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The Metaphysicalist

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Filip Markunas. Political Philosophy, Science, History, Human Interactions.

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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Oil: once reserves run low, some countries will lose access, and bid higher, this will force the price up for everyone; after that some countries will deny export (US), which will make the price go up even faster. This can happen fairly quickly, but unevenly. In the end only demand loss can solve.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Trump has not been seen in public for a week. Maybe we are already deep into Weekend At Donnies.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Two aging dictators cannot figure out how to get out from under a war they started and cannot conclude.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Delaney should be renamed Dachau. That's what it is.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We apparently attack Iran again today for some reason. Clearly there is no deal.
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A capitalist take (from this Wharton grad) on "Magnifica Humanitas." Pope Leo XIV’s superb new encyclical is the most cogent Catholic critique of capitalism that I have ever read. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...
americamagazine.org
A capitalist (priest) reads ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
Pope Leo XIV’s superb new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” is the most cogent Catholic critique of capitalism that I have ever read.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery
apnews.com
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It's clear everything is agreed with Iran, except the things that matter, Uranium and Hormuz.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Supposedly Trump agreed to give up everything to Iran to stop the problem. No confirmation yet, however. If so, he needs to put a scarlet L on his forehead.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I highly doubt any real deal with Iran will happen. Trump hates being labelled a loser, and the US has no way to get the uranium or open the Strait permanently, and Iran is smart enough to know both are keys to their future, and that Trump has no way to get them.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Trump is apparently staying at the White House this weekend. Not going to the Bahamas or playing golf. I wonder what might happen Saturday...
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Food. It's what's missing for dinner. www.agweb.com/news/usda-pr...
agweb.com
USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought
USDA forecasts historic wheat lows and record soybean gains amid drought, trade tensions, and rising input costs for the 2026/27 season.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This should be in every Democratic ad in the midterms for every candidate running for every office. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Ah, the Cobra effect in action. (Get paid for dead Cobras, raise more cobras to get more money for more dead ones). arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/a...
arstechnica.com
Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools
Workers are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The current Federal Debt in the US is: 38,900,000,000,000 (38 trillion, 900 billion) Your descendants will pay for all those zeros.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/05/2026
"those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Klan shall rise again and be called the Republican Party.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Today I learned the word "Buffalant". conservationtravelafrica.org/blog/elephan...
conservationtravelafrica.org
Amazing animal relationships - meet Nzou the buffalant of Africa
One of the most amazing animal relationships we've ever seen was Nzou, the elephant who thinks she's a buffalo. Find out more!
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"John G. Roberts" is the new "Jim Crow".
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Oil futures nearing $107. The longer the blockage continues, the more pressure on crude prices ramp up. If the war restarts, lost supply might never return, and the price may climb to crazy heights. Fear of economic disaster will give way to actual economic disaster.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Here's @pkrugman.bsky.social explaining why the Iran situation could soon get much worse for Trump: newrepublic.com/article/2096...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
ht: @jeromejgarcia.bsky.social
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Nothing is normal in this country any more...
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
So they will continue the dinner like nothing happened? So nothing happened?
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
WHCA dinner shots, real, fake, mistaken backfire, fart into microphone? I supposed we will find out eventually.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Well at least you can say no reporter had to embarrass themselves at the dinner.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
deadline.com/2026/04/trum...
deadline.com
Shots Fired At White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump Evacuated, Guests On The Floor
Donald Trump and other dignitaries have been hustled out of the White House Correspondents Dinner after shots were fired.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
What is happening at the Correspondent dinner? CSPAN is showing some kind of problem.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Looks like bluesky's CDN is failing, so many images are not showing up.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
apple.com
Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO
Apple announced Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus will become Apple’s next CEO.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The war is over! Hmm...
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Oil back to $80. Market going up. Everything is fine, nothing to see, move along... Hopium is on fire. The war is not a solved problem. Problems in the economy are not gone. Iran is not a defeated nation.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I reiterate my position that Trump will be dead, incapacitated, or removed by the end of this year. No way he is still functioning as President by next year.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Does anyone have WW3 on their 2026 bingo card? Blockading the strait would involve stopping Chinese ships.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Trump and his cronies in the Cabinet are living in a fantasy world where they are the heroes, while everyone else sees they are a nightmare where they are the villains. Future historians will laugh at how stupid this timeline is; that is, if we survive so that there are future historians.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Oil back to $100 again, not surprising, given that Iran still has control over Hormuz, and is still chucking missiles about. Time for a new taco?
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I bet some oil trades were put in right before Trump gave in.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump gave in to Iran, oil now at $96. Still a little fear there that it might unravel. Also, Iran will now charge $2M for each ship, which will add some cost to things.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Oil is at $114.50 Monday evening. Looks like the fear is growing. Gas going to hit $5 nationally soon if this continues.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Hard to image than Lebron James was already an established star in the NBA before Cooper Flagg was even born.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Tis but a scratch.
Destroyed AWACS plane hit by Iran.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Oil futures now priced at 101 Dalmatians. Or rather dollars.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If the Senators go home without a deal, the airports in DC should deny them CLEAR or PreCheck, make them stand in the long lines, and stick a note on their back reading "US Senator forcing you to stand in this line".
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Good luck, Europe. en.defence-ua.com/news/with_40...
en.defence-ua.com
​With 4,000 km Ballistic Missiles, Iran Can Now Reach Every European Country Except Portugal | Defense Express
Although Iran had previously claimed that its missile program was limited to a range of 2,000 km, the reality turned out to be quite different
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In the US we are all immigrants or descended from immigrants, even those who were here first. Demonizing immigrants is demonizing ourselves.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
www.reuters.com/business/med...
reuters.com
Pope Leo asks media to show suffering of war, not amplify 'propaganda'
Pope Leourged journalists on Monday to highlight the suffering caused by war, cautioning against ​news reports that risk sliding into propaganda by ‌glorifying conflicts or serving as "a megaphone" to...
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calcula- tions beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! - Sun Tzu.
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The Metaphysicalist @metaphysicalist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Time to start a new wall for the new war. Better make it big. This one's full.
Vietnam Memorial Wall
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