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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 15m

Thank God I’m only (checks notes) 20 years from retirement.

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It’s super cool how we obviously have the tech to auto-enroll every eligible American for this grift, but we’re always told it’d be too difficult and dangerous to auto-register eligible voters or auto-enroll Medicaid/medicare/snap recipients

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 24m

Actually I was talking about jobs in higher Ed

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 2h

ok, one only one comment on Mamdani's statement today: when you touch a wound it hurts, whether you're trying to heal or harm.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

Has he thought about just not bothering? That may be the only decent strategy at this point.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

Good. I hope they force him to reimburse the Treasury out of his own pocket. That would annoy him to no end.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

No doubt it is in my back pocket.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 2h

It's really frustrating that our university is so keen on us getting more external awards and I have to explain like "Lol. Yeah, that's not how it works in econ."

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 2h

Not all of us get to live out our dreams.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 2h

You do not want to be anywhere near a hippo in the wild. Instadeath.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations Senator... who's the Democrat running in Louisiana?

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h

Dude, hippos are the most vicious creatures on planet Earth.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 4h

This is utterly horrific. "Greene-Placentia struggled to open her eyes. She felt a sharp pain below her waist. The attacker was pulling his penis out of her. She heard him mumble something like, '-ic bitch, not a very good fuck,' which her mind filled in as 'Democratic bitch,' she recalled."

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7h

I wrote about Elon Musk, and why it bothers me that he is still first and foremost described in the media as an entrepreneur, rocketeer, or tech mogul, when the most salient fact about him is that he is now the world's most powerful white supremacist. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...

religiondispatches.org

Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist

The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9h

And the person most to blame is John Roberts.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9h

He can’t stop grifting even when facing an electoral reckoning. These last two years will be a crime wave like we’ve never seen.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 11h

Ok, but hear me out. Supercalifragilis Intelligence.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 11h

Fine. I’ll be the Deputy Assistant Underattorney General or something.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 21h

Now to be fair, a road salt diet may lead to some other complications.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 21h

Awkshually, I believe one can eat salt.

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 21h

This image, from the forced ouster of NIH director Francis Collins, is just unbelievably gutting and enraging

But when he describes the day Collins was compelled to leave the job he loved, Lewis writes that Collins called “his wife, who picked him up to drive him home. He left carrying a small cardboard box with a few pictures, a spare necktie, some ramen noodle packages, and a mirror made by children in NIH clinical trials, all of whom had died. He’d bought it at an auction to raise money for a children’s hospital.” Although personally modest, Collins has an impressive record. He headed the Human Genome Project and was instrumental in identifying the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis. The “small cardboard box,” in this light, makes for an especially poignant touch at the end of an extraordinary career.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 22h

Jackson is quite good at this. Almost like it’s pretty good we avoided the other guy.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 23h

The casual antisemitism among leftists is really something to behold. Something go wrong? THE J...excuse me...THE ZIONISTS MUST BE INVOLVED.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 22h

Joke’s on him. There is none.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 23h

“Claude, how can Trump back down from his government-funded political ads in the most damaging way possible for the GOP?” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...

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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026

interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ah, here’s an answer to the question I posed on Sunday. Because it was actually cheaper to do a national ad than local ones in Texas, the rest of us all had to suffer.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Don’t let anyone fool you. Dems need 5 seats. Fetterman cannot be relied upon.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Have a sudden urge to hop on a bike and jump through a flaming ring.

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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 06/10/2026

Even if you "don't believe" the polls, the behavior of parties should tell you where the races are.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I find myself concerned that the widening midterm map may create a set of expectations where we end up getting a D+7/D+8 year with some strong candidate effects but it gets read as a disappointing performance because the Dems didn't pick off Kansas, South Carolina, Iowa or Texas etc.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Since America.gov relies on govt websites, it is mostly reliable, but where the Trump administration has corrupted those underlying sources of information (like public health), it is not credible. bsky.app/profile/dand...

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Same Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola. Same.

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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Where's a daisy ad when you need it. wtf.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s clear that Trump isn’t willing to go to war to protect an allied country. Are we even sure he’d be willing to go to war to protect our own cities?

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The President of the United States just said he’s ok with sacrificing the country’s second and eight largest cities in an Iranian attack.

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POTUS @sentientpotato.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I find it "interesting" that the mainstream media doesn't make a huge deal about the Secretary of Defense & the President of the United States routinely using the t-slur I mean, many such cases, I know, but undeniable slur usage is something you don't have to worry about accusations of exaggeration

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’d say it’s very likely. This is where the Dems need to go scorched earth and refuse unanimous consent in everything. And that means probably a budget shutdown but such as it is.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And soon coming to a football game near you.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We do, but now we require all exams be done in-person.

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