Peter James Hudson
@darkfinance.bsky.social
Writer, historian, associate professor of geography. Author Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean. Working on histories of Pan-Africanism and racial capitalism.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo26032761.html
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo26032761.html
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
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Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities on.ft.com/4iNVdim
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
on.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities on.ft.com/4iNVdim
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Canadian puppet heads to Washington.
Carney heads to Washington to meet Trump, Sheinbaum at FIFA draw
Carney heads to Washington to meet Trump, Sheinbaum at FIFA draw - National | Globalnews.ca
The FIFA draw ceremony will mark the first time Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will be in the same room.
globalnews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Canadian puppet heads to Washington.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
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Over the next six months, The Tyee will be publishing a series of stories on the games and their impact on Vancouver, including the financial, social and cultural costs and benefits of hosting the #FIFAWorldCup.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
How the World Cup Will Change Vancouver, for Better or Worse | The Tyee
The world’s largest sporting event is coming to BC in 2026. Here’s what you need to know.
thetyee.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Over the next six months, The Tyee will be publishing a series of stories on the games and their impact on Vancouver, including the financial, social and cultural costs and benefits of hosting the #FIFAWorldCup.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
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President Donald Trump suggested the Pentagon will soon start targeting drug cartels with strikes on land in Venezuela and beyond, after a campaign that has mainly focused on alleged trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
Trump Said US Will ‘Soon’ Do Land Strikes on Drug Traffickers
President Donald Trump suggested the Pentagon will soon start targeting drug cartels with strikes on land in Venezuela and beyond, after a campaign that has mainly focused on alleged trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
bloom.bg
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
President Donald Trump suggested the Pentagon will soon start targeting drug cartels with strikes on land in Venezuela and beyond, after a campaign that has mainly focused on alleged trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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I would love for more French people to read “Africa’s Last Colonial Currency” by Fanny Pigaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla. Currently 50% off at Pluto Books.
www.plutobooks.com/product/afri...
www.plutobooks.com/product/afri...
Africa's Last Colonial Currency - Pluto Press
How the CFA Franc enabled France to continue its colonies in Africa
www.plutobooks.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I would love for more French people to read “Africa’s Last Colonial Currency” by Fanny Pigaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla. Currently 50% off at Pluto Books.
www.plutobooks.com/product/afri...
www.plutobooks.com/product/afri...
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta reut.rs/3MaNsXf
Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta's premier on Thursday that rolls back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta reut.rs/3MaNsXf
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"We must have the right to build our processes in our own way, free from outside interference." Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR and IT.
"Cuba, Nicaragua, Grenada Together We Shall Win"
Maurice Bishop’s 1980 Havana speech stands as a defiant manifesto of Caribbean unity and anti-imperialist resistance.
progressive.international
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"We must have the right to build our processes in our own way, free from outside interference." Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR and IT.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Re the Trump-Mamdami press conference. It was a press conference.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Re the Trump-Mamdami press conference. It was a press conference.
And just like that the Rise, the Goldeneyes, and the Whitecaps are all more popular than the Canucks.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
And just like that the Rise, the Goldeneyes, and the Whitecaps are all more popular than the Canucks.
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LAFC have been knocked out in the MLS playoffs after the Vancouver Whitecaps won the game in penalties ‼️
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
LAFC have been knocked out in the MLS playoffs after the Vancouver Whitecaps won the game in penalties ‼️
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AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
Sad.
The consumer base for luxury goods is shrinking—but the ultrawealthy are still spending.
The Wealthy Are Spending More On Vacations, Fine Dining And Yachts, Report Shows
The consumer base for luxury goods is shrinking—but the ultrawealthy are still spending.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Sad.
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Ellison said he tapped Weiss to bring to CBS “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
‘I Wanna Blow This Up’: How Bari Weiss Is Trying to Overhaul CBS News
The new editor in chief is personally recruiting potential anchors, booking guests herself and asking staff what they do.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ellison said he tapped Weiss to bring to CBS “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News: ‘I wanna blow this up’
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Of course, the next step is to incorporate said symbols on all uniforms, hardware, equipment, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Of course, the next step is to incorporate said symbols on all uniforms, hardware, equipment, etc.
Epstein. Summers. Moss. Ad.
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Epstein. Summers. Moss. Ad.
Spotify. We dislike music. But we hate musicians.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Spotify. We dislike music. But we hate musicians.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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I'm not a podcast guy but this might change that.
This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm not a podcast guy but this might change that.