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GenevaGirl @michellev.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In the morning update out from a European bank, crypto YouTube views sink to lowest level since 2011. Won’t someone think of the creators/ grifters?

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

this is a test now of whether twitter - which is where I would have once gone for this sort of question - has any serious merit left.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Can someone with more knowledge than me explain to me - or lead me to a source which explains - why the Muslim Brotherhood is a source of violence in the Middle East but the political arm in Morocco (Justice and Development Party) oversaw a peace treaty and normalisation of relationship with Israel?

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Historical Fact: Between March 1946 and August 1947, our airport was used for housing prisoners of war. This taught us everything we know about handling passengers today. #CustomerService

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Those who don't criticize the government have nothing to fear.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

All corporate assets belong to the State. Buy stocks.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The most important achievement of the right in the C21st has been the invention of an all-powerful "establishment" that does not include the editor of the Sunday Telegraph, the world's richest media moguls, the party that was in govt for 14 years, Boris Johnson or the billionaire president of the US

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

A little bit of pork on a rotisserie, round and round it goes...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Pontius Pilate’s savvy decision to crucify Jesus was a political masterstroke, but ultimately he was removed as Governor of Judea after his costly tariff war with neighboring Roman provinces devastated Judeans’ 401ks.

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keyser soze @keysersoze2024.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

He’ll fold like a cheap suit & declare victory. He’ll announce imaginary deals & point to imaginary numbers on a chart. And that’ll be it. And that, depressingly, that will be sufficient for the mouth breathers & Murdoch media rage meth addicts. He won’t ever poll below 40% approval. Sad but true

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keyser soze @keysersoze2024.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If it is any comfort, this will be reversed within a month. It might not last even a fortnight, for just 1 plain simple reason: He’s a coward. Trump has literally always been a coward in business. The one who bluffed himself into losing all of his chips each time. Here’s how that works:

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I remember a time long ago (early January) when a high federal officer manufacturing a gang conviction out of thin air in order to justify disappearing a completely innocent American resident into a foreign gulag without any due process or means of retrieval would be considered some kind of scandal

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onion person @junlper.beer · 29/03/2025

go anti-woke go broke

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Mike Traynor, a know-It-all @miketrilobite.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Godwin's second Law: "Anyone who uses 'woke' as a pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead."

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Not often I advertise a new blog. But this guy (whoever he may be) very elegantly gives the case for Regeneron. $REGN notesfromthebeautycontest.substack.com/p/regeneron-...

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN)

A Deep Dive

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

As a fund manager I know what it is to do worse than you would expect. Shit happens. Too regularly for my taste. But I am amused by the language some use to describe losses: "the fund contracted 2.7% in February"... I guess they had no flows.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Got an actual neo Nazi advert, showing swastikas approvingly, on twitter

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A challenge. Can someone make a right wing and beautiful AI that eventually induces Elon Musk to proposition them via DM? The new Turing test is can a computer program be indistinguishable from an Elon momma?

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Reading Givaudan results. The company is pitching synthetic citrus flavourings (for your soft drinks I guess). Here is the pitch: "achieving supply assurance and creating authentic, nature-inspired ingredients". Well I guess...

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It is well over three years since the Chinese company Xpeng promised us robotic rideable unicorns. I regard their absence as a failure of the Xi regime. youtu.be/NsYC3FAD2dM?...

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Explore Future Mobility with XPENG Robotics | First Ridable Robot Unicorn

YouTube video by XPENG

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Wow, looks like there's surprising support in the new admin for horrific traumatic injuries.

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The last time a foreign president tried to seize European territory, European governments responded by confiscating the assets of his billionaire cronies.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Your regular reminder that Fartcoin market cap is still $1.5 billion. That is 1.5 billion in value created by some kids who minted Fartcoin. What value have you added lately?

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The problem with JJJ's Like a Version - where some artist comes in and covers something - is that every now and again you find an awesome cover. So you go to the artist (in this case Sycco) and discover their song writing just ain't up to it. Example. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n-F...

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Sycco covers The Pointer Sisters’ ‘Jump (For My Love)' for Like A Version

YouTube video by triple j

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I’m no sociologist but I have to think there will be some knock-on effects on American society by the full-throttled, top down, embrace of fraud and grift.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Reading an annual report (in this case Krispy Kreme). They tell me they "compete in the fragmented indulgence industry." Can someone tell me what a "fragmented indulgence" is? Are they something I buy from the Catholic Church?

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The first episode was truly excellent. Looking forward to the rest.

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Anthony Pesec @anthonypesec.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Donald Trump said that he could end the Russia-Ukraine conflict within 24 hours yet here we are more than 24 hours into the MAGA civil war and he's nowhere to be found.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Listening to Forever Changes - the classic album by Love. The bride thought it lead guitar driven. Not my thought. But I'm reminded that before Love or Jimi Hendrix became famous Hendrix played with Love. Still a great album without the lead guitar. faroutmagazine.co.uk/jimi-hendrix...

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Jimi Hendrix's drugged-out jam with Arthur Lee and Love

Jimi Hendrix and Arthur Lee were good friends, and one day, the 'Purple Haze' guitarist linked up with Lee and his band Love to take drugs and jam out.

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John Hempton @johnhempton.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

From the other place: the disgusting Liberal Media keeps lying. It is closer to $900 million.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Devin Nunes? You mean the guy who sued a Twitter “cow” for mean tweets and was laughed out of court And then resigned from Congress in disgrace To run Donald Trump’s failed Twitter ripoff company THAT Devin Nunes? lol, ok

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I don't think I was as clear as I could have been here, there are lots of new "let's do an insurrection together, fellow lefties!" accounts that I find tremendously suspect

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

on monday i posted a photo that i pulled directly from the campaign website of maryland GOP state legislator nino mangione because his cousin luigi was in it. it’s been taken down, but you can see it here: web.archive.org/web/20231004... today i received this email from a crisis management lawyer:

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