alexandra scaggs
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emotive forces shape the gestalt of the brand identity / https://bsky.app/profile/alphaville.ft.com / “not a dipshit”
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June 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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One of the great things about being forced to be familiar with the great American novel is that it’s all about middle-age straight men, importance, and their oncoming death.
Just going to consult this reference book, “The Consequences of Pursuing Godlike Power,” by The Entire Canon of World Literature
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One of the great things about being forced to be familiar with the great American novel is that it’s all about middle-age straight men, importance, and their oncoming death.
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"why doesn't Bluesky have its own Grok" well because the human users already bring up completely unrelated human rights atrocities in your mentions for no reason
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"why doesn't Bluesky have its own Grok" well because the human users already bring up completely unrelated human rights atrocities in your mentions for no reason
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I don’t mean to sound Woke or partisan but this upset me a bit
ICE pretended to arrest a 21 yo in order to force her to call her undocumented mother to come leave the house (where she was safe from ICE arrest) to care for her baby. When the mother came, she was abducted and the daughter was suddenly of no interest to ICE.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I don’t mean to sound Woke or partisan but this upset me a bit
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You can never go wrong if you treat an unhealthy preoccupation with IQ / general intelligence as a measurable, ordinal quality as a massive intellectual and ethical red flag
May 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You can never go wrong if you treat an unhealthy preoccupation with IQ / general intelligence as a measurable, ordinal quality as a massive intellectual and ethical red flag
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The thing is, while they're not right about a lot of things, vegans are actually correct that our industrial food system is wildly exploitative and unsustainable. But their weird black and white thinking helps keep better practices from being widely adopted.
May 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The thing is, while they're not right about a lot of things, vegans are actually correct that our industrial food system is wildly exploitative and unsustainable. But their weird black and white thinking helps keep better practices from being widely adopted.
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Forty years ago the US eradicated a flesh-eating parasite that targeted livestock with the help of science, government funding, and international cooperation. Now the threat is returning and the country's defenses are down. (Yes, it's an allegory for measles.) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A Deadly Parasite’s Return Threatens US Ranchers Too Young to Remember It
After being eradicated in the US in the 1980s, the screwworm could be back as soon as this summer.
www.bloomberg.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Forty years ago the US eradicated a flesh-eating parasite that targeted livestock with the help of science, government funding, and international cooperation. Now the threat is returning and the country's defenses are down. (Yes, it's an allegory for measles.) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Call it something fancy like "malfeasance" or something simple like "incompetence" but either way there should be articles of impeachment to remove the HHS secretary for being a shameless liar who is working relentlessly to make people sick.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Call it something fancy like "malfeasance" or something simple like "incompetence" but either way there should be articles of impeachment to remove the HHS secretary for being a shameless liar who is working relentlessly to make people sick.
as a parent I am begging you please give the doll quote a rest, my child does NOT need 30 dolls but she definitely wants that many
May 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
as a parent I am begging you please give the doll quote a rest, my child does NOT need 30 dolls but she definitely wants that many
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Maybe you prefer sitting in front of a screen all day having most of the product of your labour going towards billionaires' yachts and a militarized police state over working with your hands to plant or build things that help your community, but I've done both and I know which I prefer
April 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Maybe you prefer sitting in front of a screen all day having most of the product of your labour going towards billionaires' yachts and a militarized police state over working with your hands to plant or build things that help your community, but I've done both and I know which I prefer
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* US STOCKS OFF TO WORST START AGAINST GLOBAL PEERS IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS
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April 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
* US STOCKS OFF TO WORST START AGAINST GLOBAL PEERS IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS
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i laughed so hard at S2Ep2 of Andor. now THESE are writers who understand The Left
April 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
i laughed so hard at S2Ep2 of Andor. now THESE are writers who understand The Left
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Andor is great because it understands what Star Wars is fundamentally about: someone pressing a button and the thing they wanted the button to do not happening
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Andor is great because it understands what Star Wars is fundamentally about: someone pressing a button and the thing they wanted the button to do not happening
one big problem here: this is NOT what Mr Market looked like in my covid-era stress dreams
April 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
one big problem here: this is NOT what Mr Market looked like in my covid-era stress dreams
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If it contains a chip, it’s okay to ship.
April 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If it contains a chip, it’s okay to ship.
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Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
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Winding it down for the night but lol, the Nikkei is currently +6.3% in Tokyo with 10y JGB yields up 12.6 bps and 10y ACGB yields up more than 15 bps. Europe is going to be mighty confused when they roll out of bed in a few hours.
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Winding it down for the night but lol, the Nikkei is currently +6.3% in Tokyo with 10y JGB yields up 12.6 bps and 10y ACGB yields up more than 15 bps. Europe is going to be mighty confused when they roll out of bed in a few hours.
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Meanwhile, Reuters is blaming “a CNBC report” in its official copy. I can tell you that’s false. CNBC on air didn’t say one word about this until markets had rallied into positive territory and they were initially baffled about it.
Flippin chaos out there. www.reuters.com/markets/us/f...
Flippin chaos out there. www.reuters.com/markets/us/f...
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Meanwhile, Reuters is blaming “a CNBC report” in its official copy. I can tell you that’s false. CNBC on air didn’t say one word about this until markets had rallied into positive territory and they were initially baffled about it.
Flippin chaos out there. www.reuters.com/markets/us/f...
Flippin chaos out there. www.reuters.com/markets/us/f...
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I'm not an expert guys does Asia make a lot of stuff
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'm not an expert guys does Asia make a lot of stuff
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Farmers Brace for Significant Losses in a New Trade War
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
W/ insights from #DavidLOrtega
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
W/ insights from #DavidLOrtega
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
U.S. Farmers Brace for Losses in New Trade War With China (Gift Article)
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Farmers Brace for Significant Losses in a New Trade War
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
W/ insights from #DavidLOrtega
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
China is the third-biggest buyer of U.S. agricultural products. Now that it has punched back with tariffs on American goods, farmers can expect to feel the pain.
W/ insights from #DavidLOrtega
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
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Scene: a nightmare
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir, Isaac Chotiner is on the line
Me: Shit, shit, okay don't panic we can still beat this
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir it's worse
Me: How?
Assistant: Derek Guy has found your merch page.
Me, loading a single bullet into a revolver: Understood
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir, Isaac Chotiner is on the line
Me: Shit, shit, okay don't panic we can still beat this
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir it's worse
Me: How?
Assistant: Derek Guy has found your merch page.
Me, loading a single bullet into a revolver: Understood
Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Scene: a nightmare
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir, Isaac Chotiner is on the line
Me: Shit, shit, okay don't panic we can still beat this
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir it's worse
Me: How?
Assistant: Derek Guy has found your merch page.
Me, loading a single bullet into a revolver: Understood
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir, Isaac Chotiner is on the line
Me: Shit, shit, okay don't panic we can still beat this
<phone rings>
Assistant: Sir it's worse
Me: How?
Assistant: Derek Guy has found your merch page.
Me, loading a single bullet into a revolver: Understood
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Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵