Smorgasborder
@smorgasborder.bsky.social
Pseudonymous hedge wizard. Winner of the 2012 Doberman Prize for Inconsequential Findings.
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This is the Will McPhail print I own. Parents will get it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is the Will McPhail print I own. Parents will get it.
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I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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All executions are inhumane. And the death penalty should be outlawed.
The dissent here in discussing “the barest form of mercy” clearly highlights the inhumanity of all executions.
The dissent here in discussing “the barest form of mercy” clearly highlights the inhumanity of all executions.
#SCOTUS denies a stay of execution to Alabama death-row prisoner Anthony Boyd, over *quite* a dissent from the three Democratic appointees, written by Justice Sotomayor, about the problems with nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
All executions are inhumane. And the death penalty should be outlawed.
The dissent here in discussing “the barest form of mercy” clearly highlights the inhumanity of all executions.
The dissent here in discussing “the barest form of mercy” clearly highlights the inhumanity of all executions.
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Nothing’s funny anymore, but “23% of Americans yearn for the White House East Wing to be demolished” is sort of funny.
“YouGov polling conducted Tuesday found that 53 percent opposed demolishing part of the East Wing, 23 percent supported it and the remainder were unsure.”
this article gets to some of the questions I've had about this www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nothing’s funny anymore, but “23% of Americans yearn for the White House East Wing to be demolished” is sort of funny.
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This fantastic map by Francis Galton shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This fantastic map by Francis Galton shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881.
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They've only bin and gorn and bloody done it.
Epitaph on a Tyrant
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
Epitaph on a Tyrant
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
Hats off to whoever at TFL decides which poem is having its moment
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
They've only bin and gorn and bloody done it.
Epitaph on a Tyrant
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
Epitaph on a Tyrant
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
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Stephen Miller explodes on Hannity when asked about JB Pritzker: ‘You can’t love your country and then fight President Trump’
Stephen Miller explodes on Hannity when asked about JB Pritzker
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Stephen Miller explodes on Hannity when asked about JB Pritzker: ‘You can’t love your country and then fight President Trump’
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In 2013, one of the biggest political scandals involved claims from right-leaning groups that the IRS was discriminating against them. (Read about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_tar...)
Now, Trump is preparing to weaponize the IRS to pursue left-leaning groups:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Now, Trump is preparing to weaponize the IRS to pursue left-leaning groups:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
In 2013, one of the biggest political scandals involved claims from right-leaning groups that the IRS was discriminating against them. (Read about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_tar...)
Now, Trump is preparing to weaponize the IRS to pursue left-leaning groups:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Now, Trump is preparing to weaponize the IRS to pursue left-leaning groups:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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My approach to this is to think about where all the atoms in my body came from, and how long they’ve existed, and that the atoms I currently animate will go right on existing after my consciousness gives them up. We are all one thing
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My approach to this is to think about where all the atoms in my body came from, and how long they’ve existed, and that the atoms I currently animate will go right on existing after my consciousness gives them up. We are all one thing
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Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.
Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?
Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?
October 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.
Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?
Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?
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Why go to Greece when you can simply slap yourself?
"Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by that is shaped like Italy?"
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Why go to Greece when you can simply slap yourself?
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Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.
IG risolve
IG risolve
July 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.
IG risolve
IG risolve
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Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad
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[13 year old watching geordi and data work with the computer to fix a warp core malfunction] oh so they're prompt engineers
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
[13 year old watching geordi and data work with the computer to fix a warp core malfunction] oh so they're prompt engineers
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This is the lesson of 2025
he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is the lesson of 2025
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Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan. (That's my all-time favorite.)
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan. (That's my all-time favorite.)
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when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂
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What a mild way to say "this is against the law and has been anathema since the founding of this country."
The U.S. Treasury shared a proposal to mint $1 Trump coins to mark America’s 250th anniversary.
But U.S. code says only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency, a tradition dating back to efforts to break from monarchical rule. https://wapo.st/4pWsyL3
But U.S. code says only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency, a tradition dating back to efforts to break from monarchical rule. https://wapo.st/4pWsyL3
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What a mild way to say "this is against the law and has been anathema since the founding of this country."
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In the American system of government, a legislature of the people’s elected representatives decide how to allocate the people’s money, then an unelected appointee in the executive branch called “OMB Director” decides if he feels like distributing the people’s money that way or if he’d rather not.
October 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In the American system of government, a legislature of the people’s elected representatives decide how to allocate the people’s money, then an unelected appointee in the executive branch called “OMB Director” decides if he feels like distributing the people’s money that way or if he’d rather not.
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They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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The highest professional standards.
A true crime podcaster could run the FBI better than Patel.
A true crime podcaster could run the FBI better than Patel.
As soon as I read the words “ass clown factory” I had to double check it was the real FBI director’s account and not some parody.
It’s real.
It’s real.
October 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The highest professional standards.
A true crime podcaster could run the FBI better than Patel.
A true crime podcaster could run the FBI better than Patel.
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Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.