@gmilliot.bsky.social
I'm an economics/research lecturer at Rotterdam Business School. I have a special interest in development economics. It's a top priority to stay updated on current events and world news.
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Human Rights Day reminds us we all have a role to play. Protect what matters. Your actions make a difference.
Thank you People's Postcode Lottery players for supporting our work defending human rights. 💙
Thank you People's Postcode Lottery players for supporting our work defending human rights. 💙
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Human Rights Day reminds us we all have a role to play. Protect what matters. Your actions make a difference.
Thank you People's Postcode Lottery players for supporting our work defending human rights. 💙
Thank you People's Postcode Lottery players for supporting our work defending human rights. 💙
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It would be nice if their fellow journalists would stand up for the female reporters Trump routinely bullies.
He'll do it again. Make a plan for it. Act collectively.
He'll do it again. Make a plan for it. Act collectively.
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It would be nice if their fellow journalists would stand up for the female reporters Trump routinely bullies.
He'll do it again. Make a plan for it. Act collectively.
He'll do it again. Make a plan for it. Act collectively.
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Global bond yields have risen to highs last seen in 2009 ahead of a key Fed policy meeting, signaling concerns that rate-cutting cycles from the US to Australia may be ending soon.
Global Bond Yields Hit 16-Year High on Fading Rate-Cut Bets
Global bond yields have risen to highs last seen in 2009 ahead of a key Federal Reserve policy meeting, signaling concerns that interest-rate cutting cycles from the US to Australia may be ending soon.
bloom.bg
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Global bond yields have risen to highs last seen in 2009 ahead of a key Fed policy meeting, signaling concerns that rate-cutting cycles from the US to Australia may be ending soon.
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Exclusive: Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling reut.rs/3MppasV
Exclusive: Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources familiar with the matter, a move that could help prevent its artificial intelligence chips from being smuggled into countries where their export is banned.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Exclusive: Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling reut.rs/3MppasV
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Cambodia pulls team out of SEA Games in Thailand over border conflict reut.rs/48SYNTQ
Cambodia pulls team out of SEA Games in Thailand over border conflict
Cambodia on Wednesday withdrew its team from the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand for safety reasons, as a border conflict between the two neighbours raged for a third day.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Cambodia pulls team out of SEA Games in Thailand over border conflict reut.rs/48SYNTQ
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The fact that we need a bill like this shows how far we've fallen...
Newsom signs controversial bill letting relatives care for kids if parents are deported
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children's caregivers if their parents are deported.
abc7.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The fact that we need a bill like this shows how far we've fallen...
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Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
October 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.
These extremists are sick people.
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Thanks to @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social for publicizing the event. "On Saturday, Americans will gather on Museumplein in Amsterdam as part of the No Kings protest, a worldwide demonstration opposing the policies of US president Donald Trump."
* Museumplein 19 in Amsterdam
* 13-15 hr on Sat Oct 18, 2025
* Museumplein 19 in Amsterdam
* 13-15 hr on Sat Oct 18, 2025
Americans in the Netherlands prepare for No Kings rally - DutchNews.nl
On Saturday, Americans will gather on Museumplein in Amsterdam as part of the No Kings protest, a worldwide demonstration opposing the policies of US president Donald Trump. Organisers are following u...
www.dutchnews.nl
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thanks to @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social for publicizing the event. "On Saturday, Americans will gather on Museumplein in Amsterdam as part of the No Kings protest, a worldwide demonstration opposing the policies of US president Donald Trump."
* Museumplein 19 in Amsterdam
* 13-15 hr on Sat Oct 18, 2025
* Museumplein 19 in Amsterdam
* 13-15 hr on Sat Oct 18, 2025
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
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More reporting like this please.
September 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
More reporting like this please.
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Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.
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From flood insurance to environmental grants, programs that support climate resilience are expected to be curtailed by the US government shutdown.
US Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs
From flood insurance to environmental grants, programs that support resiliency in the face of natural disasters are expected to be cut back.
bloom.bg
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
From flood insurance to environmental grants, programs that support climate resilience are expected to be curtailed by the US government shutdown.
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Make no mistake, this is Stephen "Goebbels" Miller providing permission to right wing nut jobs to become violent.
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Make no mistake, this is Stephen "Goebbels" Miller providing permission to right wing nut jobs to become violent.
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The president doubled down with a racist AI video smear.
Donald Trump Morphs Into An Entire Mariachi Band In Bonkers New Hakeem Jeffries Deepfake
The president doubled down with a racist AI video smear.
www.huffpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The president doubled down with a racist AI video smear.
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That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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If you think you’re having a crap day, take comfort in knowing there are multi-star Generals who were ordered to fly halfway around the world to listen to a nut job drone on about his election numbers.
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you think you’re having a crap day, take comfort in knowing there are multi-star Generals who were ordered to fly halfway around the world to listen to a nut job drone on about his election numbers.
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Mamdani’s campaign is grassroots in its origins, its associations, its practice, and its theory of governance. The media does not quite understand this orientation, because most candidates and politicians are so divorced from the grassroots.
Mamdani’s Ability to Break With Dem Status Quo Depends on Organizing From Below
Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-oriented model of political power remains incomprehensible to most political observers.
truthout.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Mamdani’s campaign is grassroots in its origins, its associations, its practice, and its theory of governance. The media does not quite understand this orientation, because most candidates and politicians are so divorced from the grassroots.
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This fight isn't over.
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” is headed to the House, and we have the power to stop it.
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” is headed to the House, and we have the power to stop it.
July 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This fight isn't over.
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” is headed to the House, and we have the power to stop it.
Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” is headed to the House, and we have the power to stop it.
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Shameful
She voted for it, but she’s against it and hopes the House makes changes. The Republican Party.
July 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Shameful
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FUCKING EVIL NAZI BULLSHIT FUCK YOU LISA MURKOWSKI
LIVE NOW: Big Evil Bill Passes The Senate
God on Substack
www.thegodpodcast.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
FUCKING EVIL NAZI BULLSHIT FUCK YOU LISA MURKOWSKI
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Vice President J.D. Vance has callously called the Republican Party’s massive cuts to Medicaid and other anti-poverty programs “immaterial,” saying the maintenance of such programs is trivial compared to the huge increase in funding to ICE.
JD Vance Says Medicaid Cuts for Millions “Immaterial” Compared to Funding ICE
Vance handwaved away the Medicaid cuts — expected to lead to thousands of deaths yearly — as “minutiae.”…
truthout.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Vice President J.D. Vance has callously called the Republican Party’s massive cuts to Medicaid and other anti-poverty programs “immaterial,” saying the maintenance of such programs is trivial compared to the huge increase in funding to ICE.
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Trump’s budget hands billions in tax cuts to the ultra-rich—while cutting Medicaid, food assistance, and education for working families.
This isn’t just policy. It’s values on display.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-bud...
This isn’t just policy. It’s values on display.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-bud...
Trump’s Budget: Tax Cuts for the Rich, Cuts for Everyone Else
A $7 Trillion Plan That Slashes Food Aid, Medicaid, and Education While Rewarding the Top 1%
adamkinzinger.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump’s budget hands billions in tax cuts to the ultra-rich—while cutting Medicaid, food assistance, and education for working families.
This isn’t just policy. It’s values on display.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-bud...
This isn’t just policy. It’s values on display.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-bud...
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We can't just tax the rich. We need tax their investment gains.
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Even sky-high income tax rates won’t stop the relentless rise of the richest
Tackling America's wealth gap will require more powerful tactics.
www.motherjones.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We can't just tax the rich. We need tax their investment gains.
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...