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waldenpondlife.bsky.social
Dieses Mal ist es Anders
@waldenpondlife.bsky.social
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Sustainable finance adjacent tightrope walker. Briefly an Assyriologist. Somewhat canadien. He/him/parental unit. Dog botherer.
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Kinda annoyed that a years-in-the-making series-ending book has a final boss reveal right before the end, and it’s…

Private Equity.

I mean. Just, not a surprise.
Don’t have source of original Scooby Doo private equity meme, so here are blank frames showing Fred pulling a ghost mask from a moustachioed villain.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Line break humour from the @ft.com app
The headline text reads: Time to guillotine France’s super-rich tax breaks
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Afternoon view
The photo shows the view through a window of a Provençal landscape on a sunny day. Lavender fields are in the foreground and tree-covered hills in the background.
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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My dog got her band back together for one last tour. Maybe the last one for a while though, as the dog drummer looks like she’s about to quit to launch an ill-advised solo career.
A pack of dogs of various breeds pose for an indie-band style group photo highlighting their various “personalities”. One band member has their back turned as if to say their artistic direction lies elsewhere.
August 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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April 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Image shows text copied from live Bloomberg feed, says: If you remember a few hours ago, Trump posted on Truth Social that “this is a great time to buy.” Just four hours later, he announced that tariffs are paused for 90 days on non-retaliating countries, sending markets rocketing higher. The S&P 500 is up 7.9%, and the Nasdaq 100 touched a 10% intraday high. Carmen Reinicke Stocks Reporter
April 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Or he’s gonna bring out a bigger gold-fringed sign Canada and Mexico in ALL CAPS
Text from Bloomberg: The Canadian dollar has bounced off its lows, based on the fact that Canada’s name is one of those missing from that list. C$1.4318 = 1 USD. Derek Decloet Canada Managing Editor
April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Heads up Montrealers. Recently received the authentic looking A25 phishing text below.
Website is wrong and sender from Ontario.
Never. Click. Links.
Picture of a phishing text received. French message says it was necessary due to recent postal strike.
December 23, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Image still from an unsuccessful anti-piracy campaign. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn%27t_Steal_a_Car
December 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Post a picture you took to bring some zen to the timeline
A midnight sun scene showing the sea in the Gulf of Bothnia. Two rocks in the foreground, one in the distance. An island peaks over the horizon.
November 17, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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It’s not playtime.
The head of my German Pointer stares at me over a yellow sofa cushion.
November 12, 2024 at 4:35 AM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Finn and Jake from Adventure Time!
September 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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If you see this quote post with a beach from your gallery.
My favourite beach in North-ish Sweden. The photo shows two semi-submerged rocks in the foreground, another in the distance and an island on the horizon. The colours are those of sunset.
August 31, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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#internationaldogday
Pic of our liver-coloured GSP for international dog day. She is lying half-asleep on a white outdoor sofa.
August 27, 2024 at 2:58 AM
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Happy to be here and not in the other place (or anywhere else with Jack)
Te image shows a pale blue Pelican Book cover of “Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth” by Guy Standing.
May 10, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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Love your journalism Akshat and I share your general outlook. But the shine of Our World in Data’s message is tarnished by their funding. Outreach for EA/billionaire “saviours” pushing branded techno-solutionism over systemic change and fossil fuel elimination. Via web.archive.org/web/20220216...
Archive.org record from Feb 2023. Our World in Data funding webpage showing list of sponsors. This list was removed in 2023 following the SBF/FTX controversy that highlighted ethical issues with Effective Altruism. Archive.org record from Feb 2023. Our World in Data funding sources webpage showing list of grants. This list was removed in 2023 following the SBF/FTX controversy that highlighted ethical issues with Effective Altruism.
January 3, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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In case anyone is interested. The Our World in Data website hides most of their techno-solutionist funding sources (now that they are unfashionable), but the archived pages are revealing.

web.archive.org/web/20220206...
Now hidden funding sources shown via archive.org. Now hidden funding sources shown via archive.org
January 2, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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The website hides most of their funding sources (now that they are unfashionable), but the archived pages are revealing.

web.archive.org/web/20220206...
Archived web pages of Our World in Data from Feb 2022 showing funding from now “awkward“ sources. These sources have been deleted on current website. Archived web pages of Our World in Data from Feb 2022 showing funding from now “awkward“ sources. These sources have been deleted on current website.
January 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Meme derived from an X-Files tv show photo showing an alleged UFO. The X-Files catchphrase “The Truth is out there” has been rewritten as “The Truth is not there”.
December 18, 2023 at 6:19 PM
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Huh?
Cleo (our dog, a 2 year old gsp) seems… nonplussed?
October 14, 2023 at 12:24 AM
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Anyone else have virtual Windows Alert boxes pop-up in their brain occasionally? Just me? Cool, cool…
The image shows a retro looking Windows OS alert box, whose message reads, “This alert dialog tells you something important”
August 20, 2023 at 4:07 AM
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As far as views go, this place is above average
View of East/West Mitten and Merrick Buttes. Monument Valley. Arizona/Utah.
July 31, 2023 at 2:49 PM
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Well the Eye of Sauron just showed up. So everything’s going great.
Phoenix sunset bearing a slight resemblance to the Eye of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings.
July 28, 2023 at 2:15 AM
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There needs to be a Hayao Miyazaki / Hopi Kachina crossover epic.
Hopi Kachina dolls from the Heard Museum collection in Phoenix, Arizona.
July 27, 2023 at 11:02 PM
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Introduce yourself with one book, one album, and one movie.
Penguin Modern Classics cover of Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges Album cover of Computer World by Kraftwerk DVD cover of Laputa: Castle in the sky. A Studio Ghibli film by Hayao Miyazaki
July 26, 2023 at 3:13 AM