Decoding Trump’s 53% Odds on Polymarket https://medium.com/westenberg/techdecoding-trumps-53-odds-on-polymarket-8258c88ad302?source=rss-f72439443abd------2
Decoding Trump’s 53% Odds on Polymarket https://www.joanwestenberg.com/decoding-trumps-53-odds-on-polymarket/
She texted ‘sure’ without an exclamation point, so I guess she’s planning my funeral
🇺🇸 Hurricane Milton unleashes rain, tornadoes, and powerful winds as it nears Florida https://www.theindex.media/airstrikes-have-killed-two-of-hezbollahs-top-commanders-copy/
Your regular reminder that The Lorax is about environmentalism, not a cute orange creature and it was published 50 fucking years ago. We knew what we were doing.
People keep saying we live in “interesting times” but is it just me or is all this nazi shit boring and tired as fuck
Tell me why every Trump rally feels like a scene from ‘The Truman Show’ where he’s the only one who doesn’t know
“2024” enters stage left. He is disheveled, with wild hair and a crumpled shirt.
chorus: ‘HEAR YE, BEHOLD THE YEAR THAT COMES, A MAJESTIC CLUSTERFUCK, LOUDER THAN THE GODS, MORE CONFUSING THAN ANY PROPHECY.’
He trips on his toga, spilling scrolls and fast food receipts everywhere.
The modern workflow is Google Docs -> Slack -> Notion -> Monday -> Trello -> Asana -> Airtable -> Figma -> Canva -> Miro -> Notion again -> back to Google Docs for draft 9000 no one has launched a single thing in 7 years
I’m old enough to remember when being a fan meant actually liking stuff, not dedicating your entire existence to tearing it apart piece by piece. Like, imagine enjoying Star Wars in 2024 without a 7-part thread on why the sequel trilogy personally offended you. Wild times.
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You can’t convince me that Ron DeSantis isn’t just Gollum in a Mission: Impossible mask
The Nostalgia Vote: Why Politicians are Selling a Return to an Idealized Past https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-nostalgia-vote-why-politicians-are-selling-a-return-to-an-idealized-past/
Q: Should politicians have a maximum age limit to hold office?
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Imagine being an ancient Egyptian engineer and getting clowned by assholes who think your blueprints were written by aliens
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If you’re defending billionaire tax loopholes because you think you’ll need them someday, let me save you some time.
You will not.
This is a fantastic way to make sure I never ever listen to kill list
Watching political journalists act like they’re the main characters of 2024 is peak delusion.
Wait till the growth hackers get here…