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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 1h

they can not comprehend how someone wouldn't just bow to trump let alone a majority of the country

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that the US stock market hasn't collapsed under the weight of Trump's various lunacies shouldn't obscure the fact that most of the world is doing better than we are

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A Great Year for US Stocks? Not Compared With Rest of the World

Check a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year and the US doesn’t crack the Top 10. You won’t find it in the Top 25, either. Double that, and the S&P 500 is still absent.

www.bloomberg.com

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 3h

Let's assume AI isn't overhyped; wouldn't OpenAI need some kind of moat to justify the valuations?

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4h

Not that I think everyone should read everything I write, but AFAIK, I'm the only person to write a deep data dive into this topic. It's mystifying to still see people say: "Biden was late in concluding that he needed to ban asylum." TITLE 42 was a BAN! alexnowrasteh.com/p/biden-didn...

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 4h

Why is the Treasury Secretary trying to undermine Article 5? Is Hegseth going to weigh in on FED independence?

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 17h

If you want something positive, I'd say that the current DHS strategy of using excessive force has been extremely counterproductive. Rather than actually detaining people, they're now spending significant time and resources dealing with hostile crowds wherever they go.

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 22h

all the jupiter memes like tears in the rain

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 22h

CCP in shambles

platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 1d

Ampel: ‘Well, well, well, not so easy to find a Koalition that doesn’t suck shit, huh?’

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 1d

dear lord

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 1d

no that can not be, I was assured otherwise

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 1d

They offer both physical protection and it is obviously impossible to be a threat to anyone in these things. Best protest invention since the blank papers in Russia.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 1d

soz lads but if you're still on X you're feeding into Musk's wealth which is being used to fund Tommy Two Names' legal fees, and if you still continue using X, you're fine with that

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2d

Guys a donation a day keeps the russian away

Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.ukr.monster · 2d

Our awesome Finnish friend proposed us a huge matching up to €5000, but we still didn’t get it (€825 to go), we need to get it by tomorrow💙💛

send.monobank.ua/jar/3Zuzxk994D
PayPal [email protected]

Need your €5🫣

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Vaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 2d

>mfw Sergei Lavrov says “boo” and I get so scared that my foreign policy leads directly to the resurrection of European fascism

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 2d

Ich fänds trotzdem schön

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 2d

The Millers are too fanatical to understand this but stories like these are not good for their goals in the long run

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 2d

Hat Habeck nicht mehrere Söhne?

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2d

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sold on the idea that this was some brilliant statemanship (which he has never shown to be capable of before).

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 2d

It's all one enterprise. Musk, Inc. As Tesla shareholders will discover as soon as Elon can get his hands on Tesla's cash to shovel into the xAI cash incinerator.

electrek.co/2025/10/13/e...

Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks

Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...

electrek.co

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 2d

If this required some great statesmanship, he wouldn't have been able to do it. I understand why someone like Zelensky has to praise him, but commentators fawning over him is quite embarrassing.

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platinumretriever @platinumretriever.bsky.social · 2d

a lot of panicky statements about no kings

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

The SPD was in power almost uninterrupted since 1998! But yes, "embarrassing" captures it quite well.

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 2d

Lars Klingbeil spricht bei Caren Miosga von »peinlicher« Infrastruktur in Deutschland: Es soll jetzt schnell gehen mit den Investitionen in die deutsche Infrastruktur, fordert Finanzminister Klingbeil. Den Istzustand beschreibt der SPD-Vizekanzler in klaren Worten.

Lars Klingbeil spricht bei Caren Miosga von »peinlicher« Infrastruktur in Deutschland

Es soll jetzt schnell gehen mit den Investitionen in die deutsche Infrastruktur, fordert Finanzminister Klingbeil. Den Istzustand beschreibt der SPD-Vizekanzler in klaren Worten.

www.spiegel.de

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