erbmike.bsky.social
@erbmike.bsky.social
Did things. Doing stuff now. Probably doing stuff some time from now. Work stuff, food stuff, things and junk.
Pictured is my bestest buddy, Chunk. 2008-1/24/2024. Miss him more than ever. Rest easy, sweet Chunkums.
#darkesttimeline
Dogs on my TL
Pictured is my bestest buddy, Chunk. 2008-1/24/2024. Miss him more than ever. Rest easy, sweet Chunkums.
#darkesttimeline
Dogs on my TL
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The AI industry has inflated the U.S. stock market and the economy.
What happens when that bubble bursts?
What happens when that bubble bursts?
Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The AI industry has inflated the U.S. stock market and the economy.
What happens when that bubble bursts?
What happens when that bubble bursts?
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"As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself."
-WH spokesperson Karoline Leavitt
-WH spokesperson Karoline Leavitt
Whoa... those plaques 47 put up are even worse than I thought... Read the Alt Text. It's like a fourth-grade book report.
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself."
-WH spokesperson Karoline Leavitt
-WH spokesperson Karoline Leavitt
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Kind of wild that supposedly 1,000 FBI agents combed through these files for months to find every mention of Trump, but now a month after they knew they had to release them today, they need more time.
Khanna: "The law clearly required all unclassified information being released today. They obviously have not complied with that law. They claim it's because it was only a few weeks -- well they've known about this for months."
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Kind of wild that supposedly 1,000 FBI agents combed through these files for months to find every mention of Trump, but now a month after they knew they had to release them today, they need more time.
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One of my main takeaways from this is that "agentic" (it's not really agentic) LLM based AIs are *staggeringly* vulnerable to social engineering attacks; more so than humans
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One of my main takeaways from this is that "agentic" (it's not really agentic) LLM based AIs are *staggeringly* vulnerable to social engineering attacks; more so than humans
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And then think about how much more Barbies cost this year.
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And then think about how much more Barbies cost this year.
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More precisely yet, Susie Wiles was describing Donald Trump's severe and untreatable Cluster B personality disorders.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More precisely yet, Susie Wiles was describing Donald Trump's severe and untreatable Cluster B personality disorders.
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"One [victim] said that she was brought to Mar-a-Lago by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14, and Epstein kind of nudged Trump and said, 'this is a nice one, right?' If two grown men are staying there with a 14-year-old, what message can you take from that? That's a question for Trump to answer."
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"One [victim] said that she was brought to Mar-a-Lago by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14, and Epstein kind of nudged Trump and said, 'this is a nice one, right?' If two grown men are staying there with a 14-year-old, what message can you take from that? That's a question for Trump to answer."
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'Female bodies were their currency’: Explosive new reporting details Trump and Epstein's bond
@nicollewallace.bsky.social speaks to Danielle Bensky, a survivor of Jefferey Epstein, joined by @nickconfessore.bsky.social & @harrylitman.bsky.social
@nicollewallace.bsky.social speaks to Danielle Bensky, a survivor of Jefferey Epstein, joined by @nickconfessore.bsky.social & @harrylitman.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
'Female bodies were their currency’: Explosive new reporting details Trump and Epstein's bond
@nicollewallace.bsky.social speaks to Danielle Bensky, a survivor of Jefferey Epstein, joined by @nickconfessore.bsky.social & @harrylitman.bsky.social
@nicollewallace.bsky.social speaks to Danielle Bensky, a survivor of Jefferey Epstein, joined by @nickconfessore.bsky.social & @harrylitman.bsky.social
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The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
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Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
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SORKIN: “.. This is now state-sponsored capitalism. I mean, this is not really capitalism. Everything runs through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now. This is new. This is totally and utterly new.”
@meidastouch.com @acyn.bsky.social @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com @acyn.bsky.social @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
SORKIN: “.. This is now state-sponsored capitalism. I mean, this is not really capitalism. Everything runs through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now. This is new. This is totally and utterly new.”
@meidastouch.com @acyn.bsky.social @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com @acyn.bsky.social @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
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When your best friend is the world’s most notorious sex trafficker and pedophile and you were known for talking to each other about sex
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When your best friend is the world’s most notorious sex trafficker and pedophile and you were known for talking to each other about sex
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December 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Surprise! It’s another scam!
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Surprise! It’s another scam!
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
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But this report may understate inflation a bit.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
But this report may understate inflation a bit.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
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If Trump truly won with a mandate, and Republicans have the White House, House, and Senate - which they do - then all the failures are due to him and his Administration and Party.
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If Trump truly won with a mandate, and Republicans have the White House, House, and Senate - which they do - then all the failures are due to him and his Administration and Party.
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Turkey prices were up. Egg prices are up. Grocery prices are up. Electricity prices are up. Jobs are down.
Trump is lying to Americans. He can get away with many lies, but hard to bullshit people about what's in their wallets and bank accounts.
Trump is lying to Americans. He can get away with many lies, but hard to bullshit people about what's in their wallets and bank accounts.
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Turkey prices were up. Egg prices are up. Grocery prices are up. Electricity prices are up. Jobs are down.
Trump is lying to Americans. He can get away with many lies, but hard to bullshit people about what's in their wallets and bank accounts.
Trump is lying to Americans. He can get away with many lies, but hard to bullshit people about what's in their wallets and bank accounts.
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Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago.
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago.
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
Trump's economy.
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If you think Trump's march to authoritarian power is unstoppable - or already a fait accompli - just note how panicked and weak he was tonight and he wheedled and whined about nothing is his fault.
That's not a man who thinks he's winning.
That's not a man who thinks he's winning.
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
If you think Trump's march to authoritarian power is unstoppable - or already a fait accompli - just note how panicked and weak he was tonight and he wheedled and whined about nothing is his fault.
That's not a man who thinks he's winning.
That's not a man who thinks he's winning.
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I'm old enough to remember when the networks refused to carry an incredibly important speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by President Biden about creeping fascism in the U.S. because it was "too political".
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm old enough to remember when the networks refused to carry an incredibly important speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by President Biden about creeping fascism in the U.S. because it was "too political".
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
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Fantastic piece.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Fantastic piece.
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“.. it was full of bizarre howlers that even Trump’s second-rate speech-writing shop would probably have avoided, .. his voice rising in frustration as he hurled one lie after another into the camera.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“.. it was full of bizarre howlers that even Trump’s second-rate speech-writing shop would probably have avoided, .. his voice rising in frustration as he hurled one lie after another into the camera.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...