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3x championship basketball coach. CFA. GM Miami Banditos. Natural Ice aficionado.
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Andreesen used to follow me on twitter, where more than once he would like in earnest a tweet I meant mockingly. I knew then his judgment was off.
I met Andreessen in very early Mosaic/Netscape days. Was another nerdy, weird-but-"normal" guy back then.
The transformation of hugely-fortunate people like him, whose fortune depends *crucially* on public infrastructure and support, into self-pity machines and bladders of bias, is ... bad.
The transformation of hugely-fortunate people like him, whose fortune depends *crucially* on public infrastructure and support, into self-pity machines and bladders of bias, is ... bad.
What discrimination did Andreessen face? He went to a public university & was able to work on early federally funded research projects on computing, and turn that into a career.
The insanity of the last 8 years? Workers or online posters who disagreed with him? A government that dared regulate him?
The insanity of the last 8 years? Workers or online posters who disagreed with him? A government that dared regulate him?
July 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Andreesen used to follow me on twitter, where more than once he would like in earnest a tweet I meant mockingly. I knew then his judgment was off.
As I exist through another Florida summmer as a resident thought it would be fun to revisit Candy’s 1985 vacation. 📽️ filmsky
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A ★★ review of Summer Rental (1985)
The Temu National Lampoon’s Vacation, as the kids would say today. Add a bit of Caddyshack too. Hate to say that as a John Candy fan, but this lacks the laughs and originality. Especially surprising i...
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June 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As I exist through another Florida summmer as a resident thought it would be fun to revisit Candy’s 1985 vacation. 📽️ filmsky
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June 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My credo logging into X
April 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My credo logging into X
Is anyone naive enough to not understand that is the intent?
Trump’s IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat
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Trump’s IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat
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Trump’s IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat
With DOGE cutting deep at the tax agency, more Americans might feel emboldened to dodge payments.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Is anyone naive enough to not understand that is the intent?
Trump’s IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat
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Trump’s IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat
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This made the rounds in 2016 but worth posting again. From Richard Rorty’s 1998 Achieving Our Country
March 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This made the rounds in 2016 but worth posting again. From Richard Rorty’s 1998 Achieving Our Country
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thinking about when siskel and ebert were dicking off and riffing in-between takes and decided to roast the shit out of the protestants
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
thinking about when siskel and ebert were dicking off and riffing in-between takes and decided to roast the shit out of the protestants
Irrationally annoys the hell out of me when they break character to laugh.
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Lorne Michaels may not like it when the actors on SNL break...
Lorne Michaels may not like it when the actors on SNL break character to crack up at each other, but, to me, it’s the best p
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February 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Irrationally annoys the hell out of me when they break character to laugh.
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed
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The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed
Related: Book Review: On the Edge: The Gamblers
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January 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed
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It wasn’t horrible. But I was more interested in the google rabbit holes searching episode and cast backstories than the actual movie. #filmsky 📽️🎥
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A ★★½ review of Saturday Night (2024)
Hey I mean I found the impersonations and trying to figure out who was who enjoyable. Especially the JK Simmons Milton Berle! Beyond that though it wasn’t that great of a flick. Really strains one’s s...
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January 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It wasn’t horrible. But I was more interested in the google rabbit holes searching episode and cast backstories than the actual movie. #filmsky 📽️🎥
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A very sub par facsimile of Office Space for conventions and workplace trips. #filmsky 📽️🎥
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A ★★ review of Cedar Rapids (2011)
My first thought was how did this get made and draw the cast it did? The outright shameless infidelity and overt crack use is notable because the film is not that funny so the absurdity as humor is lo...
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December 27, 2024 at 7:12 PM
A very sub par facsimile of Office Space for conventions and workplace trips. #filmsky 📽️🎥
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Biden is like, an actual Catholic. Trump is not only obviously an atheist, but is basically a religious person's stereotype of what it means to be an atheist. Just wild stuff here.
I expect the trend away from religion to continue in America, which will likely provoke more anxiety and aggression and thirst for power from the Deus vult crowd.
How many will remember the embrace of Trump as the thing that turned them away from faith?
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How many will remember the embrace of Trump as the thing that turned them away from faith?
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Cardinal says Donald Trump “takes his Christian faith seriously.” - The Mind Shield
Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in a Fox News interview that thrice married, twice divorce, adjudicated rapist and serial liar Donald Trump […]
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December 24, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Biden is like, an actual Catholic. Trump is not only obviously an atheist, but is basically a religious person's stereotype of what it means to be an atheist. Just wild stuff here.
Thought Bob Woodward’s most recent book, War, was his best. Eye opening, even for someone sympathetic to the Biden presidency, on how effective he was on the diplomatic front. Just unfortunate that it will be reflected only in historical context.
#booksky
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December 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Thought Bob Woodward’s most recent book, War, was his best. Eye opening, even for someone sympathetic to the Biden presidency, on how effective he was on the diplomatic front. Just unfortunate that it will be reflected only in historical context.
#booksky
#booksky
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Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
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December 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Highly agree with the below. At the risk of sounding like crotchety old man, sports feel amiss anymore. At least at the highest levels. Youth sports are still great. www.honest-broker.com/p/i-say-forb...
December 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Highly agree with the below. At the risk of sounding like crotchety old man, sports feel amiss anymore. At least at the highest levels. Youth sports are still great. www.honest-broker.com/p/i-say-forb...
I’ve probably never been more wrong on a player. Thought he had a future during rookie season.
Dolphins waive QB Skylar Thompson, activate WR Grant DuBose.
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Dolphins waive QB Skylar Thompson, activate WR Grant DuBose
The Dolphins announced a series of roster moves ahead of Sunday's game against the Texans.
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December 14, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I’ve probably never been more wrong on a player. Thought he had a future during rookie season.
Important examination of fundamentally flawed system of parole in U.S. Hopeful that it’s widely watched but find it unlikely. 🎥 📽️ #filmsky
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A ★★ review of Nature of the Crime (2024)
I find it difficult to review these types of documentaries primarily because its merit as a message versus entertainment widely differs. Is it a compelling watch or a novel topic? No, not at all. Howe...
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December 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Important examination of fundamentally flawed system of parole in U.S. Hopeful that it’s widely watched but find it unlikely. 🎥 📽️ #filmsky
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In the case my bio bonafides are doubted
December 14, 2024 at 4:54 AM
In the case my bio bonafides are doubted
As if the below is not enough, the decimation of the IRS continues. At least make it a fight and give the IRS the manpower to wield some opposition. Signed, a conscripted soldier in the front lines of this metaphorical private army. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/b...
December 5, 2024 at 4:25 PM
As if the below is not enough, the decimation of the IRS continues. At least make it a fight and give the IRS the manpower to wield some opposition. Signed, a conscripted soldier in the front lines of this metaphorical private army. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/b...
With Nosferatu releasing later this month, here is my ranking of all Robert Eggers’ films.
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Robert Eggers Films Ranked by Banditos
Working list of Robert Eggers films ranked.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:25 AM
With Nosferatu releasing later this month, here is my ranking of all Robert Eggers’ films.
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Drowse inducing and ultimately masturbatory exercise. I wanted to like it more but just doesn’t work as a documentary. 🎥
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A ★★½ review of War Game (2024)
There are great limitations to war games and documentaries on war games. That being, it’s truly no substitute for real skin in the game decisions. Think of poker for points instead of money. A totally...
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December 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Drowse inducing and ultimately masturbatory exercise. I wanted to like it more but just doesn’t work as a documentary. 🎥
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#letterbxd #filmsky
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