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Kevin Block-Schwenk

@block-schwenk.bsky.social

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Economics professor, cyclist, vegan.

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Kungahuset @kungahuset.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Russia's Wildberries has gained a new star seller 🤣

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Say hello to the world's richest man! I incorporated my lemonade stand with 100 trillion shares and did a 1-share IPO, pricing the share at $1. My best friend bought it. So I'm worth a hundred trilliion now. But will index funds buy in?

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So true it hurts.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.

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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.

A Harpers Weekly engraving from 1869 depicting Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner as described in the main text of this skeet. There are also images of Lincoln, Washington, and Grant on the wall.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

Nerdy kid at keyboard:
Hi guys, I've noticed that it is International Men's Day today, and I'm confused. Why do we need a day to talk about men? We're not a marginalised group like women, queer people, or people of colour. The media is already full of stories about men.

Big buff shirtless dude at keyboard:
I'm glad you asked, champ. Whatever your view on men's place in society, it's still true that we face a lot of issues - like social isolation, risk of suicide, health problems, and attitudes towards sex and child rearing. Having a day to talk about those doesn't take away from anyone else's problems. In fact, having a day to talk about them helps us be more mindful, and listen better at other times.

Second shirtless buff dude on a couch at his laptop:
The chief here is really on to something. I want to echo what he said, and also point out that the idea we should remain silent about our problems actually contributes to a lot of our issues. We are human beings, with human needs. Seeking mutual support and understanding isn't the same thing as placing a burden on others. Especially if we're providing it for each other.

Third buff dude at his laptop:
Right on, my fellow kings. We've inherited a social legacy of competition and division, and a lot of what makes a man in our era is under question. IMD is a chance for us to examine and rethink what we are together, and build the bonds of solidarity and support that will make a better way possible - like in this meme. Because in our hearts, we're all curious kids and buff guys on keyboards.

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I know folks are bent out of shape about this Dem. surrender, but IMHO health care subsidies were always a foolish hill to fight for. Asking folks to sacrifice economically to defeat fascism, cool. Asking folks to sacrifice so under 10% of the population don't have to sacrifice...meh.

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Not saying that health care subsidies are a bad thing, but it's very weird that that's the ground on which Senate Dems. are finally willing to fight while Chicago and Portland are illegally invaded. Germany in the 1930s (and earlier) had national health care and 90 years later nobody cares.

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Approved last night to adopt two kittens! First kittens/cats joining our tribe since 2014.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The Trump people claim to be fighting antisemitism, and the media often accept that framing. I believe, on the contrary, that these actions are antisemitic in intention and in execution. I explain in a short video: snyder.substack.com/p/fomenting-...

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Fomenting Antisemitism

Not Combating It

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Just had to unfollow a friend because he was reposting dozens of comments he liked each day, more than doubling the volume of my feed and crowding out everyone else I was choosing to follow. Please folks, say something original and limit reposts to a few per day, tops.

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

California rebuilding the same stuff in the same burned areas with no changes allowed to ensure the next burn. In 2024 many Democrats voted to give Trump power to ban TikTok unless they can buy him off. Republicans don't deserve to win, but Democrats most certainly deserved to lose!

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Kevin Block-Schwenk @block-schwenk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Consider this a hello to my new followers! It's me, that Berklee economics professor guy who runs a book group and has a blend of modern and archaic ideas of what the world should be.

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