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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.

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‘Is it plausible that Americans will spend as much of their income on AI as they do on food? Whether or not you think 9% of GDP is right, you have to care, because this figure isn’t some fever dream: it is implicit in the dollars that are being committed right now.’ www.wsj.com/tech/ai/will...

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 7h

The curious thing about these break-ins is that it’s a well-known tactic to intimidate embassy staff stationed in Moscow. But it hasn’t usually been done to non-Russians outside of Russia.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Why do Americans identify as Republicans or Democrats, and why do independents lean toward one party or the other? For partisans and leaners alike, opposition to the *other* party is often a bigger factor than support for their own party. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Chart showing why Republicans and Democrats identify with their party, as well as why independents lean toward one party or the other. The chart is based on a May 2026 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2h

"ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database. DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say." www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

Global fuel subsidies may top $1 trillion this year — amid $100 crude, elevated borrowing costs and strained budgets. “.. we don’t see a very clear pathway out of the three-pronged crisis,” he said. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 14h

The violent school protests which closed 900 (one in four) lycées and led to 2,000 arrests on Thursday have invaded the French presidential campaign. The high-school students say their anger is justified. The government claims manipulation by the Far Left, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s LFI 1/

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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 14h

Trump has closed the US Embassy in Brasil & all its consulate while issuing a security warning for US citizens in Brasil. This is a political stunt. We are seeing no uptick in violence, but Trump claiming Brasil is unsafe will generate negative press for Lula ahead of Sunday’s election!

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EUA fecham todos seus consulados no Brasil por ‘questão de segurança’ - ICL Notícias

No comunicado, o governo norte-americano afirma que “os serviços consulares na Embaixada e nos Consulados dos EUA no Brasil serão suspensos a partir de

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 11h

“The estimation of TAM has been gamified by Silicon Valley, with bloated and patently unreachable numbers.” -Aswath Damodaran www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 11h

‘Breakeven job growth has collapsed from 200,000 per month to close to zero today, driven by a sharp drop in immigration shrinking labor force growth and continued baby boomer retirements pulling down participation.’ www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026

"Brazil’s attorney general has said foreign meddling in his country’s institutions and democracy “cannot be tolerated” after a Guardian report revealed how the Trump administration was pushing to direct funds to a campaign against the Brazilian supreme court." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Brazil attorney general says meddling ‘cannot be tolerated’ after Trump funding plans revealed

Jorge Messias calls Guardian report ‘an important alert for Brazilian sovereignty’ as nation prepares to go to polls

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026

A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.com

The Baltic States Prepare for War

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at EuropeFuture Forum: “I once did a quick calculation of where Russia would be if she developed since 1913 at the pace of Canada. “She would have the economy of the United States. “It has the economy of less than Italy now.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new French presidential poll today calms fears of an “all extremes” run-off in May between Far Right and Far Left. An Ifop poll shows Centrist former PM Edouard Philippe 5 points ahead of radical Left veteran Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the “race for second place” in the 1st round on 18 April. 1/

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/10/2026

Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Serbia, and Iran have imposed fuel export restrictions, while India has used export taxes. Yet the Trump administration isn't threatening these countries. Instead, its pressure appears focused disproportionately on U.S. allies like Canada & EU. #MakeitMakeSense

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

".. Three people familiar with the matter said the US administration had put pressure on European countries to release strategic stocks of diesel, warning that it could ban US diesel exports if they do not do so." @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/0234...

ft.com

EU countries in crisis talks over release of diesel stocks

Trump administration has pressured European countries to release strategic reserves, warning that it could ban US diesel exports if they do not do so

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump’s tax cuts – and botched tariffs – will add $1.2 trillion to federal deficits over the next 5 years. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 01/10/2026

‘In 2010, a Greek sovereign-debt crisis roiled world financial markets. Now, France threatens to do the same, but on a larger scale.‘ www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/f...

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Is Another Eurozone Debt Crisis Looming?

Desmond Lachman explains why France's fiscal woes will inevitably worsen, with spillover effects that are likely to be global.

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Mark Ungewitter @mark-ungewitter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Canary watch.

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CNN International PR @cnnipr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jared Kushner's private equity company is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm with Israeli military links, a CNN investigation has found. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza. New reporting from CNN's Katie Polglase, Allegra Goodwin, and Majlie de Puy Kamp edition.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...

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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN

At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“.. My take .. is not that we are on the eve of disaster but that important countries are losing room for manoeuvre .. As the late economist Herbert Stein famously said, ‘If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.’” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a120...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quite a chart: Partisans' views of the Supreme Court, 2000-2026 news.gallup.com/poll/715022/...

Line chart showing how Republicans, Democrats and independents have viewed the Supreme Court in Gallup surveys dating back to 2000. As the organization notes in its analysis, "For much of Gallup’s trend, partisans’ approval of the Supreme Court has been influenced by the incumbent president, with supporters of the president’s party more likely to approve than those who identify with the opposition party."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Colorado GOP nominee for governor Victor Marx once "snatched up" his toddler son and "threw him across the room"

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 30/09/2026

‘Talk of a second euro-zone crisis, this time with an epicenter in Paris, is growing, and it’s easy to see why.’ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... by @johnauthers.bsky.social

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 30/09/2026

‘If the profit share doesn’t revert to the mean of around 6% sometime soon, we’re bound to see more calls for unionization and lifting the minimum wage, as well as political backlash against corporations in the form of higher corporate taxes and antitrust measures.’ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 20/08/2026

You know you’ve lost when the only thing you have left to offer your citizens, your allies, and your enemies is fear. And when fear fails, there is only oblivion.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 17/01/2026

Repression almost never announces itself by targeting everyone at once. It begins quietly, aimed at minorities, those with less power, fewer allies, or voices that are easier to ignore. Their rights are restricted, their freedoms narrowed, and their suffering dismissed as exceptional or deserved.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 30/09/2026

The world is moving on... It always does. "Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism." www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

semafor.com

Decline in tourism hits US economy

Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 30/09/2026

le spread is un peu worrying www.ft.com/content/7820...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies

Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”

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General Disarray @qotm31.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Of course, the new “LOOK! STEAL THIS VALUABLE IDENTITY DOCUMENT!” packaging average citizens have been demanding as their top priority for the federal government

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another example of how “strategic sectors” arguments can be misused to protect vested interests. economist.com/europe/2026/...

economist.com

Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine

The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Despite hosting the World Cup, travel to the U.S. was DOWN this summer. We're on pace for overseas visitors to drop by 2 million from last year — down 20% from our '19 peak “We're the only major country in the world losing visitation, he told me. It's mind-boggling” www.axios.com/2026/09/28/u...

axios.com

Axios C-Suite: Even the World Cup couldn't stop America's tourism slide

"It's mind-boggling."

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump: Kim Jong Un is a friend of mine. He likes Trump. Doesn't like a lot of other people. I'm the only person in the entire world that he likes. And I like him.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump: Kim Jong Un is a friend of mine. He likes Trump. Doesn't like a lot of other people. I'm the only person in the entire world that he likes. And I like him.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026

"The Trump administration may deport immigrants to a “third country”, or a country other than their homeland, without providing them an opportunity to dispute due to humanitarian concerns, the supreme court said in a brief order on Tuesday." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries

Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026

Fascinating new research: "1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds. Researchers estimate infections caused 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024" www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

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Researchers are discovering more infections that can cause cancer | CBC News

New global research suggests 12 per cent of cancers were caused by infections, predominantly caused by HPV and H. pylori

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In August, the benign take on the global bond sell-off was that it was due to thin liquidity. Well, the sell-off has gotten worse since then and it's September now. There's lots of whataboutism on what's going on. This is how a global debt crisis starts... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-a-glob...

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're nearing the end of the line on Iran. The Rial had another big fall yesterday. Iran exported 80 million barrels of oil in the 4 weeks before the blockade was reimposed on July 14. That cash is now depleted. The blockade and US sanctions are working... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-econom...

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trump has cut legal immigration from majority-Muslim countries by 96% from 21,096 legal immigrants and refugees in Dec. 2024 to 808 in Feb. 2026. Far more severe than anything in his 1st term, falling disproportionately on spouses of US citizens and skilled immigrants... www.cato.org/blog/legal-i...

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Baby Boomers hold more wealth in the United States than all other generations combined.

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 29/09/2026

I reiterate, Stalin had to have people shot to get slavish loyalty like this, it's really quite fascinating that he's managed to cultivate it through the fear of a mean tweet

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/09/2026

"Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 34 years — its dependence on money from big corporations and the wealthy, its reluctance to embrace bold ideas to reverse widening inequalities, and its indifference to the needs of average working people"

robertreich.substack.com

The Rahm Bomb

He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.

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