Farrah Bostic
@farrahbostic.bsky.social
Founder of The Difference Engine. Researcher, strategist, truth-teller. Host of Cross Tabs. Asking better questions since forever.
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Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
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California: Overwhelming majorities favor a public health care option.
(@ppicnotes.bsky.social)
www.ppic.org/publication/...
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www.ppic.org/publication/...
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
California: Overwhelming majorities favor a public health care option.
(@ppicnotes.bsky.social)
www.ppic.org/publication/...
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www.ppic.org/publication/...
Wish more wrote about polling this way. For example:
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wish more wrote about polling this way. For example:
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
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Perhaps there's a version of the news distortion doctrine that's consistent with the First Amendment, but the version of it that Carr is wielding here is not going to survive constitutional scrutiny.
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Perhaps there's a version of the news distortion doctrine that's consistent with the First Amendment, but the version of it that Carr is wielding here is not going to survive constitutional scrutiny.
Slightly dismayed to learn I should create at least 1/4” clearance between bottom of countertop and top of laundry machines. Tomorrow will be another finicky carpentry day.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Slightly dismayed to learn I should create at least 1/4” clearance between bottom of countertop and top of laundry machines. Tomorrow will be another finicky carpentry day.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
If I see another policy outline from a Democrat talking about cryptocurrency as a route to economic empowerment of underserved communities, I will scream.
NEW: Cryptocurrencies have lost >$1 TRILLION in market value since Oct. 6.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Crypto World Wipes Out $1 Trillion as Bitcoin Plunges Anew
The great crypto crash of 2025 entered a new phase on Wednesday, as Bitcoin plunged to its lowest level in seven months, extending the more than $1 trillion wipeout across the digital‑asset world.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If I see another policy outline from a Democrat talking about cryptocurrency as a route to economic empowerment of underserved communities, I will scream.
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All Oregon National Guard members released from federal mission www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
All National Guard troops released from Portland ICE mission, Kotek says
“I am relieved that all 200 Oregon citizen-soldiers are finally heading home,” the governor said in a statement.
www.oregonlive.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
All Oregon National Guard members released from federal mission www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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dammit (complimentary)
Soon enough the tinsel will be moved in an obvious merrymandering attempt.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
dammit (complimentary)
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idea for people who celebrate christmas:
1. use tinsel to divide your tree into differently shaped sections with roughly similar numbers of ornaments
2. say it's "treedistricting"
1. use tinsel to divide your tree into differently shaped sections with roughly similar numbers of ornaments
2. say it's "treedistricting"
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
idea for people who celebrate christmas:
1. use tinsel to divide your tree into differently shaped sections with roughly similar numbers of ornaments
2. say it's "treedistricting"
1. use tinsel to divide your tree into differently shaped sections with roughly similar numbers of ornaments
2. say it's "treedistricting"
Happy to report that @crosstabspodcast.com is back, and last week's episode with @lauren-goldstein.bsky.social was conversation about strategy, what sticks, and what we ought to measuring in polls. A little taste here:
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy to report that @crosstabspodcast.com is back, and last week's episode with @lauren-goldstein.bsky.social was conversation about strategy, what sticks, and what we ought to measuring in polls. A little taste here:
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The no testing, no COVID approach can also be used effectively for economic data.
BLS confirms they will not publish the October household survey data. Establishment survey to be published December 16.
www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap...
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The no testing, no COVID approach can also be used effectively for economic data.
When I was a kid in Oregon, smog alerts in LA were news items our regional news actively covered -- and especially in the early 80s, that was FREQUENT.
Literally just lectured about this!
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
When I was a kid in Oregon, smog alerts in LA were news items our regional news actively covered -- and especially in the early 80s, that was FREQUENT.
Last week I wrote a bit about the strategic implications for the Dems' brand from ending the shutdown when they did. 🧵
www.crosstabspodcast.com/p/over-befor...
www.crosstabspodcast.com/p/over-befor...
Over before it began
The importance of fighting for real victories, and moral ones too. And a bit about Clausewitz, because I took Law of War in law school. So there.
www.crosstabspodcast.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Last week I wrote a bit about the strategic implications for the Dems' brand from ending the shutdown when they did. 🧵
www.crosstabspodcast.com/p/over-befor...
www.crosstabspodcast.com/p/over-befor...
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One of the many administration nutshells.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One of the many administration nutshells.
Please enjoy this thread, which feels like my own personal anger translator.
Especially enjoy the “brunchlord” epithet which I shall now adopt.
But more to the point: no lies detected in Karl’s critique.
Especially enjoy the “brunchlord” epithet which I shall now adopt.
But more to the point: no lies detected in Karl’s critique.
"maybe government should work better" is not an original, interesting, or particularly useful argument, much less any serious ideology
Abundance and the Left
Ezra Klein talks with Bhaskar Sunkara about Abundance, Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and why progressives need a state that works at the speed of their ambitions.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Please enjoy this thread, which feels like my own personal anger translator.
Especially enjoy the “brunchlord” epithet which I shall now adopt.
But more to the point: no lies detected in Karl’s critique.
Especially enjoy the “brunchlord” epithet which I shall now adopt.
But more to the point: no lies detected in Karl’s critique.
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People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
The survey sample business is already rife with currency arbitrage based survey fraud - both organized and “organic”. Synthetic sample doesn’t make matters any better.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The survey sample business is already rife with currency arbitrage based survey fraud - both organized and “organic”. Synthetic sample doesn’t make matters any better.
Massive props to Cory Doctorow for *not* proposing a self-help model for combating enshittification. We won’t shop our way free of this approach firms take in conducting their business, and it enrages me every time the ideas section focuses on individual actions.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Massive props to Cory Doctorow for *not* proposing a self-help model for combating enshittification. We won’t shop our way free of this approach firms take in conducting their business, and it enrages me every time the ideas section focuses on individual actions.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges, including molesting a child as young as 11 years old.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned in a Florida court in October on multiple charges, including molesting a child as young as 11 years old.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
Johnson dangled the prospect that one of the children could receive money bc...he was entitled to $10 million as part of reparations for his January 6 arrest.
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Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B (The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...