Christian Sporleder
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What happens when one of the most self important people in the world has an essential part of their identity removed? We might find out
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What happens when one of the most self important people in the world has an essential part of their identity removed? We might find out
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Yada yada yada western civilisation something yada yada
“Is it frivolous to worry about art when the world is on fire? The Franklin D. Roosevelt administration didn’t think so. In the midst of the Great Depression, the worst economic calamity in the country’s history, FDR’s New Deal invested in culture as essential to a more “abundant life” for…citizens”
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yada yada yada western civilisation something yada yada
Once set up and filmed an interview with David Brin here to talk about extraterrestrial life. Perfect.
Icon.
Los Angeles, Theme Building (opened 1961), by Pereira & Luckman. #airportarchitecture
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Los Angeles, Theme Building (opened 1961), by Pereira & Luckman. #airportarchitecture
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Once set up and filmed an interview with David Brin here to talk about extraterrestrial life. Perfect.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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"Quiet piggy" makes sense when told through this lens
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Quiet piggy" makes sense when told through this lens
Amazing. The banality of Don’t Be Evil
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Amazing. The banality of Don’t Be Evil
Cool
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cool
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. Not enough motherfuckers in the world for this
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. Not enough motherfuckers in the world for this
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New post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
The government’s latest proposed revamp of asylum laws reminds us that Labour have not abandoned their approach of using right wing popul...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New post: Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/blue...
It worked in 24 so it will work again. Labours marginals are different. Socially liberal voters will vote for us to stop Reform. Used by Labour to justify Reform like policies, but these arguments are just wrong.
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The fact that the American president’s former best friend is helping Russia blackmail the president should be a far bigger story than it is.
It should be on the front page of every major news outlet
It should be on the front page of every major news outlet
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The fact that the American president’s former best friend is helping Russia blackmail the president should be a far bigger story than it is.
It should be on the front page of every major news outlet
It should be on the front page of every major news outlet
We found the masculinity crisis
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We found the masculinity crisis
The Bari Weiss era CBS News really has its eyes on the prize
New versions of Cheetos and Doritos, without artificial flavors or dyes, will be sold in December.
Cheetos and Doritos without their bright orange color are set to hit stores next month
New versions of Cheetos and Doritos, without artificial flavors or dyes, will be sold in December.
cbsn.ws
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Bari Weiss era CBS News really has its eyes on the prize
Good god this podcast truly has it all. The Hitmaker
If you need an infusion of joy today:
We installed a drum kit in the PTFO studio.
And convinced the GOAT — Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, age 83 — to come play 🐐⤵️ youtu.be/vhdw6lWCb9Y?...
We installed a drum kit in the PTFO studio.
And convinced the GOAT — Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, age 83 — to come play 🐐⤵️ youtu.be/vhdw6lWCb9Y?...
How Drummer Bernard Purdie Made the Soundtrack of Our Lives | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Good god this podcast truly has it all. The Hitmaker
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
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Vast sin-concealing chaos
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vast sin-concealing chaos
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Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. This whole act’s immutably decreed.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I grew up about three blocks from here. Went to that school. Insane, stupid, and wrong.
11/10/25 Colfax and Schiller near an elementary school: Neighbor filmed 20+ ICE GOONS driving onto her neighbors lawn and abducting a landscaper, then Tasing him while he was in the car. No warrants, no names, no faces.
Palatine, Illinois
11/10/25
Palatine, Illinois
11/10/25
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I grew up about three blocks from here. Went to that school. Insane, stupid, and wrong.
NYT is going to keep going at that chicken
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NYT is going to keep going at that chicken
“You a bitch”
lol
We hate Illinois Nazis
lol
We hate Illinois Nazis
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“You a bitch”
lol
We hate Illinois Nazis
lol
We hate Illinois Nazis
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Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the story never did. A brief moderate transitory inflation. A long and strong jobs and...
braddelong.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
Congrats to the NYT. Please clap
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Congrats to the NYT. Please clap
Feeling in touch with my Scandinavian roots
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Feeling in touch with my Scandinavian roots
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Spain will achieve 3% growth this year. Since 2020, its minimum wage has increased 60%, pensions by 37%, unemployment down to historical lows, indefinite employment now the norm, gender pay gap down to 17%, 1.2 million people covered by new minimum income scheme and 1.9 million by child support.
The Spanish Success Story | NEB Digest
This week we look into Spain’s economic recovery and how progressive policies helped bring it about.
www.neweconomybrief.net
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Spain will achieve 3% growth this year. Since 2020, its minimum wage has increased 60%, pensions by 37%, unemployment down to historical lows, indefinite employment now the norm, gender pay gap down to 17%, 1.2 million people covered by new minimum income scheme and 1.9 million by child support.