Give peace a chance.

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social can you do review of The Power of Positive Thinking?

A company borrowed $50M of its own stablecoin from its own lending platform, using currency it printed as collateral. Then sent the proceeds to the bank that already holds its reserves. While depositors were locked out. This is not a hack. Not fraud. Not illegal. This is WLFI. Last Tuesday. 🧵

Pre-midi synth pop.

World Changing Conflict I (Or is it III?)

My experience from European conferences is that the espresso machine to attendee ratio should be about 1:4.

Wow.

We’re going to war against Minnesota and Greenland but not against cancer.

ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.

"The leader of the US military is telling the agents of another govt dept—one of whom is on video pumping at least 5 bullets into a man who’d already been shot and was lying on his face—that 'we have your back'...Worse, the secretary seems to be implying that the govt of MN is an enemy of the US."

a new third thing

Kinky Friedman for President.

The war on women is a "forever" war

imagine watching this and not thinking that this is the whole goddamn reason to even *have* America

Among our most-read stories of 2025: Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit. (Published Aug. 2025)

ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant” He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota

And reinvent the Clarion Cycling Club

I’m giving up coffee not because my doctor told me to, but because I now have 50 different things in my life that cost “one coffee a month” and now there’s no room for actual coffee in my budget.

Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her. Her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released without charges. Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Pope says touch pew

I finally forgot that song that was stuck in my head last week.

Trevor McGill just dropped about 8 bombs on the radio. #brewers

This is a descent into ugliness.

@bencollins.bsky.social hey I have this idea to do a big glamour shot “how to make money being president” and put it by cash registers and send to all our wonderful relatives..dm

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

19-year-old Leilani Payne who got sprayed directly in the eyes by federal police yesterday is back out at the Ice facility tonight.

No baseball tonight. All was calm.

Jets will still miss the playoffs.

The government should get a stake in all companies, not just Intel. Every year companies should send a percentage of their profits to the government.

Microwaving a Hot Pocket takes 2 minutes (120 seconds). Google says Gemini uses 0.24 Watt-hours per prompt, about the same as using the microwave for 1 second. THEREFORE, you can either do 120 AI prompts or make 1 Hot Pocket for the same energy. AI is 1/120 Hot Pocket Units. bsky.app/profile/dave...

Brewers just 2-hit the Cubs.

Ranking baseball teams by professional opportunities offered by the team name: 1. #Brewers 2. #Mariners 3. #Rangers 4. #Padres

My grandma just got her social security check in Hauk Tua coin.

The revolution was televised.

All this chaos so that rich people can get tax cuts. Seems like a clear message with all these billionaires prancing around.

Quite simply, they are dismantling the US government. wapo.st/4gEW9CT

USAID shutting down without notice is going to throw a lot of people’s lives into turmoil. Lives they planned based on expected income. There will be ripple effects and it is shameful that we do this. balkaninsight.com/2025/01/30/t...

When the government turns its business to businessmen we’re all gonna pay retail.

I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously. Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause." They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.

This guy just got a full and unconditional pardon from Donald Trump.

Are you gonna do the work before the meeting or are you expecting the meeting to do the work for you?

Did your national mainstream media reported about russian missile attack on city of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine today that hit the school , 4 apartment buildings and many private houses, killing and wounding people ? Or did you learn about it from social media accounts like mine ?

Harry Caray, Ernie Harwell, Vin Scully and Bob Uecker. Baseball on the radio had an impressive run - a lot of names missing on this list.

It’s been a rough year for the good guys.

The opportunity costs of “let’s debate vaccines!” Is going to be massive and emblematic of the “we’ll settle this on Joe Rogan” mode of politics. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-opport...

some time before going home. I already know I’m gonna listen to the cure when I do