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Justin Verlander is frowning over the dugout wall
a text from an unknown number that just says "scam"
Enes Kanter and John Bolton posing for a photo
Pete eating chicken
celtics fan in grinch makeup frowning as the team drops a game to the hospital 76ers
scoreboard says Cleveland is up 245 to 50 in the 2nd
Screenshot showing Molly is verified by Wired.com
Screenshot showing the bozo as a Jesse Singal follower from a second source
kendrick with the biggest grin as he sings "hey drake"
enes kanter posing for a photo with war criminal John Bolton
screenshot showing that the singal follower labeller also has @lisapease.bsky.social flagged as following Jesse Singal
A video of a string of lights moving through the sky outside Denver, taken at night on 1/1/2025
screenshot that reads: And the basic story of the 2023 problems in US regional banks is that market interest rates have gone up a lot, and the regional banks all expected some form of this story to remain true, and it didn’t. Market interest rates went up, and depositors at US regional banks moved their money, either out of concerns about the banks’ safety or because they could get higher rates elsewhere. And the banks had to raise the rates they pay to keep depositors (or pay higher rates to get funding from market sources or the Federal Reserve or the Federal Home Loan Bank system). And since the interest the banks earn on their assets has gone up more slowly than short-term market rates (because the banks have some long-term fixed-rate assets), they make less money.
screenshot of the terminal output of a run of bsky-earmuffs, in part: Processing list 'All followers of Jesse Singal' got 6693 followers of Handle(Handle("jessesingal.com")) list currently contains 6676 users, will have 6693 after updating Adding user Did("did:plc:uh6lymkvlbes3ck47siu6tgo") Adding user Did("did:plc:clsx6n73x344kc4ezsfdsbvi") ... Adding user Did("did:plc:xaspef2nb32u7wpfxnn2fvnv") Removing user Did("did:plc:ezuwk4yd6w2sgcob652wpjh4") at at://did:plc:kdvxfem2yly3aj67lr56m3lp/app.bsky.graph.listitem/3ldk7j2w67o27 Removing user Did("did:plc:nwpacf6hgjf6dr7mlzpmqbkl") at at://did:plc:kdvxfem2yly3aj67lr56m3lp/app.bsky.graph.listitem/3ldrtsrrpid2u
glamor shot of a 9x13 pyrex full of gratin potatoes cooked ratatouille style so the edges get all crispy
Squirrel lying spread eagle on a branch with his paws hanging down
Gyoza, scallion pancakes and broccoli stir fry
a bunch of handmade dumplings and some chopped up veggies
screenshot of a joe mazulla quote: "we're all going to be dead soon, and it doesn't really matter anymore, so there's zero pressure"
a pint of fresh picked raspberries and green beans
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quote that reads: "I have great admiration for Stephenson, a 25 year-old college drop-out who is simply obsessed with business strategy. He is clearly one of the best young businessmen in America. Unlike most YouTube professionals, his goal isn’t to be famous, but to compete aggressively, in every realm that he can, to make goods and services that please the public. He’s been obsessed with commerce since he was 13 and started to crack the YouTube algorithm. One result of this obsession and talent is that his videos regularly exceed top grossing movies and TV shows."
quote that reads: "Good political leadership, smart journalism, and genuine policy knowledge and advocacy within government can make our society better. In this case, one very frustrating example of nickel and diming will now end, and people will get refunds when they are owed them. That one example won’t fix America. But if we do it enough times, it will. And going forward, when someone in a position of authority isn’t trying very hard, we can point to them to this example, and many others, and ask them, “Why not?”"
graph showing the temperature dropping 8 degrees in less than 15 minutes
Griz mascot in leather entrance
photo of david byrne from "stop making sense" in front of a lamp with his hands out
Sully dog sitting
screenshot of scene from sorry to bother you
screenshot of a Guardian headline: "how a Craigslist scam led me to home ownership at age 28"
Undeterred, Ponsin brought his car to the Santa Clara service center without an appointment. A technician there told him the car was fine. “It lasted 10 minutes,” Ponsin said, “and they didn’t even look at the car physically.” After doing more research into range estimates, he said he ultimately concluded there is nothing wrong with his car. The problem, he said, was that Tesla is overstating its performance. He believes Tesla “should be a lot more explicit about the variation in the range,” especially in very cold weather. “I do love my Tesla,” the engineer said. “But I have just tempered my expectation of what it can do in certain conditions.”
Alec Karakatsanis's Usual Cruelty
20 custom printed circuit boards for 8.80 USD
No Shortcuts - Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey