Edward Ongweso Jr
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co-host - @machinekillspod // senior researcher - @SecurityContext // evangelical Luddite & decel // rep @ianbonaparte
Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2013
100 years ago, before insulin's discovery, diabetics were put on "starvation diets" to manage their blood sugar. Today, insulin is so unaffordable that many are rationing the hormone itself at risk of disability & death. How did we get here?
thebaffler.com
Insulin transforms a sick body. It also has the potential to reconstitute our political economic realities.
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Close enough baby
BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
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Trump is a terrible politician who's been carried entirely by Dem incompetence, econ conditions, and the design of our electoral system. The WWC he supposedly has a unique grip over were already trending right anyway and generic GOP candidates would have outperformed him overall.
One of the stranger things about Trump’s political magic is that he’s a powerful force when he’s out of office/on the ballot but he’s an albatross when he’s in office/not on the ballot. We’re like 5 mini-election cycles into the age of Trump and this “out of office/on ballot” vs
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how it feels to play ck3 after getting the new DLC expansion where you can play as a Chinese bureaucrat
I'm not asking you to become Chinese. I'm saying, when the time is right, you will look in the mirror and already be Chinese.
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that’s right
“Socialist is not a dirty word anymore – that’s why they jumped to ‘communist,’” Jamaal Bowman said to @mehdirhasan. “Democrats, listen up. Take some lessons – don’t get on your Ezra Klein nonsense. Don’t let Ezra Klein 'analyze' what happened here,” he added. With
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Few reporters understand Andrew Cuomo as well as @NickReisman, who covered the former Governor for more than a decade. A brutally honest look into what drove Cuomo to run for mayor twice this year, and lose both times. “The elder Cuomo never ran for the White House and
politico.com
The former governor’s half-century in New York politics hits a screeching halt with a failed comeback bid.
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lol I’d like to think this is it but SVB got a bailout under BIDEN, what do we think Trump will do?
END SCENE *OpenAI Would Like Federal Backstop For Data Center Investments, CFO Says -- WSJ
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lol get in the corner w ackman
*TRUMP ON MAMDANI: WE'LL HELP HIM A LITTLE BIT *TRUMP: WANT NYC TO BE SUCCESSFUL
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(speaking into wrist) it’s time
BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City's mayor's race over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
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Deutsche Bank is exploring ways to hedge its exposure to data centers. It's looking at options including shorting a basket of AI-related stocks and buying default protection via synthetic risk transfers.
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under zohran’s new york ten new 70mm imax screens will be built overnight across all five boroughs
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As you can see, the Democratic Party has made so much room for Zohran that they’re not gonna acknowledge him
New Jersey and Virginia have chosen well by electing @MikieSherrill and @SpanbergerForVA as their next governors! They are proven leaders who won by focusing on what matters most - how politics and policy can make everyday life better and more affordable.
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we are in a long night but there are rays of light that break through every now and then and it’s important to appreciate that even if it’s only for a second
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Decision Desk HQ projects Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City Mayor election. #DecisionMade: 9:03 pm ET Follow live results on our website.
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Yeah sell your brownstone, sell it NOW. Sell it below market price in fact
this city is about to become terrible for brownstone owners. You should definitely sell your brownstone before everything falls apart. Just go go go, sell as fast as you can, don't wait for a good price, just sell it before the mob burns it down
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Bill Cuckman, rise up!
.@ZohranKMamdani, congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.
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