube video by Uncle Tony's Garage
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November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
The Trumpression is upon us!
"When conditions change, I change my thinking. What do you do sir?" - John Maynard Keynes
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The 2025 Economic Collapse Is Unfolding Right Now
YouTube video by Finance Secrets
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November 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
Another sniper attack!

@joeybupkis.bsky.social has blocked you

I have difficulty getting upset by a Bupkis. It makes me think of people surrounding Donald Trump.
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Political-Economic Power Games
So why no mandatory accounting in high schools?
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What do economists say about Planned Obsolescence & Depreciation?
www.spectacle.org/1199/wargame...
How Elites Captured Capitalism | Grace Blakeley on Power & Inequality (Better Future 005)
YouTube video by Michael Mezzatesta
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November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
umbrarchist.bsky.social
LAND! - and the Economic Power Game
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How Land is the Lynchpin in the Global Banking Systems | Interview: Mike Bird
YouTube video by The Dispatch
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November 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM