Reposted by A. XtedtAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8hElon Musk corrects himself: "I think it's worth highlighting the positive benefits of AI -- SI, pardon me. I think by far the most likely outcome is major abundance." 344734151
Reposted by A. XtedtAndrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 12hNobody wants to borrow $500,000 at an 8% interest rate After 10 years of payments you'll still owe $438,600 Nobody is buying a home today with an 8% interest rate. It's not happening. 86919
Reposted by A. XtedtStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 12hThis afternoon in 1957, at the Mayak Plant in the closed city of Chelyabinsk-65 in Russia, near Kyshtym in the Southern Urals, a stainless steel tank holding 70-80 tons of highly-radioactive waste from extracting plutonium for nuclear weapons exploded, releasing 20 million curies of radioactivity. 12112
Reposted by A. XtedtHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13hTrump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5339251055
Reposted by A. XtedtRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13hIn addition to having 16 of the wealthiest billionaires in America pouring money into Republican PACs to buy the midterms, Democrats now have to deal with media companies accepting stolen taxpayer money to run illegal government ads for Republicans. 17954252
Reposted by A. XtedtToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 13hOk so here's the thing: the national debt isn't an issue so long as the economy is growing faster than the yields on treasury bonds, because (assuming tax revenue rates stay constant) revenue grows faster than debt expenditures. The US economy is not going to grow faster than 5.612% annually. 2175
Reposted by A. XtedtRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14hMedia companies who accept taxpayer money for Trump’s illegal campaign ads should be investigated and prosecuted if appropriate. Media executives accepting this money should be subpoenaed to appear before a Democratic Congress to explain why they are complicit in a crime. 361377333
Reposted by A. XtedtCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h“I am the house.” @pkrugman.bsky.social substack.com/@paulkrugman... 38636152
Reposted by A. XtedtRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes. 12033301052
Reposted by A. XtedtPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The government airing this kind of thing during an election is about as blatant a campaign violation as you can get. 49024
A. Xtedt @xtedt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Watching the San Francisco Firebells take on the L.A. Queens tonight! 001
A. Xtedt @xtedt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How convenient Rogan knows nothing about Ken Paxton. What a piece of shit - the guy who believes he solved to riddle of a novel disease - somehow did 0 research in learning about a well known national election in his own state! Jackass. 001
Reposted by A. XtedtHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ron White to Joe Rogan: Talarico didn't cost this state $6 million in fines and lawsuits, and that happened with Ken Paxton. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He's a criminal. He's a piece of shit. 1372661649
Reposted by A. XtedtCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026YARDENI: “.. Today, we are moving our S&P 500 target of 8,400 for year-end to mid-2027. Our new target for the end of 2026 is 7,900. .. the risks of a downturn have increased over the next three to six months, as reflected in the higher odds we assign to a bearish scenario.” 1117943
Reposted by A. XtedtAlan Wessman @alanwessman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Follow up question: Why are those kinds of statements effective in the Republican Party and not something that would end his campaign immediately? 192
Reposted by A. XtedtYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/09/20261. Earlier today, AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who spent the past three years working at OpenAI and Anthropic, publicly resigned from Anthropic, warning that both companies are racing toward superintelligence and “gambling with our lives.” 43910391
Reposted by A. XtedtHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 08/09/2026Good overview of all the times Trump has lied about being at Ground Zero "helping." 917759
Reposted by A. XtedtGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 07/09/2026Happy Labor Day, Illinois. 9729106
Reposted by A. XtedtBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Usually reporters get leaks FROM the White House -- but at Fox News, a reporter appears to have leaked TO the White House. That's according to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's explanation of the sudden Maria Bartiromo erasure by the Murdochs 1743172906
Reposted by A. XtedtCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/20262:05 pm 2:21 pm @atrupar.com 1064158284450
Reposted by A. XtedtKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 03/09/2026Another chart for the chart boys to ignore 730060
Reposted by A. XtedtDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The most powerful lie of all is the lie that contains a likeness to the truth in some way. It is how we lull others and ourselves into believing what we prefer to hear instead of believing what is true. 093
Reposted by A. XtedtMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34995894679
Reposted by A. XtedtMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington. 612304518885
Reposted by A. XtedtNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We’re somewhere between General Esposito declaring underwear must be worn on the outside and Dr. Evil’s father claiming he invented the question mark. 691235185
Reposted by A. XtedtPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The same people who brought you explosive diarrhea lettuce now bring you a toilet paper shortage. 711837
Reposted by A. Xtedtkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/20263 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3 83115723899
Reposted by A. XtedtCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Trade uncertainty starting to hit for real now. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/aut... 28862252
Reposted by A. XtedtThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 24/08/2026Good morning. Here's the front page of The Globe and Mail for Monday, August 24, 2026. 📰 11538341131
Reposted by A. XtedtRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026All it took to get Trump and Melania back together for a few hours was a Jon Ossoff speech. 1002794425
Reposted by A. XtedtKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20/08/2026BREAKING: U.S Judge Loretta Preska has just ruled that the deceased Virginia Guiffre’s civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell can be unsealed to the Public! 19864241
A. Xtedt @xtedt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Trump always disappoints but personally at least he’s coming out on top. Imagine accumulating more money mostly on crypto scams and stock market manipulation as President than you did your entire career. Then imagine telling all your lickspittle followers to suck it up at the same time. 😬 000
Reposted by A. XtedtTruthout @truthout.org · 18/08/2026Amid large-scale federal immigration raids across the Twin Cities in January, ICE agent Christian Castro approached a home and shot a bullet through its front door, injuring Minneapolis resident Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. 1308
Reposted by A. XtedtElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The five biggest defense contractors spent more than $100B on buybacks and dividends since 2020. I have a simple question for defense contractors: If taxpayers are giving you billions to build military equipment, why are you buying back your own stock? This needs to stop. 32290263007
Reposted by A. XtedtThe Daily Fathom @thedailyfathom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026ENERGY · MIT researchers map out fusion power's economics A new MIT framework asks what it actually costs to make fusion power profitable, not just possible. Read the full story → #Energy #MIT #TheDailyFathom 011
Reposted by A. XtedtNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Trump restarted bombing, and what did he get for it? -Hormuz closed, more economic damage -Lost Oman, which was working with the US before -A vote of no confidence from Saudis -Worsened munitions shortage -More US casualties -No concessions from Iran -Now poised to surrender My latest, in @ms.nowms.nowOpinion | Iran’s Hormuz deal with Oman has Trump poised for the big surrenderNicholas Grossman: Trump started bombing Iran again to keep it from having control over the Strait of Hormuz. That gambit failed — again. 681649502
Reposted by A. XtedtAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026Dr Oz: "This is corruption on the underlying system ... when everyone is doing it, that's a real pathology. Bc if you're not part of the corrupt system, you're a fool. When I'm lying to you & you know I'm lying & I know that you know that I'm lying, & on & on & on, that's how countries collapse." 295869160
Reposted by A. XtedtMicah @rincewind.run · 31/07/2026I can tell the bond folks the exact date Kevin Warsh will start advocating for major rate hikes to tame inflation: January 20, 2029 151746311
Reposted by A. XtedtThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Sure did! 😬 581139124336
Reposted by A. XtedtNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Clarifying to see how a lot of “respect the troops” was always BS. They never meant it, never thought taking on risk for national service was honorable, just saw people serving the country as props, and “respect the troops” as a selective way to try to silence disagreement over foreign policy. 940289
Reposted by A. XtedtCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026thisisfinedog.gif www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-...newsweek.comTrump admin moves to scrap 50-year US radiation safety standardThe Trump administration is backing a major overhaul of U.S. radiation safety rules. 1821691
Reposted by A. XtedtMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Trump is on the verge of changing nuclear safety regulations so that the government no longer tries to keep human exposure to radiation as low as possible. For over 50 years the standard has been keeping radiation exposure "as low as reasonably achievable." /1independent.co.ukA 50-year radiation safety rule is on the chopping block under Trump’s nuclear agendaThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been ... 17331177
