blbdegroot.bsky.social
Art historian, cynic, camera monkey
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So actual sales are about 5,6% of the total projected. At that rate, can Musk even realistically fold Tesla into another company to avoid having to go chapter 11?
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It is indeed nothing new, but since many of the cultists simp for both, it may finally land with some of them now. Either that or the required double truth will turn their brains into something non-euclidian
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"What if it is some bloke runnin' a botfarm. 'E's prolly as good as Dave down the cruiser. Dave's always sittin' there so he hears things. Wha's a scientist know eh? 'cept sittin'on their arses all day, talkin' like they knows things."
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There's dirty draks hidin' in them there bushes
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"Confounded! My plans foiled again by those orthograde wretches!"
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Gimme a shout if it ever happens, I can probably rustle op a couple of recommendations from folks in the know.
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I recall the one in Venice being just a tad bigger 😉
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Van harte proficiat!
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Thanks! (although I was half-expecting a batchall)
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Cool shot. Was that taken on a Rhätische Bahn trip?
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As a foreigner I've always been assured by Americans that the second amendment exists so Americans could go full Luigi in defense of the first. Problem is that this is the first time in history that that might axtually be on the table and the people who said that are now simping for this.
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It's entirely possible it was done deliberately to pretend to show strength, so he can claim the tariffs made Mexico and Canada buckle.
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Musk isn't the new Adolf, he's the new Hermann Göring: a vaguely recognized celebrity who as a narcissistic sociopath is leveraging his power, wealth and renown to ingratiate himself into a fascist movement so he can use it as a springboard to exploit all inside and outside of it for his own ego.
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Europe is probably not taking preemptive action because it can still get a few days of normal trading and bracing itself for the coming storm. The EU also tends to make a point of not looking like the instigator (unless the opponent is really poor and they can cry crocodile tears about having to).
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Even if they're (possibly) not neonazis themselves, them looking at the public prevalence of nazis and going "now is the time to have pappy's war trophy 'restored to its original condition' so we can sell it at a steep mark-up" is just as despicable. Profiteering off nazism is tacit endorsement.
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A good one, when they come with the inevitable Elgin marbles thing, is to remind them that the Met loved dealing with Robert Hecht, Jonathan Rosen and Subhash Kapoor.
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The Cappies ran out around 3025, so before that they could be good. If it needs to be ajacent, the Duchy of Andurien always has an on/off relationship with the confederation
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Oof, sending you best of luck and courage from over here. As long as you can still find a blow-off valve in gaming or sth else, keep it up 💪
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Definitely the Dragon. It's absolutely undergunned for its role in that "too heavy to be a medium" way and is one of the most mediocre IS "totem" mechs, but damn if that big schnozz didn't make me immediately fall in love with its design.
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So that's the grand strategy of the "Commander in Chief": do what I want or tariffs. I'm sure the nation using a shadow fleet of tankers so derelict that they're barely floating at all to export its oil because of sanctions; a nation committing war crimes on every imaginable scale, is now quaking...