Mike Rendini
@sunkthunder.bsky.social
Musician/Producer
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kFKZD2tsUe8mA8vjyJ3FbgkvyYR3mFoFY&si=6eip7a8A4XaGbQkS
Here to learn and share.
Investing, history, music and politics
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kFKZD2tsUe8mA8vjyJ3FbgkvyYR3mFoFY&si=6eip7a8A4XaGbQkS
Here to learn and share.
Investing, history, music and politics
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.
April 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.
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Bill Ackman: "If you are running a foreign country that is now subject to massive tariffs, don't wait to read the book (Art of the Deal)"
Tony Schwartz, who wrote "Art of the Deal": "I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse" (New Yorker interview, 2016)
Tony Schwartz, who wrote "Art of the Deal": "I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse" (New Yorker interview, 2016)
April 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bill Ackman: "If you are running a foreign country that is now subject to massive tariffs, don't wait to read the book (Art of the Deal)"
Tony Schwartz, who wrote "Art of the Deal": "I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse" (New Yorker interview, 2016)
Tony Schwartz, who wrote "Art of the Deal": "I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse" (New Yorker interview, 2016)
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curious what the libertarians are saying these days about the expanding federal thought crimes regime
March 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
curious what the libertarians are saying these days about the expanding federal thought crimes regime
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Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this?
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this?
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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I have debated about that internally a lot.
My personal conclusion:
The political posts are never meant for the ones loudly disagreeing with you.
It's meant for the vast silent readers to let them know there are more that think like them.
It's not a vast ocean of sameness .
My personal conclusion:
The political posts are never meant for the ones loudly disagreeing with you.
It's meant for the vast silent readers to let them know there are more that think like them.
It's not a vast ocean of sameness .
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I have debated about that internally a lot.
My personal conclusion:
The political posts are never meant for the ones loudly disagreeing with you.
It's meant for the vast silent readers to let them know there are more that think like them.
It's not a vast ocean of sameness .
My personal conclusion:
The political posts are never meant for the ones loudly disagreeing with you.
It's meant for the vast silent readers to let them know there are more that think like them.
It's not a vast ocean of sameness .
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Monday - Roll back tariffs
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
March 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Monday - Roll back tariffs
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs
Wednesday - Roll back tariffs
Thursday - Reinstate tariffs
Friday - Roll back tariffs
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf
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Early Cycladic II marble figurine from the ancient cemetery of Spedos (Grave 10), Naxos, Greece. Dated 2800-2300 BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens (6140.22). 📷 by me.
March 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Early Cycladic II marble figurine from the ancient cemetery of Spedos (Grave 10), Naxos, Greece. Dated 2800-2300 BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens (6140.22). 📷 by me.
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In case you missed this remarkable archaeological news from earlier this week: Track marks beside footprints show that some of the earliest known people in the Americas were constructing and dragging travois.
johnhawks.net/weblog/ancie...
johnhawks.net/weblog/ancie...
Ancient travois use by some of the earliest Americans
At White Sands National Park 22,000 years ago, impressive footprint evidence is now joined by a technology for transit.
johnhawks.net
March 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In case you missed this remarkable archaeological news from earlier this week: Track marks beside footprints show that some of the earliest known people in the Americas were constructing and dragging travois.
johnhawks.net/weblog/ancie...
johnhawks.net/weblog/ancie...
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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
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Threads vs. Bluesky. Spot the difference.
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Threads vs. Bluesky. Spot the difference.
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in the short run, society is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine
February 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
in the short run, society is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine
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The purpose of negative emotions is not to cause misery. It’s to prevent mistakes.
Outrage is a signal to speak up. Anxiety is a prompt to prepare. Guilt is a reminder to repair. Disappointment is a cue to persist.
Pain reveals principles. Where we hurt is a clue to what we value.
Outrage is a signal to speak up. Anxiety is a prompt to prepare. Guilt is a reminder to repair. Disappointment is a cue to persist.
Pain reveals principles. Where we hurt is a clue to what we value.
February 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The purpose of negative emotions is not to cause misery. It’s to prevent mistakes.
Outrage is a signal to speak up. Anxiety is a prompt to prepare. Guilt is a reminder to repair. Disappointment is a cue to persist.
Pain reveals principles. Where we hurt is a clue to what we value.
Outrage is a signal to speak up. Anxiety is a prompt to prepare. Guilt is a reminder to repair. Disappointment is a cue to persist.
Pain reveals principles. Where we hurt is a clue to what we value.
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Hey, you guys wanna see a dead body?
February 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hey, you guys wanna see a dead body?
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Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
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I totally missed this. Beyond insane. WTF is happening to the United States? If Abe Lincoln were alive today he'd be dead.
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I totally missed this. Beyond insane. WTF is happening to the United States? If Abe Lincoln were alive today he'd be dead.
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I just have to post this #iceage masterpiece from time to time: A tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing figurine of a woolly mammoth carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago.
Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany.
📷 by me
#archaeology 🏺
Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany.
📷 by me
#archaeology 🏺
February 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I just have to post this #iceage masterpiece from time to time: A tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing figurine of a woolly mammoth carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago.
Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany.
📷 by me
#archaeology 🏺
Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany.
📷 by me
#archaeology 🏺
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Ghosts in ancient Mesopotamia causes all kinds of medical issues. Vertigo, depression, and more.
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
January 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ghosts in ancient Mesopotamia causes all kinds of medical issues. Vertigo, depression, and more.
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
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New Evidence That Pushes Back The Arrival Of Early Hominins In Europe www.eurasiareview.com/25012025-new...
New Evidence That Pushes Back The Arrival Of Early Hominins In Europe
Research led by Ohio University Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. Sabrina Curran reveals new evidence of early hominin activity in Europe, suggesting that hominins were present on the continent ...
www.eurasiareview.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New Evidence That Pushes Back The Arrival Of Early Hominins In Europe www.eurasiareview.com/25012025-new...
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But I know plenty of white men who think it’s just no big deal.
To be a better human, consider getting enraged about things happening to other people BEFORE they have to happen to you or someone you love personally.
To be a better human, consider getting enraged about things happening to other people BEFORE they have to happen to you or someone you love personally.
This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Far-right pundit rails against women in law enforcement: ‘It’s an absurdity!’
‘If we’re being honest, female cops are absurd. It’s an absurdity. I’m sorry. It’s just ridiculous. It’s cartoonish,’ Matt Walsh ranted on his podcast this week
www.independent.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
But I know plenty of white men who think it’s just no big deal.
To be a better human, consider getting enraged about things happening to other people BEFORE they have to happen to you or someone you love personally.
To be a better human, consider getting enraged about things happening to other people BEFORE they have to happen to you or someone you love personally.
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There was NO "deep-state". It's just a myth/lie promoted by radical Republicans. There were no meetings/agreed agenda/a budget just a lie. But what Trump is creating is a massive "deep-state" saturated with henchmen & henchwomen dedicated to Trump, not the truth or our Democracy or the public.
January 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
There was NO "deep-state". It's just a myth/lie promoted by radical Republicans. There were no meetings/agreed agenda/a budget just a lie. But what Trump is creating is a massive "deep-state" saturated with henchmen & henchwomen dedicated to Trump, not the truth or our Democracy or the public.