Agate Luse
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Agate Luse
@agateluse.bsky.social
Hospitality project manager and lifestyle store keeper😘
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"I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event I’ve ever seen

One overarching thought: how do you spend $80 million and fumble the basics?

Many more thoughts..."

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June 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cik gan tālu mēs esam aizgājuši no šī! Londona 70tie.
May 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Un šis, mani draugi, ir traki! Es saprotu - mēs, jo ģeogrāfija, bet šo, pašu izraisīto krīzi ir patiesi grūti saprast. Amerika iekārto virtuves dārzus, jo nezina, vai pēc mēneša pietiks nauda, par ko nopirkt ēdamo...
Absolutely. Any positive consumer spending reports are because people are stocking up until 2029. Myself included. Very glad Costco is one of the good guys.
I've heard execs/Wall St analysts take comfort in fact that consumer spending has held up even as consumer views of the economy are tanking. After all, revealed preferences matter!

But I wonder how much of that disconnect could be explained by cases like this (from a reader):
April 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Kamēr citi vēl Lieldienās, mēs darbā jau mātes dienā!☕️🫖
April 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I’ve never seen a tweet that more effectively communicates how we got to this current situation
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The🌎economy is in a crisis, & yet the dollar is falling. Investors are turning up their noses at US debt, instead snapping up gold & German bunds as "safe assets"

The Trump admin's policies are, to borrow from Bob Gilpin, tarnishing the "prestige" of the US economy & the 💵🧵1/
April 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I'm delighted to say that my affordable, single volume introduction to Baltic religion in English is now PUBLISHED! Everything you wanted to know (hopefully) about the religions of the Lithuanians, Latvians and Old Prussians 🇱🇹🇱🇻🐍🔥🌳 www.arc-humanities.org/978180270249...
April 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.
October 18, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Team Leader: Tiger One through Six are you in position
Tiger One: All are a go lead
Pete Hegseth: God go with you boys
Brent: Susan?
Tiger Two: Tango is crossing the souk. He has four bodyguards. All appear to be armed. Lots of civilians
Team Leader: wait comms are compromised
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March 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Europe may not hold the cards.

But Europe holds the eggs
So the US went from wanting Greenland to wanting eggs
March 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The financial headlines are brutal right now. It’s almost like the experts are shocked that a six-times bankrupt reality TV show host was elected president and is running the United States economy straight into a ditch.
March 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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NO. NO. NO.

Do you want performative security theater?

Because that's how you get performative security theater.

And waste billions for weapons you then abandon, once the societal contract that is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for large societal projects like defence frays.

LOOK AT FINLAND. TAX THE RICH.
This is the most dangerous, irresponsible framing imaginable. Not to mention it is bollocks.

The big big winners from positioning Ukrainian security against poor British people & our public services are the far right.
TAX THE RICH TO PAY FOR DEFENSE. PROTECT OUR WELFARE STATE.
March 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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🇺🇸🤔 US defense stocks are falling.

Over the month:
• Lockheed Martin: -16.41%
• Northrop Grumman: -13%
• General Dynamics: -10.93%
• Raytheon Technologies: -2.66%

European defense stocks are rising:
🇩🇪 Rheinmetall: +36.4%
🇫🇷 Thales: +22.66%
🇬🇧 BAE Systems: +10.17%
🇪🇺 Airbus: +5.85%
February 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Take an honest look at the people around you, and let your gut feeling decide.
February 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Not only the Flow cat. All our Latvian cats are cool! A little cold in winter time though🙂
January 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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SCREEEAMING!!!! Burial crowns of the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses of Lithuania found in a hidden vault in Vilnius Cathedral! It's Christmas for historians of Lithuania!! 🎉🇱🇹 www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
Burial crowns of Lithuanian-Polish rulers discovered in Vilnius Cathedral
Insignia, including burial crowns for the tombs of the Lithuanian and Polish rulers Alexander, Elizabeth, and Barbara we...
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January 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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On an AA flight that landed at JFK waiting for a gate. Two littles were crying because of their ear pain on landing. After a couple minutes the flight attendant started singing *Twinkle Twinkle little star’, the entire plane joined in, the kids stopped crying, and this is the world I wanna live in.
December 7, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Flow opens wide in the US cinemas TODAY! Don't miss seeing our little indie cat & co on the big screen! This is a true passion project for all our team and if you want to support films like this, now is your chance. Find tickets here -
flowthemovie.com
Home | Flow
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate...
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December 6, 2024 at 8:51 AM