Darius
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Darius
@808radius.bsky.social
Ex-Diplomat. I post about geopolitics, global transformative justice, international civil society solidarity, Africa and her Diaspora. If you’re not talking about liberation, you aint talking bout nothing…
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Judge formally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, with Sacklers paying up to $7B and some funds going to victims.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Kash Patel is at being FBI director.
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Fertility rates have collapsed. Pessimists envisage economic ruin. Rachana Shanbhogue, @curr.bsky.social and @birdyword.bsky.social ask whether they're right, on Inside Economics.

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The baby bust is here. How will the world economy cope? | The Economist Insider
From Bangkok to Berlin, people everywhere are having fewer babies—and the decline is happening faster than many demographers predicted. Pro-natalist politicians and the odd tech billionaire warn of labour shortages, debt spirals and retirement crises. But not everyone agrees that catastrophe is inevitable. Our top economics editors consider the evidence on what baby-bust economics means for the world’s prosperity—and your pension.
econ.st
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A loud reminder that in about two decades or less, 1 in 4 people in the world will be of African descent.
World population: Quarter of Earth will be African in 2050
The Earth will be quite a bit more crowded in 2050—with nearly 2.5 billion more people than now.
www.cnbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Years before Trump flooded US cities with federal forces, in Minneapolis, former soldiers were deployed on questionable grounds—using tactics from wars abroad—to the city’s floundering business district.

This was the result.
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Friends!

On Dec. 3, Come join me, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a special conversation on “Pivoting to the People” and building power outside of institutions in an age of repression.

Tickets are free: RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/pivoting-t...
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM