Ralph Cerchione
dry-observer.bsky.social
Ralph Cerchione
@dry-observer.bsky.social
"Knowledge is a single point, but the ignorant have multiplied it."

Here's my video on OpenAI's o1/Strawberry Model, and the runaway technological progress it could foster. In the right hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt4bTzPOLo8
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Holy shit, I'm listening to a Live on Twitter of MAGA types utterly losing their shit over Bingo and Bondi. It's utterly glorious.
July 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Oh fuck.

They're going back to save Hitler, aren't they?
I’m sorry… what?
April 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The Friday Brief
April 11, 2025

I was in a mood writing this one. A mood to brook zero bullshit from the Arsonist in Chief.

open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
The Friday Brief
April 11, 2025
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The Trump Recession

Madness, Not Method

youtu.be/HxbzFeq0jb0?...
Madness and Zero Method
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
April 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
April 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Palantir would be my guess
Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
April 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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It’s not just that he’s wrecking the economy. It’s that he’s a terrible human being who feels contempt for our men and women in uniform.

Our latest:
He's worse than just a draft-dodger, Trump has genuine disdain for our uniformed soldiers.
Arrival
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Sing it with me, kids: Everything. Trump. Touches. Dies.

#ETTD never, ever fails in the end.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...
Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off.
With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Trump Golfs While American Mourn
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Trump Golfs While American Mourn
Thoughts and observations on the American Crisis.
open.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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My latest for Lincoln Square:

Small Dictator Energy: Trump’s D.C. Missile Parade www.lincolnsquare.media/p/small-dict...
Small Dictator Energy: Trump’s D.C. Missile Parade
On June 14, Trump's weakness and insecurity will be on full display in a $92 million spectacle to honor himself.
www.lincolnsquare.media
April 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Rule of Law is in the rearview mirror.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Sunday update: "The motorcade left Trump National Golf Club Jupiter at 12:23 pm. Pool reporter did not lay eyes on POTUS."

(From Emily Goodin, the Daily Mail, pool reporter today)

White House keeps reporters and photographers far from Trump as does not want images of him playing golf to go viral.
April 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Fyi, please actually read the story

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out

The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Sunday morning update from pool reporter following President Trump: The motorcade arrived at Trump National Golf Club Jupiter at 8:14 am

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Various tributes to Trump at Doral, including Playboy cover, others from his history and a golden colored Constitution with an eagle in the Doral lobby.
April 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Thanks to the sponsors---a Saudi airline, a Saudi oil company and Chinese-owned TikTok, which is paying for an event at that drives profits to Trump resort, as Trump decides the fate of TikTok. Does that seem corrupt?
April 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The Trump gift shops were also doing brisk business, selling hundreds of Trump branded items, many imported from China.
April 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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The Doral club, where every single room was booked from golf fans, players and others, was also packed with patrons at the restaurants and bars, no sign that the markets were melting down, other than the TV monitors with news on. The disconnect was startling.
April 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I also ran into Eric Trump there, as he walked through the scene, as the music blasted, and thousands of ticket-buying customers were partying--even as the stock market meltdown was still underway.
April 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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It was quiet the scene at Doral yesterday, as I spent the day walking the Trump's sprawling resort. I had a chance to chat with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the $925 billion Saudi sovereign wealth fund. He is also chairman of LIV Golf and close to Trump.
April 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Amazing thread.
It was quiet the scene at Doral yesterday, as I spent the day walking the Trump's sprawling resort. I had a chance to chat with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the $925 billion Saudi sovereign wealth fund. He is also chairman of LIV Golf and close to Trump.
April 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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By some estimates about 1% of America was on the streets protesting Trump's regime yesterday. These protests were planned LONG before the tariff disaster and the meltdown of the economy.

It's going to be a long, hot summer, Donald.
April 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Everything Trump Touches Dies. It's a simple rule, and it never, ever fails.

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Apple’s collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety
The big tech giant’s cosy relationship with the president has failed to protect it from trade war chaos
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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None of this "you'll never have a chance to do anything about it again."

Nope. Done.

I expected Tesla to crash anyway. But given Elon's insane strategy of rapid scorched-earth destruction, it might as well happen quickly if he wants to obliterate everything.

He *won't* have a power base left.
March 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM