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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 17h

lol oh boy the political geniuses are being brilliant again

Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 17h

Is he meaning to threaten people - we will yank your paycheck if you go to the rally - or is he trying to imply the protesters are unemployed (with all the connotations that brings)? My read was more the latter but, well, Bessent doesn’t seem very good at the political grandstanding thing

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 18h

a man in a suit is surrounded by mathematical equations including one that says 21

ALT: a man in a suit is surrounded by mathematical equations including one that says 21

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 19h

I will admit my mind has been more focused on the here-and-now stuff - which of our new signings are actually good, how is the squad being used differently, how are we evolving tactically, etc. Scott’s model has our midpoint at 82 points and that feels about right to me as par?

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 19h

Thinking one move ahead, I like it

Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 20h

But, for the patrons out there, this one is on the feeds now

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 20h

Good news: you can listen to me on a podcast!

Better news: you actually can’t, unless you pay @arsenalvpodcast.bsky.social his five bucks a month!!

YankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 1d

It's a crazy interlull in terms of the pods we are putting out, but we're here to get you through this dreck...
🔴One Club today
🔴History pod (Our first FA cup) yesterday
🔴A pod with Paul and Kaya from the weekend
🔴3 big questions w @GiantGooner out tomorrow!
(plus main pods)

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 20h

GIP aren’t exactly neophytes in infrastructure investing though. This is a shark-to-shark trade

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

On the advice of my attorney, I’m going to go down to the store and buy 300 bottles of baby oil

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah, he, ummm, definitely did not do that

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

Even with @giantgooner.bsky.social 👀

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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 1d

New game plan, only pass the ball in the box to Mikel Merino’s head. I wanna test something.

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I’ve made enough jokes about Donald Trump’s weight that I’d be throwing stones from my glass house if I called this one out

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

So I could be misreading this but is this not a…kinda lighthearted joke? I’m almost proud of her, usually the right winger response to Mamdani is to froth at the mouth with rage

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

This is similar to the problem in places like greater NYC, where the only remaining places to build are far enough away from the city that the obvious solution is densification. It’s much harder because of displacement concerns and the need for infrastructure upgrades. But ya gotta do hard things!

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

And look, the goal is to make this group of speculators lose money. With the proper public policy conditions, other speculators (homebuilders) will show up and increase supply, which will lower prices towards the marginal cost of construction. Capitalism!

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

This argument presupposes that speculators acquire houses with the goal of leaving them unoccupied. But that’s incorrect. Speculators buy houses to rent them out.

There remains only one solution to the housing bubble - building more houses.

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 1d

So the reason this argument is wrong is simple and obvious. It’s contained right here

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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 2d

the greatest moment in tic tac toe history

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 2d

😂😂

Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 2d

3% of NBA GMs think Harper and Edgecome will be the best players in this draft. Related: 1/30 (3%) GMs drafted Harper and Edgecombe respectively

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine being the NBA content guy desperate enough for content to put together this post

NBA @nba.com · 2d

Which rookie has the brightest future? 👀

See which newcomer the NBA GMs think will be the best in five years and more of their predictions for the 2025-26 season in the GM Survey, now on the NBA App!

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 2d

Ooooooh, very cool trip to do

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 2d

I only respect the Met Museum of Bluesky tbh

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