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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉

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Reflections on the nature of reality and the reality of nature as we plummet beyond the anthropocene. Exponential growth is impossible on a finite planet. Making good trouble. (S)weary water person. No DMs. I block zero post nameless faceless folks.

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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The trade deficit last month was $36 billion larger than the Biden average. Trump's tariffs have failed.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump is a KING sized fucking idiot. It's the only thing of which he'll be king. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s recent statements on the economy are even more bonkers than usual | Steven Greenhouse
Our ‘genius’ president is revealing his ignorance of economics, fueling concerns about the threat he poses to the world
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Way too suspicious and convenient: “He said the retaliation had already wrecked his life, and that he was about to publish more,” wrote German author and former financial journalist Oliver Janich in a social media post on X. “Then he was dead at 57. They called it suicide. I don’t buy it.”
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Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces
The final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su...
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Best. Response. Ever.
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Gary Schwall Sr. @glschwall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jack Smith is an example of how to stand up to Krasnovs fascists. He is a hero. Everyone can be a hero.
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is insane. And you can bet that most of that tech spending is on AI. #EconSky
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Mrs. B @mrs-b-2021.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I stand with Bernie.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Funny how the the right/corporate parties bitch and moan about teeny renewable subsidies yet don't blink when fossil fuel gets largesse poured down it's throat. The usual double standards apply...
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you Krasnov for fucking up the global economy as much as your sponsors (Russia in case you don't know...). www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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US borrowing costs hit 24-year high as global bond sell-off intensifies
Fears that US deficit is unsustainable also drive UK 30-year bond yields briefly above 6% for first time since 1998
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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30-year fixed at 7.60% www.mortgagenewsdaily.com
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
A lot of people are speculating that this will lead to the US government having to bail out AI companies but there's no world where that happens and the government bond market doesn't completely collapse and cause a fiscal crisis.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
The 0.1% own 15% of all the wealth while 50% are basically broke. That is how societies die. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh look: the law of unintended consequences gets EVs crushing fossil fuel vehicles. Who thought trump would be so pro EVs?
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 29/09/2026
Republicans brought Jack Smith in today just to get cooked 🤣! One of the most brutal self owns I’ve ever seen.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After 3 weeks of travel around northern Italy I was alarmed to see hardly any birds at all and have absolute silence in mountain woodlands, coastal areas and forests. What happened to Italy's birdlife? #greensky #birdlife #avifauna
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Guess whose side Krasnov is on?
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Jim @jimdjr1522.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So the biggest infrastructure build in recent history by for profit corporations poses an existential threat to humanity and nobody is regulating this shit? What could go wrong?
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Redeem the soul America @rneagle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The flimflam just rolls along...
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another vulture capitalist corporate owner flat out denies any possibility of a meltdown from the tech he relies on and is funding and now creates buybacks to fuel stock growth. Everything normal. Move along....
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ZER0 BILLIONAIRES @zer0billionaires.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We need a flood. #Zer0Billionaires #Resist #VoteBlue #econsky
Zer0 Billionaires share card, text on a black ground. A pill in the top right reads SOURCED. A large heading reads "PRODUCTIVITY UP 93.7% / PAY UP 32.7%". Beneath it: "Since 1979 American productivity has grown 93.7 per cent. Hourly pay for the typical worker has grown 32.7 per cent. The difference did not trickle anywhere. It was hoarded." A footer line reads: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE, PRODUCTIVITY-PAY GAP, 1979 Q4 TO 2026 Q2 / EPI UPDATED 14 SEP 2026 / as of 2026-09-23 / zer0billionaires.org.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of the greatest drummers ever. Thanks for the noise and memories maestro.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yet again clear indications of big chem hiding and downplaying risks of highly toxic products for decades with devastating consequences. It's well past time to rein these bastards in. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US
Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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Beware of billionaires gifting Trojan Horses to steal your election data
Earlier this month, Americans got a look inside Elon Musk’s own Trojan Horse.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This will make homes more affordable. So much winning...
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The “liberal” media.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This story should be at the top of the global news cycle. But of course it is not.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How doge increased costs at collective expense... #Econsky
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not only is the Trump TV app stupid, boring and propagandizing, it tries to mine your phone for all your personal data. In other words, it's corrupt, just like everything called "Trump"
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is just as insane as Trumps trashing of the global economy - white South Africans remain profoundly privileged and least under threat in South Africa. Another policy built on the inherent racism of Trump, Miller and co.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It really is difficult to imagine anyone being able to totally fuck up the global economy as much as the Trump clown car wreck has done and continues to do. Monumental and epic fuckup only starts to describe this...
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is how the trump regime distracts and diverts. 🧵
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
While we may cheer for Ukraine never forget that war is bad for all living things. These clips are apocalyptic. Which doesn't mean Putin must not be stopped by all means.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Remember Trumps lie last week about no more targeting of energy infrastructure. He cannot utter a truth.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Zuck will do everything to maximise profit, avoiid responsibility and logjam any regulation of his greed machine. Meta is evil.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Trump's policies have (X) the economy" September 2018: 🟢 Helped: 41% 🔴 Hurt: 26% September 2026: 🔴 Hurt: 55% 🟢 Helped: 26% Hart/Public Opinion / Sept 15, 2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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ZER0 BILLIONAIRES @zer0billionaires.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Roosevelt said this at Madison Square Garden on 31 October 1936, two days before winning 46 of 48 states. Ninety years later, organised money is still the basis of our government. #Zer0Billionaires #Resist #VoteBlue #econsky
Painted portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a dark suit, beside bold white text on black: "We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." Credited to F.D.R., 31 October 1936.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump has made nearly 29,000 securities trades since returning to the White House, more than all members of Congress combined (22,200)—Bloomberg Drain. The. Swamp.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interesting article about the rise of the right in EGermany. However it fails to properly examine the renaissance of the right while the left is condemned as anti semitic for calling out the Israeli genocide in Palestine. These two issues are not separate. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The captains of US economic management are out of their depth.
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Glenn Ashton 314ppm 🇿🇦☮️🍉 @ekogaia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Things as fundamental to health and social wellbeing as water utilities should not be held as profit driven private entities, let alone externalise impacts as Thames water does.
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