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Mark Lush

@iammarklush.bsky.social

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Coffee. Kettlebells. Dogs. Economics. Decision-making. All opinions are my own.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 17d

Chickenshit cowards. The lot of ‘em. Never thought you’d be able to figure out the courage of an executive simply by taking the inverse of their wealth. These nerds should have been bullied more when they were kids to learn the truth: you don’t submit to bullies. You stand up to them.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 17d

The WSJ says YouTube "has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump

The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to resolve a trio of personal lawsuits that Donald Trump filed against social-media platforms.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

ALTMAN, 10 months ago: "I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits."

www.reddit.com/r/artificial...

From the artificial community on Reddit: Sam Altman, 10 months ago: I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits

Explore this post and more from the artificial community

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17h

If the United States refuses to bail out my government, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 17h

The Supreme Court and the Republicans in Congress have helplessly stood by and failed to exercise their ambition to protect the American people. Literally, today, Congress could into session and assign Russell Vought a 1 dollar or impeach him. We are about enter into a self-induced Long Parliament.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Jun 12

The thing I want most from social media is for people to share things that I might want to read or watch that otherwise I wouldn’t read or watch, whether news, commentary, books, movies, tv, games to play, whatever. Bluesky does this. /4

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 1d

Mike Johnson is covering up for pedophiles. I won't stop saying it.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

😡😡😡😡

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 1d

"The reality right now is that if you refuse to engage with the science- the science that shows that COVID is a virus that disables human beings, and that this virus is asymptomatic 44% of the time- then you are spreading a disabling virus, and you are harming people. "

Beyond all reason

Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.

www.thegauntlet.news

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

“Hey Norm, if you were a hot dog….would you eat yourself?!?! It’s a simple question.”

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent would have fought for the British during the Revolution.

Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

That’s not fair. At least Eddie was for democracy and free markets.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent would have fought for the British during the Revolution.

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

“In Soviet USA, government picks winners and losers.”

a group of soldiers are dancing on a rooftop

ALT: a group of soldiers are dancing on a rooftop

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Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent would have fought with the British during the Revolution.

Mark Lush @iammarklush.bsky.social · 1d

Bessent would have fought for the British in the Revolution.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 2d

Or Treasury, for that matter

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)