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Simplify. Interested in money and markets. ACAB.. rarely, soccer...Go Cubs
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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A tough shooting night and a failure to rebound well cost the UNC Tar Heels in a loss to Michigan State.
UNC basketball falls to Michigan State. What we learned from Tar Heels’ first loss
A tough shooting night and a failure to rebound well cost the UNC Tar Heels in a loss to Michigan State.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A tough shooting night and a failure to rebound well cost the UNC Tar Heels in a loss to Michigan State.
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Oil and gasoline futures down 16% and 7% YoY, respectively.
Yet prices at the pump are ~unchanged from a year ago. @gasbuddy <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:el26bci423wwjjnhoohutwem" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@gasbuddyguy
Yet prices at the pump are ~unchanged from a year ago. @gasbuddy <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:el26bci423wwjjnhoohutwem" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@gasbuddyguy
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oil and gasoline futures down 16% and 7% YoY, respectively.
Yet prices at the pump are ~unchanged from a year ago. @gasbuddy <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:el26bci423wwjjnhoohutwem" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@gasbuddyguy
Yet prices at the pump are ~unchanged from a year ago. @gasbuddy <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:el26bci423wwjjnhoohutwem" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@gasbuddyguy
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November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 59k as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 59k as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out
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Our 2nd annual @espn.com anonymous #NWSL general manager survey is here, and the clearest trend from hours of interviews over the past two months is what's now playing out: concern about the limitations of the salary cap, and the inability to retain and attract the world's top players (inc. #USWNT).
NWSL GM survey: Is the salary cap a problem? Are teams still breaking rules?
ESPN's NWSL GM survey returns as execs dish on the worst front offices, tensions with USWNT, breaking the rules, their player wish list and more.
www.espn.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Our 2nd annual @espn.com anonymous #NWSL general manager survey is here, and the clearest trend from hours of interviews over the past two months is what's now playing out: concern about the limitations of the salary cap, and the inability to retain and attract the world's top players (inc. #USWNT).
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November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
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(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
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Given the most obvious opportunity to model that they understand the concerns of their constituents, they adopt a needless policy that makes it harder for working families to work for the DNC, and the people who will no longer be able to work for them as a result are most likely to be women.
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Given the most obvious opportunity to model that they understand the concerns of their constituents, they adopt a needless policy that makes it harder for working families to work for the DNC, and the people who will no longer be able to work for them as a result are most likely to be women.
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The US drew nearly $900mn of its IMF reserves as Argentina received an equivalent amount ahead of a critical debt payment, transactions analysts pinned on Washington’s effort to bolster Javier Milei’s government.
www.ft.com/content/2730...
www.ft.com/content/2730...
US drew $900mn from IMF account as Argentina debt payment loomed
Buenos Aires’s reserves rose by the same margin as Washington seeks to bolster Javier Milei’s government
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The US drew nearly $900mn of its IMF reserves as Argentina received an equivalent amount ahead of a critical debt payment, transactions analysts pinned on Washington’s effort to bolster Javier Milei’s government.
www.ft.com/content/2730...
www.ft.com/content/2730...
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Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor @joshshapiropa.bsky.social signed their state's budget into law.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor @joshshapiropa.bsky.social signed their state's budget into law.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
That leaves North Carolina as the only state in the entire nation without an operating budget.
Our Republican legislature, unable to decide amongst themselves, just quit and went home.
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Atlanta is officially #NWSL team No. 17, just announced at an event. They start play in 2028 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which will be modified to seat about 28,000. Brand process underway, training ground to be built.
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Falcons owner Blank, Atlanta get 17th NWSL team
Atlanta was confirmed on Tuesday as the location for the 17th franchise in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
www.espn.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Atlanta is officially #NWSL team No. 17, just announced at an event. They start play in 2028 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which will be modified to seat about 28,000. Brand process underway, training ground to be built.
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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“The average family in the US currently pays $6,850 annually for health insurance, and the average annual payment for employers is $20,143,” Apollo’s Torsten Sløk writes, in a new note. “That is a total annual cost for health insurance per family of $26,993.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“The average family in the US currently pays $6,850 annually for health insurance, and the average annual payment for employers is $20,143,” Apollo’s Torsten Sløk writes, in a new note. “That is a total annual cost for health insurance per family of $26,993.”
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“Creating the longlist was absolute agony. AG-ON-Y! I can’t tell you how many times I looked around that table and saw people with their heads in their hands.
One hundred and fifty-three books and we had to choose 13. It’s just … impossible.”
One hundred and fifty-three books and we had to choose 13. It’s just … impossible.”
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Year of Judging the Booker Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“Creating the longlist was absolute agony. AG-ON-Y! I can’t tell you how many times I looked around that table and saw people with their heads in their hands.
One hundred and fifty-three books and we had to choose 13. It’s just … impossible.”
One hundred and fifty-three books and we had to choose 13. It’s just … impossible.”
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
Choose your preferred music service
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November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
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The worsening state of the US labor market.
We talked with @conorsen.bsky.social about the jobs picture, since we don't have a jobs report.
Verdict: Clear signs of deterioration, with risks of rapidly rising unemployment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
We talked with @conorsen.bsky.social about the jobs picture, since we don't have a jobs report.
Verdict: Clear signs of deterioration, with risks of rapidly rising unemployment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Lots More on the Worsening State of the US Labor Market
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 11/07/2025 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The worsening state of the US labor market.
We talked with @conorsen.bsky.social about the jobs picture, since we don't have a jobs report.
Verdict: Clear signs of deterioration, with risks of rapidly rising unemployment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
We talked with @conorsen.bsky.social about the jobs picture, since we don't have a jobs report.
Verdict: Clear signs of deterioration, with risks of rapidly rising unemployment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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MUDDY WATERS RESEARCH: “.. Such a great passage from @andrewrsorkin book ‘1929’ about a NYT article published in March 1929. It absolutely could describe 2025.”
“.. ‘The people who know least about the stock market have made the most money out of it ..’”
“.. ‘The people who know least about the stock market have made the most money out of it ..’”
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
MUDDY WATERS RESEARCH: “.. Such a great passage from @andrewrsorkin book ‘1929’ about a NYT article published in March 1929. It absolutely could describe 2025.”
“.. ‘The people who know least about the stock market have made the most money out of it ..’”
“.. ‘The people who know least about the stock market have made the most money out of it ..’”