Costa
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Boy if you think our health system is stretched now, just wait til Serco “known for abusing prisoners” get their hands on it
Prisons operator Serco eyes NZ's public health infrastructure needs
The outsourcing firm tells the Government it is uniquely positioned, and its services could be of great value
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November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Boy if you think our health system is stretched now, just wait til Serco “known for abusing prisoners” get their hands on it
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University of Toronto law professor David Dyzenhaus, says that Harvard Law professor Adrien Vermeule “moved away from just being interested in [Carl] Schmitt,” a former Nazi scholar, “to actually embracing all dimensions of Schmitt’s theory: both the political dimension & the legal dimension…” 1/
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
University of Toronto law professor David Dyzenhaus, says that Harvard Law professor Adrien Vermeule “moved away from just being interested in [Carl] Schmitt,” a former Nazi scholar, “to actually embracing all dimensions of Schmitt’s theory: both the political dimension & the legal dimension…” 1/
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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Quick jobs numbers addendum. The Govt constrained public sector budgets, but it was private sector jobs that took the recession hit mostly. That's why Auckland is struggling to recover while Wellington is stabilising. [1/3]
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Quick jobs numbers addendum. The Govt constrained public sector budgets, but it was private sector jobs that took the recession hit mostly. That's why Auckland is struggling to recover while Wellington is stabilising. [1/3]
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Rapid progress in China’s underwater drone development, world leaders in most respects. Back in 2019 their first large one, HSU001, was very modest, far from world leading. Today they are building massive ones other nations can only dream of. www.hisutton.com/Chinese-XLUU...
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Rapid progress in China’s underwater drone development, world leaders in most respects. Back in 2019 their first large one, HSU001, was very modest, far from world leading. Today they are building massive ones other nations can only dream of. www.hisutton.com/Chinese-XLUU...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
No more ‘woke’ in the US military
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
No more ‘woke’ in the US military
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Good piece from John Paul Helveston, Paul Triolo, & Jonas Nahm that suggests reports of Chinese overcapacity in EV sector are overblown. Most production is for domestic market. They rightly worry that trade barriers in the US won't help US catch or compete. 1/ www.thewirechina.com/2024/09/08/t...
The Problem With “Overcapacity” in China’s Automotive Industry - The Wire China
The debate over China’s auto exports is bedeviled by narrow definitions of "overcapacity" that risk encouraging the wrong policy response.
www.thewirechina.com
September 10, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Good piece from John Paul Helveston, Paul Triolo, & Jonas Nahm that suggests reports of Chinese overcapacity in EV sector are overblown. Most production is for domestic market. They rightly worry that trade barriers in the US won't help US catch or compete. 1/ www.thewirechina.com/2024/09/08/t...
Sir Brian Roche on RNZ comes across as an Ideological brick wall.
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sir Brian Roche on RNZ comes across as an Ideological brick wall.
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WHAT THE HELL
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
WHAT THE HELL
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1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
www.netzeropolicylab.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
Principals divided as NCEA consultation closes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Principals divided as NCEA consultation closes
Are the changes to the education system overdue or a poorly-thought-out mistake? Principals are divided on the issue.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Principals divided as NCEA consultation closes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect for Charlie Kirk’s assassination, comes from a proud MAGA family, according to his grandmother.
www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk...
www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA
Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect for Charlie Kirk’s assassination, comes from a proud MAGA family, according to his grandmother.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect for Charlie Kirk’s assassination, comes from a proud MAGA family, according to his grandmother.
www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk...
www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk...
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Don't think it's hard to believe at all, that's basically what the "irony" means in "irony-pilled"
Not sure if this is proof of anything. But I did check, and this Spotify playlist is real. Hard to believe any Groyper would embrace “Bella Ciao.”
September 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Don't think it's hard to believe at all, that's basically what the "irony" means in "irony-pilled"
New Zealand income growth one of the worst in the world www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
New Zealand income growth one of the worst in the world
The post-Covid recession has pushed our wage growth to near the bottom of global rankings.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New Zealand income growth one of the worst in the world www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
False information on West Coast Coast hydro scheme submitted to fast-track panel, claims mountain club www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
False information on West Coast Coast hydro scheme submitted to fast-track panel, claims mountain club
Federated Mountain Clubs has launched a last-minute bid to halt a controversial West Coast hydro scheme.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
False information on West Coast Coast hydro scheme submitted to fast-track panel, claims mountain club www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...