Yakov Feygin
@buddyyakov.bsky.social
Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
Well after thinking I recovered I’m sick again!
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Well after thinking I recovered I’m sick again!
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"Say her name! Renee Nicole Good!"
About 800 people march in NYC to protest ICE just hours after the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.
About 800 people march in NYC to protest ICE just hours after the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
"Say her name! Renee Nicole Good!"
About 800 people march in NYC to protest ICE just hours after the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.
About 800 people march in NYC to protest ICE just hours after the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.
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Be aware of the politicians (most of them republicans) who will praise the martyred protestors in Iran, the disappeared in Venezuela, and the oppressed in Cuba but call Renee Good a terrorist.
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Be aware of the politicians (most of them republicans) who will praise the martyred protestors in Iran, the disappeared in Venezuela, and the oppressed in Cuba but call Renee Good a terrorist.
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US government killing Americans in broad daylight, kidnapping foreign leaders, threatening allied territories and dictating corporate capital returns.
But “invest in America.” 🤡
But “invest in America.” 🤡
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
US government killing Americans in broad daylight, kidnapping foreign leaders, threatening allied territories and dictating corporate capital returns.
But “invest in America.” 🤡
But “invest in America.” 🤡
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The Trump admin has launched a violent invasion of Venezuela, sacrificing lives for the profit of oil corporations. Promises to end "forever wars" have been shattered in favor of a ruthless bid for control. This stops now 🛑
Join us 1/11, 1pm, E60th & 5th Ave
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Join us 1/11, 1pm, E60th & 5th Ave
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
January 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The Trump admin has launched a violent invasion of Venezuela, sacrificing lives for the profit of oil corporations. Promises to end "forever wars" have been shattered in favor of a ruthless bid for control. This stops now 🛑
Join us 1/11, 1pm, E60th & 5th Ave
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Join us 1/11, 1pm, E60th & 5th Ave
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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In regards to shooting in Minneapolis:
Witnesses say a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but ICE agents refused to let him through. Around 10–15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles occupying the street.-FOX 9 Minnesota
Witnesses say a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but ICE agents refused to let him through. Around 10–15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles occupying the street.-FOX 9 Minnesota
January 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
In regards to shooting in Minneapolis:
Witnesses say a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but ICE agents refused to let him through. Around 10–15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles occupying the street.-FOX 9 Minnesota
Witnesses say a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but ICE agents refused to let him through. Around 10–15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles occupying the street.-FOX 9 Minnesota
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It's important to understand this aspect of our culture:
Corporate landlords ripping people off ☠️ ☠️☠️
Mom and pop landlords (my parents) ripping people off 🤗🤗🤗
Corporate landlords ripping people off ☠️ ☠️☠️
Mom and pop landlords (my parents) ripping people off 🤗🤗🤗
I also cannot emphasize enough that these homes are being offered for rent. People still live in them!
I know people on this website are likely to be more amenable to this than I am, but I want to stress that institutional investor purchases of single family homes are a microscopic share of the market and so you’re basically not gonna see material changes in home prices from this
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It's important to understand this aspect of our culture:
Corporate landlords ripping people off ☠️ ☠️☠️
Mom and pop landlords (my parents) ripping people off 🤗🤗🤗
Corporate landlords ripping people off ☠️ ☠️☠️
Mom and pop landlords (my parents) ripping people off 🤗🤗🤗
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God will not forgive us, we will have to redeem ourselves.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
God will not forgive us, we will have to redeem ourselves.
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Mishima, but woke:
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Mishima, but woke:
It’s not like they didn’t way want to. As far as I can tell Trump is canceling sanctions on it?
PDVSA, the state-owned oil company, has issued a statement today confirming that it is "currently engaged in negotiations" with Washington regarding the sale of Venezuelan oil to the United States.
caraotadigital.net/venezuela/pd...
caraotadigital.net/venezuela/pd...
PDVSA anuncia que "negocia" con EEUU para venta de "volúmenes de petróleo"
Petróleos de Venezuela, S. A. (PDVSA) informó que está avanzando en negociaciones para la venta de volúmenes de crudo a Estados Unidos. «PDVSA informa que actualmente cursa una negociación con Estados...
caraotadigital.net
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It’s not like they didn’t way want to. As far as I can tell Trump is canceling sanctions on it?
No Kings organizers. Please have a rapid response to the ICE shooting and war game a Canada/Greenland scenario.
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
No Kings organizers. Please have a rapid response to the ICE shooting and war game a Canada/Greenland scenario.
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TW: you will see an ICE agent shoot into the window of a car, murdering someone.
I don't like sharing this kind of thing, but there needs to be no doubt about what happened, and no way they can deny it.
I don't like sharing this kind of thing, but there needs to be no doubt about what happened, and no way they can deny it.
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
TW: you will see an ICE agent shoot into the window of a car, murdering someone.
I don't like sharing this kind of thing, but there needs to be no doubt about what happened, and no way they can deny it.
I don't like sharing this kind of thing, but there needs to be no doubt about what happened, and no way they can deny it.
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If ever there was an indication this was a fake problem, here it is:
TRUMP: I AM IMMEDIATELY TAKING STEPS TO BAN LARGE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS FROM BUYING MORE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
If ever there was an indication this was a fake problem, here it is:
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I’m haunted by the idea that Tooze Boys are going to ping-pong around political and media spaces being whispered of in the same tones as the Straussians when those of us who lived through Toozeposting know he dedicated significant effort starting a matchmaking service for fans.
January 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I’m haunted by the idea that Tooze Boys are going to ping-pong around political and media spaces being whispered of in the same tones as the Straussians when those of us who lived through Toozeposting know he dedicated significant effort starting a matchmaking service for fans.
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They will not, near-term anyways, because a large segment of elites thinks that having their egos stroked by dopamine hits from that website is more important than any moral valence of using it.
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
They will not, near-term anyways, because a large segment of elites thinks that having their egos stroked by dopamine hits from that website is more important than any moral valence of using it.
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you know what the American oil industry loves, when there's a bear market and someone drops more supply into it
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
you know what the American oil industry loves, when there's a bear market and someone drops more supply into it
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much like how Taibbi is now worse than his old nemesis Tom Friedman, Yggy is now worse than Jonah Goldberg
I was wondering how this might all turn out to have been my fault
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
much like how Taibbi is now worse than his old nemesis Tom Friedman, Yggy is now worse than Jonah Goldberg
There it is.
TRUMP: U.S. MAY REIMBURSE OIL COMPANIES FOR REBUILDING VENEZUELA INFRASTRUCTURE – NBC
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
There it is.
Very good thread but I just wonder what the underlying economics of all this look like if Trump is perceived as vulnerable domestically and the energy firms that will have to execute the resource state international he wants to build don’t play ball.
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Very good thread but I just wonder what the underlying economics of all this look like if Trump is perceived as vulnerable domestically and the energy firms that will have to execute the resource state international he wants to build don’t play ball.
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I've been vocal in saying groups like the ADL are much too quick to label all anti-Zionism as necessarily antisemitism, and I will continue to say so. But if you want to see why many Jews instinctively feel like criticisms of Zionism are antisemitism, look at this. www.i24news.tv/en/news/inte...
'Zionist attack:' Venezuela’s acting gov't blames Israel for Maduro seizure - i24NEWS
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez asserted that the US operation that led to the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro "seems Zionist"
www.i24news.tv
January 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I've been vocal in saying groups like the ADL are much too quick to label all anti-Zionism as necessarily antisemitism, and I will continue to say so. But if you want to see why many Jews instinctively feel like criticisms of Zionism are antisemitism, look at this. www.i24news.tv/en/news/inte...
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petro-masculinity; or, oil is the new gender
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
petro-masculinity; or, oil is the new gender
God I missed the easy upside of the days of the Saudis playing whack a mole with US shale before they kind of accepted that they are now set permanently lower. You could get paid to store oil on ships going in circles.
Anyone who spent time in the oil patch when prices shit their bed in 2014 saw the stark generational divide between boomer oilies (fuck-you rich or too deep in debt to ever have their notes called before they die) and Xer oilies (eyes like a hunted rabbit)
The general mood from mid level execs and up is my idiot boss or investor got lucky in the 2000s and doesn’t understand why he can’t just print money/go bankrupt 20 times anymore and blames the libs.
January 5, 2026 at 3:06 AM
God I missed the easy upside of the days of the Saudis playing whack a mole with US shale before they kind of accepted that they are now set permanently lower. You could get paid to store oil on ships going in circles.
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A reminder that this entire to-do started because Sky pointed out - with their relevant professional experience - that Venezuelan oil is Not Great and offers really no advantage over Canadian Tar Sands oil, and therefore, to the extent that this war *is* about oil, it's a dumb reason to go to war
January 5, 2026 at 2:39 AM
A reminder that this entire to-do started because Sky pointed out - with their relevant professional experience - that Venezuelan oil is Not Great and offers really no advantage over Canadian Tar Sands oil, and therefore, to the extent that this war *is* about oil, it's a dumb reason to go to war
Don’t look up Canada’s post WWI reputation.
A warning of sorts: ~ "Canadians see themselves as friendly & affable people. However, Canada’s current self-image of 'niceness' only exists b/c they’re at peace. War changes people very quickly, & Canadians are no more innately peaceful than any other human beings."
Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
theconversation.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Don’t look up Canada’s post WWI reputation.