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Simon JohnsonπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@simonrjohnson.bsky.social

Risk manager, quant, physicist, Bayesian. I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

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Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy

Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy

Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy https://theonion.com/frustrated-trump-struggling-to-find-any-infrastructure-left-in-indiana-to-destroy/

12.12.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 977    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 9
b3ta loves the way you move

b3ta loves the way you move

Artist: HappyToast https://b3ta.com/board/11423552
From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling

12.12.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

The guy whos already been fired from a very high profile job for sharing antisemitic material

12.12.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is a point here which I do want people not to miss: it's not that he posted an otherwise perfectly reasonable video which happens to be by a very racist guy. The rant itself is dodgy as fuck

12.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Me at the arrivals gate in any US airport after providing my social media accounts

12.12.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Me at the arrivals gate in any US airport after providing my social media accounts:

12.12.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Living proof that "more intelligent than Peter Shilton and Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley" isnt the same as "intelligent"

12.12.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gary Lineker sharing an absurd Israel rant by Tucker Carlson on his 1.4m-follower Instagram, is it?

Definitely not weird about Jews though. Conscience too fine to stay at the BBC, obvs. Hero.

12.12.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

To be clear, when they talk about "re Christianizing America" it's a particular colour of Christian they are thinking of

12.12.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me at the arrivals gate in any U.S. airport after providing my social media accounts.

12.12.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

VΜΆeΜΆrΜΆyΜΆ ΜΆeΜΆnΜΆvΜΆiΜΆoΜΆuΜΆsΜΆ ΜΆ delighted to learn that a guy who did his PhD one year ahead of me in the same group is the new Cavendish Professor of Physics, walking in the footsteps of Rayleigh, JJ Thomson, WL Bragg etc

12.12.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
12.12.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
11.12.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
The text reads 

Some 40% of all Pet Rocks are of a malevolent varicty. Immediately upon grasping the cursed Pet Rock, the character must save vs. magic at 4, or become enchanted with the rock's appearance and refuse to set it down during all waking hours. The character will, of course, carry the rock in his or her good or preferred hand, making weapon use impossible, ruining spells involving somatic components, making most thieving functions impossible, etc. The character will
level or greater power, a Wish or Limited Wish, or the destruction of the rock (which the character in question will try to prevent by any means possible!)
Experience point value:
Gold piece sale value: 1,000

The text reads Some 40% of all Pet Rocks are of a malevolent varicty. Immediately upon grasping the cursed Pet Rock, the character must save vs. magic at 4, or become enchanted with the rock's appearance and refuse to set it down during all waking hours. The character will, of course, carry the rock in his or her good or preferred hand, making weapon use impossible, ruining spells involving somatic components, making most thieving functions impossible, etc. The character will level or greater power, a Wish or Limited Wish, or the destruction of the rock (which the character in question will try to prevent by any means possible!) Experience point value: Gold piece sale value: 1,000

This description of a cursed magic rock from an ancient (1981) issue of DRAGON magazine is just a cell phone.

02.12.2024 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Breakingviews - The left-field risk for 2026 is rates going up Investors see a 0% probability of tighter US monetary policy in 2026, yet three Federal Reserve rate-setters disagree. Traders also see little chance of higher rates in Europe. Recent hawkish turns in...

The left-field risk for 2026 is rates going upΒ  - www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

12.12.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

11.12.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 279    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

Germany wins the battle and loses the war

11.12.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really beginning to think I should’ve waited for prices to drop before buying 1,200 copies of β€œAmerican Canto”.

11.12.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 996    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 2

Now *that's* how you do it

11.12.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I have to wonder if β€œdata centers in space” (an objectively and obviously stupid idea) only exists as a narrative so that all of the kleptocrats who backed Trump and their private equity cronies can dump their Space X bags on retail before it goes under.

11.12.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep goingβ€”
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last tiβ€”
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

10.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13245    πŸ” 4735    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 224

real or nominal?

10.12.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 639    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 8

They'll be read by Palantir who never had the capacity to love

10.12.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Got to a key point in the Aubrey-Maturin books

10.12.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Bloomberg headline writers had fun with this one. Deadpan.

10.12.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Parody i think
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10.12.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

10.12.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

10.12.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How many cognitive exams is a normal number of cognitive exams, just asking ?

10.12.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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