Panem et Circenses
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“I’m sick of it but that doesn’t mean I get to stop living it” Hank Green
“I’m sick of it but that doesn’t mean I get to stop living it” Hank Green
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the fact that they are, what, meeting with individual reps (in the situation room??) to try to get their names off the petition strongly implies that there is still more, worse shit than this, right?
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
the fact that they are, what, meeting with individual reps (in the situation room??) to try to get their names off the petition strongly implies that there is still more, worse shit than this, right?
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Well well well if it isn't the thing I have been talking about all week. If ice will not identify themselves how do we know that they are actually real ice agents? How can we possibly be resisting arrest when we believe we are trying to escape a kidnapping by masked and identified men w/o warrants?
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Well well well if it isn't the thing I have been talking about all week. If ice will not identify themselves how do we know that they are actually real ice agents? How can we possibly be resisting arrest when we believe we are trying to escape a kidnapping by masked and identified men w/o warrants?
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"There are now more private equity firms in America than there are McDonalds."
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"There are now more private equity firms in America than there are McDonalds."
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
A great explainer about why 99% of us feel crushed by inflation and crashing job markets while the on-paper economy and stock markets continue to grow.
youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...
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We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞
@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞
@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
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We couldn’t possibly be in a worse information environment for what’s happening. Which is probably, in part, why it’s happening.
September 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We couldn’t possibly be in a worse information environment for what’s happening. Which is probably, in part, why it’s happening.
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Remember, using ChatGPT to make fun of how wrong it gets things still adds to the user statistics
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Remember, using ChatGPT to make fun of how wrong it gets things still adds to the user statistics
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re-upping this one
it's so cool that everyone has just completely forgotten that the President doesn't have any legal authority to set US tariff rates
we're like six months into an illegal tax regime being set by imperial decree and everyone's treating it like a totally legitimate thing
we're like six months into an illegal tax regime being set by imperial decree and everyone's treating it like a totally legitimate thing
July 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
re-upping this one
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I’m going to say this again
The president is taxing American consumers to try to do a favor for one of his political allies
The president is taxing American consumers to try to do a favor for one of his political allies
As usual, I think Brian is right about Brazil. Its economy isn’t very reliant on exports to the US, its judiciary operates quite independently of politics and Lula will be eager to stand up to a foreign bully. Brazil already trades more with China than with the US; tariffs deepen that relationship.
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’m going to say this again
The president is taxing American consumers to try to do a favor for one of his political allies
The president is taxing American consumers to try to do a favor for one of his political allies
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The US dollar has — thus far — put in this century's worst performance:
June 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The US dollar has — thus far — put in this century's worst performance:
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The Trump administration has officially begun meddling in reports it doesn’t like.
https://trib.al/r5SNdSA
https://trib.al/r5SNdSA
June 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Trump administration has officially begun meddling in reports it doesn’t like.
https://trib.al/r5SNdSA
https://trib.al/r5SNdSA
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Two years ago, my amazing big brother Niall walked the length of New Zealand to raise money to build an eye clinic in north-west Tanzania. This summer he's walking Lands End to John O'Groats to raise money to equip the clinic. His journey started this week:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0A...
Lands End to John O’Groats Intro
YouTube video by Niall McCormack Land’s End-John O’Groats Te Araroa
www.youtube.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Two years ago, my amazing big brother Niall walked the length of New Zealand to raise money to build an eye clinic in north-west Tanzania. This summer he's walking Lands End to John O'Groats to raise money to equip the clinic. His journey started this week:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT0A...
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It would be great if you subscribed to his YouTube channel. He doesn't mind if you don't watch the videos, but letting them run to the end helps: "let them play while you make a cup of tea"!
And if you can, do chuck a few pennies his way.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
And if you can, do chuck a few pennies his way.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £5000 to support Eye Care for Africa in their life changing work in East Africa. – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support Eye Care for Africa in their life changing work in East Africa.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
It would be great if you subscribed to his YouTube channel. He doesn't mind if you don't watch the videos, but letting them run to the end helps: "let them play while you make a cup of tea"!
And if you can, do chuck a few pennies his way.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
And if you can, do chuck a few pennies his way.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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A useful way to think about his tanking poll numbers is that they would be far worse if more people knew what he is doing
April 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A useful way to think about his tanking poll numbers is that they would be far worse if more people knew what he is doing
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I don’t understand how we so quickly forgot the supply shock lessons of Covid. Do people not remember what it was like to just not be able to get ahold of stuff required for daily existence?
I am telling you, manufacturers that can’t absorb these tariffs are going to simply stop assembly lines.
I am telling you, manufacturers that can’t absorb these tariffs are going to simply stop assembly lines.
April 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I don’t understand how we so quickly forgot the supply shock lessons of Covid. Do people not remember what it was like to just not be able to get ahold of stuff required for daily existence?
I am telling you, manufacturers that can’t absorb these tariffs are going to simply stop assembly lines.
I am telling you, manufacturers that can’t absorb these tariffs are going to simply stop assembly lines.
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The rare earth metal controls directly impact any ability for US high-tech companies to switch to domestic production.
Like, this is incomprehensibly bad for the US... and a completely predictable result of Trump's tariffs.
Like, this is incomprehensibly bad for the US... and a completely predictable result of Trump's tariffs.
More responses from China:
* export controls on rare earth metals used for tech, so can’t be sent to the US
* 16 US entities placed on the export control list
* 11 foreign entities placed on its ‘unreliable entity’ list so China can take punitive action against them.
* export controls on rare earth metals used for tech, so can’t be sent to the US
* 16 US entities placed on the export control list
* 11 foreign entities placed on its ‘unreliable entity’ list so China can take punitive action against them.
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The rare earth metal controls directly impact any ability for US high-tech companies to switch to domestic production.
Like, this is incomprehensibly bad for the US... and a completely predictable result of Trump's tariffs.
Like, this is incomprehensibly bad for the US... and a completely predictable result of Trump's tariffs.
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Um — Trump just turned over management of our 🇺🇸 strategic petroleum reserve to a mystery company, who will get $1.4 billion to run it? 🤔
www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...
www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Um — Trump just turned over management of our 🇺🇸 strategic petroleum reserve to a mystery company, who will get $1.4 billion to run it? 🤔
www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...
www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...
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I did not make this and don't know who did, all the same - lmao
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I did not make this and don't know who did, all the same - lmao
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One part of this EO that hasn't received as much notice yet, is that it charges DOGE aka Elon Musk with reviewing Americans' voter registration status and how states maintain their voter registration rolls. Can't even put into words how scary that is...
The Trump Administration thinks only Americans who have a passport should vote. The President doesn’t get to pick which eligible American citizens have the right to vote & 146 million citizens don't have a passport. This is desperate theater and an attempt to distract from their latest failings 👊 🇺🇸🔥
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
March 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
One part of this EO that hasn't received as much notice yet, is that it charges DOGE aka Elon Musk with reviewing Americans' voter registration status and how states maintain their voter registration rolls. Can't even put into words how scary that is...
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More on Trump’s unconstitutional voting EO yesterday that would essentially allow only citizens who travel internally, aka who have a passport, to vote. 146 million Americans don’t have a passport & it’s red + rural states where passport ownership is low. In WV 80% of citizens DON’T have a passport.
March 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
More on Trump’s unconstitutional voting EO yesterday that would essentially allow only citizens who travel internally, aka who have a passport, to vote. 146 million Americans don’t have a passport & it’s red + rural states where passport ownership is low. In WV 80% of citizens DON’T have a passport.
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Here is the 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecast and the regions of the US facing the biggest risk
Here is the 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecast and the regions of the US facing the biggest risk
Forecasters predict between three and six direct impacts to the US this season
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Here is the 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecast and the regions of the US facing the biggest risk
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"Most people, including a lot of journalists, don’t understand what an executive order even is. It’s not a law or even a quasi-law. An executive order is really just a memo from the president to his staff..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Most people, including a lot of journalists, don’t understand what an executive order even is. It’s not a law or even a quasi-law. An executive order is really just a memo from the president to his staff..."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...
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(WaPo) - The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts ..
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
March 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
(WaPo) - The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts ..
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...