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Lones Smith

@lonessmith.bsky.social
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Punster, math aficionado & economic theory spin maestro. I do game theory and information economics.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He thought of everything except being a non-piece of 💩 president 
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
US refining capacity ✅leaps up under Obama ❌falls majorly under Trump1 ✅rises under Biden ❌falls again in Trump’s current disastrous term Source: Energy Information Administration #facts
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Only a narcissistic lowlife adds his name onto a memorial for another man‼️‼️ America will erase Trump's name from all public mention except outhouses. I foresee Trump Dump as a popular outhouse name, but variations are possible....
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Bernard Taylor @bernardtaylorforfl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Do you remember in The Lion King when scar told the hyenas if they helped him become king he will make their lives better and then their lives didn’t get better and he blamed them for it. And upon realizing this, the hyenas ate him. Do with that story what you will.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is…. not the same as violence
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Texas Gov. Abbott is refusing to extradite to Minnesota an ICE agent charged with firing into a home there, "at least until Minnesota 'step[s] up and [repays proceeds of] fraud that they’ve committed in their state through federal programs.'” It's a meritless stand. [@stevevladeck.bsky.social]
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Bonus 244: Minnesota v. Abbott
Governor Abbott is ignoring his duty to extradite an ICE officer indicted in Minnesota. He has no viable legal claim, but may be trying to run out the clock.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING. Joe Rogan has just discovered that Trump might be corrupt.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Noncitizens can vote locally in DC, SF, and Oakland @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When you win a war, you dictate the terms of the peace. When you lose a war, you try to salvage the best deal you can get to end hostilities. What we are doing is the latter.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The accuracy on large profile elections of the betting markets in the last year is 80% 
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’s better than a poll: it’s people who are smart, who put their money on the line, some of whom have read all the polls and all the articles and all the pundits 
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Since Since Fra Hong has taken a commanding lead in the primary for Wisco governor, the probability of Dems winning have crashed from 85% to 41% according to both betting markets. Smart Democrats beware: Trumpers <3 Francesca, since he bears her in head to head polls.
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Jade @ap.jade.ellis.link · 31/05/2026
The three genders (nonbuynary)
What is your gender? 
Please select one.

Male 
Female 
I have no plans to purchase a new vehicle
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If he were a Columbia student and said this his citizenship would be revoked
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So now millions of football fans around the world view the US as cheaters who used political corruption to influence FIFA and we lose anyway. So much winning. When’s the next war?
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Star Trek: 'He's Dead, Jim'
ALT: Star Trek: 'He's Dead, Jim'
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Frankenstein Its Alive
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The most recent president on Mount Rushmore worth listening to
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social ) #BribeForceOne
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
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Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
An iPad inside Independence Hall tells visitors that a second floor room was used in the 1850s to hold individuals “accused of crimes of the period.” Originally, the screen read “accused fugitives of slavery.” @fallonroth.bsky.social and I discover more retelling of history by Trump’s admin. 🎁 🔗
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Trump administration quietly removed mentions of slavery from Independence Hall, Thomas Jefferson portrait
The Inquirer's discovery of these changes come as Philadelphians are grappling with the Trump administration's attacks on the President's House Site.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/06/2026
Ossoff: "Just think, 250 years on, what the Founders would see if they visited us today. *crowd groans* But wait -- they would see that slavery had been abolished. They would see that Americans without land, and then women, and then the descendants of slaves had secured voting rights ... "
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
While Russia bombs apartment buildings and murders civilians daily, the US will play a hockey game in Russia to “melt the ice between us.”
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Trump's reelection basically meant that white collar crime is now legal, except when it can be used as a cudgel against his political or personal enemies. The task of rebuilding the DOJ after this debacle is going to be epic and thankless.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Relatedly, Trump has 3% odds on Polymarket of winning the 2028 election
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Relatedly, Trump has 3% odds on Polymarket of winning the 2028 election
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Relatedly, Trump has 3% odds on Polymarket of winning the 2028 election
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Relatedly, Trump has 3% odds on Polymarket of winning the 2028 election
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Relatedly, Trump has 3% odds on Polymarket of winning the 2028 election
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The price of gas hit $4.22 a gallon. Trump has no plan to end his war. He accomplished nothing, and the entire world is now suffering.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
1987 Far Side cartoon: during the Iran-Iraq war, a tanker war hugely limited traffic in the strait of Hormuz. Everyone has long known that Iran had this card to play! IDIOT OF THE CENTURY IGNORES SMART GENERALS AND LISTENS TO FOOLISH HEGSETH & NETANAYU, AND NOW AMERICA & THE WORLD IS MAJORLY EFFED!
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
FYI
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
During Chavez-DeRemer’s tenure, Trump canceled millions of dollars in international grants that the Labor Department used to combat child labor and slave labor around the world, ending their work that had helped reduce the number of child laborers worldwide by 78M over the last two decades.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
IF DEMOCRATS DO NOT WIN THE INDEPENDENTS, THEN THEY LOSE. WE DON’T NEED TO RELEARN THIS OBVIOUS LESSON! I checked the history of losers who run again. They are 2 for 5 in the old party system, and 1 for 5 in modern times. Spoiler alert: only Nixon won in modern times after losing.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Kamala may run again. 🙃 I desperately pray she does not, since her opponent could rerun 2024, and tie her to the 2022-2023 inflation and 8+ million undocumented inflow. Democrats need a centrist, like Clinton, who picks every median voter position, winning independents, killing the MAGA cancer.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I checked the history of losers who run again. They are 2 for 5 in the old party system, and 1 for 5 in modern times. Spoiler alert: only Nixon won in modern times after losing.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Kamala may run again. 🙃 I desperately pray she does not, since her opponent could rerun 2024, and tie her to the 2022-2023 inflation and 8+ million undocumented inflow. Democrats need a centrist, like Clinton, who picks every median voter position, winning independents, killing the MAGA cancer.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
IN REAL TERMS, DEFENSE SPENDING IS SET TO RISE TO ITS PEAK WW2 LEVELS!!!
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Relatedly, Trump's budget slashes domestic spending, and spikes defense spending 50%+ to $1.5T dollars! IN REAL TERMS, THIS IS PEAK WW2 LEVELS! This is easily the most destructive submitted budget in history -- exploding the deficit, erasing all govt good, all so Trump can start more reckless wars.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The worst possible tactic you can use when negotiating a deal with a regime like Iran is to dunk on them in public during negotiations. Any knowledgeable seasoned diplomat knows this. But we have Mr. Art of the Deal who needs to feed his cult and the markets a steady diet of BS.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congratulations to Péter Magyar on a decisive election victory in Hungary. The Hungarian people have chosen a new path. We are ready to work with you, and our European allies, to deepen our cooperation in trade, defence, and security.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.
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Lones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
L-O-S-E-R
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