Firsk.bsky.social
@firsk.bsky.social
Sailor, entrepreneur (electronic instrumentation), designer, woodworker, boat builder, potter.
Pacific Northwest resident, outdoorsy, classical liberal.
Parent of an adult trans child.
Date from the final days of the Truman administration.
Pacific Northwest resident, outdoorsy, classical liberal.
Parent of an adult trans child.
Date from the final days of the Truman administration.
Data is a foreign concept to him.
Far easier to make up numbers freehand to match whatever you want to say at the moment.
It's unconventional, to be sure, but who else could haver reduced drug prices by 1,000%, 1,200%? Everyone is amazed...🙄
Far easier to make up numbers freehand to match whatever you want to say at the moment.
It's unconventional, to be sure, but who else could haver reduced drug prices by 1,000%, 1,200%? Everyone is amazed...🙄
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Data is a foreign concept to him.
Far easier to make up numbers freehand to match whatever you want to say at the moment.
It's unconventional, to be sure, but who else could haver reduced drug prices by 1,000%, 1,200%? Everyone is amazed...🙄
Far easier to make up numbers freehand to match whatever you want to say at the moment.
It's unconventional, to be sure, but who else could haver reduced drug prices by 1,000%, 1,200%? Everyone is amazed...🙄
This administration is a nail biting, neck and neck battle between:
Ignorance
Incompetence
Grift
Corruption
Venality
Stupidity & mental deterioration.
Which will eventually triumph?
Ignorance
Incompetence
Grift
Corruption
Venality
Stupidity & mental deterioration.
Which will eventually triumph?
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This administration is a nail biting, neck and neck battle between:
Ignorance
Incompetence
Grift
Corruption
Venality
Stupidity & mental deterioration.
Which will eventually triumph?
Ignorance
Incompetence
Grift
Corruption
Venality
Stupidity & mental deterioration.
Which will eventually triumph?
This thread offers a good explanation of the New World Order.
If he plays his role right, they might let him into the rich, powerful guy club:
bsky.app/profile/aben...
If he plays his role right, they might let him into the rich, powerful guy club:
bsky.app/profile/aben...
1/This week has seen a blitz of what looks like corruption sandals: Saudi development deals for US military tech, Pakistani payments to Trump insiders for tariff relief, Swiss gold bars for a trade deal. Far from a payoff, this is a reordering of internat'l system.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...
www.dropbox.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This thread offers a good explanation of the New World Order.
If he plays his role right, they might let him into the rich, powerful guy club:
bsky.app/profile/aben...
If he plays his role right, they might let him into the rich, powerful guy club:
bsky.app/profile/aben...
Bessent always looks to me to be profoundly uncomfortable, like a hostage forced to repeat a story line he doesn't believe or quite understand.
Yet he's there, presumably, of his own volition.
Yet he's there, presumably, of his own volition.
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Bessent always looks to me to be profoundly uncomfortable, like a hostage forced to repeat a story line he doesn't believe or quite understand.
Yet he's there, presumably, of his own volition.
Yet he's there, presumably, of his own volition.
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6/Neo-royalism asks what happens to international politics when small groups of hyper elites (royalist cliques) become the central actor in world politics rather than the state. In short, tribute/extraction and exceptionalism replace rules and sovereign equality. Its all about the squeeze.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
6/Neo-royalism asks what happens to international politics when small groups of hyper elites (royalist cliques) become the central actor in world politics rather than the state. In short, tribute/extraction and exceptionalism replace rules and sovereign equality. Its all about the squeeze.
Yeah, gaslighting is super cheap under this administration.
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Yeah, gaslighting is super cheap under this administration.
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Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
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Narcissistic rage is an intense, disproportionate outburst of anger or silence that occurs in individuals with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) when their self-esteem, grandiose self-image, or sense of superiority is perceived to be threatened search.brave.com/search?q=nar...
Narcissistic rage
Narcissistic rage is an intense, disproportionate outburst of anger or silence that occurs in individuals with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) when their self-esteem, grandiose self-image, or ...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Narcissistic rage is an intense, disproportionate outburst of anger or silence that occurs in individuals with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) when their self-esteem, grandiose self-image, or sense of superiority is perceived to be threatened search.brave.com/search?q=nar...