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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

This is not the win you think it is. It simply betrays your utter lack of understanding of geography and distance.

Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

With respect, this is not the US operating like Russia. The US have been operating like this for decades to destabilise countries in the global south. This is just the first time they are doing it to 'allies' in the West.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

eh, seems on-brand for a rogue terrorist state. Also, given Trump's wholesale withdrawal from the UN and all manner of international treaties, does the administration even care? A

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Land of the feeble; home of the depraved.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Ousted? His country was invaded and he was abducted. Pathetic journalism.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Yeah look, I also make and repair furniture, but this notion of 'bought for $80 sold for R2900' implies that it was just done with skill and labour, when in reality, there are tools and consumables that need to be accounted for. You get this same nonsense with DIY builds. It costs A LOT more.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Nah this is a big win for Tesla. They will continue to make billions per year in carbon credit sales to EU carmakers.

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Daniel D. Reidpath @dreidpath.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Minister Ronald Lamola took SecState Marco Rubio to Diplomatic School. Rubio's post was shocking for a sitting SecState. The threat to exclude a founding G20 member represented profound ignorance or was deliberate inflammatory posturing. SA response was dignified. dirco.gov.za/a-response-t...

dirco.gov.za

A Response to Secretary Rubio’s Substack post

Secretary Rubio, I have read your Substack post from 3 December 2025. From the outset, let me extend congratulations to the United States on assuming the G20 Presidency. We offer our sincere wishes fo...

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Nevermind not being paid. Authors have to pay Article Processing Charges to get published in those journals, easily $5000 per article, depending on the journal's rating.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

man who tried to slash social security spending promises communism is coming if you just ignore the enormous job losses this year due to the technology he's developing for private profit

Peter Diamandis tweets: "800,000 layoffs in 2025. 10,000 in September alone tied to AI. Jobs are disappearing fast. But here’s the truth no one wants to say: It’s the start of a new gold rush... for those who learn how to build with the machines, not fight them."

Elon Musk replies: "Working will be optional in the future.

There will be universal high income."

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

She looks too old for him, tbf.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Another bit of good news -- clean energy stocks are significantly outperforming the S&P500, and outperforming oil stocks by even more

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

so then that's like a discount club membership fee? There's no actual insurance product attached, i.e. there's no cash payouts for specified medical events?

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

So then what does it cover? As a comparison, in South Africa my health insurance costs $14 000 for a family of 4. This provides full hospitalisation cover with co-payments only for electives and scope procedures. I also get $4000 to use at my discretion for out of hospital expenses.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I mean, 'grocery' is such a simple word, though. So old-fashioned.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I was confused there for a second, like "Does she not know that's Colin Farrell, and not Mark Wahlberg? Then, I realised it was a choice bit of movie commentary. 👌

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

So, Arsenal's xG is independent of how opponents play on the day? You honestly think that xG should be the same against a parked bus as opposed to a team playing a high line or a press defense?

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Came here to say exactly this.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Yes, the most deserving album won. The other nominees were great, but Lauryn Hill was masterful.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Land of the feeble, home of the depraved.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Maker, you should have realised that Musk was depraved when he made those unhinged statements about the Thai cave rescue in 2018. I was fully a Musk fanboy until then. I believed him the first time he showed us who he really is.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Has the National Guard been deployed to Orem yet?

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Offered to let them stay, like he's doing them a favour? They had valid VISAs.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

No, this is not on us. This is what is termed as a 'self-pwn'.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I don't see it as political disagreement. He died for what he believed in. This is 100% the America he wanted, where individual deaths are acceptable in exchange for gun freedoms.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Bought my first kayak this weekend. Can't wait to get out on the water!

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

RFK sold out. His legacy as a defender of environmental justice and the clean water act in particular, was rooted in human health. He has, however, been completely silent on the Trump admin's gutting of the EPA and the deregulation of pollution. He has become a corporate shill. He is complicit.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Wow, that's great. So much for the belief that if you 'go woke, you go broke'. 😂 But I am jealous. You can't get Ozempic through public healthcare in my country, so private healthcare is also extorting us. We pay the equivalent of CAD 400 for one pen.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Not to worry, very soon there won't be any more American scientists left, so there won't be any stories like this to worry about.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Has anyone done an analysis of the legal costs involved in fighting all of the Executive orders, and DOGE decisions? Surely that must be counted as wasteful expenditure.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Jaguar were losing money on every ICE car they put out for the last few years. Continuing on that old path was the surest way to oblivion. Its too early to say their new direction is a disaster, just because of an advert. Every legacy automaker will be in deep shit pretty soon, anyway.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is why SA brought the ICJ case against Israel. We knew immediately where the disproportionate response to Oct 7, 2023 was headed. We saw through Israel's lies right from the start. And jn 2024 we saw where the US was headed, because we have also experienced State Capture by the .001%.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Ah, I never considered their respective markings as part of their duality; I was more focused on male & female, fate & freedom; Ged's internal struggle, vs Tenar's struggle with ritual and custom, etc. But light scars makes such obvious sense now. Thanks!

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

interesting choices, especially for the hair. I had imagined him more tall and wiry, with the scars darker than his skin tone. But I'm glad you brought him to life. ❤️ My favourite story that is yet to be told properly in a visual medium.

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Me to kid: Let’s go to the bog tomorrow! Rare birds have been sighted there! Kid to partner: Wanna go to the bog? Partner: That’s ok. But say hi to Shrek for me. Kid: Shrek lived in a swamp, not a bog. They’re completely different biomes. Me: *dies*

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Sectors lobbying is hardly 'running after Trump in desperation'. The wording of the Japanese deal is very opaque. Japan explicitly framed it as a 'non-binding framework'. Trump called it a 'blank cheque'. Ditto for the EU deal - its vaporware.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

What foreign companies are running after Trump trying to make deals? All I see are concepts and frameworks of deals, and letters. 90 deals in 90 days yielded what, exactly?

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Yup. The gutting of the EPA and associated agencies that provide scientific monitoring capacity is of global concern. The USA has a massive environmental footprint, and human and environmental health globally is going to suffer for decades to come.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

South Africa. We have private healthcare like the US, but less exploitative. We also have public healthcare, where the wait for elective procedures is forever; we have too few specialists; hospitals are poorly equipped; but EMS and ICU are very good. We don't let people die because they can't pay.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I live in a third world country, and my aunt got a triple-bypass for $10. All she had to pay for was the discharge meds.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

''In contrast....903 697 black African migrants will have entered the country between 2021 and 2026.'' What kind of a nonsense statistic is this? Please compare how many SAns, per race, have left over the same time periods.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Trump and Joffrey. Same whatsapp group.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Brilliant drive from Oscar. Perfect race. Lando's got the talent, but Oscar has talent and composure. Great 1-2 for McLaren.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Utter. Bullshit. When you were young gays had to hide in the closet because they were ostracised and actively persecuted. We did not 'just get on with it'. You do not get to dictate what pride should be about, any more than anyone else gets to dictate whatever you are/think/do about.

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

'...the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed....there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.'

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Jeff Manuel @vaultboyza.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Revelation 12 is essentially about Elon attempting to destroy his trans daughter, and then the woke community for defending her. And then in Rev 13 he wins Trump the presidency:

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