Rob Azevedo
rgazevedo.bsky.social
Rob Azevedo
@rgazevedo.bsky.social
This article is a good reminder that we can slow down and smell the roses, as it were. Enjoy people, disconnect from the various digital feeds, at least for a time. Be with others. Find time to be with yourself.
#unplug #physicalhobbies #timeforchange

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Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes — 404 Media
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks. Whenever I tell people I’m getting back into tapes, their faces immediately light up. There’s a genuine...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Once, maybe a bruise. But multiple times? Sure looks like someone is getting intravenous treatment.
#releasethemedicalrecords #releasetheepsteinfiles
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Sooo, Uhhh, Here's What Trump's Hand Looked Like Every Day This Week — BuzzFeed
It's kind of like Spotify Wrapped but for Trump's hand.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It has not been a US position that possession or distribution of drugs is a crime warranting the death penalty (prison, yes). But here we are with #republicants saying exactly this to justify a second strike on survivors. They are on the wrong side of history.

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Lawmakers split along party lines after viewing Caribbean strike video — Reuters
U.S. lawmakers split along party lines after being briefed on Thursday on a strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, with Democrats saying they were horrified by a video showing survivor...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Scientists should consider the impact of all the hot air coming out of DC from the present administration on New England temperatures.
#climatechangeisreal #youcantdenyyourwayoutofit
(No comments that DC is actually in the Mid-Atlantic)
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New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds — Guardian US
Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A realistic description of the inflation situation and probable paths. No magical drops in prices, no $1/gal gasoline. Increased wages at the lower end need to be part of the solution. apple.news/Ak9-QMBqSRGm...
Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do — The Washington Post
Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there’s a bigger downside to falling prices.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Expert in robotics calls out #felonmusk on his latest stock hype. It’s why he and Trump get along: conmen partners in crime. Both supported by too many who see the illusion but look the other way because they are making money at the moment. apple.news/A4eOuOF5qTjW...
iRobot Co-Founder Calls Out Elon Musk's Optimus Robot 'Fantasy' — SlashGear
Elon Musk seems to think Optimus will be a hit with consumers, and claimed it will claim much of Tesla's stock value.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We need voices to continue to protest the #doublespeak of this administration else we fall into #nineteeneightyfour
Vaccines save lives.
RFKJr is a dangerous whack. Compel your congressperson to act.
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Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism — STAT
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do not cause autism, over the objections of career staff and counter to years of sci...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is cruel. Why fight this so hard? Once the shutdown is over, these benefits will start again. But in the meantime, poor go hungry rather than have Trump negotiate a deal. I thought that was his wheelhouse. Where is the great negotiator?

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USDA says states must
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Cool, cool. Now when are we going to celebrate Anti-Totalitarianism? #theywontgetit #upisdown
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#felonmusk: “My friend Peter Thiel, you know, once reflected that the future was supposed to have flying cars, but we don’t have flying cars.”
Yeah, we all watched the Jetsons and Blade Runner. Flying cars are prompted by large cities and pollution. #whatatool
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Bank of America sounds alarm on Tesla’s problem — TheStreet
Here’s what could be next for Tesla stock.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Did he remember to include file cabinets in the bathroom? #presidenttaco was a fan of storing classified documents in his bathroom at Mar-a-Lago..
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The constitution is due for an update. Current times shows its fragility. Founding Fathers understood two party control circumvented their checks. And they continue to chip away at the foundation. apple.news/AEFWeLTUAT2m...
Trump Urges Republicans to End the Filibuster to Reopen Government — The Wall Street Journal
GOP senators, including Majority Leader Thune, have defended the 60-vote requirement for legislation
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October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It’s pretty simple. When you are truly pro-life around all aspects (food, education, mother’s health and flexibility at work), you end up with more life.
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The Real Way to Boost Birth Rates — TIME
Politicians need to make parenting more affordable and more compatible with working life, writes Stephanie Psaki.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sam Altman was able to recruit initial talent with the (predictable) lie that the research would remain open (hence the OpenAI name). But greed has no limit. apple.news/A7YCkyp98TyG...
OpenAI Ditches the 'Non' in 'Non-Profit' — Gizmodo
The old OpenAI is dead. Now to Figure Out the Profit Part.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Of course he would: apple.news/AWYHHCbR1SgK...
#presidenttaco is the dumbest president of my lifetime. No wonder the Project 2025 crowd assumed they could manipulate #putinspuppet
Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results — People
The president predicted that Democratic Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam
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October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.
Drone photo winners will amaze your eyeballs: From a high-up horseman to a holy river
The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An important message: it’s your role to shape, not to follow. And an important part is for male partners to bend their roles as well so both of you find the balance that supports everyone in the family (you can cook and clean too, you know). apple.news/AxGgAsrhaShu...
Girl boss or tradwife? An economist on how a workforce built for men has failed women — Guardian US
In her new book Having it All, Corinne Low outlines how stubborn expectations around work and home fail to accommodate working women
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October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Love him or hate him, he understands the way the game is played now and he's playing it better than anyone else.

Call ‘em out Newsom!!
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sure Democrats are hypocritical. But #republicants only learn empathy by personal experience. The irony is a constant cacophony. apple.news/AM4RwX9cXRWa...
Can we find a party of adults to run this country?
Conservative Personality Tomi Lahren Criticized Trump's Latest Idea, And People Are Like,
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October 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Recalling this based on the latest GDP numbers: company invests in customer to buy more of its own products: apple.news/AuCLvEWW1RBS...
#aibubble #wakeupinvestors
The economy is otherwise flat. GPUs were preferred b/c CPUs were too general (inefficient). Google has TPUs; GPU replacement coming.
Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of data center buildout — CNBC
In an interview with CNBC, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said his company's project with OpenAI is equivalent to between 4 million and 5 million GPUs.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Remember when MAGA was tired of Democrats and old-school Republicans were just lying to them. They didn’t understand the economic realities. The #republicants and #cheetoinchief are doing the same saying the economy is booming while mom and pop businesses struggle. Wake up apple.news/AGdNEeKvFREq...
AI spending is boosting the economy, but many businesses are in survival mode — CNBC
As AI lifts the economy and stock market, businesses in retail, travel and construction are struggling with high costs and a downbeat consumer.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ironic to put this administration’s policies (tariffs in this case) in their place using Reagan’s own words. But it is true the #republicants have turned on their supposed core beliefs. apple.news/AXCXJfyfRRT6...
Trump terminates Canada trade talks again after Ontario runs ad featuring Reagan — NBC News
Trump's announcement came after the Canadian province began running a TV ad that features a speech by Ronald Reagan.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This article is spot on about the false narrative of #felonmusk and the other #techbros who say there is no stop to the technology but also no ideas on how to reign the impact in because they can’t see past their own greed (looking at you, Sam Altman). apple.news/AQ72gHcHzQki...
Elon Musk Doesn't Give a Fuck About Poverty — Gizmodo
The former head of DOGE says he wants to
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October 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM