Peter Zaback
@pzaback.bsky.social
Lol
lol at Matt Yglesias forgetting to switch to his sock puppet account
April 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Lol
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Good timing here:
ALL TRUMP HAS TO DO IS SNAP HIS FINGERS
I wrote about what we could go back to if Trump just snapped his fingers right now.
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I wrote about what we could go back to if Trump just snapped his fingers right now.
Sub to the Odd Lots newsletter right here: www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
April 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Good timing here:
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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People LOVED their factory jobs back in the 60s / 70s.
That's why there were so many songs about how they wanted to stay on the production line for all time and never, ever leave their hometown.
That's why there were so many songs about how they wanted to stay on the production line for all time and never, ever leave their hometown.
April 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
People LOVED their factory jobs back in the 60s / 70s.
That's why there were so many songs about how they wanted to stay on the production line for all time and never, ever leave their hometown.
That's why there were so many songs about how they wanted to stay on the production line for all time and never, ever leave their hometown.
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The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Chuck Schumer
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April 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Chuck Schumer
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grocery store is ripping me off. it should be buying an equal amount of stuff from me as I buy from it
April 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
grocery store is ripping me off. it should be buying an equal amount of stuff from me as I buy from it
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I can’t compete with this
April 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I can’t compete with this
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Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index for March comes in at -16.3 vs -5.0 expected and -8.3 in Feb. And now for the comments section.
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
![Miscellaneous manufacturing
We are currently working to expand production efforts in Texas. It is very costly and only getting more expensive. We have a long road ahead before we see it having a positive ROI [return on investment].
Raw materials metals prices are surging. Continued uncertainty due to Trump tariffs and chaotic economic and immigration policy is putting downward expectations for sales beyond March 2025. Forty-six percent of our sales are in automotive OEM [original equipment manufacturer], and of that, most parts are shipped to Mexico for further assembly. If tariffs remain in place for a prolonged period of time, the automotive part of our business may dwindle further.
Tariffs [are an issue affecting our business].
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
Tariffs! We need to make decisions, but the ball is constantly moving. This is truly ridiculous. I have been in business for 50 years as of next year, and never have I seen such uncertainty in the market. It is very difficult to plan and make decisions.
Paper manufacturing
It has been very slow since Jan. 2, and there is continuing slowness that is starting to look longer term. We are starting to plan accordingly.
Primary metal manufacturing
My company is the beneficiary of steel tariffs, which should, but has not yet, create a tailwind for a short time until our customers adjust to tariff-induced higher prices.
Printing and related support activities
The craziness over tariffs is very painful as I'm confident this is a reason for a general malaise we are sensing in our customers. If not for some specific work we do this time of year, we would be stupid slow and in stark contrast to where we were 12 months ago. I'm very worried about what the next six to 12 months will look like, especially if these goofy tariffs become a reality.
Uncertainty due to tariffs is the wild card. Imports from Mexico and Canada are vital to the business and the industry. U.S. suppliers cannot supply quantities required. …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreicvkbutwycvyhlk2xuioffuo7hzfk26guhk23ypmpuawccoryfdz4@jpeg)
March 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index for March comes in at -16.3 vs -5.0 expected and -8.3 in Feb. And now for the comments section.
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
Must read, and I especially wish conservatives I once considered friends would do so
March 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Must read, and I especially wish conservatives I once considered friends would do so
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"The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions - even when that is exactly what they have announced they will do."
- Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
- Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Folks, this is a scam.
The GOP is helping Elon Musk and his friends loot the federal government and give themselves billions in federal contracts—and then wants to give them permanent tax breaks on the back end by cutting critical programs.
Let's call it what it is: a scam on the American people.
The GOP is helping Elon Musk and his friends loot the federal government and give themselves billions in federal contracts—and then wants to give them permanent tax breaks on the back end by cutting critical programs.
Let's call it what it is: a scam on the American people.
March 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions - even when that is exactly what they have announced they will do."
- Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
- Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
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A recent Nature poll has found that 75% of researchers surveyed are considering leaving the United States for jobs abroad, with a higher percentage among early-career researchers.
Many are actively looking for jobs in Canada and Europe.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Many are actively looking for jobs in Canada and Europe.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A recent Nature poll has found that 75% of researchers surveyed are considering leaving the United States for jobs abroad, with a higher percentage among early-career researchers.
Many are actively looking for jobs in Canada and Europe.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Many are actively looking for jobs in Canada and Europe.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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Presidential Pardons don't cover crimes tried at the Hague just saying
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Presidential Pardons don't cover crimes tried at the Hague just saying
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this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news
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Are you a US scientist thinking of quitting the States for Europe? Would you be willing to talk about it — anonymity is possible? Send me a DM.
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
March 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Are you a US scientist thinking of quitting the States for Europe? Would you be willing to talk about it — anonymity is possible? Send me a DM.
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
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Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
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If Trump is serious about shrinking the trade deficit, he should start with changing the rules that allow US multinationals to sidestep taxes at home.
@jonathanjlevin.bsky.social explains 🇮🇪🎥
@jonathanjlevin.bsky.social explains 🇮🇪🎥
March 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If Trump is serious about shrinking the trade deficit, he should start with changing the rules that allow US multinationals to sidestep taxes at home.
@jonathanjlevin.bsky.social explains 🇮🇪🎥
@jonathanjlevin.bsky.social explains 🇮🇪🎥
So uh... what's gonna replace the Democratic Party because fuck this
March 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So uh... what's gonna replace the Democratic Party because fuck this
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Many people drawn to Gavin Newsom's debut podcast episode will never have heard of Charlie Kirk. So it opens a door to radicalization by putting extremist ideas into the minds of people who otherwise wouldn't hear them. Most listeners will reject them, but a few will be intrigued.
"The first guest on Gavin Newsom's podcast was Charlie Kirk" is more than enough for me to say "absolutely not" to any suggestion Newsom play any role in the future of the Democratic Party. People like him are the past, the failures, the ones who got us here.
Gavin Newsom would have put down the Bell Riots with tanks and napalm I can tell you that much
March 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Many people drawn to Gavin Newsom's debut podcast episode will never have heard of Charlie Kirk. So it opens a door to radicalization by putting extremist ideas into the minds of people who otherwise wouldn't hear them. Most listeners will reject them, but a few will be intrigued.
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"The first guest on Gavin Newsom's podcast was Charlie Kirk" is more than enough for me to say "absolutely not" to any suggestion Newsom play any role in the future of the Democratic Party. People like him are the past, the failures, the ones who got us here.
Gavin Newsom would have put down the Bell Riots with tanks and napalm I can tell you that much
March 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"The first guest on Gavin Newsom's podcast was Charlie Kirk" is more than enough for me to say "absolutely not" to any suggestion Newsom play any role in the future of the Democratic Party. People like him are the past, the failures, the ones who got us here.
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I wrote about a major moderation change that Reddit announced last week, its immediate effect on the site's already-suppressed discussions around Luigi Mangione, and the backstory that involves Elon Musk, anti-Palestinian conspiracies, and right-wing tech media: slate.com/technology/2...
Why Elon Musk Is Attacking a Website That Used to Adore Him
The website is attacking the users that made it the front page of the internet.
slate.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I wrote about a major moderation change that Reddit announced last week, its immediate effect on the site's already-suppressed discussions around Luigi Mangione, and the backstory that involves Elon Musk, anti-Palestinian conspiracies, and right-wing tech media: slate.com/technology/2...
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Both Sandler and Bauman are no longer alive and hence can not possibly be involved. They do share one cultural characteristic with George Soros, however, which surely wasn’t on Musk’s mind when he wrote this.
Musk is blaming "Herbert Sandler," among others, for secretly financing the protests and Tesla dealerships over the last few weeks.
Sandler died in 2019.
Sandler died in 2019.
March 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Both Sandler and Bauman are no longer alive and hence can not possibly be involved. They do share one cultural characteristic with George Soros, however, which surely wasn’t on Musk’s mind when he wrote this.
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