rimidar
@rimidar.bsky.social
Colourful Australian racing identity. U-North Document Review Department. Ideological Sollist. Novice Hermeticist. Gnostic Catholic. Disillusioned liberal. He/him. Just trying to post through it all.
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This is why, when banks like JP Morgan complain that they're being made to hold too much capital in reserve in case of the next financial crisis, you should not take them seriously.
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Exxon-Mobil (current market cap): $488B
Norway GDP (2025 est): $517B
Dispersed by TARP to rescue the financial system (adjusted for inflation): $667B
Saudi Arabia GDP (2025 est): $1268B
Amount OpenAI is on the hook for that’ll ruin companies’ balance sheets if OpenAI can’t make good: $1400B
Norway GDP (2025 est): $517B
Dispersed by TARP to rescue the financial system (adjusted for inflation): $667B
Saudi Arabia GDP (2025 est): $1268B
Amount OpenAI is on the hook for that’ll ruin companies’ balance sheets if OpenAI can’t make good: $1400B
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This is why, when banks like JP Morgan complain that they're being made to hold too much capital in reserve in case of the next financial crisis, you should not take them seriously.
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Also a war crime doesn’t have to involve combatants. Killing civilians is a war crime too
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Also a war crime doesn’t have to involve combatants. Killing civilians is a war crime too
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It’s both. Morally, it’s just murder, of course. Legally, the issue is that it’s happening outside the US, so I’m not sure that the perpetrators can be charged under state or federal statute. I think UCMJ could be involved, as could international law and tribunals. Hence “war crime.”
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It’s both. Morally, it’s just murder, of course. Legally, the issue is that it’s happening outside the US, so I’m not sure that the perpetrators can be charged under state or federal statute. I think UCMJ could be involved, as could international law and tribunals. Hence “war crime.”
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one of the problems I have with Democrats (and other critics) labeling these "war crimes" is that it accepts the underlying claim that the people being murdered are enemy combatants. They're not! it's just murder!
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
one of the problems I have with Democrats (and other critics) labeling these "war crimes" is that it accepts the underlying claim that the people being murdered are enemy combatants. They're not! it's just murder!
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dems should start saying that presidential pardons dont apply to international war crimes and in fact implicate the president, no idea if thats true but they should start saying it
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
dems should start saying that presidential pardons dont apply to international war crimes and in fact implicate the president, no idea if thats true but they should start saying it
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If “The Canterbury Tales” were written today it would be called “The Airport Chili’s Bar Tales” and I think that’s beautiful
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If “The Canterbury Tales” were written today it would be called “The Airport Chili’s Bar Tales” and I think that’s beautiful
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I’m a lethal war fighter and it’s time for my chocolate milk before bed.
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’m a lethal war fighter and it’s time for my chocolate milk before bed.
Hegseth and MAGA default to presuming everybody else tends to false surrender and perfidy because they are decadent cowards. This is why they do the WARFIGHTER RARRRGGH cosplay.
Their war criminality is not by design or strategy. It is fundamentally who they are, deep down, at their rotten core.
Their war criminality is not by design or strategy. It is fundamentally who they are, deep down, at their rotten core.
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hegseth and MAGA default to presuming everybody else tends to false surrender and perfidy because they are decadent cowards. This is why they do the WARFIGHTER RARRRGGH cosplay.
Their war criminality is not by design or strategy. It is fundamentally who they are, deep down, at their rotten core.
Their war criminality is not by design or strategy. It is fundamentally who they are, deep down, at their rotten core.
Actual post-irony Horst-Wessel-Lied
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Actual post-irony Horst-Wessel-Lied
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This is not true. Musk is endorsing (again) a version of the white nationalist great replacement theory, as told by Stephen Miller.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is not true. Musk is endorsing (again) a version of the white nationalist great replacement theory, as told by Stephen Miller.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
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🇬🇧 "Rage bait", the slang term describing online content designed to elicit anger and drive internet traffic, has been crowned 2025 word of the year, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced Monday.
➡️ u.afp.com/Shbj
➡️ u.afp.com/Shbj
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇬🇧 "Rage bait", the slang term describing online content designed to elicit anger and drive internet traffic, has been crowned 2025 word of the year, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced Monday.
➡️ u.afp.com/Shbj
➡️ u.afp.com/Shbj
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Feeling some degree of pessimism about Things
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Feeling some degree of pessimism about Things
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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Can't believe there weren't budget lines called "woke nonsense" and "free stuff for scary immigrants" they could cut to fully fund the rest of government.
Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*.
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can't believe there weren't budget lines called "woke nonsense" and "free stuff for scary immigrants" they could cut to fully fund the rest of government.
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im not that great at pixel art but i wanted to throw my hat in the ring with making a sprite of my dess take (+ mini noelle) OG noelle is here for comparison. [reupload because i made a mistake]
July 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
im not that great at pixel art but i wanted to throw my hat in the ring with making a sprite of my dess take (+ mini noelle) OG noelle is here for comparison. [reupload because i made a mistake]
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July 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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So David Sacks is 100% doing some insanely illegal shit
the playbook used to be that the billionaire tech elite quietly hired law firms to send letters & make legal threats to prying reporters. now they boast about it publicly. they know exactly what they’re doing: trying to chill future scrutiny & intimidate journalists from digging into their dealings
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So David Sacks is 100% doing some insanely illegal shit
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If only I could've known at the time how lucky I was to be a member of the Class of '20.
Legit getting my college degree and my especially my Master's *right* before ChatGPT feels like taking the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975
i feel like having a college degree issued pre-ChatGPT and everyone collectively losing their minds is going to be worth significantly more than post-AllThat degrees
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If only I could've known at the time how lucky I was to be a member of the Class of '20.
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She's almost here ✨
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
She's almost here ✨
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Y’all say stuff like this but you have to remember that this is a completely legitimate question in my beat and there’s a not-insignificant chance that I’m the one who is going to end up having to do it
Eternal glory to the first White House reporter to ask Trump about the Nicene Creed
They seem nervous
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Y’all say stuff like this but you have to remember that this is a completely legitimate question in my beat and there’s a not-insignificant chance that I’m the one who is going to end up having to do it
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Helios - sun
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Helios - sun
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I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
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it is fucking unreal to sit with the fact that richard "lowtax" kyanka might be the most influential person of the last 50+ years
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
it is fucking unreal to sit with the fact that richard "lowtax" kyanka might be the most influential person of the last 50+ years
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you could make a very strong case that this one dipshit with fucking mangosteen-ass temper tantrums has sent us hurtling significantly faster towards not just world war 3, but the climate apocalypse and potential end of life on earth
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
you could make a very strong case that this one dipshit with fucking mangosteen-ass temper tantrums has sent us hurtling significantly faster towards not just world war 3, but the climate apocalypse and potential end of life on earth