Vikram Bath
@vikrambath.bsky.social
Former business school professor, current software engineer. Writes at ordinary-times.com
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Vikram Bath
@vikrambath.bsky.social
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Note that these are the years over which America first became the world’s economic superpower
One of the nice perks of achieving mega wealth is that you can just skip product research and get people to build the thing you want. Mark Zuckerberg did so with goggles, destroying many, many billions of dollars but getting his goggles.
Musk wanted porn, so he gets his porn
Musk wanted porn, so he gets his porn
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
One of the nice perks of achieving mega wealth is that you can just skip product research and get people to build the thing you want. Mark Zuckerberg did so with goggles, destroying many, many billions of dollars but getting his goggles.
Musk wanted porn, so he gets his porn
Musk wanted porn, so he gets his porn
It seems that installing tall fare gates to deter gate hopping reduced the amount of station maintenance to basically nothing compared to when the fare hoppers were hanging about
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It seems that installing tall fare gates to deter gate hopping reduced the amount of station maintenance to basically nothing compared to when the fare hoppers were hanging about
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Okay, Boomer. 🙄
"Everybody should just pipe down and just do their sport and play for our country and respect the flag and respect everything that’s going on." - Boomer Esiason on the Olympics
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Okay, Boomer. 🙄
The Basil “you-believe-in-voting?” tweet rules everything around me
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Basil “you-believe-in-voting?” tweet rules everything around me
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All the children, but how many of the nannies?
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
All the children, but how many of the nannies?
The President of the United States is very mad about Canada building a bridge between Ontario and Michigan
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The President of the United States is very mad about Canada building a bridge between Ontario and Michigan
I think most people are best served by just holding a broad-based index fund they dollar-cost-average into over time, but I don’t know how bad the news must be for them to try getting ahead of it this aggressively
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I think most people are best served by just holding a broad-based index fund they dollar-cost-average into over time, but I don’t know how bad the news must be for them to try getting ahead of it this aggressively
Well this is horrific: “Law enforcement has said they've received several ransom notes from people claiming to have the mother” www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...
How the use of AI and 'deepfakes' play a role in the search for Nancy Guthrie
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and commonplace, it can be difficult to know what's real and what's not, which has complicated the search for Nancy Guthrie, according to law enforceme...
www.npr.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Well this is horrific: “Law enforcement has said they've received several ransom notes from people claiming to have the mother” www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...
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Hey new followers. I hope you like pictures of plants. And liberalism, and also deep feelings of remorse and inadequacy.
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Hey new followers. I hope you like pictures of plants. And liberalism, and also deep feelings of remorse and inadequacy.
I feel like maybe there might have been a politics or two that snuck in
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I feel like maybe there might have been a politics or two that snuck in
I appreciate how Bad Bunny’s name is actually “Bad Bunny.” It’s not “Conejo Malo” and translated to “Bad Bunny” for the convenience of English speakers
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I appreciate how Bad Bunny’s name is actually “Bad Bunny.” It’s not “Conejo Malo” and translated to “Bad Bunny” for the convenience of English speakers
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The Voting Rights Amendments Act of 2029 is gonna be lit. Upheld 11-6 at the Supreme Court.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The Voting Rights Amendments Act of 2029 is gonna be lit. Upheld 11-6 at the Supreme Court.
The Turning Point, Kid-Rock violinist and cellist are playing a completely unrelated piece to the audio that’s playing.
I don’t know if this is as obviously comical if you’ve never played an instrument before, but as an occasional violinist, this is pretty funny!
I don’t know if this is as obviously comical if you’ve never played an instrument before, but as an occasional violinist, this is pretty funny!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The Turning Point, Kid-Rock violinist and cellist are playing a completely unrelated piece to the audio that’s playing.
I don’t know if this is as obviously comical if you’ve never played an instrument before, but as an occasional violinist, this is pretty funny!
I don’t know if this is as obviously comical if you’ve never played an instrument before, but as an occasional violinist, this is pretty funny!
Okay, this is officially getting weird
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Okay, this is officially getting weird
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When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
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A tale told in two screenshots :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A tale told in two screenshots :)
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I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
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Yep. Many of us who weren't sufficiently Trump-curious had to find other places to work.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
Yes, some libertarians *did* try to warn you about Trump. But you canceled them for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Yep. Many of us who weren't sufficiently Trump-curious had to find other places to work.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
Catturd is now boycotting the NFL after having boycotted the NFL since at least 2019.
See you next season
See you next season
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Catturd is now boycotting the NFL after having boycotted the NFL since at least 2019.
See you next season
See you next season
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Just logged onto Twitter to see superbowl discussion and the first tweet on my feed was a former mutual pushing great replacement theory. Deleted my account. That place fucking sucks.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Just logged onto Twitter to see superbowl discussion and the first tweet on my feed was a former mutual pushing great replacement theory. Deleted my account. That place fucking sucks.
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lowkey gotta had it to zuck on this one
Meta AI lets you ask “why is this post funny?” in one click as the Babylon Bee retreats back to their one joke
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
lowkey gotta had it to zuck on this one
Meta AI lets you ask “why is this post funny?” in one click as the Babylon Bee retreats back to their one joke
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Meta AI lets you ask “why is this post funny?” in one click as the Babylon Bee retreats back to their one joke
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I know I'm old bc "people discovering that Kid Rock is a dirtbag" is apparently a thing?? this was his entire brand in the 90s!!
you mean to tell me kid rock does’t actually care about faith and family??
Kid Rock lyrics about underage girls draw questions ahead of ‘faith and family’-based TPUSA show
“I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory),” Kid Rock sings on the 2001 song, which was also for a children’s movie.
ktla.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I know I'm old bc "people discovering that Kid Rock is a dirtbag" is apparently a thing?? this was his entire brand in the 90s!!
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An important note that Donald Trump has believed, for years, going back to college, that the amounts Americans pay for imported products are actually one-direction transfers of value from America to some other country, which is not true in any sense, but its why hes tariff otaku
Trump accepts ownership of the current economy:
'I'm very proud of it' www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
'I'm very proud of it' www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump accepts ownership of the current economy: 'I'm very proud of it'
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, the president said the country is already experiencing the "Trump economy."
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
An important note that Donald Trump has believed, for years, going back to college, that the amounts Americans pay for imported products are actually one-direction transfers of value from America to some other country, which is not true in any sense, but its why hes tariff otaku