Everything posted by Captainant
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
The median American is waaaaay down the scale of assets compared to slum lords and private equity groups buying up houses. Because they keep the prices high with an increasing share of overall new purchases, it prevents property values from correcting downwards and continues to reinforce housing inflation
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
tbh I much prefer an em-dash to the proliferation of ellipsis that seemed everywhere during the twenty-teens
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Surly #Stonks
The feds want to get in on the stonks game
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Yeah about that... https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-and-robert-f-kennedy-junior-to-ban-covid-19-vaccine-within-months/
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The Climate thread
Ah ok that makes more sense, and it's not supposed to be primary power but rather to improve efficiency by capturing energy that would otherwise be discharged
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The Climate thread
So they're mixing fresh and salt water, to run a desalination plant?
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Non-political tariffs thread
A dictatorial leader, taking unilateral actions that fuck over small businesses and SBO's that helped put him into power? I swear I've heard this one before...
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
When you're generationally wealthy, your brain rots and you kind of lose perspective
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
ICE is disrupting entire school campuses with how much tear gas they're deploying on nonviolent protesters https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-ice-chemical-gas-public-school-portland-1235413558/
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Texas -- a failed state
You should show em some of their historical work to really drive home how enabling they are for fascists Literally a century of it
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Non-political tariffs thread
Isn't El Yunque in Puerto Rico the only US rainforest?
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Trump puts Washington police under federal control, National Guard to be deployed
He is desperate for everyone to forget about his child rape and partnership with Epstein
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Counterpoint: "fuck you I won't do what you told me" - Zelensky https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/24/7527605/ "We're using our domestically produced long-range weapons. Lately, we've not been discussing such matters with the United States. It used to be the case. You remember various signals regarding our retaliatory strikes after they [the Russians] attacked our energy system. That was a long time ago. Today, we don't even mention this."
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Trump puts Washington police under federal control, National Guard to be deployed
National Guard is going to be mobilized in 19 states now: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming. Trump must have raped a whole shitload of kids with Epstein to go these lengths to bury the Epstein files
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Holy shit balls is Intel (INTC) Fucked?
So weird how all the people who cared more than anything about government overreach and "picking winners and losers" are conspicuously absent 🤔 It's almost like those criticisms have always been in bad faith or something
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Trump’s America
We're just following the 3rd Reich play book at this point, right down to filling the armed forces with sycophants
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Texas -- a failed state
God bless America. May everything be ever more financialized and extractive
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Farmageddon in Ireland: ISU vs KSU
This game is a clown fiesta and I am HERE for it
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Farmageddon in Ireland: ISU vs KSU
God I missed football
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The Democratic Party
It's fascinating how there's such a dichotomy between one party where words mean nothing and the nonsense gives them power, and another where words mean everything and articulate definition drains their strength.
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Holy shit balls is Intel (INTC) Fucked?
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/08/22/news-trump-reportedly-spares-tsmc-micron-from-equity-grabs-after-chipmakers-ramp-u-s-investment/ U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed in a CNBC interview that the administration is seeking a 10% stake in Intel, sparking fears of broader equity grabs from CHIPS Act recipients. But according to The Wall Street Journal, Washington has ruled out moves against major investors like TSMC and Micron. A U.S. official cited by the report said Thursday the administration has no plans to seek equity in chipmakers like TSMC and Micron that are ramping up U.S. investments. Firms not expanding their pledges, however, could be asked to hand over stakes in exchange for subsidies, the report adds. ... TSMC Reportedly Mulls to Return Subsidies if U.S. Seeks Stake As the Wall Street Journal points out, Lutnick told CNBC that unlike the Biden administration, which “gave Intel and TSMC money for free,” Trump wants equity in return for subsidies: “If we’re giving you money, we want a piece of the action,” he added. In response to this potential move, TSMC, which was awarded up to $6.6 billion for its Arizona fabs that began production in late 2024, has reportedly discussed the option of returning its subsidies if Washington seeks a stake, as per the Wall Street Journal.
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South Park
Hah just realized - the bars on trump's jacket are the exact same as sadam's
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What Podcasts Are You Listening to?
I've been on pocketcasts forever, it's a good android option, but I dislike how they started taking away features and put them behind a subscription paywall. I'd gladly pay a one-time fee, but fuck subscription models in the face.
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The Democratic Party
holy hell, default embed sizes are ridiculous lol. It took multiple "scrolls" to get past this longcat video on desktop
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The Supremes
Lulz makes me wanna go back and count how many times I got told I was overreacting for saying the same thing here on surly.