Justin Schardin
@jschardin.bsky.social
VP, Financial Services @ CFRA Washington Analysis. Longtime DC finreg and econ policy guy; history buff, tortured MN sports fan, Fargo native. #Timberwolves; opinions my own
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I spoke with BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg about his wonderful new Netflix comedy Long Story Short, which tells the story of a Jewish-American family throughout different stages of their lives:
How the 'BoJack Horseman' creator got real with 'Long Story Short'
Raphael Bob-Waksberg breaks down his Netflix animated comedy about a Jewish-American family
www.whatsalanwatching.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I spoke with BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg about his wonderful new Netflix comedy Long Story Short, which tells the story of a Jewish-American family throughout different stages of their lives:
Love this idea.
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Love this idea.
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Uzbekistan's GDP is just above $100B so, no. What would be amazing is if they agreed to invest 35 billion Uzbeki Som, about $3 million, and the negotiators just missed it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Uzbekistan's GDP is just above $100B so, no. What would be amazing is if they agreed to invest 35 billion Uzbeki Som, about $3 million, and the negotiators just missed it.
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geddy lee claps for the blue jays in 7/4 time
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
geddy lee claps for the blue jays in 7/4 time
Fed looking at cutting 30% of supervisory jobs, changing name of supervision vision to the "business enablement group".
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
Federal Reserve to Reduce Bank Supervision Staff by 30%
The reductions would leave the Fed’s supervision and regulation division with about 350 people.
www.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fed looking at cutting 30% of supervisory jobs, changing name of supervision vision to the "business enablement group".
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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I love strange bedfellows votes.
14 senators voted for Rand Paul's "End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailouts" amendment to the NDAA:
Cantwell
Durbin
Hawley
Lee
Lummis
Markey
Marshall
Merkley
Murphy
Paul
Sanders
Scott
Warren
Welch
14 senators voted for Rand Paul's "End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailouts" amendment to the NDAA:
Cantwell
Durbin
Hawley
Lee
Lummis
Markey
Marshall
Merkley
Murphy
Paul
Sanders
Scott
Warren
Welch
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I love strange bedfellows votes.
14 senators voted for Rand Paul's "End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailouts" amendment to the NDAA:
Cantwell
Durbin
Hawley
Lee
Lummis
Markey
Marshall
Merkley
Murphy
Paul
Sanders
Scott
Warren
Welch
14 senators voted for Rand Paul's "End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailouts" amendment to the NDAA:
Cantwell
Durbin
Hawley
Lee
Lummis
Markey
Marshall
Merkley
Murphy
Paul
Sanders
Scott
Warren
Welch
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Pre-season is a great time to remind NBA announcers that it hasn’t been T-Wolves in about 25 years. Just saw the whole name.
See also: Anthony Edwards or Ant. Never Ant Edwards.
Also, JMac was Jordan McLaughlin. Jaden is McDaniels. Or Jaden. Or Slim.
Also, NAZ REID
See also: Anthony Edwards or Ant. Never Ant Edwards.
Also, JMac was Jordan McLaughlin. Jaden is McDaniels. Or Jaden. Or Slim.
Also, NAZ REID
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Pre-season is a great time to remind NBA announcers that it hasn’t been T-Wolves in about 25 years. Just saw the whole name.
See also: Anthony Edwards or Ant. Never Ant Edwards.
Also, JMac was Jordan McLaughlin. Jaden is McDaniels. Or Jaden. Or Slim.
Also, NAZ REID
See also: Anthony Edwards or Ant. Never Ant Edwards.
Also, JMac was Jordan McLaughlin. Jaden is McDaniels. Or Jaden. Or Slim.
Also, NAZ REID
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I FOIA'd the FTC for consumer complaints about crypto scammers who pretend to be Elon Musk.
People are cashing out their retirement accounts and losing ridiculous sums of money.
People are cashing out their retirement accounts and losing ridiculous sums of money.
Elon Musk Fans Are Still Losing Ridiculous Amounts of Money to Crypto Scams
gizmodo.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I FOIA'd the FTC for consumer complaints about crypto scammers who pretend to be Elon Musk.
People are cashing out their retirement accounts and losing ridiculous sums of money.
People are cashing out their retirement accounts and losing ridiculous sums of money.
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21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
It’s that time of year again, when classic rock stations around the country transition from Zeptember to Rocktober.
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It’s that time of year again, when classic rock stations around the country transition from Zeptember to Rocktober.
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I have no evidence for this so take it with a thousand grains of salt, but we know prominent online influencers are frequently radicalized by their own audience and if that audience is largely bot networks, we need to consider which is the cart and which is the horse.
I'm not sure "driven by bots" is the most accurate way to describe these results. The Cracker Barrel boycott was very openly launched and amplified by prominent conservative influencers like Chris Rufo. Bots may have latched onto it afterwards but it was organic far-right derangement.
September 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I have no evidence for this so take it with a thousand grains of salt, but we know prominent online influencers are frequently radicalized by their own audience and if that audience is largely bot networks, we need to consider which is the cart and which is the horse.
This game…what a turnaround for the Vikings’ offense and JJ McCarthy.
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This game…what a turnaround for the Vikings’ offense and JJ McCarthy.
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I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
Senate Banking Committee announces it will vote on Stephen Miran's nomination to the Fed on Wednesday morning. He is on track for confirmation before next Wednesday's FOMC meeting.
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Senate Banking Committee announces it will vote on Stephen Miran's nomination to the Fed on Wednesday morning. He is on track for confirmation before next Wednesday's FOMC meeting.
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“I lied, put your clothes back on, we’re playing the Bay Area Regional Planner board game”
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“I lied, put your clothes back on, we’re playing the Bay Area Regional Planner board game”
"The headline finding was not about cybersecurity or payment glitches. It was about oversight itself: the [FDIC's] struggle to keep pace with the sprawling network of third-party firms that now run much of banks’ technology, payments and data infrastructure."
www.pymnts.com/bank-regulat...
www.pymnts.com/bank-regulat...
www.pymnts.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"The headline finding was not about cybersecurity or payment glitches. It was about oversight itself: the [FDIC's] struggle to keep pace with the sprawling network of third-party firms that now run much of banks’ technology, payments and data infrastructure."
www.pymnts.com/bank-regulat...
www.pymnts.com/bank-regulat...
The Fed will sunset its supervisory program focused on crypto and fintech.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Federal Reserve Board announces it will sunset its novel activities supervision program and return to monitoring banks' novel activities through the normal supervisory process
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that it will sunset its novel activities supervision program and return to monitoring banks' novel activities thr
www.federalreserve.gov
August 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Fed will sunset its supervisory program focused on crypto and fintech.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
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"The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate, report and publish at least once per month full and complete statistics on the volume of and changes in employment, as indicated by the number of people employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of employment."
US law--1913, 1930
US law--1913, 1930
August 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate, report and publish at least once per month full and complete statistics on the volume of and changes in employment, as indicated by the number of people employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of employment."
US law--1913, 1930
US law--1913, 1930
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reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland