Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.online) reposted
I’m not sure there’s a lot the Feds can do here and if he makes a big deal about it people will blame him for not fixing it. I think he should do it.
Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.online) reposted
I’m not sure there’s a lot the Feds can do here and if he makes a big deal about it people will blame him for not fixing it. I think he should do it.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
The nyc airports now have decent breakfast foods. Lunch and dinner are still tricky unless you want a sub (and, tbh, you do probably want a sub).
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Collateral
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
Doug Gordon (@brooklynspoke.bsky.social) reposted
Five municipal grocery stores in a city of 8 million people is unrealistic and a harbinger of our descent into communism, but mailing every single American household healthy food? Very Serious People want you to know it’s totally doable.
tweety fish (@sifu.tweety.fish) reposted
sometimes an ordinary man--a foolish man, a man with no ideas and fewer insights, a man destined for bathos and mediocrity--is thrust into a role of tremendous historical importance: the guy who teaches everybody the problem with dual class stock
Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) reposted
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
Patrick Monahan (@pattymo.com) reposted
$160 USD one of the funnier conceivable bribe amounts
Rufus Hickok (@rufus-hickok.bsky.social) reposted
I’m still thinking about the woman in D.C. yelling “your father never loved you” out her car window at them.
Esther Ciammachilli (@estherc.bsky.social) reposted
Crowd at Audi Field chanting “Free D.C.” at the Spirit match. #freedc
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Notable that this is coming from the guy that literally engineered the moment that Mamdani's opponent's have seized upon more than anything else.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Do it. Has to be one of the weirdest* places I've ever been in (laudable). *due to the history mostly. But also its own wackyness.
Gravel Influencer (@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social) reposted
We need a law that says if you're only driving your car for fun, you must do it on a race track. And if you are driving a car for transportation, it must have a speed regulator, and your phone will be disabled as soon as you enter the vehicle.
Dunkin’ Cruller Carl (@keithdecent.bsky.social) reposted
Want a trillion hits on YouTube? Get a bunch of kindergarteners who live in DC, Chicago, NYC, and LA to read grown republicans’ tweets about how scared they are of those cities
Chris Towers is a small sample size All-Star (@cptowers.bsky.social) reposted
It's called "Japandroids seminal 2012 album 'CELEBRATION ROCK'"
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I put the contracts in the bag. I have gradually learned how to salt them correctly. None of this is important to who I am as a person and that rules.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly much of being a transactional lawyer has made me actively dumber but also way more normal. If I wanna learn something outside of the extremely convoluted world of fin reg/investment fund private law norms I gotta want it for my own enjoyment and that's rather freeing.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Despite being more tolerable on a human level, litigation causes 100% more lawyer brain than transactional/reg work unfortunately.
George Wallace (@mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social) reposted
It's some bullshit that they named it "The Golden Bachelor" instead of "Statin Island" and whatnot.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
This is more or less my experiences moving to Michigan (had very little $ but still more than I was used to having and it wasnt a big city but it was still totally alien to me) at 24ish and nyc at 28ish.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Moving to a bigish city in your late 20s - mid 30s honestly has a lot going for it. Yeah it's hard to make friends but you grow a lot by figuring it out and end up with friends from everywhere. Also you've probably got some $ to toss at doing cool shit you've never been able to do before.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
People give lawyers well deserved shit for being crap politicians but we are an ontologically evil profession while doctors are supposed to be helpful. And yet.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbf, this was playing on easy mode.
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) reposted
i have moved big distances to new cities i haven’t known and i have traveled a *whole* lot more and no one is more interested in learning about a new city than someone that’s been there less than five years and no one is less interested in learning anything new than someone who grew up there
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
Roofman (2025)
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
I have always bullied the lounge weirdos and I will now be even more committed to giving them swirlies - metaphorical and otherwise.
Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted
this is the way rich people think about health insurance
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
What happened?
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
This is why you chop these things up when you take them down: to ensure that no matter who gets their hands on them, they will forever look stupid ad hell.
Matthew Downhour (@matthewdownhour.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
4 - partner project to 3: Greta Gerwigs direct the story of Theodra
Matthew Downhour (@matthewdownhour.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
3 - Baz Luhrmann directs the story of Justinian
tyler walk with me (@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social) reposted
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
let me sum this piece up for you: “hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Just graduated law school but don't seem kjd so... 27? 28?
Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty (@irhottakes.bsky.social) reposted
mfw Republicans tell me if Trump goes to jail, that means Bill Clinton does as well
Molly Crane-Newman (@mollycranenewman.bsky.social) reposted
The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
As a childless bachelor, I somehow understood this was wrong from the get go
William B. Fuckley (@opinionhaver.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Life isn’t a fucking debate club, ideas exist in context and the idea that it’s a sign of enlightened thinking to hear out things that are clearly bullshit from people that are clearly being dishonest is poison.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Alas I think it's on loan right now (at least it was a month or so ago)
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
The Jack Witten exhibit they have on right now is excellent and a super cool moment in that despite his obvious talent this is one of the first times he's ever been the subject of this kind of exhibit.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm very interested in this. Could you let me know more about su con?
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I would be pretty embarrassed to have posted this.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Love getting your worst take out of the gate.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been a fan my whole life and I would just really like to keep calling them the commies playfully with my kinda right wingish family that has moved on much like I would love to.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
That's cool. I look forward to not watching this netflix original slop a thon just like the last one.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I have found that while the apps don't tend to result in good dates, they help rid one of the idea that only 0.1 % of women find you attractive. There are a lot of people that think I'm decent looking it turns out! And that's helped a lot with irl confidence/not feeling like a creep.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
bsky.app/profile/back...
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to beleive
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not and I am thrilled my lack of follow up turns out to have misled me here.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh I absolutely agree, just remembering the semi-recent scandals* where the rich functionally walled off public beach out there by making them impossible to park near iirc. *the fact this rose to "scandal" is one of the ways they do it better.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
We can confirm that glonzo has acquired enriched uranium.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
California has a lot of beach and that makes this a bit easier, but it's worth pointing out that they've failed to do this way more frequently than they should. Even if they are pretty good on the whole about it.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
Well well well, if it ain't the entire ethos of the red scare/dirtbag left crowd. Rebel without a cause is easy, believing in something and fighting for it is not only hard, but worse, uncool in those folks eyes.
Schooley (@schooley.bsky.social) reposted
Colbert should just run for President. I mean, it worked for Trump when his show was cancelled.
whet moser (@whetmoser.com) reposted
look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
Andrew Cuomo: I would also like to show my affection for Gizzer, Rizzo, Old Batcher, Snoopy, and all the guys
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
the dc press corps basically took leave of youngkin after he won but the single most striking thing about his tenure is how he is, by any measure, a total failure. easily the least accomplished virginia governor of the 21st century.
Shabazz Stuart (@shabazzstuart.bsky.social) reposted
He is who the Democrats picked to be their nominee. By a decisive margin. I don’t think it’s for a losing candidate to decide who is a Democrat or not.
tofu & tesla! (& krisko) 🐈 📚 🎲 ♿ (@krisko.bsky.social) reposted
i slip a pill into your drink. you notice and begin to be outraged, but a second glance into your glass makes you pause. we sit in absolute silence for the next 45 seconds as your gin and tonic disappears and a bright red triceratops sponge grows at the bottom of your glass. there is no second date
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Yani's on 7th Ave is nice
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
My flight to JFK was told the thunderstorms were fake but they didn't tell us the real reason.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
(People will hate on this but those places are popular because they're good. Simple as. It's not just Instagramers-- though there unfortunately will be a lot of those.)
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
For a slice, l'industry, mama's too and scars are all good. There will be lines, unless you go right before close.
dennisjing.bsky.social (@dennisjing.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
at a time when Hochul, Schumer, and Jeffries have still yet to endorse DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani, pro-housing and "abundance" orgs were quick to do so. sure there are some policy disagreements but his legislative record is actually already fairly strong on increasing housing supply...
dennisjing.bsky.social (@dennisjing.bsky.social) reposted
i appreciate the level's commitment to ideological consistency but i also want to point out that more and more local electeds are embracing free market housing reforms as legitimate and necessary means to fix our housing crisis. that includes leftists, DSA members, progressives, liberals, etc.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
This level of commitment to the bit is honestly impressive
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
"Can we have a quick call?" Maybe. Much higher chance it's quick if you can tell me what this mysterious call's gonna be about.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
This is very much part of what the article is about.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
This remains my favorite thing you've ever written because I've used it so often to counter people who say any version of "oh well bad things happen to criminals" about prison issues. What things? Were they criminals? What did we sentence them to?
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Dubai feels like Vegas mixed with Jacksonville if you cranked up the evil and took any potential redeeming qualities out.* *except the beach. The beach in Dubai was indeed pretty nice.
City Nolan (@ndhapple.bsky.social) reposted
Four very strange things: - Freelancer who is not a Metro regular as a lead byline on a City Hall story; - Opting to not name a polemicist source who's already been identified; - Opting to publish despite not getting in; - Opting to publish despite no repetition in any of his campaigns.
Jack Tripper (@chadstanton.blacksky.app) reposted
One last thing. How does an eugenicist have such ready access to reporters and/or editors at the NY Times? Cause if I wanted to get a “scoop” or angle inserted into the paper of record, I’d have to jump through a lot of hoops to do so.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Would you mind sharing his identity? It should be well known.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I hate to take his side, because I'm not, but the requirements to file as a professional gambler are legitimately difficult to satisfy from what I understand.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
The headline is also missing "Illegally"
Kenny Logins (@kennylogins.bsky.social) reposted
The Ocean Breathes Salty (After Learning Of My Plans To Drain It To Find And Kill God)
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
That's just LinkedIn in my experience. Recommends me (lawyer that worked at fancy firm now at tech co) jobs as a sales associate at the local ulta and also a quant management role at Jane Street
Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm (@wolvendamien.bsky.social) reposted
Y'all when I tell you that this current paradigm of "AI" being shoved down our throats does real, persistent harm, and that said harm will fall first on the most marginalized and then on everyone else, this is the shit I mean. I mean god DAMN.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
My home bar is legitimately better stuff than this
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm taller with a bigger head irl but it's otherwise accurate.
Emmy™️ (@babkastreisand.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
society has evolved beyond the need for Atlanta
Adam Smith (@asmith83.bsky.social) reposted
but what do you really think brad lander hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
Lol wow this sucks man.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes but Williamsburg is a hard sell to 18 year olds. Or grad student age folks. Or really anyone under 40.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm an absolute sicko for this idea. VCU already owns an absurd amount richnond real estate. It would (and has been) very hard for people to stop them expanding.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually lol, zionist in bio AND a lazy chat chatgpt user? Thats a block
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll talk to you when you've listened to the interview. You just asked chatgpt, you're too lazy brained to be worth my time. And yeah, I would not say that is accurate. Good reason not to use AI for important stuff: it makes shit up.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
You know, you never really develop the ability to make a convincing argument if you just ask chatgpt to do it for you every time.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh wow hmmm you sure seem to be singing a different tune than you were literal seconds ago. Have you considered that this take might be dumb too?
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
He absolutely did not.
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social)
I can already hear Jake Tapper saying Zohran should drop out to give Cuomo a better chance against who ever they put on the GOP ticket after they bribe silwa out of the race
Backtested Takes (@backtestedtakes.bsky.social) reply parent
Its really not so much a case against as a slight preference for brad lander in my case.
Keifer (@dannyvegito.bsky.social) reposted
it’s time for Millennial James Bond. he’s listening to podcasts in the Aston Martin. a henchman steals his vape and instantly dies after taking a hit. there’s an action sequence where he gets too high at an LCD Soundsystem show and starts punching people