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csmithbk718.bsky.social
csmithbk718.bsky.social
@csmithbk718.bsky.social
Class of 1971...Mostly Politics, Music, Sports and day to day observations. NJ born, counseled by Brooklyn โ๐พA Black Man concerned about America๐๐พ
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...... and how about this part of the prospectus....how comforting.
NEW: Anthropicโs filing appears to partly walk back the co-foundersโ pledge to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the AI startup to philanthropic causes. Those acts, the filing suggests, are โvoluntary, revocable expressionsโ that โdo not constitute binding obligations.โ
4TFTD: 1) New year, same shit. Smh. I don't even care anymore. G5 & Breece wasting their careers. #WakeMeWhenTheyWin 2) Round 2 interview๐๐พ๐ค๐พ 3) Btw, not one Republican in or out of this administration is gonna do jail time. #BookIt 4) LEO called on a 3yr old playing soccer. USA is COOKED.
Could you survive for 90 days? www.foxnews.com/politics/ins...
4TFTD: 1) About racism. If nothing ever changes it's because the benefactors don't do enough, if anything at all. Yeah, that means you too, "ally". 2) iRobot is set in 2035 Chicago.... Lol. ๐๐ 3) "Russia, Russia, Russia" all in your face!๐๐ซค 4) The best 10yrs of Hip Hop were '88-'98.๐ซก๐
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'I need a job to save my life': Inside the desperate hunt for work in America
4TFTD: 1) Throughout history young people have led change. Why do we think they're wrong now? 2)A rise in racism simply means yt people are experiencing dramatic economic or social change. 3)Get to see my baby boy play today! #CollegeAthlete 4)Won't be surprised by a pre-election ๐ฎ๐ฑor๐บ๐ธtragedy.
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S&P Global Flash US PMI: โSelling price inflation picked up further momentum in October. The overall rise in prices across goods and services was the largest since August 2022. The upturn in price pressures was also broad-based.โ www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/...
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About 2 million kids have lost SNAP since deep cuts were enacted last year. The ripple effects: Kids losing SNAP also lose automatic enrollment for free meals at school. And as more kids lose SNAP, their schools may be forced to drop Community Eligibility.
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NEW: Trumpโs mega Venezuelan oil deal, signed by Hegseth and Rubio, benefits an unknown group of investors and was intentionally crafted to keep the next U.S. president or future leaders of Venezuela from undoing it. @propublica.org saw the secret contract: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
4TFTD: 1) Still NY Knicks Forever. IDC๐งก๐๐ฝ 2) This Hurts situation is DISGRACEFUL.๐ค 3) Random: I'm a drag racing nerd (NOT street racing๐). The ZR1X is RIDICULOUSLY fast af!๐คฏ๐ฌ๐ตโ๐ซ 4) Dear MSM: You aren't asking the right follow up questions. Why aren't you guys better prepared? Why are you scared?๐๐
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Jack Weis has applied to more than 2,300 jobs since he graduated from Princeton in 2024 with his Ph.D. in chemical engineering. He still doesnโt have a job.
4TFTD: 1) Reading 'Strung Up' by @drstaceypatton.bsky.social 2) People don't actually want change because it means they have to change too. #TalkButNeverWalk 3) Do whatever you can while you can to get out of bad debt. #$Worthless 4) The Jets STINK. Shitty diaper stink. Spoiled milk stink.๐ค
4TFTD: 1) As long as he speaks in hopeful business language, people close their ears. 2) All of this is untenable. When the music stops, it's going to be awful and violent. 3) My race for my future begins today. L&H studying in effect, then S7 & 66.๐๐พ 4) Good music and dogs help my nerves A LOT.๐๐พ
Sad facts....
Whatโs astounding to me is how โthe president builds himself a palace with money given directly to him in secret by the richest people in America,โ literally the most straightforward and worst executive-branch corruption story in US history, just gets shrugged at because Trump is unapologetic
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4TFTD: 1) $1.3T in market cap losses in FIVE days. ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ฌ This shit is rickety af. 2) He exempts Russia from sanctions. This ends when "the majority" says it does. 3) Black folks WILL NOT be on the frontline when shit pops. NO. #WeTried 4) Good to have my boy home for a few days. #CollegeAthlete
4TFTD: 1) Mother Nature is undefeated. Building on beaches and cliffsides is dumb. 2) St.Laz's Bblaaattmann, Quack Love, and Rise And Grind Gangsta skits are hilarious ๐๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐๐ 3) Master the word NO with absolutely no feelings or apologies. 4) RIP to our African Cichlid, Goldie. 3 yr run.๐ ๐๐พ๐ฏ๐
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Itโs never all in our heads.. @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social
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4TFTD: 1) Black people: Smile in as many pictures as possible. #ControlYourNarrative 2) Mrs. Dell changed A LOT. Thought she might be sick, tbh. ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฒ 3) Haven't seen a thing about plans to lower college tuition. That's not an accident. #NoPlan 4) Ashleighjamz on IG is hilarious ๐ #Oreogate
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โIn a world where everyone is expected to be constantly reachable, a delayed reply can easily be mistaken for indifference,โ Rafaela Jinich writes. In The Wonder Reader, she explores whether being a good texter and being good friend are the same thing:
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The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are โforeignersโ and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Very comfortable with a dictatorship or at least a world owned by a few. A LOT of people in the US are as well. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
4TFTD: 1) Stephen A's mockery of Lane Johnson was disgusting and pathetic. I dislike him even more, if that's even possible. Bozo.๐ค 2) Are you sure you're registered to vote?๐ค 3) Hobart Hampton Financial Services?๐ค๐ค #CareerChange #2027 4) Damn Yankees ๐ค๐คฌ๐ ๐ก๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซฉ๐ #EndOfTheRoad
4TFTD: 1) It's not enough to just tax the rich. You have to do something smart and secure with that money. THAT has been the problem. Wasteful spending and looting....by the rich. 2) God I hope Dems don't fumble...but damn I KNOW they will. Smh. 3) I'll take Wiseman. #Knicks 4) RIP Freddie ๐๐พ ๐๐ฏ
4TFTD: 1) Privacy policies: How they will abuse your privacy. Default "opt in", nearly impossible to opt out. 2) We absolutely need a Digital Bill of Rights, not a patchwork of 50 different rules. 3) Autocracy, Kleptocracy, Oligopoly 4) As usual, the Jets stink.๐ฉ๐๐ Another losing season on deck.
4TFTD: 1) Kennedy on MTP blaming Biden for inflation while voting AGAINST the bill that reduced it. Flaming dummy. 2) DSA has a platform alternative besides anti-Trump shit. Don't have to like it, but it's true. 3) Morello could have voted for KH but didn't, so ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ 4) Feeling like ๐๐พ team owners.๐ค
Racism is expensive and breeds distrust. One of many stories. You can be sure there are plenty unreported. And many more where the police didn't kill but did enough to destroy families.
โ ๏ธWOKE CONTENTโ ๏ธโข๏ธ ๐งต In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell. The ruling: suicide. Pull up a seat๐ช, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory