Vague Pariah

Vague Pariah

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Now the only moral value is courage, which is useful here for judging the puppets and chatterboxes who pretend to speak in the name of the people vague-pariah.printify.me

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John Pfaff
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I do feel like one of the biggest underappreciated crime victories we've had is that since its peak in 1991, total official property crime has fallen by 60%. Not the rate. The total amount. As populations grew. The rate of property crime is down over 70% from 1991 to 2025.

Vague Pariah
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Owns a 5400 sqft ranch house in the sticks

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

politico.comDo You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.
Vague Pariah
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99.9% of the people in that crowd have never been to a proper French restaurant and have no idea what he is talking about.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Do you know what bouf is? Expensive beef. They charge more money if you call if bouf ... the bouf costs a lot more."

Vague Pariah
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While you may disagree with his tactics, John Brown was not wrong.

Erik Loomis@erikloomis.bsky.social

This Day in Labor History: October 16, 1859. John Brown and a group of followers invade the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today WV) to start a war and end slavery. Let's talk about this key moment in American labor history!

Vague Pariah
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Is it good when your debt burden is 2x your equity value 🤔 Man those 30 films a year they are obligated to make or pay CA $30m for each one missed are going to be the cheapest trash you have ever seen in your life.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. Today, Skydance has a market cap of under $40 billion — less than half the predecessor companies’ combined value.” @variety.com $SKYD variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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And not only is their debt burden 2x EV but that debt is completely unproductive acquisition debt. It's not like it is productive debt being used to actually finance feature film creation.

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Goddamn right

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson threatens us with a good time: "If this group took over, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the cabinet, donors to the party, leaders of business ... "

Vague Pariah
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Moments after I took the pic facing west, some guy on a chromed out lowrider bike came cruising over blasting Randy Neuman's "I Love LA" and it was perfect.

Vague Pariah
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This footage is just bonkers

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh...

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Damn Vancouver WA with the dark horse win

Jennifer@jenwith1n.bsky.social

Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years!

Vague Pariah
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The lady in red looks like she is out of a horror film and her entire head is about to hinge open at the jaw like a giant snake

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump suggests he wants to cut off almost all trade: "We're gonna very very self-sufficient very soon"

Vague Pariah
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Omg there's a Linux version. There isn't even a Linux version of PS

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

getartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

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James O'Malley
@jamesomalley.co.uk

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

getartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel@sun-sentinel.com

Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, suspended after his arrest on allegations he molested a young child, said he still “intend[s] to win” the November election. And the Palm Beach County Republican Party endorsed him today. Via @miamiherald.com

sun-sentinel.comPalm Beach County GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuseSuspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he has not abandoned his campaign, nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him, even after his arrest on child sex abuse charges.
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The guillotine was designed as the most compassionate form of execution but the audience was horrified. Subsequent "improvements" have all been for the benefit of the audience. This was a horrible and immoral miscalculation. An execution should be the most horrible spectacle.

Steve Cavendish@scavendish.bsky.social

Witnesss: Pike, at one point, told people in the execution chamber that "the vein in my arm feels like it's about to bust"

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This is interesting bc my memory of Salem was that it was pretty economically dependent on people treating it like a Halloween theme park and there were a ton of businesses that absolutely leaned into that. But that was like 45 years ago when I was a child. So I honestly have no idea.

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Alt: Orren Boyle prostrates himself in order to stay in the good graces of Mr. Thompson.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Elon 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."