they told me we'd be finished by now 📍New Orleanshttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mroijucsj223I can already tell that I am going to hate the whole 2028 election28 Jul 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroijucsj223https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrnpi46qic25Pretty typical of the way the bubble economy works. Borrowed money chases borrowed money through a series of special investment vehicles designed to slough the risk off of the primary profit seekers until at the very bottom we see who is on the hook https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/technology/meta-data-center-louisiana.html27 Jul 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnpi46qic25https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrneacd56c2k*maniacal laugh* [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrneacd56c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrmvugt4d22rGod bless Nell Nolan for giving the standard Carnival ball treatment to the Meta lobbyist function at Galatoires. All the names of the attendees in bold type and whatnot. I wonder if anyone asked the Archbishop about the Pope's encyclical on AI. https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/nell-nolan-meta-platforms-dinner/article_9cec5088-14ed-4b8f-a5cf-4e081d3a1179.html?taid=6a668a834bd5dd000191827e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter27 Jul 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmvugt4d22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrlgfi4xfc2yI was just talking about this at work the other day. I think about that Onion bit more than any other Onion bit except maybe Mr. Autumn Man [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlgfi4xfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrlfshj4tc2yIf you willingly allow yourself to be featured in 40 under 40 (or really in any sort of media profile) I am going to consider you one of the bad guys.26 Jul 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlfshj4tc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrldp6e4sc2foh god i just caught myself looking up polling data on midterm races. please come to my house and shoot me with a gun26 Jul 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrldp6e4sc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrlbd2yicc2fThis is what he is posting while also back in real life... [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlbd2yicc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrladu6wrc2fThere is an alternate universe where we are all so goddamned pissed about all the 250th crap being shoved in our face all year long. Instead we have this. Which is.. better? worse? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrladu6wrc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrl7vva5cs2fThe AI bubble has always primarily been about disciplining labor. I know this is an obvious thing to post but it's worth saying often. Because there's so much other bullshit flying around and this really is the one thing to know about it.26 Jul 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl7vva5cs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrl3ep24zk2jI ended up on one of these lists. My email has been sold to every political fundraiser under the sun over the years. I get them from every sort of candidate. The current generation is all feverish delusions like this. The Trump emails are often about Trump trying to mail you a letter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl3ep24zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrl35373r22jWhat is this thing where all the right wing social media accounts in New Orleans are suddenly sad about TV reporters leaving town?26 Jul 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl35373r22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrkiathukk2tThis is bad framing. Policing does not prevent murder... or any crime, really. Police *respond* to crime that has already happened. The crime rate goes up and down according to various social and economic factors many of which are beyond the mayor's control. (1/3) https://www.nola.com/news/politics/helena-moreno-new-orleans-mayor/article_24080f7d-8fe1-42e4-a5ba-b2b060aa9412.html#tncms-source=featured-top26 Jul 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkiathukk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social/post/3mrjmsfjjnc2tThey're not actually worried about any of that stuff, though. They're all gonna be fine. They're getting richer than they've ever been. Now the rest of us. We're pretty uneasy about stuff [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:5qamjjp7birc55ssufujldvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjmsfjjnc2t