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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

individually satisfying, together they constitute a pattern of refreshment™️

Five 1-liter glass soda bottles stand side-by-side on a dark surface against a charcoal studio backdrop, lit like a high-end beverage ad with visible condensation on the glass. Each bottle has a cream label with subtle pinstripes and large black serif text reading “RICO PREDICATE®” above a prominent flavor name. From left to right: Cream Soda (pale gold liquid) with “18 U.S.C. § 1956” and an orange horizontal band reading “KNOWLEDGE STANDARD”; Club Soda (clear) with “18 U.S.C. § 1343” and a blue band reading “VENUE IN ANY DISTRICT”; Ginger Ale (pale amber) with “18 U.S.C. § 1346” and a gold band reading “SCOPE LIMITED”; Root Beer (dark brown) with “18 U.S.C. § 1512” and a red band reading “CORRUPT PERSUASION”; Tonic Water (slightly cloudy clear) with “18 U.S.C. § 1341” and a gray band reading “BITTER TO THE END.” Beneath the bottles, centered on the background, the tagline reads: “A Pattern of Refreshment.™”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways

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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

me, in March: wait, what. why is this NZ accounting company trying to hire me me, in August: (watching some kind of twink-focused drag show at Wellington’s only(?) gay bar)

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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Update: the Blue Bottle in the Financial District is exactly what you would expect it to be

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

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Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 06/03/2025

Reminder: if you haven’t yet read “The Mythical Man Month,” buy two copies so you can read it faster.

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Qenny @akbrews.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I'm absolutely losing it over these entries for the Illinois State flag redesign

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/12/2024

The dramatic reveal when you've been listening to somebody talk, and you're thinking "ah, that's just some regular guy" and then they have the long "O" in "pro-cess" or whatever and suddenly you realize you've been engaging with A CANADIAN

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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Mostly confident in my masculinity (mustache) despite never having gotten into crypto or sports betting. Am I still a man

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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 26/08/2024

it sort of hadn't occurred to me—until he, you know, wrote a book about it—that the story of nate silver's decline is the story of a brutal, uncontrolled, and unrecognized gambling addiction

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hypoallergenic bobcat alternative @noghiri.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

becoming radically anti-fraud, first as a bit, and then because my parents don't deserve this hostile of an environment in their old age

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

Contender for favorite chart of all time: Predictions vs. Reality for solar energy.

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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Glorious

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

remember that time our government briefly lifted millions of children out of poverty then said aw hell no and put them back into poverty

Graph on childhood poverty rate
2019 - 12.6%
2020 - 9.7%
2021 - 5.2%
2022 - 12.4%

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 21/10/2023

the trolley problem meme, but the track forks 3 ways, and then there's a second set of junctions that could switch from one of any of the 3 tracks to one of the other 2. at the end of the tracks are 3 barriers marked with question marks, and behind them are a goat, a car, and another goat

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 08/05/2023

The more wrenches you can throw into the gears of automated de-duplication cross-database identity matching the better.

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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Thunder is so rare in Seattle that I just assumed the volcano had finally decided to destroy Tacoma

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Senior PowerPoint Engineer @ryxcommar.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

For sale: Californian bank; depositors churned.

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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

If you just gave me a big hello & long time no see while we were on opposite escalators at Northgate station: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude, I just have absolutely no idea who you are or how we know each other

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Christopher Koski @chriskoski.bsky.social · 27/04/2023

Something something migratory birds something

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