Jonah Paul
@jonahpaul.bsky.social
CA State Worker | Comms | SEIU Local 1000 Member Leader
Don’t mind me, I’m just vibe banking a $30 trillion economy
Wild story.
The US Federal Reserve has long used additional data from payroll-processing company ADP to buttress official jobs numbers.
During the shutdown this third party data is extra important for filling the gap.
And ADP has stopped sharing the data.
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
The US Federal Reserve has long used additional data from payroll-processing company ADP to buttress official jobs numbers.
During the shutdown this third party data is extra important for filling the gap.
And ADP has stopped sharing the data.
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Don’t mind me, I’m just vibe banking a $30 trillion economy
found my new favorite game
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
found my new favorite game
Xi read ‘Business Secrets of the Bolsheviks’ by Mark Corrigan
US treasury chief accuses China of ‘Leninist’ trade tactics — RT Business News
Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s export controls on rare earth minerals damage the global economy US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s new export controls reflect a ‘Leninist business model’ that could…
Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s export controls on rare earth minerals damage the global economy US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s new export controls reflect a ‘Leninist business model’ that could…
US treasury chief accuses China of ‘Leninist’ trade tactics — RT Business News
Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s export controls on rare earth minerals damage the global economy US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s new export controls reflect a ‘Leninist business model’ that could backfire on China and slow global growth. Last week, China announced plans to expand export restrictions on certain strategic minerals with dual-use in military applications, citing national security.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Xi read ‘Business Secrets of the Bolsheviks’ by Mark Corrigan
Chopped uncs ftw! Beamtown is back baby!
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Chopped uncs ftw! Beamtown is back baby!
structural crisis machine go brrrr
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
structural crisis machine go brrrr
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Interesting. I just described myself as a "historian of fascism" without thinking about it. Am I? I guess it turns out I am.
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Interesting. I just described myself as a "historian of fascism" without thinking about it. Am I? I guess it turns out I am.
“This is the age of hubris — a time in which we are going to watch stupid, powerful and rich men fuck up their legacies by finding a technology so vulgar in its costs and mythical outcomes that it drives the avaricious insane and makes fools of them.”
LFG!
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LFG!
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October 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“This is the age of hubris — a time in which we are going to watch stupid, powerful and rich men fuck up their legacies by finding a technology so vulgar in its costs and mythical outcomes that it drives the avaricious insane and makes fools of them.”
LFG!
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LFG!
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Recession signals or?
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Recession signals or?
TIL that the rise in precious metals is a vote of no confidence in the American bond market
October 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
TIL that the rise in precious metals is a vote of no confidence in the American bond market
Would you like to sit down to my PR trap and help yourselves to a glass of humiliation and self-embarrassment?
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Would you like to sit down to my PR trap and help yourselves to a glass of humiliation and self-embarrassment?
Hegseth, a rapist whose own mother disowned him for it, stood before the US top military brass to announce that survivors of sexual assault have no more recourse to the already meager means of military accountability.
And you better believe sexual assault is rampant in the military. Sickening.
And you better believe sexual assault is rampant in the military. Sickening.
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Hegseth, a rapist whose own mother disowned him for it, stood before the US top military brass to announce that survivors of sexual assault have no more recourse to the already meager means of military accountability.
And you better believe sexual assault is rampant in the military. Sickening.
And you better believe sexual assault is rampant in the military. Sickening.
What’s up with these Cthulhu ass ads all over Trump’s feed? He’s been messing with that elder god tech
September 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What’s up with these Cthulhu ass ads all over Trump’s feed? He’s been messing with that elder god tech
The ads are rapidly getting recession coded
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The ads are rapidly getting recession coded
The Trump admin said “Deploy Van Halen”
Trump is sending troops into Portland, the only place in the U.S. where more than a few dozen folks actually ID themselves as "Antifa," and steel themselves for violent confrontation. Two sides playing into each others' narratives, and it will be very bad.
September 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Trump admin said “Deploy Van Halen”
Each tiny mistake from Trump’s team is one butterfly wing’s flap away from a world war
Fox News host Jesse Watters suggested bombing and gassing the United Nations over escalator and teleprompter issues
September 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Each tiny mistake from Trump’s team is one butterfly wing’s flap away from a world war
they’re gonna make a trump car
The government is said to be exploring the purchase of up to a 10% equity stake in Lithium Americas, $LAC, per Reuters.
It is up 77% in after hours.
It is up 77% in after hours.
September 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
they’re gonna make a trump car
Forget Klein’s obsequious “politics the right way”.
Listen to Daniel Martinez HoSang’s thoughtful analysis on how an open racists are winning over racial minorities.
Listen to Daniel Martinez HoSang’s thoughtful analysis on how an open racists are winning over racial minorities.
On the Know Your Enemy podcast, Matt and Sam talk with Daniel Martinez HoSang about the gains the GOP and Trump are making with racial minorities. www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...
Know Your Enemy: The Minority Voters Moving Right - Dissent Magazine
Matt and Sam talk with Daniel Martinez HoSang about the gains the GOP and Trump are making with racial minorities.
www.dissentmagazine.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Forget Klein’s obsequious “politics the right way”.
Listen to Daniel Martinez HoSang’s thoughtful analysis on how an open racists are winning over racial minorities.
Listen to Daniel Martinez HoSang’s thoughtful analysis on how an open racists are winning over racial minorities.
Thinking about when one of my favorite directors (Ridley Scott) and actors (Joaquin Phoenix) made a film on one of history’s most interesting figures (Napoleon)—failing in basically every respect.
An art crime.
An art crime.
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thinking about when one of my favorite directors (Ridley Scott) and actors (Joaquin Phoenix) made a film on one of history’s most interesting figures (Napoleon)—failing in basically every respect.
An art crime.
An art crime.
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Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.
Projecting farce
NBC News: "Is it your understanding that [Charlie Kirk's shooter] may be close by or still in Utah?"
The commissioner of Utah’s Department of Public Safety: "We have no idea"
The commissioner of Utah’s Department of Public Safety: "We have no idea"
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Projecting farce
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Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
If Trump deported the liberal justices, I think SCOTUS would rule in his favor
September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If Trump deported the liberal justices, I think SCOTUS would rule in his favor
Slightly diminish a book
Triassic Median
Triassic Median
Slightly diminish a book
The Maltese Woodpecker
The Maltese Woodpecker
Slightly diminish a book
1983
1983
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Slightly diminish a book
Triassic Median
Triassic Median
“It’s going to fight… not not to lose.”
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“It’s going to fight… not not to lose.”