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George Pearkes

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No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | QCR: Non Culto, For The Crown | American via Canada, not Scottish. *ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG 📍 CLT

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George Pearkes @peark.es · Sep 5

NORMAL MEN HOUSEKEEPING NOTE

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New ep should be out as usual middle of next week.

Normal Men Podcast | Free Listening on Podbean App

Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what's happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 15m

right lol, it's wild to me people think this is not the case!

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 20m

Not at all lol. I am not saying Europeans should have the same memetic context as the US. I'm just noting a trend, not endorsing or condemning or judging it?

George Pearkes @peark.es · 44m

tbc I am not saying nobody should wear Carhartt, I definitely am not even implying that.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 45m

That is basically what I'm saying yes.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 47m

Jael lmfao wow

George Pearkes @peark.es · 49m

There's a whole nexus of parasocial attachment to any big account that is worth critiquing, albeit with nuance. I just tend to lump thirst traps into a very different category from other stuff that drives it.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 50m

Fair enough!

George Pearkes @peark.es · 51m

Like minds may disagree, just my take on it

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 51m

Yes, there are things in common. But seeking validation of physical appearance (especially a woman in a deeply misogynist society) shouldn't be used as an angle of attack for seeking validation for everything one does IMO.

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ben goshorn @thesoccergoose.bsky.social · 1h

There is a form to make known how you feel about MLS using AI for recaps. It takes two seconds and has a section where you can let them know in your own words why you’re opposed to the league using any form of AI.
www.mlssoccer.com/feedback/rec...

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 56m

well said

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1h

What is with the continued insistence that Weiss has ever covered “news,” she was an op-ed writer who started a website for opinion pieces. You are just objectively making stuff up.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 57m

I guess what I'm saying is I agree vent-posting can be problematic but I think we (the three people in the thread to this point, who are all AFAICT middle aged white dudes) using "thirst trap" posts as a thing we're getting mad at.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 58m

I think there's a big difference between posting thirst traps to get a quick hit of validation and doomposting tho? Like these two activities have a very different set of underlying causes and externalities?

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1h

I like how everyone replying to this is ignoring the fact that I used three different brands in three different contexts lol

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1h

also in the US!

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

huh! I'm not a vintage guy so would never have known this but good to hear.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

Right this is what I'm speaking too as interesting! I own Carhartt stuff, it's fine!

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

exactly. there are a lot more of the one kind in terms of numbers.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

Subcultures may be appropriating but the vast majority of the people that wear Carhartt in the states are heavily conservative-coded. I'm speaking in general valence terms not "anyone wearing Carhartt is conservative". It's true of any brand you buy at Tractor Supply lol.

nwraised87.bsky.social @nwraised87.bsky.social · 3h

Carhartt is not conservative coded at all. Well, maybe to those not paying attention to fashion trends

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 3h

Funny trend I’m seeing on this trip: US brands coded as conservative being sold as chic over here. A Cabela’s hunting shirt being hawked at a Porto streetware thrift stall. A Stetson outlet in Chiado, Lisbon. All sorts of Carhartt logos, again as a fashion statement. It’s fascinating!

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Financial illiteracy @sparticuszorro.bsky.social · 17h

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 5h

VaR assumed normal distribution

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 10h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 11h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 13h

I think bar associations really have a role to play in this revolting state of affairs. The arguments are in such blatant bad faith, the people making them should be shunned by their peers.

Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15h

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 7h

Unfortunately we don’t - also intentionally didn’t bring a car seat for the two year old.

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