Oblique StrategiesDon't be afraid of things because they're easy to do
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John ScalziThe GOP tried reining in public ballot measures in Ohio a few years back and it failed pretty widely. I would not be entirely surprised if it failed in Missouri too. Turns out the public doesn't like to be told to shut and just do what the politicians tell them.
https://boltsmag.org/missouri-amendment-on-ballot-initiatives/
https://boltsmag.org/missouri-amendment-on-ballot-initiatives/
Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed - Bolts
Republicans have dominated Missouri’s legislature for over two decades, but they haven’t entirely controlled state lawmaking, in large part because Missouri empowers citizens to petition for ballot referendums. Over the... Read More
Charlie StrossOops.
(See previous toot about the Bank of England shrieking "we're all going to die!!!" in public over large-scale financial shenanigans.)
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/115413732925431865
David Gerard (@davidgerard@circumstances.run)
Attached: 1 image AI companies are raising huge amounts of debt off the books https://archive.ph/2025.10.18-083207/https://wlockett.medium.com/the-ai-bubble-is-far-worse-than-we-thought-f070a70a90d7#selection-667.0-687.287 i'm sure it won't prove systemic or anything
This is me, right now. (Not chronic illness, but *something* bit me late last week—a con crud I picked up the previous weekend, not COVID according to tests—and hasn't let go yet.)
https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/115413673774905016
https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/115413673774905016
jwzLoving these breathless articles about how a brief Amazon DNS outage "cost billions". Oh noes, some people had to choose between playing Tetris or being alone with their thoughts at an extra-long lunch, and now billions of dollareydoos of made-up play-money that was supposed to materialize might be delayed by several hours. Billions! Of real things that definitely exist! Finance bros are touching their faces! They are concerned!
"lol" as the kids day, "lmao".
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Loving these breathless articles about how a brief Amazon DNS outage "cost billions". Oh noes, some people had to choose between playing Tetris or being alone with their thoughts at an extra-long lunch, and now billions of dollareydoos of made-up play-money that was supposed to materialize might be delayed by several hours. Billions! Of real things that definitely exist! Finance bros are ...
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