kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
“The only bar I ever passed….”
a man is playing pool in a black and white photo .
Alt: Short movie clip of a tipsy (what else?) W.C. Fields having some trouble with a pool cue
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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“The only bar I ever passed….”
Yeah, not really interested in taking any book recommendations from this guy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yeah, not really interested in taking any book recommendations from this guy.
The Buddhists have a concept that describes this particular hell occupied by our greediest oligarchs: the realm of “hungry ghosts” - where all appetites are bottomless & too much is never enough.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Buddhists have a concept that describes this particular hell occupied by our greediest oligarchs: the realm of “hungry ghosts” - where all appetites are bottomless & too much is never enough.
Reposted by kentropic
Insurance operates via risk pools to smooth out the cost of providing coverage. An individual "negotiating" with an insurance company will be assumed to be high risk, and premiums will be astronomically high. The reason why the marketplaces exist is to create risk pools that smooth out premium costs
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Insurance operates via risk pools to smooth out the cost of providing coverage. An individual "negotiating" with an insurance company will be assumed to be high risk, and premiums will be astronomically high. The reason why the marketplaces exist is to create risk pools that smooth out premium costs
Privatize the profits, socialize the costs - same as it ever was in our return to peak Gilded Age economy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Privatize the profits, socialize the costs - same as it ever was in our return to peak Gilded Age economy.
Elmo just wants to be Brad Pitt in a short tunic swinging a bloody sword.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Elmo just wants to be Brad Pitt in a short tunic swinging a bloody sword.
The most cursory possible search blows Grok’s racist sophistry sky-high
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The most cursory possible search blows Grok’s racist sophistry sky-high
Ah, well, with financial understanding like that, now I understand how this guy could bankrupt even a casino.
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ah, well, with financial understanding like that, now I understand how this guy could bankrupt even a casino.