George Pearkes
@peark.es
No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | QCR: Non Culto, For The Crown. | 🇺🇸 via 🇨🇦. Not 🏴. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
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George Pearkes
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New policy: "oh you believe this data?" just gets you blocked.
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You should check out the GTR-Juke and Bisimoto's 1000 HP Honda Odyssey youtu.be/u0l6QMEiOdE
[HOONIGAN] DT 052: 1000HP Minivan Burnout (Bisimoto)
YouTube video by Hoonigan
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January 19, 2026 at 3:07 AM
You should check out the GTR-Juke and Bisimoto's 1000 HP Honda Odyssey youtu.be/u0l6QMEiOdE
This is what happens when you give rednecks too much time and money. I’m in absolute awe at the concept here, easily the most deranged vehicle ever conceived.
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 AM
This is what happens when you give rednecks too much time and money. I’m in absolute awe at the concept here, easily the most deranged vehicle ever conceived.
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One death every three days
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 10:17 PM
One death every three days
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pretty muted initial response from global markets to this weekend's Trump shenanigans. USD/JPY and USD/CHF down slightly with USD strengthening a tad against EUR and GBP
looks like TACO until proven otherwise for now
looks like TACO until proven otherwise for now
January 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
pretty muted initial response from global markets to this weekend's Trump shenanigans. USD/JPY and USD/CHF down slightly with USD strengthening a tad against EUR and GBP
looks like TACO until proven otherwise for now
looks like TACO until proven otherwise for now
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computer please enhance
January 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
computer please enhance
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not the problematic microaggressions!
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
not the problematic microaggressions!
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a lot of y'all aren't considering the amount of emotional labor you're putting on the US Customs and Border Patrol's Special Operations Group, and it really shows
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
a lot of y'all aren't considering the amount of emotional labor you're putting on the US Customs and Border Patrol's Special Operations Group, and it really shows
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It is weird how every plea to pivot away from climate to energy affordability actually ends up just agreeing entirely with the goals of climate.
First it was the way renewables ended up helping reduce power bills, now it's clear opposing massive unchecked gas export build-out does the same
First it was the way renewables ended up helping reduce power bills, now it's clear opposing massive unchecked gas export build-out does the same
A Boom in Gas Exports is Pushing up U.S. Energy Bills
e360.yale.edu
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
It is weird how every plea to pivot away from climate to energy affordability actually ends up just agreeing entirely with the goals of climate.
First it was the way renewables ended up helping reduce power bills, now it's clear opposing massive unchecked gas export build-out does the same
First it was the way renewables ended up helping reduce power bills, now it's clear opposing massive unchecked gas export build-out does the same
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Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
This is aggravating, because on the one hand I think it's really important to give fascists an off-ramp and positive reinforcement when they use it...
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
...on the other hand, FUCK that guy, in particular.
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
Just had a pack of 15 toddlers tear apart the house for three hours, AMA.
a man says " i need a smoke " while wearing a black shirt
Alt: a man says " i need a smoke " while wearing a black shirt
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Just had a pack of 15 toddlers tear apart the house for three hours, AMA.
Mods are at brunch post rare Marlows
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Mods are at brunch post rare Marlows
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it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
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Yes. Another thing I rediscover every year is how lifting legs makes life a lot easier, especially if you sit in a chair all day.
discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body
January 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Yes. Another thing I rediscover every year is how lifting legs makes life a lot easier, especially if you sit in a chair all day.
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LCI is highly credible, but that clip doesn't make the claim being alleged (the Ukraine bit is in the last 6 minutes). The closest it comes is "Ukraine has decided to share less intel with the US out of a fear of leaks", but there is no specific claim that there was a false leak that exposed the US.
January 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
LCI is highly credible, but that clip doesn't make the claim being alleged (the Ukraine bit is in the last 6 minutes). The closest it comes is "Ukraine has decided to share less intel with the US out of a fear of leaks", but there is no specific claim that there was a false leak that exposed the US.
This is an absolutely explosive claim. I’m not saying it didn’t happen but something more than a screenshot of a screenshot on Twitter should be required to make you accept something this serious as fact. Would love to see more reporting or the ID of the person making the original claim.
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is an absolutely explosive claim. I’m not saying it didn’t happen but something more than a screenshot of a screenshot on Twitter should be required to make you accept something this serious as fact. Would love to see more reporting or the ID of the person making the original claim.
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Will Stancil somehow consistently pulls out the dumbest discussions on this website. Even if you seriously disagree with him on that post, this isn’t where you talk about it, especially as an outsider. Silly and unserious larp shit.
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Will Stancil somehow consistently pulls out the dumbest discussions on this website. Even if you seriously disagree with him on that post, this isn’t where you talk about it, especially as an outsider. Silly and unserious larp shit.
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You don’t engage nor seriously discuss cadre tactics online and should assume anyone else who is agitating for them on such terms online is a fed
Oh my god theyre killing rosa luxemburg again lmao, your failure to engage in armed resistance is speedrunning you towards death camps
There’s no real debate. I have witnessed a very small number of ICE activists advocating for carrying firearms or even trying to agitate by physically striking ICE vehicles, etc. Let’s be clear: the incredibly vast majority of people resisting ICE correctly believe these people are fools.
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 AM
You don’t engage nor seriously discuss cadre tactics online and should assume anyone else who is agitating for them on such terms online is a fed
My review of the skyline during the intermission.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
My review of the skyline during the intermission.
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Intrusive thought:
Icahn fighter of the Ackman.
Icahn fighter of the Ackman.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Intrusive thought:
Icahn fighter of the Ackman.
Icahn fighter of the Ackman.
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i sound like a broken record on this but they are currently failing to suppress protests in the nation's 46th biggest city
people have absolutely no sense of scale
people have absolutely no sense of scale
January 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
i sound like a broken record on this but they are currently failing to suppress protests in the nation's 46th biggest city
people have absolutely no sense of scale
people have absolutely no sense of scale
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It’s crazy that Canada would jeopardize its alliance with the US because it needs that alliance in order to protect Canada from the only country that has a potential motive, the geographic proximity, and military capability to invade Canada, which is oh never mind..
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It’s crazy that Canada would jeopardize its alliance with the US because it needs that alliance in order to protect Canada from the only country that has a potential motive, the geographic proximity, and military capability to invade Canada, which is oh never mind..
January 18, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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to sum up, what it does is:
tempmute
tempblock
history finder on mutes/blocks
amnesty function so you can look at people you've blocked and maybe reconsider
RT suppression for RT-happy follows
blocklist audits
tempmute
tempblock
history finder on mutes/blocks
amnesty function so you can look at people you've blocked and maybe reconsider
RT suppression for RT-happy follows
blocklist audits
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
to sum up, what it does is:
tempmute
tempblock
history finder on mutes/blocks
amnesty function so you can look at people you've blocked and maybe reconsider
RT suppression for RT-happy follows
blocklist audits
tempmute
tempblock
history finder on mutes/blocks
amnesty function so you can look at people you've blocked and maybe reconsider
RT suppression for RT-happy follows
blocklist audits