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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA

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Antieukalyptustische Aktion I want to ride a horse to the middle of the desert and take peyote and scream at god. Most of my posts are about grocery shopping.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · Apr 28

Any sufficiently generalized subtweet is indistinguishable from cultural critique.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 9h

It's such a good movie. Every character just chomping and chewing on every scene they're in.

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 14h

"maybe if Alber Camus had a tiktok, he could explain it, given how well he understood repetitive cycles of senselessness."

Okay dial it down WSJ.

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 15h

Did you see the tik about how Feist and Peaches were roommates early in the Toronto years?

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 16h

But of course, now that I've made a joke about the absurdity of my own expectations, the entire problem should be sidestepped. It's the one simple trick that solves it you see.

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 18h

Lots of good places to have some wild takes: Millennials having the lowest 0 of 12 number, etc.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 18h

Bulge?

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 19h

Somehow Graeber kept on writing about things that other experts say he gets wrong in both thrust and particulars but for some reason* he has a horde of leg humping minor scholars and internet hardos who love the conclusions.

* I have theories but they're uncharitable to the parties involved

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 19h

I love any discussion of a pop anthropology book because it's usually:

A: this book is okay but it gets wild when it runs into x time

B: oh yeah this other book by is better

C: yeah the Graeber book is good except for the things it gets wildly wrong

Literally every time.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 20h

Someone stapled six floors of apartments onto the back of a Victorian house in the Southside and while a UC Berkeley owned 10+ story dorm would be better this is exactly what the Southside needs.

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Bruce McCorkindale @brucemccorkindale.bsky.social · 1d

For #MuppetMonday, let's have some Akira Kurosawa flashbacks! #1: Animal in THRONE OF BLOOD. Mixed media on 8.5 X 11" bristol board.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 1d

MFW I'm giga long shitcos and importers, Trump drops a 100% tariff on China, every memecoin gets margin called to death, and the market rips 150bps on monday

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to announce the release of my upcoming Phillidelphia based platformer about reaching the city core:

Phallocentrism

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 3d

Approaching Peak Northern California right there

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 3d

Missed headline opportunity: I kissed Trudeau and I liked it

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 3d

"The time of the Obamas is over — my people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when we've gone? The Podcasters? They hide in their mountains seeking riches — they care nothing for the troubles of others."

"It is in Gavins that we must place our hope."

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3d

if this is true, then the optimal politician is one who can readily switch between normal and shitposting. Which means we’re in the age of Gavin.

Billy @billyidles.bsky.social · 3d

This is a powerful image

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 3d

<the most viscerally unpleasant person you've ever met> the thing about politics now is you have to vote for people who hate you.

A screen cap of a post "the inverse of this is how much of politics is now just accepting that you have to vote for people who hate you, so your best option is to vote for people who hate other people more than they hate you"

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think any professionals had any illusion about how progressive any C level actually is, if they are cryptic about it, but the Compact for, like, 50 odd years, was that C levels aren't vocal about their specific politics and professionals don't make it a factor in choosing where to work.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 4d

with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen

NYT excerpt that reads:

On Thursday, Mr. Benioff said he had never been progressive even if many San Franciscans thought he was. He said he was a longtime Republican before switching to become an independent voter.

At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard asking why her mouth was wide open and if he had said anything he shouldn’t have.

“What about the political questions?” he asked. “Too spicy?”

Then he hung up.

Heather Knight is a reporter in San Francisco, leading The Times’s coverage of the Bay Area and Northern California.

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Darrell Owens @idothethinking.bsky.social · 4d

This is my SB 79 rezoning map for Berkeley based on nearest pedestrian access points, any % of a lot in range being eligible per SB 79's texts. Its going to be more like a Middle Housing bonus than even mid-rises, really.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 4d

Because I get to sit here and sleep peacefully with my values of "no corpses" while I also know the politically optimal number of corpses is > 0.

The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think lay people will ever be able to hash out "how many corpses are justifiable to win a political battle" because functionally we elect politicians to make those choices and be the sin eaters for the actual choice.

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 4d

I had forgotten how sexy and angry Jarvis Cocker is on every track of Different Class.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4d

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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The Hedonic Adjustments of J. Alfred Prufrock, CFA @bkmacd.bsky.social · 4d

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be

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