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Long retired economist, inter alia. Political economy determines your nation's life course. Not a bad idea to turn control away from the exploiters and to give power back to Ordoliberal social policy. The returns are developmental
Looking to purchase new headphones. Saw this for a 1m/2m headphone cable. Thought the compromise to your signal is ohmic power loss. Resistance might lead to what, 5% of a db, beyond most normal hearing? As for a propagation conductor isn't that bs for the structure/physical properties of the cable?
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Looking to purchase new headphones. Saw this for a 1m/2m headphone cable. Thought the compromise to your signal is ohmic power loss. Resistance might lead to what, 5% of a db, beyond most normal hearing? As for a propagation conductor isn't that bs for the structure/physical properties of the cable?
#Hifiman
Why can't one purchase Hifiman headphones from the US when they ship to CA, MX, UK, EU. If you go to the exploiters website, Amazon, Hifiman add USD$220 for delivery and then you still have to pay local taxes.
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Why can't one purchase Hifiman headphones from the US when they ship to CA, MX, UK, EU. If you go to the exploiters website, Amazon, Hifiman add USD$220 for delivery and then you still have to pay local taxes.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#Hifiman
Why can't one purchase Hifiman headphones from the US when they ship to CA, MX, UK, EU. If you go to the exploiters website, Amazon, Hifiman add USD$220 for delivery and then you still have to pay local taxes.
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Why can't one purchase Hifiman headphones from the US when they ship to CA, MX, UK, EU. If you go to the exploiters website, Amazon, Hifiman add USD$220 for delivery and then you still have to pay local taxes.
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JB Pritzker would make a better US President for the Democrats than Newsom. The former is genuine, the later merely appears to be so.
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
JB Pritzker would make a better US President for the Democrats than Newsom. The former is genuine, the later merely appears to be so.
Gaza barely reported on now. A news media that did not honestly report the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. And now with a ceasefire that isn't, the Israeli's continue daily to murder more Palestinians. It hasn't stopped. Why let Palestine be taken over by a nation of incessant genocidal maniacs.
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Gaza barely reported on now. A news media that did not honestly report the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. And now with a ceasefire that isn't, the Israeli's continue daily to murder more Palestinians. It hasn't stopped. Why let Palestine be taken over by a nation of incessant genocidal maniacs.
Pretty glad File411 @file411.bsky.social is back. Cause without receipts there is no truth, no substance.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Pretty glad File411 @file411.bsky.social is back. Cause without receipts there is no truth, no substance.
#auspol
Poll
NATO Secretary General Rutte, Bucharest 6/11 said below China along with Russia et al are preparing for long term confrontation.
Is the US/West misrepresenting China or being realistic?
1. The West falsely creates China into a potential enemy
2. China is a real enemy of the West
Poll
NATO Secretary General Rutte, Bucharest 6/11 said below China along with Russia et al are preparing for long term confrontation.
Is the US/West misrepresenting China or being realistic?
1. The West falsely creates China into a potential enemy
2. China is a real enemy of the West
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#auspol
Poll
NATO Secretary General Rutte, Bucharest 6/11 said below China along with Russia et al are preparing for long term confrontation.
Is the US/West misrepresenting China or being realistic?
1. The West falsely creates China into a potential enemy
2. China is a real enemy of the West
Poll
NATO Secretary General Rutte, Bucharest 6/11 said below China along with Russia et al are preparing for long term confrontation.
Is the US/West misrepresenting China or being realistic?
1. The West falsely creates China into a potential enemy
2. China is a real enemy of the West
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Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
"The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
- P.J. O'rourke
- P.J. O'rourke
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
- P.J. O'rourke
- P.J. O'rourke
Trump Is In FAR Deeper Trouble Than I Anticipated | Yanis Varoufakis
YouTube video by Nadikudi Nadine
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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And it’ll only get worse if farage gets in …
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And it’ll only get worse if farage gets in …
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Happy Guy Fawkes Night to those who celebrate. Mark the occasion by accusing a few local Catholics of plotting to blow up the House of Lords.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy Guy Fawkes Night to those who celebrate. Mark the occasion by accusing a few local Catholics of plotting to blow up the House of Lords.
#UK #Reform
Why is there no Labour inquiry into Farage's links with Gufficer 2.0 where Farage was the middle man acting on behalf of the Russian embassy (recall the Zeit interview) passing on HRC's stolen emails to Assange to publish. Why isn't there a fucking Royal Commission or MI5/6 Report ffs.
Why is there no Labour inquiry into Farage's links with Gufficer 2.0 where Farage was the middle man acting on behalf of the Russian embassy (recall the Zeit interview) passing on HRC's stolen emails to Assange to publish. Why isn't there a fucking Royal Commission or MI5/6 Report ffs.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Note to self. No Aust discount. E Book tba.
I’m excited and humbled that my new book Ruthless is finally out in the world 🎉
It explores how exploitation, innovation, and empire shaped the birth of the Britain's industrial revolution.
📖 It’s out now (and £12.50 this month in Yale's November sale): yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
It explores how exploitation, innovation, and empire shaped the birth of the Britain's industrial revolution.
📖 It’s out now (and £12.50 this month in Yale's November sale): yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Note to self. No Aust discount. E Book tba.
The RW have nothing to offer but immiseration, violence and fear. In whatever country they are in. Stop the rapine behaviour of corporations and elites bc they are not making money from growth but exploitation and taking a larger slice of your pie. They will impose any regime to stop you objecting.
But -- the “sandwich thrower” is in court.
The ICE agent who shot a Chicago woman 5 times fled to Maine in the gov't SUV.
A federal judge demanded prosecutors bring him back to Chicago.
Has anyone heard if there's a warrant out for his arrest?
Why has it taken over 3 weeks?
The ICE agent who shot a Chicago woman 5 times fled to Maine in the gov't SUV.
A federal judge demanded prosecutors bring him back to Chicago.
Has anyone heard if there's a warrant out for his arrest?
Why has it taken over 3 weeks?
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The RW have nothing to offer but immiseration, violence and fear. In whatever country they are in. Stop the rapine behaviour of corporations and elites bc they are not making money from growth but exploitation and taking a larger slice of your pie. They will impose any regime to stop you objecting.
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Most of today’s #consumption growth is being powered not by higher paychecks, but by rising asset values held by wealthier households, chart Lisa Shalett #MorganStanley
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Most of today’s #consumption growth is being powered not by higher paychecks, but by rising asset values held by wealthier households, chart Lisa Shalett #MorganStanley
On occasion the easy walks provide a gentle break and you can just lap up the scenery. Tasmania 3 Capes walk.
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
On occasion the easy walks provide a gentle break and you can just lap up the scenery. Tasmania 3 Capes walk.
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according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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#auspol The problem with being Left is one is without recourse to heaven and hell apart from symbolism of what's positive and negative. It is amazing Cheney's death sees almost every Left wing commentator saying he deserves hell. But all that is, is mere recognition a mass murderer, an abuser of
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
#auspol The problem with being Left is one is without recourse to heaven and hell apart from symbolism of what's positive and negative. It is amazing Cheney's death sees almost every Left wing commentator saying he deserves hell. But all that is, is mere recognition a mass murderer, an abuser of
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November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Internet Archive may have survived as form, but lost content. The world continues to say you can't own, or keep.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Internet Archive may have survived as form, but lost content. The world continues to say you can't own, or keep.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Reform councillors and politicians must be really angry about how much the right-wing media has exaggerated the extent and cost of equality initiatives given that it turns out there is almost nothing to cut.
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Reform councillors and politicians must be really angry about how much the right-wing media has exaggerated the extent and cost of equality initiatives given that it turns out there is almost nothing to cut.
If the leader of your church is wealthy, you do not go to a Christian church. You go to a capitalist church that performs Christinan drag.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM