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Hoosierexpat @hoosierexpat.bsky.social · 7h
Over a 10 year period, a 1 percent increase in Treasury bond yields will increase the deficit by $1.8 TRILLION. In September of 2024, the 20 year Treasury yield was 4.3%. Today, it is 5.6%. Do the math. Trump's bungling of our economy will cost us an extra $2.4 TRILLION. Some "Golden Age."
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Eleanor Olszewski (OL-SHEV-skee) 🇨🇦 @eleanorolszewski.bsky.social · 4h
Calgary’s business community is sounding the alarm about the huge costs and economic risks of Alberta separation.
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Trending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 4h
Hedge funds crowd $30T Treasuries. #econsky
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srchowub.bsky.social @srchowub.bsky.social · 12h
Trumponomics is not good. "Dow tumbles 300 points as bond yields continue rising. The 30-year Treasury bond yield climbed to a high of 5.613%, its highest level since June 2002. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield traded 4 basis points higher at 5.281%." www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/s...
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Dow tumbles 300 points as bond yields continue rising: Live updates
Stocks fell on Tuesday, weighed down by another rise in Treasury yield to fresh multiyear highs.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12h
The bond yield story just keeps getting starker.
Line chart titled "10-Year Treasury Note" showing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note from late 2025 through September 2026. Treasury yields surged dramatically to 5.29 percent on September 29, 2026, the highest level in the period shown. This represents a sharp 130 basis point increase from the October 2025 low of 3.96 percent and a particularly rapid 45 basis point climb over just the final month. After trading mostly between 4.00 and 4.75 percent for nearly a year, yields broke decisively above 5.00 percent in September 2026, signaling a fundamental shift in borrowing costs and market conditions.
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Emily @emilyyour8.bsky.social · 11h
Whoa whoa whoa...! The 10 yr Treasury is 5.25% now, and even the 2 yr is 4.92%!! This is the bond market saying that they think the Trump admin is as trustworthy as a guy who makes $35k and just bought a $120k truck on a 7 year car loan.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 11h
Trump’s own aide gave Canada a chilling warning about dealing with him #CanadaSky #USpol #EconSky www.alternet.org/trump-canada...
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Trump’s own aide gave Canada a chilling warning about dealing with him
A former Trump adviser warned Canada to brace for a bruising trade fight.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 16h
The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
A table titled, Average annual infrastructure spending as percentage of GDP.

It has six circles showing percentage of GDP spent on each tech: 
Canals .66%
Railroads 2.24%
Electrification .5%
Highways 1.13%
Telecom and fiber 1.1%
AI 3.63%
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Your astonishing artifact for the week is the Battersea Shield, the "most famous object ever to be found in the Thames." 🏺🧪
livescience.com
Battersea Shield: An ancient Celtic shield that may have been 'sacrificed' in the River Thames
The Battersea Shield was discovered in the 19th century at the bottom of the Thames. Archaeologists still aren't sure how it ended up there.
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Trending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two loans, same winner: investors. #econsky
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jamil Jivani and the Very Masculine™ Jacob Mantle think that acknowledging homosexuality in schools is "a threat" as they spout debunked "gender ideology" bullshit, while calling people traitors. Yeah, the Conservative Party is headed down a really healthy path, guys. Yikes. #canqueer
provincialtimes.ca
ADAMS: Inside the Restore the North event at Liberty Church
Inside a church in his own riding, the fury Jamil Jivani has spent a year channeling finally turned on a constituent who asked the wrong question
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Pink Ear @pinkear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Carney is fed up with Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith.
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Fort Bison Review @fortbisonreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the original intent of the Constitution was to give provinces the lead role in immigration. The Supreme Court says otherwise. That's what we examine this morning. fortbison.substack.com/p/premier-sm...
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Premier Smith is Wrong on Section 95 of the Constitution
Immigration is Not Primarily a Provincial Power, Nor Was That Original Intent
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 28/09/2026
Recent polling shows only 18 percent of Albertans support actual separation. So why is Premier Danielle Smith putting the province’s future in Confederation on the ballot? Writer Patrick Lennox investigates: thewalrus.ca/alberta-separatism-is-…
On the left: a photograph of Alberta’s flag, which features the provincial shield of arms, waving in front of the Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton. On the right: text that reads “Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis.”
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Nathan Ip @nathanip.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Danielle Smith and the UCP didn’t bother consulting Albertans before rolling out the red carpet for foreign billionaires to build massive AI data centres. Now, Albertans are raising serious concerns. And the UCP still doesn’t have a plan to address them. 🤯 /1
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WTF apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump asked China's president if he wanted to buy US arms, ambassador says
President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, the U.S. ambassador to China said.
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George @nonlinearbotanist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For those who have been following the case of the 7 Cornell frat boys who gang raped a female Cornell student who was totally incapable of defending herself or giving consent and got nothing more than a tickle on the wrist, here is an update. (1/4) www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...
cnn.com
New York prosecutors reopen investigation after student files lawsuit over alleged gang rape at Cornell University | CNN
Prosecutors in New York are reopening an investigation into an alleged gang rape of a former Cornell University student after a civil lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the woman’s lawyer, claimi...
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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The number of injured in russian attack on Kharkiv has risen to 43, among them 11 children. Rescue crews continue to clear away the rubble of what used to be apartments. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 28/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A Russian strike hit the Dobrobut medical center in central Kyiv. Video shows first responders saving people from the burning hospital as rescue operations continue.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Crimes Against Humanity. 👇👇
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Distractions. Prepare to vote. 🗳️
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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Andrew Bailey, a Deputy Director at the FBI, Leaves His Job After Barely a Year. Bailey was part of a 3-person leadership team atop the bureau. There’s been a lot of turmoil in Kash Patel’s FBI. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Andrew Bailey, a Deputy Director at the F.B.I., Leaves His Job
Mr. Bailey, who was part of a three-person leadership team atop the bureau, lasted barely a year.
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Love2026 @love2024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He could not keep a secret if his life depended on it.🖕
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📌That's Dr. Anthony Fauci with his buddy, the great Jimmy Page. Republicans, Rand Paul, and Kid Rock can go sit the fuck down now. -Thanks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A raccoon penis collector with a brain worm, who swims in raw sewage after snorting coke off toilet seats, thinks people are labeling him as crazy? 🙄 No fucking way! 🤭
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Dan Preston @danpreston.com · 27/09/2026
Will Bunch is why I subscribe to the Philly Inquirer. Here he calls out the media for (once again) sane washing Trump, in probably the most egregious case of all – his profoundly and dangerously unhinged speech to the UN last week. It's a 5-alarm fire folks. But you wouldn't know it reading the NYT.
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why should this list remain private?
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Nathan Hamiel @nhamiel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A sad reality is that there's a good chance that the next generation will be known as The Slop Generation, a generation unaccustomed to the world before the inception of AI-generated slop, where all of life's pursuits are devalued. perilous.tech/2025/02/20/t...
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The Slop Generation and the Devaluation of Art
I’ve been considering a frightening prospect. What if the next generation is known as The Slop Generation? A generation unaccustomed to the world before the inception of AI-generated slop. Despite …
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
September’s ozone hole was the biggest in 20 years. The warning signs appeared months ago theconversation.com/septembers-o...
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September’s ozone hole was the biggest in 20 years. The warning signs appeared months ago
This spring’s ozone hole is likely to be among the top ten most severe of all time, bringing weather changes to New Zealand and Australia.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ve likely seen the news: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. Almost as troubling: Plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shrugged
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Help fight for the #endangered Quince #Monitor #Lizard of #Indonesia 🇮🇩, a majestic yellow #reptile. 💛🍋✨🌟🦎Major threats are #palmoil #deforestation and the pet trade. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🩸🤮☠️🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2023/05/28/q...
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Quince Monitor Facts, Size, Diet and Habitat
Discover Quince monitor facts: this large, bright yellow lizard faces threats from the pet trade and habitat destruction for palm oil
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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Way Too Online Person @smoothedjaguar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why don't you use all that power of the Big Sensible Centrist brain you have, since you're so much better than me, and work it out? Burnham is bought and paid for. He's corrupt and I'll throw a party the day he resigns, which hopefully should be in the not too distant future.
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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO @tsunami65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Gulf of America is the empty space between Trump's ears.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⚠️ Top AI companies and security researchers are investigating TENS OF THOUSANDS of problematic incidents involving frontier models. Not dozens. “The sheer volume of incidents…indicate that the problem is orders of magnitude more complex than what is currently publicly known and disclosed.”
axios.com
Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.
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Bluesky Feeds and Trends 📌 @bluetrends.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump Rejects Iran Plan 🛳 Trump rejects Iran deal to reopen Hormuz 🇷🇺 Russia backs Pakistan MoU on Hormuz 🔥 Houthis target Riyadh amid conflict
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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 26/09/2026
Palantir’s Co-Founder Thinks We Should Be Less Judgmental About That Deadly Iran School Strike Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/0… Tip your reporter →
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Palantir’s Co-Founder Thinks We Should Be Less Judgmental About That Deadly Iran School Strike
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Trending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump claws back Congressional spending #econsky
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New contracts for Canadian suppliers. Good jobs for Canadian workers. Paycheques staying in Canadian communities. For the first time in four decades, VIA Rail passenger cars will be built in Canada.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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