John
@jcasey.bsky.social
Not the hero of the story, not a main character, just that guy in a Roland Emmerich film who looks up.
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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I know it likely does not need to be said, but with Trump's "quiet piggy!" moment its a good time to remind everyone that one common sign of dementia is people becoming crasser, ruder, and generally losing inhibitions about proper behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I know it likely does not need to be said, but with Trump's "quiet piggy!" moment its a good time to remind everyone that one common sign of dementia is people becoming crasser, ruder, and generally losing inhibitions about proper behavior.
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Quick, someone call Jake Tapper, surely as the leading authority on the mental acuity of our leaders he will be able to tell us if this is of some concern, assuming we’re not disrupting his extremely busy and important schedule of harassing Hunter Biden over the agonizing death of his brother
I know it likely does not need to be said, but with Trump's "quiet piggy!" moment its a good time to remind everyone that one common sign of dementia is people becoming crasser, ruder, and generally losing inhibitions about proper behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Quick, someone call Jake Tapper, surely as the leading authority on the mental acuity of our leaders he will be able to tell us if this is of some concern, assuming we’re not disrupting his extremely busy and important schedule of harassing Hunter Biden over the agonizing death of his brother
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The numbers tell the story.
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The numbers tell the story.
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Take your dragon out for a fly.
This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ...
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This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ...
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November 18, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Take your dragon out for a fly.
This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ...
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This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ...
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i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
i am going to continue to maintain that normal people hate this shit, and people will *especially* hate *this* shit
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For all of you struggling with drawing Frieren at a different angle, check this out.
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referenceangle.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
For all of you struggling with drawing Frieren at a different angle, check this out.
referenceangle.com
referenceangle.com
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This really is an administration of guys (and holy shit do I mean the most pathetic and insecure men) who have never been punched in the face
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This really is an administration of guys (and holy shit do I mean the most pathetic and insecure men) who have never been punched in the face
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
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Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
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We have an uninvited guest at tonight's Horus Heresy game... Phoebe is clearly some subterranean Old Night horror, hiding underneath the Imperialis Militia deployment zone.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We have an uninvited guest at tonight's Horus Heresy game... Phoebe is clearly some subterranean Old Night horror, hiding underneath the Imperialis Militia deployment zone.
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This is basically someone reciting a catechism. It's not true, and it's not even really intended to be true. It's dogma. It's scripture. It's holy writ. It is self-justifying. It has nothing to do with observable reality.
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is basically someone reciting a catechism. It's not true, and it's not even really intended to be true. It's dogma. It's scripture. It's holy writ. It is self-justifying. It has nothing to do with observable reality.
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senate brain has basically turned US governance into a nightmare, and no senator wants to fix this
This is basically someone reciting a catechism. It's not true, and it's not even really intended to be true. It's dogma. It's scripture. It's holy writ. It is self-justifying. It has nothing to do with observable reality.
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
senate brain has basically turned US governance into a nightmare, and no senator wants to fix this
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There it is. Ghouls. Ghouls manipulating ghouls. Ghouls protecting ghouls. Sick of ghouls.
Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There it is. Ghouls. Ghouls manipulating ghouls. Ghouls protecting ghouls. Sick of ghouls.
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i don't think it's a coicidence that a lot of the worst actors in this administration are under 40. more experienced/capable people would simply not be putting themselves in these kinds of damning and reputation destroying situations.
👀Fitzpatrick said Halligan made two apparent "fundamental misstatements of law" to the grand jury that could threaten the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
i don't think it's a coicidence that a lot of the worst actors in this administration are under 40. more experienced/capable people would simply not be putting themselves in these kinds of damning and reputation destroying situations.
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We don’t spend enough time talking about how massively increasing wealth inequality has insulated our oligarchic class not just from consequences but from reality, too. This is true whether we’re talking about Thiel ranting about the anti Christ of Summers trying to coerce a grad student.
Larry Summers was emailing with Jeffrey Epstein up until a day before he was arrested (again).
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We don’t spend enough time talking about how massively increasing wealth inequality has insulated our oligarchic class not just from consequences but from reality, too. This is true whether we’re talking about Thiel ranting about the anti Christ of Summers trying to coerce a grad student.
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professionalization is a load bearing component of liberal democracy ... many people are saying knightcolumbia.org/content/the-...
It is a strange time indeed, where I feel I have to stand up for the professions. I’m quite sympathetic to critiques of them, and that’s where most of my previous energy on the topic was spent. But their role is absolutely crucial www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
professionalization is a load bearing component of liberal democracy ... many people are saying knightcolumbia.org/content/the-...
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In a study by the University of Exeter, nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks were tagged to track their behaviour after being caught recreationally using the catch-and-release technique. The result: most sharks survived after being released.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fewer shark deaths when fishing guidelines followed - study
Researchers tagged sharks caught in England, Scotland and the Channel Islands for the project.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In a study by the University of Exeter, nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks were tagged to track their behaviour after being caught recreationally using the catch-and-release technique. The result: most sharks survived after being released.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Good morning with good news: India meets 50% renewables & nuclear capacity target 5 years early!
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good morning with good news: India meets 50% renewables & nuclear capacity target 5 years early!
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.
Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.
Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
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Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
Trump on Epstein Files: I don’t want to talk about it because fake news like you—you’re a terrible reporter—fake news like you just keeps bringing up to deflect from the tremendous success of The Trump Admin
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
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tfw when you're glad not just for the breakthrough but that it isn't dependent on us based research
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
tfw when you're glad not just for the breakthrough but that it isn't dependent on us based research
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morbidly sociologically curious about whether there's a relationship between this and the clustering of right wingers on Truth Social + exodus of libs and the left from Twitter, etc
“.. It's still overwhelmingly pro-Trump — but less relevant .. These days, MAGA can spend more time eating its own than feasting on liberals or establishment Republicans.”
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November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
morbidly sociologically curious about whether there's a relationship between this and the clustering of right wingers on Truth Social + exodus of libs and the left from Twitter, etc