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
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I mean I’m sorry but yes, we should get the sanctions, we should be the ones who can’t travel or use banks and have to blow to foreign tourists for cash. Even if it doesn’t happen, we should assume that’s what’s in store for us if we don’t extract the country from the grip of these fucking goblins
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 AM
I mean I’m sorry but yes, we should get the sanctions, we should be the ones who can’t travel or use banks and have to blow to foreign tourists for cash. Even if it doesn’t happen, we should assume that’s what’s in store for us if we don’t extract the country from the grip of these fucking goblins
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
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Our response as citizens as well as the response of our elected officials will demonstrate to both the world and ourselves whether we're any better than the Russians.
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Our response as citizens as well as the response of our elected officials will demonstrate to both the world and ourselves whether we're any better than the Russians.
Are they really trying to do American Hostomel?
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Are they really trying to do American Hostomel?
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Tony Dekoupul: Serious and trustworthy…because he poasts through it.
a sign things are going well is when you’re battling it out in the comments
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Tony Dekoupul: Serious and trustworthy…because he poasts through it.
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starting in six weeks or so, you will hear right wing and centrist commentators on cable news, podcasts etc start to refer to Mamdani as if it's obvious that he's failed, extremely unpopular etc. its very important in order for their plot to succeed that any left wing pol be discredited
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
starting in six weeks or so, you will hear right wing and centrist commentators on cable news, podcasts etc start to refer to Mamdani as if it's obvious that he's failed, extremely unpopular etc. its very important in order for their plot to succeed that any left wing pol be discredited
Dads. Toddler sick day ideas?
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Dads. Toddler sick day ideas?
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Happening today in #Providence! See you there.
#Trump is attacking reliable, affordable #cleanenergy - and we in #RhodeIsland are not going to take this lying down.
See you on Friday! #offshorewind
See you on Friday! #offshorewind
Days before Christmas Trump derailed 5 offshore wind projects, putting jobs and our clean energy future at risk. Offshore wind creates American jobs, lowers energy costs, and builds a strong future. Join us Friday in pushing back and saying Yes to Jobs & Yes to Wind.
actionnetwork.org/events/ytw01/
actionnetwork.org/events/ytw01/
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Happening today in #Providence! See you there.
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I HOPE YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO. NEVERMIND. I MEAN PANAMA. WAIT. I MEAN GREENLAND. WAIT NO I MEAN TEHRAN. HOLD ON. VENEZUELA. FORGET THAT. NIGERIA. OH WAIT. TEHRAN AGAIN.
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I HOPE YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO. NEVERMIND. I MEAN PANAMA. WAIT. I MEAN GREENLAND. WAIT NO I MEAN TEHRAN. HOLD ON. VENEZUELA. FORGET THAT. NIGERIA. OH WAIT. TEHRAN AGAIN.
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Heck, even ERCOT's hourly load scalars are tipping to winter. Net load still peaks in summer. More concerning is just how difficult it'll be to overcome ELCC gaps. The first few solar/BESS sites in area will be great, and then that ELCC kicks in and you cannot solve the problem via mass deployment
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Heck, even ERCOT's hourly load scalars are tipping to winter. Net load still peaks in summer. More concerning is just how difficult it'll be to overcome ELCC gaps. The first few solar/BESS sites in area will be great, and then that ELCC kicks in and you cannot solve the problem via mass deployment
There is a lot of optimism from solar and storage gains and it’s warranted but sitting in NYISO and NEISO you are very worried about the coming of winter peaking.
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 PM
There is a lot of optimism from solar and storage gains and it’s warranted but sitting in NYISO and NEISO you are very worried about the coming of winter peaking.
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Don't take our word for it! The illustrious mayor thought so highly of the Wide Awakes' gift to him - a twist on a genuine, celebratory flyer upon 1860 Lincoln's election - that he included it in not one, but of his videos!
This, and SO MUCH MORE at wideawakes.army 👁
This, and SO MUCH MORE at wideawakes.army 👁
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Don't take our word for it! The illustrious mayor thought so highly of the Wide Awakes' gift to him - a twist on a genuine, celebratory flyer upon 1860 Lincoln's election - that he included it in not one, but of his videos!
This, and SO MUCH MORE at wideawakes.army 👁
This, and SO MUCH MORE at wideawakes.army 👁
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Mamdani's new Land Inventory Task Force won't have to work very hard to identify publicly owned potential development sites in Manhattan because @marklevinenyc.bsky.social already identified them as part of his Housing Manhattanites report, like this parcel in Harlem.
January 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Mamdani's new Land Inventory Task Force won't have to work very hard to identify publicly owned potential development sites in Manhattan because @marklevinenyc.bsky.social already identified them as part of his Housing Manhattanites report, like this parcel in Harlem.
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One of the empty parcels on this vacant piece of land I walk by all of the time has been owned by the City since 1968.
There are PLENTY of potential development sites already publicly owned, but with limited resources Mamdani has to be realistic about affordability requirements.
There are PLENTY of potential development sites already publicly owned, but with limited resources Mamdani has to be realistic about affordability requirements.
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
One of the empty parcels on this vacant piece of land I walk by all of the time has been owned by the City since 1968.
There are PLENTY of potential development sites already publicly owned, but with limited resources Mamdani has to be realistic about affordability requirements.
There are PLENTY of potential development sites already publicly owned, but with limited resources Mamdani has to be realistic about affordability requirements.
Mamdani setting up a permitting reform and land inventory task force is some real sickos yes stuff.
January 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Mamdani setting up a permitting reform and land inventory task force is some real sickos yes stuff.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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The most unrealistic thing about Bioshock is that the objectivist libertarian actually builds his utopian community instead of just soliciting investors and running away with their money.
January 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The most unrealistic thing about Bioshock is that the objectivist libertarian actually builds his utopian community instead of just soliciting investors and running away with their money.
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I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?
The whole claiming a guy was killed to find agents making a payoff and then publicly resurrecting him is now a Ukrainian bit isn’t it?
January 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The whole claiming a guy was killed to find agents making a payoff and then publicly resurrecting him is now a Ukrainian bit isn’t it?
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These aren't the options. 🇺🇸 isn't 🇹🇷 (or 🇬🇷 or 🇦🇷) & we owe 70% of it to ourselves:
The options:
1. Debt keeps 📈. 🇯🇵 is at 250+% & 🥱
2. The Fed monetizes it
Yes, we'd have higher inflation &/or borrowing costs. But that's all politics & tradeoffs, not disaster scenarios:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The options:
1. Debt keeps 📈. 🇯🇵 is at 250+% & 🥱
2. The Fed monetizes it
Yes, we'd have higher inflation &/or borrowing costs. But that's all politics & tradeoffs, not disaster scenarios:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
So, of these four options, we have:
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
These aren't the options. 🇺🇸 isn't 🇹🇷 (or 🇬🇷 or 🇦🇷) & we owe 70% of it to ourselves:
The options:
1. Debt keeps 📈. 🇯🇵 is at 250+% & 🥱
2. The Fed monetizes it
Yes, we'd have higher inflation &/or borrowing costs. But that's all politics & tradeoffs, not disaster scenarios:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The options:
1. Debt keeps 📈. 🇯🇵 is at 250+% & 🥱
2. The Fed monetizes it
Yes, we'd have higher inflation &/or borrowing costs. But that's all politics & tradeoffs, not disaster scenarios:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
No midnight ain’t happening. Damn you whatever virus is inhabiting me.
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
No midnight ain’t happening. Damn you whatever virus is inhabiting me.
No one in my household is making it to midnight.
January 1, 2026 at 1:02 AM
No one in my household is making it to midnight.
What a weird year it’s been.
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What a weird year it’s been.
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One of my favorite things about Eric Adams is that he is *very recognizably* a Type Of Guy who you run into all the time in NYC — possibly other cities, but definitely NYC — and he just got elevated to a much higher position of power than this Type Of Guy should ever, every be in
As Eric Adams heads off into that great Turkish Airlines lounge in the sky, we remember his legacy
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
One of my favorite things about Eric Adams is that he is *very recognizably* a Type Of Guy who you run into all the time in NYC — possibly other cities, but definitely NYC — and he just got elevated to a much higher position of power than this Type Of Guy should ever, every be in