Hunter
@hunterub.bsky.social
Humorist, satirist, and political commentator, www.unchartedblue.com
Again, the central US economic problem is that rich people got so rich they ran out of ways to invest it all, leading to private equity runs on housing, brands, industries, and at least thirteen variations of outright scams. Taxing excess wealth would immediately make markets less stupid.
it seems Strategy, whose business model was "buy Bitcoin" and whose market cap was somehow larger than the value of its stock of bitcoin, is now collapsing. inconceivable www.ft.com/content/5347...
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market
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November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Again, the central US economic problem is that rich people got so rich they ran out of ways to invest it all, leading to private equity runs on housing, brands, industries, and at least thirteen variations of outright scams. Taxing excess wealth would immediately make markets less stupid.
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america: too corrupt to function
Georgia prosecutor kills the historic racketeering case against Trump and allies | CNN Politics
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, closing the cha...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
america: too corrupt to function
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
"The White House isn't sure whether Trump actually had a phone call or just imagined it" is where we are on the dementia scale now.
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The White House isn't sure whether Trump actually had a phone call or just imagined it" is where we are on the dementia scale now.
White House announcements in the age of Trump are exhausting because they could be "I have decided to bomb Venezuela" or they could be "I am pleased to announce that on my orders, Paramount will be releasing Rush Hour 4" and not even Trump knows which it's gonna be until after he's said it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
White House announcements in the age of Trump are exhausting because they could be "I have decided to bomb Venezuela" or they could be "I am pleased to announce that on my orders, Paramount will be releasing Rush Hour 4" and not even Trump knows which it's gonna be until after he's said it.
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
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Between this and Sean Duffy and telling us to dress nicer on planes, I think we need fifty New York Times op-eds about the GOP's "scoldy elitism" problem.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Between this and Sean Duffy and telling us to dress nicer on planes, I think we need fifty New York Times op-eds about the GOP's "scoldy elitism" problem.
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the entire beltway media complex is rotten all the way through, I truly believe Nuzzi's just the worst at hiding it
The more Lizza writes the more he indicts himself in serious ethical lapses but there are a lot of editors and publishers who are complicit here, too.
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
The whole thing is just gross.
(And shout out to the serious journalists who do good work. You deserve better peers and a healthier industry.)
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
the entire beltway media complex is rotten all the way through, I truly believe Nuzzi's just the worst at hiding it
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this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
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Impeach him yesterday. Yes, you, GOP in Congress. He’s harming your kids too.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Impeach him yesterday. Yes, you, GOP in Congress. He’s harming your kids too.
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Normally I would say that the United States military is as close to unstoppable in a direct military conflict as exists in this cherry-blossom World.
With these incompetents in charge? All bets are off. Particularly with the new kind of war in Ukraine which I'm not confident in our ability to fight
With these incompetents in charge? All bets are off. Particularly with the new kind of war in Ukraine which I'm not confident in our ability to fight
I have a question. Do we really think the administration that can't fill out court documents can launch an actual shooting war without somehow beaching a nuclear submarine or similar screw-ups?
www.unchartedblue.com/the-dunning-...
www.unchartedblue.com/the-dunning-...
The Dunning-Kruger administration goes to war
Shunning expertise, MAGA has chosen leaders based on their meme creation abilities. Oh, and now they're looking to start a shooting war.
www.unchartedblue.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Normally I would say that the United States military is as close to unstoppable in a direct military conflict as exists in this cherry-blossom World.
With these incompetents in charge? All bets are off. Particularly with the new kind of war in Ukraine which I'm not confident in our ability to fight
With these incompetents in charge? All bets are off. Particularly with the new kind of war in Ukraine which I'm not confident in our ability to fight
It really feels like MAGA is sliding into depression/chaos of late, seemingly from the stress of everything that's been going wrong. Economy going south, shutdown, Epstein, election losses, courtroom humiliations, House R's turning on each other. And Trump is getting MRIs for (???)...
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It really feels like MAGA is sliding into depression/chaos of late, seemingly from the stress of everything that's been going wrong. Economy going south, shutdown, Epstein, election losses, courtroom humiliations, House R's turning on each other. And Trump is getting MRIs for (???)...
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Before the first atomic bomb test, scientists worried that it might destroy the world. They stopped to calculate that this was extremely unlikely before proceeding.
But AI companies know they’re building a doomsday weapon, and they’re rushing all of us toward the fire. …
But AI companies know they’re building a doomsday weapon, and they’re rushing all of us toward the fire. …
AI is millions of times more dangerous than the atom bomb
We’re not just courting disaster, we’re begging for it.
www.unchartedblue.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Before the first atomic bomb test, scientists worried that it might destroy the world. They stopped to calculate that this was extremely unlikely before proceeding.
But AI companies know they’re building a doomsday weapon, and they’re rushing all of us toward the fire. …
But AI companies know they’re building a doomsday weapon, and they’re rushing all of us toward the fire. …
The Trump team's actions are _so_ focused on how to do the most damage to America that 'do damage' has to be the intentional plan. America pushed them down on the playground in 1st grade and they've lived their lives to get revenge.
If there is any field in America that's a growth industry over the next few decades, it's medicine. So of course the Trump administration is pulling this move.
www.statesman.com/news/article...
www.statesman.com/news/article...
Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
www.statesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Trump team's actions are _so_ focused on how to do the most damage to America that 'do damage' has to be the intentional plan. America pushed them down on the playground in 1st grade and they've lived their lives to get revenge.
"Most researchers now believe that AGI is around the corner. They also believe that the most likely scenario of this breakthrough will be the end of our species."
www.unchartedblue.com/ai-is-millio...
www.unchartedblue.com/ai-is-millio...
AI is millions of times more dangerous than the atom bomb
We’re not just courting disaster, we’re begging for it.
www.unchartedblue.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Most researchers now believe that AGI is around the corner. They also believe that the most likely scenario of this breakthrough will be the end of our species."
www.unchartedblue.com/ai-is-millio...
www.unchartedblue.com/ai-is-millio...
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
Go ahead and write your stories about how conservatism is at war with itself over antisemitism if that's what makes you feel better, but from the outside it's pretty clear which side won.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Go ahead and write your stories about how conservatism is at war with itself over antisemitism if that's what makes you feel better, but from the outside it's pretty clear which side won.
Homeland Security says all our problems have a Final Solution.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Homeland Security says all our problems have a Final Solution.
I have a question. Do we really think the administration that can't fill out court documents can launch an actual shooting war without somehow beaching a nuclear submarine or similar screw-ups?
www.unchartedblue.com/the-dunning-...
www.unchartedblue.com/the-dunning-...
The Dunning-Kruger administration goes to war
Shunning expertise, MAGA has chosen leaders based on their meme creation abilities. Oh, and now they're looking to start a shooting war.
www.unchartedblue.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I have a question. Do we really think the administration that can't fill out court documents can launch an actual shooting war without somehow beaching a nuclear submarine or similar screw-ups?
www.unchartedblue.com/the-dunning-...
www.unchartedblue.com/the-dunning-...