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She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩
August 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩
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"Ow wow Mr Altman! how are you going to pay for all that?"
"Ohh uh we're going to invent a whole new way of finance working that the world has not yet figured out"
These people are intellectual slime mold and it drives me barking mad that they can just say mindless gibberish and get infinite money
"Ohh uh we're going to invent a whole new way of finance working that the world has not yet figured out"
These people are intellectual slime mold and it drives me barking mad that they can just say mindless gibberish and get infinite money
August 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"Ow wow Mr Altman! how are you going to pay for all that?"
"Ohh uh we're going to invent a whole new way of finance working that the world has not yet figured out"
These people are intellectual slime mold and it drives me barking mad that they can just say mindless gibberish and get infinite money
"Ohh uh we're going to invent a whole new way of finance working that the world has not yet figured out"
These people are intellectual slime mold and it drives me barking mad that they can just say mindless gibberish and get infinite money
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ICE, America's first interior police, are not being built up, at the cost of billions, just to monitor immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
ICE, America's first interior police, are not being built up, at the cost of billions, just to monitor immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
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American journalist, historian, and author Anne Applebaum on the West's biggest mistake in Russia's war against #Ukraine:
"The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism. They keep imagining that there's a deal to be done, that if we just give Crimea to Russia, then he'll stop fighting.⤵️
"The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism. They keep imagining that there's a deal to be done, that if we just give Crimea to Russia, then he'll stop fighting.⤵️
August 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
American journalist, historian, and author Anne Applebaum on the West's biggest mistake in Russia's war against #Ukraine:
"The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism. They keep imagining that there's a deal to be done, that if we just give Crimea to Russia, then he'll stop fighting.⤵️
"The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism. They keep imagining that there's a deal to be done, that if we just give Crimea to Russia, then he'll stop fighting.⤵️
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No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
Rugby is unwatchable.
Administered by Neanderthals, broadcast by drongoes.
Administered by Neanderthals, broadcast by drongoes.
July 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Rugby is unwatchable.
Administered by Neanderthals, broadcast by drongoes.
Administered by Neanderthals, broadcast by drongoes.
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Steep cuts to the USAID threaten to cause more than 14mn extra deaths by 2030 and reverse some gains made against diseases such as HIV/Aids, malaria and respiratory infection, according to Lancet-published study - rpt by @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/945a...
USAID cuts threaten 14mn extra deaths by 2030, warns study
Slashed US aid agency’s funding is expected to harm the fight against diseases including malaria and HIV/Aids
www.ft.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Steep cuts to the USAID threaten to cause more than 14mn extra deaths by 2030 and reverse some gains made against diseases such as HIV/Aids, malaria and respiratory infection, according to Lancet-published study - rpt by @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/945a...
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New post: A minimum tax on billionaires
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-mi...
The very rich pay a much lower percentage of their income in tax than almost everyone else. The 'Zucman tax' addresses this problem directly in a way designed to attract the maximum popular support.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-mi...
The very rich pay a much lower percentage of their income in tax than almost everyone else. The 'Zucman tax' addresses this problem directly in a way designed to attract the maximum popular support.
A minimum tax on billionaires
Most people would agree that taxes, taken as a whole, should be progressive. When you add up all the taxes that an individual pays, the pe...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New post: A minimum tax on billionaires
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-mi...
The very rich pay a much lower percentage of their income in tax than almost everyone else. The 'Zucman tax' addresses this problem directly in a way designed to attract the maximum popular support.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-mi...
The very rich pay a much lower percentage of their income in tax than almost everyone else. The 'Zucman tax' addresses this problem directly in a way designed to attract the maximum popular support.
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Heron J to the Attorney-General during his speech to mark the retirement of Henry and Penlington JJ in 2000.
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Heron J to the Attorney-General during his speech to mark the retirement of Henry and Penlington JJ in 2000.
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OECD Electricity generation from fossil fuels increased by 10.2% year-on-year.
OECD Electricity generation from fossil fuels increased by 10.2% year-on-year.
Monthly Electricity Statistics – Data Tools - IEA
Monthly Electricity Statistics - Data tools. A data tool by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
www.iea.org/data-and-sta...
OECD Electricity generation from fossil fuels increased by 10.2% year-on-year.
OECD Electricity generation from fossil fuels increased by 10.2% year-on-year.
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To be fair, he did warn us all that we were never going to survive unless we get a little crazy.
May 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
To be fair, he did warn us all that we were never going to survive unless we get a little crazy.
Global media reacts. 🤦♂️
📢 Pope's death comes just hours before Luxon is meant to meet with King Charles.
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
Luxon, Peters, Hipkins lead NZ tributes to Pope Francis after death
www.nzherald.co.nz
April 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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