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Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by @greenwell.bsky.social
Why are there FIVE car washes around me? Maybe because private equity loves them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why Are There Suddenly So Many Car Washes?
Fueled by private equity and a subscription-based business model, the auto wash industry is flooding the US with new outlets. Some towns and cities have had enough.
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by @greenwell.bsky.social
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
As an extremely amateur music journalist, this is how I eternally feared sounding like when I’d write things. AI fears nothing, and we’re all subjected to trash for it
So non-prestige regional magazines are just fully AI-generated now, huh? This is a profile of a band that does not include:
-any quotes from the members
-the titles of any of their songs
-any details about them or their music
-the members’ full names lmao
-any quotes from the members
-the titles of any of their songs
-any details about them or their music
-the members’ full names lmao
Stuck in a Fever Dream - VIE Magazine
In an era dominated by fleeting trends and algorithm-driven hits, 12Eleven stands apart—carving out a sound that pushes boundaries.
viemagazine.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As an extremely amateur music journalist, this is how I eternally feared sounding like when I’d write things. AI fears nothing, and we’re all subjected to trash for it
Follow Nina if you value guitars. She’s consistently plugging me into things that are very much my shit (like Momma)
Takes one to know one (a woman madly in love)
I wrote about Neko Case and Momma for @pitchfork.com's best songs of 2025 list: pitchfork.com/features/lis...
I wrote about Neko Case and Momma for @pitchfork.com's best songs of 2025 list: pitchfork.com/features/lis...
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Follow Nina if you value guitars. She’s consistently plugging me into things that are very much my shit (like Momma)
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streaming is a reality. but truly – just moving those streams from spotify to literally any other platform? like, it actually matters
WRAP THAT, IT'S REAL
los campesinos! forever
stereogum.com/2481865/los-...
WRAP THAT, IT'S REAL
los campesinos! forever
stereogum.com/2481865/los-...
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
streaming is a reality. but truly – just moving those streams from spotify to literally any other platform? like, it actually matters
WRAP THAT, IT'S REAL
los campesinos! forever
stereogum.com/2481865/los-...
WRAP THAT, IT'S REAL
los campesinos! forever
stereogum.com/2481865/los-...
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Yes
did David Lynch ever find that highway
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Democrats, the day after Republicans share threats to kill Democrats: "We should side with Republicans"
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Democrats, the day after Republicans share threats to kill Democrats: "We should side with Republicans"
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Corporate Media will ignore this as Trump being Trump, but we need to stop them from normalizing & obfuscating fact that Trump is *insane* and calling for murder of Democrats. This is not normal, this cannot be ignored, he is US President and his words must be treated seriously & literally.
🚨 Trump calls for the death of Democratic senators and representatives who produced a video advising members of the military and intelligence communities not to follow illegal orders:
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Corporate Media will ignore this as Trump being Trump, but we need to stop them from normalizing & obfuscating fact that Trump is *insane* and calling for murder of Democrats. This is not normal, this cannot be ignored, he is US President and his words must be treated seriously & literally.
Spectacularly informative thread, as someone who enjoys many hoodies.
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Spectacularly informative thread, as someone who enjoys many hoodies.
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Zohran is stone cold man. Putting out an ad in Arabic after all the Islamophobic shit that’s been thrown his way? Pure swag.
Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.
Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Zohran is stone cold man. Putting out an ad in Arabic after all the Islamophobic shit that’s been thrown his way? Pure swag.
Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.
Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.
I had a TV in my bedroom in high school. Freshman year, we had basketball practice at 5:30 am. Nearly every morning, on my TV, I watched the video for Cornershop’s “Brimful of Asha.” Somehow, that’s a core memory
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I had a TV in my bedroom in high school. Freshman year, we had basketball practice at 5:30 am. Nearly every morning, on my TV, I watched the video for Cornershop’s “Brimful of Asha.” Somehow, that’s a core memory
Many reasons this is a wild assertion, though it needs to also be noted that “Waiting for a Star to Fall” and “
She Drives Me Crazy” are exceptional bops I worry will be lost to history.
She Drives Me Crazy” are exceptional bops I worry will be lost to history.
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Many reasons this is a wild assertion, though it needs to also be noted that “Waiting for a Star to Fall” and “
She Drives Me Crazy” are exceptional bops I worry will be lost to history.
She Drives Me Crazy” are exceptional bops I worry will be lost to history.
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Problem is, you can do this for any year and make the same claim. That's Billboard Madness. You can't take an era and distill it down to the hot 100, it's not indicative of the vibe as a whole. This is a discourse poisoned lens on culture, making everything a binary win/lose game.
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Problem is, you can do this for any year and make the same claim. That's Billboard Madness. You can't take an era and distill it down to the hot 100, it's not indicative of the vibe as a whole. This is a discourse poisoned lens on culture, making everything a binary win/lose game.
If you, like me, know very little of any language other than English and you only listen to music sung in English in 2025, you’re missing out on a crazy amount of great music. Bewildering. Now is as great a time as any to say “I don’t need to understand the words to love it”
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you, like me, know very little of any language other than English and you only listen to music sung in English in 2025, you’re missing out on a crazy amount of great music. Bewildering. Now is as great a time as any to say “I don’t need to understand the words to love it”
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Actually, no, if you see a story about Epstein & Co. and think "I'd probably do the same in their shoes," that is 100% a you problem
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Actually, no, if you see a story about Epstein & Co. and think "I'd probably do the same in their shoes," that is 100% a you problem
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@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?
October 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?
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A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities
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“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.
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The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.
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It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not
American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not
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Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?
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Every retired general and admiral needs to be screaming their heads off about this
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Every retired general and admiral needs to be screaming their heads off about this