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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Let’s revive aesthetic appreciation to overturn the national malaise. Its what Keynes would do. www.ft.com/content/c13f... John Maynard Keynes and the search for the good life

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John Maynard Keynes and the search for the good life

Playwright James Graham on an economist who asked the right questions in bad times — and why he matters so much today

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:

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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see

'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Given the generic quality of many of these requests, I sometimes wonder whether I’ve already received a few.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026

The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.” (Published July)

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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

These two filmmakers are extraordinarily courageous. Their commitment to speaking truth to power in the face of relentless state repression is deeply admirable.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One thing I like about Vancouver is the text-based conceptual art everywhere. The city is constantly asking you questions. Today’s find in False Creek, very much in the spirit of Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace and Stan Douglas.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scams are skyrocketing in the U.S. $20B in reported losses last year from investment and crypto scams, phishing, identity theft, impersonation, and payment fraud. The Wild West digital economy is out of control and badly needs to be reined in. www.wsj.com/us-news/inma...

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Can welfare states contain populism? @chasefoster.bsky.social & Jeffry Frieden @eupthejournal.bsky.social write that countries offering more generous labour market programmes and unemployment insurance exhibit lower levels of populist support @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

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Can welfare states contain populism?

New evidence shows that countries with more generous welfare state spending and labour market programmes exhibit lower levels of populist support.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

In this piece for LSE's EUROPP blog, @jafrieden.bsky.social and I summarize recent research in @eupthejournal.bsky.social on the relationship between UI generosity and support for populist political parties in Europe. The full article can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Governance Journal @govjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

New Article: Competition Law and Varieties of Capitalism in the Long Run: The Evolution of Institutional Complementarity, 1890–2010 From: @chasefoster.bsky.social and @sebastiankohl.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Agreed. But are they able to unwind this one? The only way I see things improving is if the US removes sanctions on Iran and starts treating it like a normal country.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Avenue Q is back! They even interviewed me after opening night I was prepared to talk political economy, but they asked about my favorite song instead. I went with “I Wish I Could Go Back to College” since this has been my life for the past 15 years… and yes, the undergrads do keep getting younger.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

By ignoring international law, the US is reinforcing a dangerous lesson: the surest way for authoritarian regimes to avoid being bombed is to acquire nuclear weapons.

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Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

North Korea Was Right About Nuclear Weapons open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

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North Korea Was Right About Nuclear Weapons

Yes, really.

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Pavlos Roufos @proufos.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

If for whatever weird reason he ever ends up being held accountable (he won’t, I know), his legal defense might be quite hard.

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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It's not good that the price of oil is the only deterrent the world has on the US military.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This is a chance to revive the green transition, which has been sidelined since Trump’s election Europe and China are partly insulated from oil shocks thanks to past investments in renewables, transit & EVs The US, by contrast, is far more exposed, and Trump has doubled down on that vulnerability.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Each of these outcomes would result in untold numbers of deaths and the destruction of the conditions necessary for many more people to live… but I suppose we should withhold judgment until the cost–benefit analysis is complete…?

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

If you care about Black representation, you should be concerned that the oldest Dems running in 2026 are Black Maxine Waters (87) Jim Clyburn (85) Frederica Wilson (83) Emanuel Cleaver (81) David Scott (80) Alma Adams (79) Sanford Bishop (79) Al Green (78) Bobby Scott (78) Bennie Thompson (78)

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 06/03/2026

A few hours after NYT reported that the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Iran, killing many children, the White House last night posted this video mixing airstrike footage with Top Gun, Iron Man, Gladiator, Halo, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, John Wick, Superman, Transformers and Dragon Ball Z

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

UofSC researchers found an incidence rate of 5% in South Carolina for a rare parasite 😬. It was very prevalent in Spartanburg, the same place where we've seen the big measles outbreak... apparently it spreads through groundwater contaminated with human fecal matter 🤢 www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/...

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Lingering under the radar

Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal parasite rarely seen in the U.S. University of South Carolina researchers Dr. Melissa Nolan and Dr. Matthew Haldeman wondered if these worms might still be l...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This is not only incredibly weak, its false equivalence between Farage and Polanski is dangerous. One of them is a threat to liberal democracy, the other one is not. The text is a prime example of how radical centrism and the profound arrogance of self-declared liberals legitimize the far right

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The Home Office has hired IFF Research to survey current visa holders about how proposed changes to settlement rules might affect their plans. Some of the questions are strange, e.g. asking whether I’ve used welfare services and whether rule changes tied to these would affect my settlement plans.

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Andrei Sterescu @andreisterescu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Using regional employment data, the map shows which parts of Europe are most exposed to the rise in Chinese import competition across manufacturing industries. The results highlight the industrial core of Germany and the manufacturing belt of CEE.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say

Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/03/2026

Emmanuel Damas died in ICE custody after ICE failed to treat a tooth issue that turned into pneumonia. ICE didn't even keep his family updated. The Trump admin's cruelty knows no bounds. I'm pressing with Senator Markey and Rep. Pressley to hold ICE accountable.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

No. Peter Thiel cannot be allowed to annex the National Science Foundation via this Palantir proxy. It would be like putting a pyromaniac in charge of the Library of Alexandria: destruction of a global treasure with no "undo" button. This is a "to the barricades" moment.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Add to the file “the Greens leadership may be actually good at politics”

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Only three Republicans (two in the House and one in the Senate) voted today to curb Trump’s war powers The so called “anti-war” faction on the right gets a lot of media attention, but it barely registers in Congress. I see little evidence it’s durably shaping policy.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Todays violent episode in the senate echoes the antebellum era, when violence in Congress was periodic The most notorious incident occurred in 1856 when a pro-slavery senator brutally beat the abolitionist Sen Charles Sumner, leaving him incapacitated for 3 years home.heinonline.org/blog/2021/03...

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Beatings, Battles, and Brawls: Congressional Violence in the Antebellum Era - HeinOnline Blog

There was a time in American history when disagreements became so heated that they turned physical. In the pre-Civil War era, Congress saw at least 70 violent incidents between its members. Join HeinO...

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The economic effects of this illegal war keep expanding With Russian and Iranian airspace closed, most Europe-Asia flights pass through a narrow corridor over Azerbaijan. After today’s drone attacks that route could close, forcing airlines onto much longer southern paths www.ft.com/content/10c5...

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Impressive timing by Shabana Mahmood for today to be the day she announces her asylum policy 'inspired by Kristi Noem'.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This quote is apocryphal. As far as I can ascertain, Orwell never wrote it. He did criticize pacifism and believed some degree of state coercion could be necessary, but he also opposed the kind of gratuitous displays of force and insidious state propaganda embraced by Noem and this administration.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It’s striking that Kristi Noem’s killing of her puppy, Cricket, provoked more outrage by Republicans than allegations of self-dealing, the deaths of two American citizens, the detention of hundreds more, countless migrant deaths and due-process violations linked to 605,000 deportations.

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Chase Foster @chasefoster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Imagine rushing back to a war zone in order to avoid paying UK tax. The strange political economy of neoliberal tax havens. www.ft.com/content/80bf...

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Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills

Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/03/2026

As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents. Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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