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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
“.. Since the final F-150 Lightning rolled off the assembly line in December, it has become one of the most coveted cars in America ..” @bloomberg.com $F www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 1h
So read a post about Walmart profit sharing. And how it ended in 2011. Don’t have the time to investigate… Will do so at a later date…
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 2h
So apparently the Russian bot farm was destroyed by Ukraine. What kind of changes to social media are folks seeing?
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 11h
so finished - spirit of the steamboat no mystery no crime a story with a bunch of the townspeople very good, but only 3.5 ish hours...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 15h
brian fitzpatrick a gop house member will bring a discharge petition to block any us purchases of russian oil... (i hope they clarify oil, to include distaliates of oil...diesel, gasoline, kerosene - i don't think he's misrepresenting the bill, trump might try) i'm with fitzpatrick on this one.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 16h
so musk explicitly told folks to take picture sof their credit cards for grok??? so are credit card companies going to have to start sending out flyers and special emails. don't let ais use your credit cards - bc you are going to be held resposnible? ---
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Page One: “.. this is a full-blown crisis.” ✈️ @financialtimes.com
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 20h
boy, i'm so glad fox news and fbn focused so much on the maybe 10 trans athletes in the ncaa and the two jackasses screwing with the wnba, instead of geopolitical stuff.. russia, russia, russia diesel vehicles/fuel two wars - one in eastern europe and us losing one in the middle east...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 22h
russia, russia, russia are the bad guys!
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 22h
russia are using drones to attack civilian busses 🤷‍♂️ www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Russian strike on buses kills at least 30, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge
Ukraine accused Russia of targeting two crowded vehicles in the front line city of Kramatorsk to kill as many civilians as possible.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 22h
so trump wants us to support russia against ukraine because he is losing a war against iran all the while russia is working with iran to hurt the us -- unconfirmed reports, that russia gave iran info on our bases and naval vessels but trump wants to help those guys
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So a Fox News post with Trump attacking Zelenskyy is getting the business on x. It’s not ratioed. But it’s close 1.6 k respirator 2k likes . The us broadly supports Ukraine . Putin is the bad guy. Trump doesn’t accept this.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
so apparently europe and china have a deal about autos. half the current level of hybrids and battery autos from china, but china gets better access to the market meaning the transition time for european auto industry gets extended..
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🤦 abc7.com/story/off-du...
abc7.com
72-year-old man shoots off-duty ICE agent found asleep on Fresno lawn, agent arrested: Police
Authorities say a woman found the ICE agent sleeping on her front lawn.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
so in the next 48-72 hrs, three hurricanes are going to hit the north american continent. 🤷‍♂️ Tropical Storm Rachel in baja / southern california Hurricane Isaias along the gulf states hurricane simon weather.com/2026/10/09/s...
weather.com
Hurricane Simon intensifies: Category 4 threat to Jalisco
Hurricane Simon is forecast to rapidly intensify into a Category 4 storm before hitting Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening tourist hub Puerto Vallarta.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
trump making a deal with oligarchy russia??? they are a dictatorship no freedom of the press or religion or to own arms no rule of law no ip protections no president but trump would make this deal. bad actor working with bad actor no surprise, just disappoitnment...
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Barchart @barchart.com · 09/10/2026
Investors just poured $166 Billion into Money Market Funds over the last week, the largest weekly inflow since Covid 🚨
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A man dug a tiny waterhole in the Brazilian rainforest, then set up a camera to see who would show up for a drink
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
on x carnewschina . com has short posts about evs in china. the website itself has longer stories, china has overtaken the us in car manufacturing. the nissan truck, frontier pro looks quite impressive and will be sold everywhere but the us and europe.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Starbucks has explored a takeover of Chipotle Mexican Grill, FT reports
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Starbucks reportedly exploring Chipotle takeover
Move would reunite chief executive Brian Niccol with chain he led before joining coffee company two years ago
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BLAS: “.. Once again, I had to update the y-axis as the cost of oil freight (Persian Gulf to the Far East) climbs further. Now at >$1.4 million per day.” @bloomberg.com @javierblas.bsky.social ⛽️
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.morningbrew.com/stories/the-...
morningbrew.com
The latest AI gold rush: Slovenian domain names
Purchases for .si domain names surged in September, the same month that President Trump directed government agencies to refer to artificial intelligence as super intelligence.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
assumption? hegseth wants to be the big christian that kills the muslim terrorist. --- should he be killed? no, i'm not a fan of the death penalty should it be televised - no lock him up in leavenworth or where ever for the rest of his natural life. wth 🤷‍♂️
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
libbyapp.com/shelf
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Libby
All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.hoopladigital.com/my/hoopla
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My hoopla | hoopla
hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤷‍♂️ innovation www.zmescience.com/ecology/rene...
zmescience.com
A New Generation of Solar Panels Could Produce 25% More Electricity and Shake Up the Global Energy Industry
A second light-absorbing layer could shake up the solar energy market— if they last.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
blanche is so bad as his job. 🤦 punchbowl.news/article/whit...
punchbowl.news
DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for charges that she lied to Congress.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
so listening to one of the longmire novellas spirit of the steamboat. i borrowed it from hoopla digital - a library service. i don't want to afford audible. bezos is a bad ceo. instead of paying decent wages, 30-40% of his employees live on some kind of government benefit program.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So the military should go hybrid or electric because of fuel prices? How high is diesel going to hit? It’s already over $6 How much does a destroyer use per day? Or a military truck? www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
eenews.net
Trump takes on the Pentagon's (nonexistent) electric tanks
The Defense Department has spent years planning for global warming and its impact on national security.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
jesse waters on fossil fuels. sigh at some point we are going to run out of fossil fuels to dig up. we've already dug up the easy stuff. and the next level stuff, and the not so easy stuff. we are now at the very hard stage. the oil companies can find new oil every so often...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
my guess there will be people all over the ne that don't have enough money to cover all of their heating oil bills this winter. so, are town getting ready? are they getting ready to open up public spaces for folks to stay at night? or share nights at homes.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
yaa! i guess its finally getting looked at. www.barrons.com/articles/cat...
barrons.com
FTC Inquiry Hits Agricultural Stocks. It Matters More for Deere Than Caterpillar.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Agriculture are requesting information from the public regarding the farm equipment market. It matters more for Deere than Caterpillar.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why arent they using ai to make a cheaper smartphone? Or an os that can replace android? Something! Anything that the avg citizen can actually buy… Ai hype is all “5 yrs from now… you’ll see and you’ll be mad that you didn’t believe me…” Yeah maybe. It isn’t making a new Product.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So the Bloomberg article is out. Maine is paying 80% more for heating oil this yr… Now do the rest of New England … www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Record $1,500 Heating Bills in Maine Upend a Key Race for Senate Control
Nazi symbols, sexual assault allegations and months of internal Democratic conflict have churned through the US Senate race in Maine. Yet with the election four weeks away, it’s the explosion in housi...
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Smoke & Air Alerts @smokealertsbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😷 Air Quality Alert for the Phoenix area of Arizona until Thu Oct 8, 12:00 AM EDT. Areas: Maricopa, AZ Ozone high pollution advisory for maricopa county including the phoenix metro a… Sensitive groups: limit strenuous outdoor activity. Source: NWS Phoenix AZ #Phoenix #Arizona
Map of the Air Quality Alert area, shaded over county outlines (NWS): Maricopa, AZ.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
california and fires in the west... canada fires smoke from both affecting humans and animals hundreds of miles away... 20 yrs ago air quality for cities / regions and spare the air days were just starting to be a thing. --- la had smog - when? i don't know we changed our gasoline
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Barchart @barchart.com · 07/10/2026
The cost of hiring an oil tanker on the benchmark trade route has soared to $1.33 million per day, the most expensive in history 🚨
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this is the new jaguar ev - stole picture from sawyer merritt an elon musk fan boy / official / unofficial spokesperson / influencer? it looks like a chrome version of the batmobile from the 90s cartoon
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. .. Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process by other people’s Muse agents.” @time.com $META time.com/article/2026...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So Brit Hume is explaining how house committees work!!! He’s been supporting the gotcha gop meetings, But just now is trying to explain them to his followers! Sigh
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
So, simcity was a big thing 20-30 yrs ago. Is there any game designer working on a sim fire simulator? You get a random LA like city, a brush fire starts and you have to move your people around to stop the fire. Not going to happen, just thinking out loud. #simulation #games
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
some idiot name miranda devine is complaining about a measles outbreak in nyc. she thinks its somehow linked to someone who crossed the border during biden's time in office. the incubation period of measles is 7-18 days. so approx 3 weeks. the person who first had it was
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A U.S. President says “let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego.” why is he still president? even this cabinet of miscreants can see he's off his rocker. oh right, they have screwed up so much, they can't get another real job after being part of trumps 2nd term cabinet. 🤦
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
when i hear the ai ceos talking about not teaching math anymore or not going to college, or trump withholding tax dollars for certain majors i think of this book... written in 74 about first contact. www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
goodreads.com
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
In 3016, the 2nd Empire of Man spans hundreds of star s…
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
back to my auto rant i own shares of ford no other automakers or adjacent to them, no clne or other vehicle makers. i used to own share in chargepoint, one of the public charging companies, but i sold at a loss. i do own mutual funds, and they might own some others, idk
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
so the big money people are learning about the auto indsutry in real time. and teaching it to their viewers. --- it takes 12-18-24 months to shift a auto factory from one kind of vehicle to another... ev an hybrid sales are up because of fuel prices...
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is not good. Mass layoffs are not good, no one wants this… Not to win an election … Not to own Trump This is not good… www.newsweek.com/trucker-firm...
newsweek.com
Mass layoffs, trucking bankruptcies mount amid diesel price shock
Diesel has inched down from its recent record highs, but the freight economy continues to feel the effects of elevated fuel.
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bardenp.bsky.social @bardenp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So the big money show is going all in on painting the dems as socialist or communists… Lurking around ready to “destroy America “ Sigh Anecdotally evidence… Also pro fossil fuels… But fuel costs too much … no answer for this. Bash California for refineries closing…
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