Manfred
nocoursewalks.bsky.social
Manfred
@nocoursewalks.bsky.social
Embedded software engineer, working on Linux and Android OS. He/him.

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Amazing what happens when you ban lead in gasoline
This is a chart you need to see if you want to understand American politics today. To the right, something has gone terribly wrong.
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Klein's "Charlie Kirk was doing politics the right way" line is particularly telling here. It had nothing to do with the facts of Kirk's life and actions, and everything to do with belief. If Kirk *wasn't* doing politics the right way, Klein's own interactions with him seem naive and foolish.
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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the old “in terms of cognitive impairment being rich must be like getting kicked in the head by a mule every day” saw keeps accruing additional evidence
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:

saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3

and a worker tier whose emails are like:

Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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while the headline indices have barely moved off the highs, the carnage in the low quality hype stuff like quantum computing, nuclear energy etc is quite something just month to date:
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Many of these points match parallel developments in European right wing politics
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Well, I'd like to see the "paper of record" wriggle their way out of THIS jam!

[The NYT wriggles their way out of the jam easily]

Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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This is clearly bowser’s idealized image of himself as someone with abs rather than a fat belly, and it gives us a glimpse into how, in the mario galaxy universe, fat phobia exists. In this essay I will
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Since Larry Summers is in the news for being a real son of a bitch I wanted to show my favorite piece of economic wisdom he had about the US coming out of COVID where he just lists all the possibilities and says they’re all equally likely
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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best example I've seen so far: Elisa New (Larry Summers's wife) emails Epstein seemingly asking for help in getting an invitation to Serena Williams; he immediately tells her it needs edits, offers a useless suggestion, and in doing so reveals he hasn't actually read it
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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jeffrey epstein won't see your jokes about how poorly written his emails were, but your barely literate friends also won't see them, because they can't read. fire away
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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i was talking about Gender to some cis friends tonight and i kept thinking about this meme
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:

u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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this applies to several republican representatives right now and i think it would be very good practice to observe it.
the correct way to handle truly odious defections from an enemy is just to refrain from spitting on them. you don't have to make friends with them and you absolutely shouldn't trust them. just refrain from spitting on them when they are attacking your enemies
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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there's only a couple of mentions of sulz but they sure are rich texts
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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trump spent thanksgiving 2017 with epstein LOL

fuck it keep the government open this is tremendous content
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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i have said this before but i think that the people who were “charmed” by epstein wanted to be charmed
honestly one of the most striking things about epstein's emails is the fact that the man, described in many places as "a genius," is essentially subliterate
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Russiagate apology forms now
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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SULZBERGERRRRRRRRRRRRRR
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Insights from Larry Summers

"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Epstein writes like a droid in Star Wars that's been chopped in half by a light saber but still has a few minutes of juice left to talk.
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Another sign of how hard the tech job market is for new grads.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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new meme
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM