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Online econ nerds be like
August 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
ranjanxroy.bsky.social
RCV FTW
bradlander.bsky.social Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jun 20
Q: What are you doing Election Eve?

A: Watching me and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social!
June 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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At a hotel watching cable tv and honestly I feel like gen alpha using a fax machine.
June 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I don't think it can be overstated how much things are what they are because elites had their brains exposed to criticism on the internet and responded with this (which applies to them, not you, of course. you are a pig person who should shut up ).
www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/o...
For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned.
May 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Anyway. We are here.
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Even sadder in this moment
May 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The american dream is....tokenization?
May 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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One of the things I learned writing a book about global trade is that thing you got delivered next day started its journey *months* ago in China or SE Asia.

A few months from now you will see an explosion of stories about empty shelves. It’s going to blow people’s minds.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · May 4
Is this bad? I'm no international shipping expert, but this sounds bad.
May 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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wondering if Mauviel saucepan searches will go up after tonight's Last of Us
May 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Who would've thought a single Uppababy customer email would make its way to Air Force One
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 5
Trump on strollers: "All costs are down. Everything is down other than the thing you carry the babies around in."
May 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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NYT finally writing good headlines
May 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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the "Brunsen Burner" ignited
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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2021 again
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · May 2
MoviePass launches Mogul, a daily fantasy sports-inspired, blockchain-based platform for movie buffs, and says over 400K people have signed up for early access (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
May 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Waiting for Trump to mess up Marie Kondo’s name soon
April 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Was curious what’s been going on with Neom - loving this podcast
April 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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End Product Of The Mo Salah Selfie 🤳😍
April 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“Long hot import summer”
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 27
8/ being abandoned in ports. Also when there’s no product you start laying off truckers or independents do something else. So when the product comes back on line the system to move the product out of port doesn’t come back immediately. The upshot is that we’ve already locked in a long hot …
April 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
The Gang puts their friends on a classified Signal chat about the attack on Yemen
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Hear me out: new season of Slow Horses, but it’s just six hours of Gary Oldman insulting Pete Hegseth to his face.
April 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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aric.bsky.social
On Kash Patel's jet-setting lifestyle as the FBI director, a sharp departure from his predecessors. He's used FBI/DoJ private planes to attend a UFC fight in Vegas and an Islanders game in New York
From Adam Goldman and (to a lesser extent) me
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Kash Patel Embraces the Limelight, Unlike Recent F.B.I. Directors
Kash Patel’s embrace of the spotlight appears to be a break from the recent past, as his predecessors typically did the job with little fanfare.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Charlie is trying his damndest but just not working
emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Apr 20
Charles Gasparino: Scott Bessent is close to signing a deal with a country, probably Japan.

Japan, two days earlier: Nope.

www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2...
A Charles Gasparino tweet that say: Scoop: A Wall Street exec with ties to Trump White House says the word is that @SecScottBessent is close to announcing a significant trade deal, likely to be w Japan. Now I have not gotten this independently confirmed w the White House (it is Easter) and just from covering the trade drama, I must stress the situation is always fluid; what looks like a deal can unwind. And timing is always suspect. That said the word from the White House is that they’re approaching a significant deal. U.S. in Hurry to Strike Deal: Japan's Tariff Negotiator Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)--The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is in a hurry to strike a deal in tariff negotiations with Japan, Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa said Friday after returning from a U.S. trip earlier in the day. Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator, traveled to the United States earlier this week to hold the first ministerial meeting of Japan-U.S. negotiations on Trump's tariffs, but the president surprisingly attended the tariff talks. Trump's attendance was "a sign that (the United States) wants to speed up the negotiations," Akazawa said at a press conference. "We're not going to make a quick deal," Akazawa said. "It's difficult to say how long it will take to bridge the gap (between the two sides)." Speaking to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport earlier in the day, Akazawa noted, "I said what must be said from the Japanese side, including that the U.S. tariff measures are deeply regrettable and that we strongly seek a review of the series of measures."
April 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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socio-steve.bsky.social Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Mar 26
Just putting this here so we can use it when it happens.
a picture of a man whispering into George W. Bush's ear. Bush looks surprised. "Sir, a second signal chat has just been leaked."
April 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Please media make this an issue because my god if a sitting president photoshops this clumsily and posts it and the NY post picks it up what is the point of any journalism
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Apr 18
I’m really don’t know what to make of this. Because it does look like Bukele’s images are photoshopped to drop in “margaritas” as he calls them in his tweet.
April 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
I’m really don’t know what to make of this. Because it does look like Bukele’s images are photoshopped to drop in “margaritas” as he calls them in his tweet.
A closeup of several glasses of liquid, two of which are water, one water bottle, and two that appear to be bad photoshops of alcoholic drinks with cherries and salt on the rim
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM