Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾
@amarten.bsky.social
Nobel Prize Literature Svetlana Alexievich: Democracy is in retreat because we have convinced ourselves that we are too small to effect change, we have to convince ourselves of the contrary, each of us has to find this strength, this ability to resist.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How's the Argentinian Peso doing after the infusion of $20 Billion?
Numbers show new debts incurred as a result of support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank (BM) (Chart by Leandro Troncoso with HYE markup)
Numbers show new debts incurred as a result of support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank (BM) (Chart by Leandro Troncoso with HYE markup)
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How's the Argentinian Peso doing after the infusion of $20 Billion?
Numbers show new debts incurred as a result of support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank (BM) (Chart by Leandro Troncoso with HYE markup)
Numbers show new debts incurred as a result of support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank (BM) (Chart by Leandro Troncoso with HYE markup)
Black and Yellow Garden Spider from earlier this summer, Richmond VA, Chapel Island.
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Black and Yellow Garden Spider from earlier this summer, Richmond VA, Chapel Island.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Today at Capital Square RVA
Me: where are you?
Stacey: next to the zebra.
Me: thank God there's only one!
Me: where are you?
Stacey: next to the zebra.
Me: thank God there's only one!
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today at Capital Square RVA
Me: where are you?
Stacey: next to the zebra.
Me: thank God there's only one!
Me: where are you?
Stacey: next to the zebra.
Me: thank God there's only one!
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
As a reminder to all patriotic VA / RVA citizens to please vote and to join me:
#NoKings #resist #fightfascism #democracy #ProudBlue #FiftyFiftyOne
#NoKings #resist #fightfascism #democracy #ProudBlue #FiftyFiftyOne
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a reminder to all patriotic VA / RVA citizens to please vote and to join me:
#NoKings #resist #fightfascism #democracy #ProudBlue #FiftyFiftyOne
#NoKings #resist #fightfascism #democracy #ProudBlue #FiftyFiftyOne
I volunteered to mentor Henrico HS students in Junior Achievement of Central Virginia's JA Finance Park.
The exercise in setting a budget and managing spend allowed students to gain insights into personal choices and impacts to their financial health.
#JA #FinancePark #Finance #PersonalFinance
The exercise in setting a budget and managing spend allowed students to gain insights into personal choices and impacts to their financial health.
#JA #FinancePark #Finance #PersonalFinance
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I volunteered to mentor Henrico HS students in Junior Achievement of Central Virginia's JA Finance Park.
The exercise in setting a budget and managing spend allowed students to gain insights into personal choices and impacts to their financial health.
#JA #FinancePark #Finance #PersonalFinance
The exercise in setting a budget and managing spend allowed students to gain insights into personal choices and impacts to their financial health.
#JA #FinancePark #Finance #PersonalFinance
September 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
September 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
September 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We vote in Virginia this November.
September 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We vote in Virginia this November.
Richmond Fed. Recession? Probably. My brother, an expert in Scrum / Agile software development has been unemployed for more than 6 months with only one job interview.
#econsky #unemployment #recession
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
#econsky #unemployment #recession
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Richmond Fed. Recession? Probably. My brother, an expert in Scrum / Agile software development has been unemployed for more than 6 months with only one job interview.
#econsky #unemployment #recession
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
#econsky #unemployment #recession
www.richmondfed.org/research/nat...
Fight the good fight in MO! In Stone County, by in-laws and their friends on your side.
In VA, my wife and I are supporting Abigail this November.
In VA, my wife and I are supporting Abigail this November.
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Fight the good fight in MO! In Stone County, by in-laws and their friends on your side.
In VA, my wife and I are supporting Abigail this November.
In VA, my wife and I are supporting Abigail this November.
September 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Stressful Monday morning
September 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Stressful Monday morning
Very pretty. Here is my Willow.
September 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Very pretty. Here is my Willow.
Willow reminds me of my humanity.
September 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Willow reminds me of my humanity.
Thank you for the haiku. Earlier in the year on the James River, Richmond VA.
September 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thank you for the haiku. Earlier in the year on the James River, Richmond VA.
Forest Hill Park, Richmond VA
September 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Forest Hill Park, Richmond VA
William R. Emmons, PhD Cutting Interest Rates Won’t Pick the Strawberries. "the recent employment slowdown reflects weak labor supply, not demand. Yet monetary policy affects demand, not supply, so policy loosening is unwarranted." Decrease in prod. cap. will lead to inflation.
#econsky #labor #FED
#econsky #labor #FED
September 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
September 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM