Carolina
@ascaro.bsky.social
Interested in econ, democracy, and Taylor Swift.
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Trump's 'unjustified' 25% tariffs and says retaliatory tariffs on $155 billion of American goods will take effect at 12:01 AM EST if the U.S. moves forward tonight.
March 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Trump's 'unjustified' 25% tariffs and says retaliatory tariffs on $155 billion of American goods will take effect at 12:01 AM EST if the U.S. moves forward tonight.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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There really is a Bible story for pretty much everything - when Israel asked for a king:
"He will take 1/10th of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day."
"He will take 1/10th of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day."
February 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
There really is a Bible story for pretty much everything - when Israel asked for a king:
"He will take 1/10th of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day."
"He will take 1/10th of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day."
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
February 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.
February 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.
So glad we are living in the “free speech” timeline
Meta employees who criticize Zuckerberg's embrace of MAGA on internal message boards have been told their statements would be used in performance reviews, potentially affecting their employment
Zuckerberg's rightward policy shift puts Meta staffers on edge, targets Apple
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's actions to curry favor with the president have rattled employees, but people familiar with his efforts say there's a clear strategy.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So glad we are living in the “free speech” timeline
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On Abraham Lincoln's 216th birthday, it's worth listening to this important warning he gave us back in 1838. Does any of this sound familiar to you?
www.youtube.com/shorts/s2WcV...
www.youtube.com/shorts/s2WcV...
A Timely Warning From Abraham Lincoln
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
On Abraham Lincoln's 216th birthday, it's worth listening to this important warning he gave us back in 1838. Does any of this sound familiar to you?
www.youtube.com/shorts/s2WcV...
www.youtube.com/shorts/s2WcV...
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Just last week someone told me Trump would never shut down USAID because it buys so much US grain and I said, "I wonder if he knows that"
If only experts existed who could warn Americans repeatedly that foreign aid is money spent to pay Americans and buy things from Americans but no one's ever said it out loud so who can blame people for not understanding
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
February 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just last week someone told me Trump would never shut down USAID because it buys so much US grain and I said, "I wonder if he knows that"
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EJ Screen is gone. Removing access to environmental justice data doesn’t mean environmental injustices no longer exist.
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
EJ Screen is gone. Removing access to environmental justice data doesn’t mean environmental injustices no longer exist.
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Same was true in Poland
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Same was true in Poland
I desperately need a bookmarks tab in Bluesky
February 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I desperately need a bookmarks tab in Bluesky
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I know you’re going to tell me that I’m an idiot but I really am surprised that my former friends who became Musk fans aren’t waking up to reality right now.
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I know you’re going to tell me that I’m an idiot but I really am surprised that my former friends who became Musk fans aren’t waking up to reality right now.
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The Trump administration has stripped the status of 600,000 Venezuelans who obeyed the law, Gisela Salim-Peyer writes:
The ‘Right Way’ to Immigrate Just Went Wrong
The Trump administration has stripped the status of 600,000 Venezuelans who obeyed the law.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Trump administration has stripped the status of 600,000 Venezuelans who obeyed the law, Gisela Salim-Peyer writes:
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
NYT reported that the number of potentially affected agents is as high as 6k. The bureau has about 13.7k agents total
What a hideous headline. Folks calling the shots here are just corrupt banana republic trash.
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
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I am having trouble regulating my moods because everything is simultaneously so terrifying and so stupid.
February 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I am having trouble regulating my moods because everything is simultaneously so terrifying and so stupid.
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well said, Pete Buttigieg
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too dumb to actually do anything, too smart not to be filled with existential dread
January 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
too dumb to actually do anything, too smart not to be filled with existential dread
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This is almost such an obvious point, it feels slightly crazy to point it out, but a politician winning a national election does not mean that the criticisms of that politician were wrong. Nixon and Bush both go reelected and everything their most unsparing critics said about them was right.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is almost such an obvious point, it feels slightly crazy to point it out, but a politician winning a national election does not mean that the criticisms of that politician were wrong. Nixon and Bush both go reelected and everything their most unsparing critics said about them was right.
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Everything that Trump said and did today -- all of it -- was entirely predictable based on his campaign, character, and first term in office. If you're surprised, you were either misinformed or not informed enough.
We deserve everything that's about to come our way. Buckle up.
We deserve everything that's about to come our way. Buckle up.
January 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Everything that Trump said and did today -- all of it -- was entirely predictable based on his campaign, character, and first term in office. If you're surprised, you were either misinformed or not informed enough.
We deserve everything that's about to come our way. Buckle up.
We deserve everything that's about to come our way. Buckle up.
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Here I am doom scrolling at 4 AM again.
I need to figure out how to do this 4 years differently than the last time.
I need to figure out how to do this 4 years differently than the last time.
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Here I am doom scrolling at 4 AM again.
I need to figure out how to do this 4 years differently than the last time.
I need to figure out how to do this 4 years differently than the last time.
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Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
It is not free speech when Trump aligned oligarchs have their thumbs on the algorithms of all the social media apps.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.
Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?
Their greed is our opportunity.