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Potsdamer Platz Lots of little kids stripped down to their underwear running around in the fountains And teens lounging listening to techno

Horrific terrorism. Wishing the victims speedy, complete recoveries. People from all corners of MN & US need to join hands, speak up, and act together against the use of violence to advance a political agenda.

this was excellent. a highly recommended way to spend 5 hours.

You know it would really help those of us critiquing neoliberalism if the term wasn't used as a bogeyman. "The Nintendo Switch 2 is $450 because of neoliberalism." "My bedtime is 10pm because of neoliberalism."

Lots of reasons to dislike Clyburn but the man is a very talented politician and this is a sterling example of it.

Remember when the richest man in the world smirked off researchers who noted that his obliteration of our development assistance would kill people en masse? When he said he “gave zero fucks” about it? Yeah, that was incompetent, cowardly trash.

I didn’t realize Gen Z has brought QVC back (in their own way):

Merci @lemonde.fr pour cet éditorial qui pose sereinement les termes du débat "L'équité fiscale passe par la taxation des ultrariches" 👇👇👇 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

One thing about masked plain clothed dudes is nobody knows what’s really happening (including me). Guess that’s part of the point

Just got asked to take a photo on a disposable camera by two tourists. They just wanted to document the fact that they actually got to ride the metro?

Compelling argument that the Air India crash was most likely caused by copilot error, specifically retracting flaps rather than landing gear shortly after takeoff. (Btw I really really hate YouTube cover art algo hacking lol)

"The internet had a good run." - President Abraham Lincoln

As someone who has made many protest signs where the later letters ended up getting squashed or just not fitting, I appreciate the technique here.

A friend just texted me from LA that this was happening at the park she was at

New easy-access source of economic data -- like FRED but from Stanford & MIT and with different series. #EconSky www.industrydatanavigator.org

#FreeLowtaxSpeedrunEnjoyer, I know FSU fan posts may seem like encouragements for self harm but it really is that bad down there.

I met Billy West at an art store at the Monmouth Mall in NJ in the 90s. He was there to promote signed animation cells from Ren and Stimpy and told me to look out for a new episode called, "Eggyölkeo" that was coming soon.

At this point if you are tweeting about abundance discourse more than Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson combined plz seek therapy

No. They are not “doing their job”. Their job is to fight wars, as a last resort, and to defend the homeland from foreign attack in wartime. Their job is not to seize Americans on US soil. Their illegal job must end immediately.

This is an illegal perversion of the US military, deployed in America, against Americans. No ‘insurrection’ nor civil war exists. I never thought I would live to see this. Our Congress has the Constitutional duty to stop this lawless, escalating rampage. And it turns its back on us.

Easily the bleakest thing I’ve read this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Very good piece. Fifa sucks, players are exhausted, money grab, etc., but the concept that the club game should also be global is a good one. The eurocentric “no one cares” is so grating, Europe doesn’t own football. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Just noticed I had used the word "delving" in the paper I'm writing now, and had to change it lest people think it's ChatGPT...

No Kings tomorrow in Berlin at US Embassy Google maps has this pic of the bldg from the years ago Guessing it does not look like this today maps.app.goo.gl/NHiPsMAmjhCb...

Right wing machinery for policing integrity in academic sourcing, where you at? Paging Bill Ackman!

It would feel a bit silly for me to say I'm making an endorsement. But I am voting enthusiastically for Shahana Hanif, and encourage others to do the same

@darthbluesky.bsky.social @weratedogs.com

One dog? Just one dog? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Quick update on Iran-Israel. - Iranian response via ballistic missiles (“dozens” per IDF, “hundreds” per Iranian media) - US forces are helping intercept Iranian missiles - At least some landed in Israel; damage unclear - still not seeing concrete reports of radiation signature from Natanz (yet)

We are ruled by murderous lunatics.

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I wonder if there will end up being a tension between “Strong business productivity tools” and “Extremely sycophantic to maximize MAU’s/time spent.”

This monstrosity is falling out under Byrd, 100%

I stan my problematic asshole mayor.

Lawful channels for migration—designed for the 21st century, at the scale that US prosperity requires, & combined with stable and robust enforcement—are what America needs. Building them requires wisdom, vision, and compromise. In short, leadership. Instead we get numb ideological extremism.

Protests are helpful for making people feel less isolated and nihilistic. Boomers libs seem to understand that in a way many young people don’t. (I say this as a guy who complains about gerontocracy all the time)

I hate having to constantly explain basic stuff like “externalities” to this administration. Do people think we were subsidizing solar for funzies or because it has benefits in terms of CO2 reduction not captured in the direct value of electricity it produces?

Counterpunch in the air, question is whether it’s a heavy one or not.

It is infuriating how much of politics is defined by elites annoyed or angry someone admonished them for saying faggot in 2006 or whatever so they can't recognize how much more fascist out society has become

Ok but incredible that it was a Chris hedges byline

Everybody say yay metro go metro we love da metro

Bunq’s clowneries are definitely endless I sent a formal complaint after the truly awful experience I had with their equally awful AI chatbot My request was that customers should be able to talk to a human Bunq replied and somehow, they managed to make things even worse 🤡 1/7

I realized that sometimes when I feel particularly down it is because I am dehydrated.

What happens after Israel’s attack will shape both the endgame of this conflict and the future of the entire region

It is time to speak clearly and directly. Whatever you might have been saving yourself for, that time arrived.

I couldn't agree more, and have been saying this for a couple of months at least. We are under an authoritarian regime right now, the question is whether it manages to consolidate its power or is beaten back by the democratic forces that are stilling operation.

It is illegal to impound our money, unconstitutionally abrogating the authority of our Congress. It has been explicitly illegalized for half a century. We are beyond sick of extremists and their lawless, filthy, anti-Conservative rampage.

Interesting. Looking into this.

Among other things, this is a very solid counternarrative on antisemitism.

NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990. In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.* Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.

There's still too much oil for Israel's attacks on Iran to worry the market, writes @javierblas.bsky.social

Interesting read on how economists perceive regulating social media, with literature about the (hard to measure) effects of GDPR on firms and consumers

Objectively weird thing to say from any perspective. *NETANYAHU: AS TO WHAT US WILL DO NOW, PRES. TRUMP WILL DECIDE

good news *IAEA SAYS RADIATION LEVELS REMAIN UNCHANGED AT IRAN'S NATANZ

WTI is up 6.7% today and +12.5% for the week. Gasoline futures only up 4.4% and 6.7% for the week, so we're looking at about $3.25 national average gasoline prices a couple weeks out which is not that big of a deal. Cracks rose earlier this year on trade risks but have collapsed since early May.

Welcome, @umn-econ.bsky.social! Great to have you posting on here. #EconSky