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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · Jul 2

Gettysburg 160 years ago 🇺🇸

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 9h

Meet Ronald Gibbons, the 98-year-old veteran staying active by working at a Lowe's garden center.

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 11h

They have time for books..

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Mr Market Miscalculates 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ @mrmarketmis.bsky.social · 14h

Now we know who licensed Tesla's technology!

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 15h

Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

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it’s me, aubrey plaza accord @sellingtheta.bsky.social · 18h

NVDA daily ranges have really widened the last 2-3 weeks. i don't think you want the world's largest market cap moving this much

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 14h

The gales of September though: "At the time of its peak intensity, the cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 73 miles per hour, equivalent to that of a high-end tropical storm, and on the threshold of a Category 1 hurricane..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_La...

1996 Lake Huron cyclone - Wikipedia

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 16h

Sharpie time..

Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 1d

Might as well make life and the air we breathe a subscription service.

Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t accept a tariff dividend. It isn’t my money.

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PPP Grifter (payroll not the other one) @pppgrifter.bsky.social · 1d

Your tariff dividend, formerly known as the DOGE dividend, was actually the friends we made along the way.

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 1d

Self-fulfilling reinforced cycle.

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 1d

Well you can't say he hasn't done his time.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: So Dr Oz said that--

JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 1d

Send it — full degen crypto mode, with zero financial literacy

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 1d

90% of Fintwit

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Mr Market Miscalculates 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ @mrmarketmis.bsky.social · 2d

I'd rather not go into another discussion on healthcare, but I have to

Does it really cost >$18k to give birth in the US? Because it's around €2,500 in Europe (entirely covered by the national health system in public hospitals)

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 2d

In a land of millions none have risen to primary Schumer and reclaim the party.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Okay yeah the House caucus is pissed.

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 2d

Selling it for the same price should be illegal.

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Lou Mannheim @loumannheim87.bsky.social · 21d

QE is long dead. But the market rally is not. Draw your own conclusions.

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Jen d’Arc @jenonymous.bsky.social · 2d

Feels like just yesterday Trump was rambling that he’d fix healthcare by “erasing all the lines” in GOP primary debates…but it was actually over a decade ago. 😵‍💫

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Your regular reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from Trump to torture/GWB to Iran-Contra to Watergate to EO9066 all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.

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Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 3d

I held this post up to the light.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team.

It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/NofL7Bl

Mamdani Brings Lina Khan Onto His Team After Historic Election Win

Zohran Mamdani has named his transition team—and it’s amazing.

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 7d

The Euro is just a system of exchange rate pegs. It doesn't define Europe and isn't necessary for things like joint foreign policy or defense. Exchange rate pegs don't work unless countries run responsible fiscal policy. In the Euro zone, they don't...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-german...

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Tom @thomasafink.bsky.social · 3d

Probably the boring line in the middle