Bill Clinton giving serious “M’lady” Magic the Gathering vibes here
Modern History@modernhistory
Bill and Hillary Clinton as students. (1972)
English
Matthew Opitz
11K posts
Matthew Opitz retweetledi
In the age of AI, the reader struggles because the writer doesn't have to.
eigenrobot@eigenrobot
asking people to read ai-generated text is offensive. this is not because ai text is intrinsically bad. rather, the author has not paid a cost to write the text himself. this cost is a credible signal he finds its communication important. so: not paying that cost is telling
English
Matthew Opitz retweetledi
If you need any more evidence that democratic congressional leadership supports the Iran war. They miscounted the votes so an actual co-sponsor of the bill had to vote against it to stop it from passing!
Andrew Perez@andrewperezdc
Retiring Blue Dog Rep. Jared Golden just cast the deciding vote to kill a war powers resolution he *cosponsored*
English
@einstein2004113 Marx: The socially-necessary labor in one ounce of gold is equivalent to that in 20 yards of linen…
Donnie: I am the Walrus
Marx: Shut the fuck up, Donnie, you’re out of your element!…
English
>marx
>big fan of linen
>most important ideological successor is called lenin
who wrote that shit
English
Y’all be clowning on Temu products until Russia rolls up in Ukraine with the 34th electric cavalry division
Temu@shoptemu
Temu brings you luxe car upgrades without the luxe price tag.
English
@KafkeKretz @bdquinn “You know, many people think it’s sea-sea-pee, like…*round hand gesture*… the ocean, but actually it’s just the letters, CCP. A wonderful country they have here, the CCP. Great guys, let me tell you…..”
English
@bdquinn He didn't know that see and sea is not the same thing so I bet it's 0%
English
There's a 0.00000000000000000000000000000001% chance Trump had any idea what Xi was referring to.
Taiwan Security Monitor (台灣安全觀測站)@TaiwanMonitor
Xi in his opening statement says the world is wondering: "Can China and the United States overcome the thucydides trap?"
English
@SQUABABA @GavMcCracken @BarakRavid No, but there will be an axios headline claiming something like that, which is good enough for a quick pump and dump (or should I say, report and short?)
English
@GavMcCracken @BarakRavid maybe Xi did help with the iran situation for exchange of taiwan
English
Someone just shorted 3.2mil barrels of crude.
Sorry oil bulls.
@BarakRavid is currently typing on his keyboard.
English
@ripplebrain The sad thing is, there are probably millions of military-age males and potential intelligence analysts in the US right now who each have thousands of hours logged in Minecraft, but somehow our military still gets blindsided by tunnel technology. FFS
English
Tunnels are completely OP and there's no reason to think it'll ever be patched
The Iranian Letter@TheIranianzg3z
BREAKING: One of Iran’s underground missile bases near Esfahan was reportedly struck nearly 20 times during the war, averaging one attack every two days, using bunker-busting munitions and precision strikes from B-2 and B-52 aircraft, according to regional reporting. Despite the intensity of the bombardment, the site is said to have resumed operations within hours each time, with reports indicating it rarely remained inactive for more than half a day. A resident in Esfahan described repeated night strikes on the surrounding mountains, saying missiles were still seen launching from the same area the following morning.
English
@gbrew24 It’s not China’s favorite scenario, but I think there is a reason Iran started pitching the tolls as something paid by hostile countries towards “reparations” for the damage Iran has suffered in the conflict. Implies it won’t be permanent & universal. China can live with that.
English
China has been telling Iran in private that tolls are a no-go.
Notable that they are willing to agree with the US on it, and to say so publicly. reuters.com/world/china/ch…
English
@ArcticSchola OK, you gotta pick up litter around your town for two hours a day or something. Deal.
English
BUT MONKS WORK for their literal keep USELESS MILLENIAL WHINER
Matthew Opitz@Wehtammzo
@ShitpostRock2 I think, if you keep yourself in good health (i.e. don't make yourself a burden on society), obey all laws, and manage to live on less than $5k a year, society should give any person free rein to live as some sort of harmless monk in a 100 square foot pod dwelling.
English
@pati_marins64 If Trump were seriously willing to allow China to sell Chinese autos in the US tariff-free, that might be a substantial bargaining chip, but Trump will never agree to that. What else does the US have that China really needs? Advanced chips? China has almost caught up on that.
English
The problem with Trump’s conversation with Xi is that there are very few bargaining chips available right now.
The biggest leverage at this moment is Xi’s own calculation: whether it’s worth letting Trump be worn down by the problems he himself created alongside Netanyahu, or whether it’s better to strike a good deal with Trump that would give him some political breathing room.
Beyond that, Trump’s political cards are quite weak, which is why he is sending a high-level delegation with significant investment firepower in an attempt to seduce the Chinese.
Follow us on Substack.
English
@supreme_king_yt @jiratickets Yes, wandering through historical events, learning nothing except some sort of vague idea that optimism and agreeableness conquer all, and everything working out because post-WW2 America was easy mode, both for individuals and for America as a whole.
English
@jiratickets Forest is an allegory for every boomer ever
English
if you're so smart why didn't you invest $1,000 into bootstrapped apple in 1975 and 3,000,000,000x your money like canonically retarded forrest gump?
Kalshi@Kalshi
JUST IN: Apple stock hits new all-time high
English
@ShitpostRock2 I think, if you keep yourself in good health (i.e. don't make yourself a burden on society), obey all laws, and manage to live on less than $5k a year, society should give any person free rein to live as some sort of harmless monk in a 100 square foot pod dwelling.
English
@RWApodcast I'd put the nothingburger outcome as most likely. There may be some "deals" announced for future bilateral investment, but watch those deals quietly founder in the months afterwards. If the US was willing to import Chinese cars, it might change things, but that's not gonna happen
English
Three options for this visit: 1) complete nothingburger, 2) Trump is going to ask China to pressure Iran and bail out the US economy and China will agree because the status quo benefits them, 3) Trump is going to ask China for various things (rudely) and China tells him to GTFO
Disclose.tv@disclosetv
NOW - Trump arrives in Beijing with Elon Musk and Jensen Huang in tow.
English
@FistedFoucault @revenant_MMXX This is not how the Chinese operate, unless it were the deal of a lifetime for China that included the US forsaking all independent ties with Taiwan and pulling all troops out of South Korea and Japan.
English
@revenant_MMXX Might include an assumption that China will agree to a tradeoff to pressure Iran?
English
Holy Copearoni. Why would the strait magically be "forced open" at the precise moment that oil inventory runs out? Forced by what, or by whom? The same idiot who created this situation and has no solution for it?
Brian Sozzi@BrianSozzi
JP Morgan on oil prices/Strait of Hormuz: "A core assumption of our framework is that the accelerating pace of oil inventory depletion will ultimately force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, one way or another. Our base case envisions the Strait reopens in June—anchored on June 1 for simplicity—following a clear and credible announcement ratified and confirmed by both sides, such as a statement from the UN Security Council."
English
Matthew Opitz retweetledi
Does anyone find it hilarious that MAGA are rabidly anti commie pro small government but the “golden age” they yearn for was when the USG was at its biggest and most socialist, federal tax rates were at their highest, and union jobs held together whole middle America communities?
English
Trump is American Gorbachev confirmed. Breadlines, quagmire in the Middle-East, unusual splotches on his skin...
Ole S Hansen@Ole_S_Hansen
(Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat and K.C. wheat futures climbed by their daily trading limits on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected the nation's harvest will drop to the lowest level since 1972.
English
SPR release: as fast as possible
Iran (and Hormuz): no rush
FinancialJuice@financialjuice
WH Sr. Adviser Hassett on SPR: We're releasing as fast as possible.
English
YOU WERE ALMOST AWAKE! IF YOU ARE READING THIS, KNOWN THAT YOUR 7-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WANT THEIR MOMMY TO RECOVER FROM HER SALVIA DIVINORUM TRIP SO SO VERY MUCH! THEY MISS YOU! THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE TRUE REALITY, LISTEN VERY CLOSELY...
Interesting AF@interesting_aIl
A French teenager awoke from a 3-week coma believing she had raised kids for 7 years in an alternate life She’s now taking therapy to deal with grief
English