frz
@mtwfrsn.bsky.social
My dream is to one day own a pinball machine. Social distancing is my default setting. #eattherich
Formerly YEG, now CZNL
Formerly YEG, now CZNL
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this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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He took over a small antivaccine group he liked in 2015, turned it into his own propaganda & money-laundering org that became the biggest antivaxx source in the world and made him more than $20K/week. You have to be very intentionally stupid to think this started in 2020 or was ever about liberalism
June 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
He took over a small antivaccine group he liked in 2015, turned it into his own propaganda & money-laundering org that became the biggest antivaxx source in the world and made him more than $20K/week. You have to be very intentionally stupid to think this started in 2020 or was ever about liberalism
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one of my favorite tweets
June 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
one of my favorite tweets
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Fascism sets in EXACTLY like this. Days go by. Nothing improves. The people wait with bated breath for SOMETHING or SOMEONE to help. Court orders, but no enforcement. Time passes. We become desensitized. Life goes on. Rights are chipped away. Life goes on. People die. Life goes on.
May 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Fascism sets in EXACTLY like this. Days go by. Nothing improves. The people wait with bated breath for SOMETHING or SOMEONE to help. Court orders, but no enforcement. Time passes. We become desensitized. Life goes on. Rights are chipped away. Life goes on. People die. Life goes on.
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You might even say, the Oilers laid it on the line.
May 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
You might even say, the Oilers laid it on the line.
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i'm facing a trial for allegedly doing real journalism and this guy who posted CSAM with his own watermark on it is in the White House doing fake journalism
You may remember Dom Lucre from his previous work: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
April 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
i'm facing a trial for allegedly doing real journalism and this guy who posted CSAM with his own watermark on it is in the White House doing fake journalism
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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Masked men without identification abducting members of the population and throwing them into unmarked vans for non crimes
This is fascism in practice and deed.
This is fascism in practice and deed.
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Masked men without identification abducting members of the population and throwing them into unmarked vans for non crimes
This is fascism in practice and deed.
This is fascism in practice and deed.
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David Graeber (co-author of The Dawn of Everything): Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! “Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.” [theanarchistlibrary.org]
April 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
David Graeber (co-author of The Dawn of Everything): Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! “Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.” [theanarchistlibrary.org]
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they are busy insider trading
The President of the United States engaged in insider trading, and laughed about it.
He is not exempt from the law.
Where the fuck is Congress?
He is not exempt from the law.
Where the fuck is Congress?
April 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
they are busy insider trading
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DOGE should be a stand-in verb for "fucking things up."
Like, "they really DOGEd that one"
Like, "they really DOGEd that one"
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
April 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
DOGE should be a stand-in verb for "fucking things up."
Like, "they really DOGEd that one"
Like, "they really DOGEd that one"
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So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
www.cambridge.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
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Listen, I don't want to presume to be speaking for other people, but: If you are feeling overwhelmed by the stupidity, the chaos, the vile fanaticism, the immeasurable damage and suffering, the specter of global turmoil, just know that I am feeling that too. Because this is just an insane situation.
“While this is a tragedy, it’s also the new reality. We must respond with both purpose and force.”
This is obviously the correct – and only viable – response, and it is based on a clear-sighted analysis of what is happening. But what an absolute disaster this all is, on a global scale.
This is obviously the correct – and only viable – response, and it is based on a clear-sighted analysis of what is happening. But what an absolute disaster this all is, on a global scale.
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Listen, I don't want to presume to be speaking for other people, but: If you are feeling overwhelmed by the stupidity, the chaos, the vile fanaticism, the immeasurable damage and suffering, the specter of global turmoil, just know that I am feeling that too. Because this is just an insane situation.
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Someone tell Joe Rogan
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Someone tell Joe Rogan
lol, where are the standings in this stupid app
March 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
lol, where are the standings in this stupid app
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Every tax cut is a wealth transfer from the public to the private and until journalists write about tax cuts like this, we will continue to beg to be owned by corporate Canada.
Alberta gas prices jump ahead of carbon tax cut
https://globalnews.ca/video/11093405/alberta-gas-prices-jump-ahead-of-carbon-tax-cut
https://globalnews.ca/video/11093405/alberta-gas-prices-jump-ahead-of-carbon-tax-cut
Alberta gas prices jump ahead of carbon tax cut | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Alberta gas prices jump ahead of carbon tax cut Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
March 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Every tax cut is a wealth transfer from the public to the private and until journalists write about tax cuts like this, we will continue to beg to be owned by corporate Canada.
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I used to think Section 230 repeal could be a good way to rein in Meta and X. Then I read Mike Masnick conclusively write why that’s a terrible idea. Dem Senators should give him a read before messing around with something they really don’t understand.
Okay, I wrote a longer thing about @durbin.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov apparently wanting to hand Donald Trump a huge weapon with which to censor online speech.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics, a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate…
www.techdirt.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I used to think Section 230 repeal could be a good way to rein in Meta and X. Then I read Mike Masnick conclusively write why that’s a terrible idea. Dem Senators should give him a read before messing around with something they really don’t understand.
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An analysis of pop music’s greatest two-hit wonders. “Pop stars are remembered because they are very famous. One-hit wonders are remembered for the opposite. Two-hit wonders are stuck in the middle.” [cantgetmuchhigher.com]
March 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
An analysis of pop music’s greatest two-hit wonders. “Pop stars are remembered because they are very famous. One-hit wonders are remembered for the opposite. Two-hit wonders are stuck in the middle.” [cantgetmuchhigher.com]
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A really good discussion about why removing Section 230 would be extremely chilling to a lot of the internet communities, inarguably making them worse experiences and subject to the whims of bad actors.
I've seen this question come up a few times, and some of it is answered in this post from a few years ago, but let me try to answer @opinionhaver.bsky.social's question directly since he asks this every time 230 comes up.
www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/h...
www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/h...
March 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A really good discussion about why removing Section 230 would be extremely chilling to a lot of the internet communities, inarguably making them worse experiences and subject to the whims of bad actors.
Oilers are so bad at getting to pucks in front of the net. At both ends.
March 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Oilers are so bad at getting to pucks in front of the net. At both ends.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
Ban private equity!
Hudson’s Bay Plans to Liquidate Its Entire Business by June https://pxlnv.com/linklog/hudsons-bay-liquidation/
March 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Ban private equity!