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Jan Schneekloth

@janschneekloth.bsky.social
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''The Democrats have always functioned as the “graveyard of social movements.” Radicals attempting to change the Democratic Party would only end up changed themselves, ostensibly into toothless reformists. And the old favorite, quoting historian Howard Zinn: “What matters most is not who is [...]''
jacobin.com
How Bernie’s Campaigns Reorganized the Organized Left
A decade after Bernie Sanders’s first presidential run, intraleft debates about whether to engage with the Democrats are largely settled. That campaign taught US socialists much about how — and how no...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''Central banks that issue their own currency and have a flexible exchange rate regime can control interest rates and buy anything in domestic currency, on the condition that it is permitted by law. Hence, such central banks can expand their balance sheet, lower long-term interest rates, and [...]''
levyinstitute.org
Liquidity Trap: What Is to Be Done? – Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Major advanced capitalist economies—including Japan since the mid-1990s, and the United States, the euro area, the United Kingdom, and Canada after the 2008 global financial crisis—have experienced pr...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''Wichtig ist aber: Öffentliche Ausgaben können das Wachstum beeinflussen. Für Deutschland werden oft der Zustand von Bahn,Brücken und Energienetzen, unterbrochene Lieferketten, fehlende digitale Infrastruktur, langsame Verwaltungs- und Genehmigungsverfahren sowie Defizite bei Kinderbetreuung[...]''
makronom.de
Zu viele kreditfinanzierte Ausgaben oder zu viele Engpässe?
Deutschlands steigende Staatsschulden sorgen für Diskussionen – die oft verwirrend und nur wenig theoretisch fundiert sind. Für eine seriöse Beurteilung muss das Zusammenspiel verschiedener Faktoren b...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''[...] to provide benefits to the American public were hamstrung by the government’s inability to implement policy swiftly and effectively. A state that works better is also one that (in theory) should enjoy greater support from the public — and thus be less vulnerable to anti-system demagoguery.''
vox.com
The radical Democratic plan to change the government for good
The party is finally mounting an aggressive response to Trump’s slash-and-burn second term. Could their ideas for a rebooted, reimagined Washington actually work?
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''The largest language models contain trillions of numbers (known as parameters) that they use to guess the next word in a sentence. (More accurately, they guess the next token, which can be a part of a word.) You can picture these parameters as trillions of adjustable knobs, whose settings [...]''
nytimes.com
What Are Data Centers Doing? A Mind-Boggling Amount of Math.
The calculations needed to train A.I. are nearly impossible to visualize — but we tried anyway.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''Take wedding planners. “You could have done that job 200 years ago,” she said. “But who would have paid you to do it?” Nobody,more or less. Yet today,perhaps one in 10 American couples hires someone to handle the logistics on their big day. Or CrossFit trainers.“If you said to our ancestors[...]''
theatlantic.com
The Non-AI AI Jobs
Will the labor market of the future include cold-plunge installers, psychedelic therapists, and house managers?
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 17h
''[...]Hume had asked a question[...]:what reason do we actually have to believe that the future will resemble the past? We may have seen the Sun rise a thousand times,but how do we know it will rise tomorrow? The belief that the future will resemble the past is,Hume argued,merely a kind of habit.''
aeon.co
The century-long search for the limits to knowledge | Aeon Essays
What we claim as ‘true’ is not a ceiling we are forever failing to reach but something that changes as we climb toward it
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''The severity of a disruption at a chokepoint depends not only on its centrality but also on how readily firms can find alternatives. The most direct form of substitution involves sourcing the same product from other suppliers. Estimated trade elasticities – which[...]'' www.bis.org/publications...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''Con su nuevo desplazamiento a Washington, Javier Milei alcanza su vigésimo viaje a Estados Unidos desde que asumió la presidencia, el quinto durante 2026. En contraste, todavía no realizó ninguna visita oficial a China, uno de los dos principales socios comerciales argentinos y una fuente [...]''
ambito.com
Javier Milei y China: el swap que sostiene las reservas y las contradicciones de una diplomacia de redes
El Gobierno argentino combina la búsqueda de financiamiento y la apertura comercial con China con un discurso de confrontación. La relación con Beijing plantea desafíos para la política exterior, las ...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''El empleo ofreció otro contraste. Caputo sostuvo que el Gobierno fue capaz de generar más de 500.000 puestos de trabajo. Milei, por su parte,atribuyó los problemas laborales a una modificación en “la composición del empleo”. Sin embargo, la desocupación llegó al 7,9 por ciento en el segundo[...]''
pagina12.com.ar
El milagro económico que sólo ven Milei y Caputo
Milei proyectó un riesgo país menor a 100 puntos para 2027, pero ayer subió a 623. Caputo contabilizó medio millón de empleos creados, aunque el trabajo es lo que más preocupa a la población
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''Während Moral im Rahmen des Christentums ein System verpflichtender Regeln meint, meint sie im Rahmen der Antike eine Sammlung von Regeln, die dem Einzelnen die Freiheit lassen, sie zu befolgen oder nicht. Diese Freiheit kennzeichnet auch den Unterschied zur modernen Disziplinargesellschaft.''
philomag.de
Foucault und das moderne Subjekt
Michel Foucaults Geburtstag jährt sich zum 100. Mal. Mit seiner genealogischen Methode demontierte der Philosoph die Vorstellung vom autonomen Subjekt und wies es folgenreich als Effekt von Disziplina...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''El 57% de los encuestados opina que Chile posee buenas relaciones con la Argentina. Sin embargo, el 60% estima que la Argentina no es un socio confiable, mientras el 69% cree que la Argentina posee ambiciones territoriales sobre su país. El sondeo realizado por Criteria –otra consultora- [...]''
lanacion.com.ar
Chile y la Argentina, ante injustificadas tensiones
Exacerbar pasiones y sentimientos chauvinistas, tanto como propiciar una paz armada en la región, es desafiar la cordura y las enormes oportunidades de integración
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''Según el funcionario, la administración nacional debió procurar estabilidad y avanzar hacia condiciones de previsibilidad para los inversores. “No solo tuvimos que generar estabilidad, sino que tuvimos que ir un paso más allá y generar previsibilidad. Eso es algo de lo que muchos países [...]''
infobae.com
La titular del FMI aseguró que la Argentina cancelará antes de tiempo su deuda y Caputo le respondió: “Te vas a sorprender”
El ministro de Economía participó de un panel en la asamblea anual del Fondo y el Banco Mundial en Tailandia. Defendió el modelo económico libertario y relativizó el riesgo electoral
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''In ein Buch über die Produktion wissenschaftlicher Wahrheit fügt Foucault einen Text ein, der sich demonstrativ nicht an historische Wahrheit hält. Vielleicht liegt gerade hierin der Schlüssel zu dem Buch. Bei Panizza wird aus Herculine Barbins tragischem Leben eine groteske Geschichte über[...]''
freitag.de
100 Jahre Foucault: Das ist der Sex-Skandal, der alles infrage stellte
Herculine Barbin war zentral für Michel Foucaults Forschungsarbeit: Erst lebte sie als Frauen liebende Frau, dann wurde sie zum Mann definiert. Heute sehen wir, dass auch der Blick von Foucault vereng...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 18h
''[...], dann ist das nicht nachhaltig. Also haben wir zu den Europäern gesagt: Lasst uns eine gemeinsame Verteidigungslinie gegen unfaire Handelspraktiken errichten. In Brüssel fühlte man sich damit nicht wohl und argumentierte, dass das gegen die Regeln der Welthandelsorganisation verstößt.''
zeit.de
Katherine Tai: »Wir müssen den Bürgerkrieg beenden«
Die US-Regierung ist zum Erfüllungsgehilfen mächtiger Konzerne geworden, sagt Ex-Biden-Beraterin Katherine Tai. Warum die Probleme in den USA größer sind als Donald Trump
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 19h
''Ein Orgasmus ist gesund: Er senkt den Blutdruck, fördert die Durchblutung, stabilisiert den Schlaf, beugt Inkontinenz vor, stärkt die mentale Gesundheit und stabilisiert Beziehungen. Eine Kollegin von der Charité in Berlin hat untersucht, wie sich ein gutes Sexualleben von Frauen auf deren [...]''
sueddeutsche.de
Wie das neue Wissen um die Klitoris das Sexleben verbessern kann
Erst vor Kurzem wurde das Nervengeflecht des weiblichen Sexualorgans entschlüsselt. Die Gynäkologin Helen Sange erklärt, welche Folgen das für die Medizin hat – und für unsere Sexualität.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Looking ahead, significant vulnerabilities and downside risks cloud the near-term picture. In the face of continued disruptions, the global outlook remains highly uncertain. With narrowing policy buffers in the near term, the impact from ongoing wars could worsen further, especially if [...]''
imf.org
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''In general, it’s helpful to use ‘I’ statements that lead with your feelings rather than the other person’s actions; this decreases the likelihood that the other person will respond defensively. For example, you might say: ‘I feel really jealous when I’m not invited to attend parties with you.''
psyche.co
How to handle jealous feelings | Psyche Guides
Jealousy can be a useful, insightful emotion – if you manage it well. Get curious about your jealousy to get a grip on it
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Many economists do not even discuss human beings but a caricature of them, Homo economicus—the rational agent driven by self-interest—and his decisions aimed at maximizing utility. At the same time, this “purity” sweeps away all historical institutions of the real economic world, forbidding[...]''
nonsite.org
The Logic of Austerity
It’s time to stop buying into the idea that, within a capitalist society, it makes sense to discuss economic policies according to the criterion of “right” and “wrong” for an elusive common good. O…
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''There is a term for the process through which social disadvantage contributes to premature deterioration of health: “politically accelerated aging.” This does not mean governments determine the biological age of every citizen. It describes how political and economic arrangements influence [...]''
jacobin.com
Why Our Obsession With Extending Lifespans Is a Distraction
Life expectancies have risen for most people across the world. But the gap between how long people live and how long they will live healthily is widening. Poor labor conditions and lack of health care...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''In December,Fox News reached a multi-year AI data agreement that lets Meta pull from its coverage to power the social media company’s chatbots. Throughout Trump’s first administration,Fox News provided a friendly platform for many conservatives to accuse Facebook of censoring their accounts[...]''
oligarchwatch.substack.com
How Fox News learned to love Meta
Early last year, with Donald Trump days away from reclaiming the White House, Meta’s newly appointed policy chief took a seat on the couch on Fox & Friends to share the company’s new commitment to “fr...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''However, if a rise in unemployment is accompanied by cost-push inflation, this falls outside the framework. In that case, the Fed would misinterpret cost-push inflation as demand-pull inflation, and would keep rates high while unemployment rises. In this case,credit losses may grow,deposits[...]''
levyinstitute.org
Smoothing the Stress Test: Averaging Reduces Capital Requirement Volatility, Not Fragility – Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
On September 30, 2026, the Fed decided that, starting with the 2028 cycle, each large bank’s stress capital buffer will be set on the basis of the average of its...more
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Diese Gruppen haben beschlossen, ihre nationalen Interessen über das europäische Interesse zu stellen. Die „Freunde des Zusammenhalts“ setzen sich zu Recht für eine Ausweitung der EU-Ausgaben für gemeinsame öffentliche Güter ein, sind jedoch nicht bereit, dafür eine erhebliche Kürzung der [...]''
makronom.de
Der denkbar schlechteste Kompromiss für den EU-Haushalt
Kurz vor dem EU-Gipfel hat die irische Ratspräsidentschaft einen Vorschlag für die Beilegung des Haushaltsstreits vorgelegt. Nationale Interessen scheinen sich gegenüber europäischen Notwendigkeiten d...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Confidence that the economic system can be effectively changed to address inequality is low. Among those who say there’s too much inequality and that at least major changes are needed to address it,only about one-in-ten Republicans(11%) and Democrats (8%)[...]'' www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Al negarse a aceptar que la fragmentación y la polarización son la nueva normalidad de la política en Occidente, el laborismo de Starmer buscó construir una posición centrista hegemónica apropiándose de banderas de Reform e ignorando en gran medida a los Verdes. Así, no logró ofrecer un [...]''
nuso.org
¿Giro a la izquierda en el laborismo británico? | Nueva Sociedad
Andy Burnham llegó al gobierno con el objetivo de salvar a un laborismo diezmado en las urnas. Su agenda de inversión pública y control estatal de los servicios esenciales parece capaz de recuperar -a...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Then disaster struck. The moored Venetian fleet at Chios was hit by the plague, with more than a thousand men dying in just the first few days. It desperately started moving from one Greek island to the next, but remained just as blighted by disease. Then the Venetian ambassadors returned [...]''
bigthink.com
The 12th-century military disaster that forever changed global finance
After a crusade left Venice drowning in debt, the republic created the world's first bond market and, with it, a new way for governments to fund themselves.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''“Of course, Earth is special to us. But from a universal perspective, why should Earth be a reference?” In fact,Earth is only marginally habitable. Most astrobiologists think water must be present on a planet’s surface for life to arise there, and indeed the first bacteria appeared on Earth[...]''
nytimes.com
There’s Worlds Out There More Habitable Than Earth
Scientists believe there are planets outside our solar system where life is even more abundant and sustainable.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''In 2024, the Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham reported in the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 that the Israel Defense Forces were using an AI tool called Lavender in Gaza. According to Abraham, Lavender not only developed the kill lists used by the IDF in the early stages[...]''
thenation.com
The Real AI Threat Is Already Here
Never mind some future apocalypse—AI is being used right now to cause enormous suffering.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''El llamado no incluyó los Bonar 2029, cuya tasa de mercado se ubica en el orden del 12% anual. No obstante, Economía volvió a estirar los plazos de la deuda más allá del período de elecciones del año próximo, luego de tres llamados en los que solo se había concentrado en bonos cortos. En el[...]''
ambito.com
Deuda: Economía aspiró pesos del mercado, renovó el 136% de los vencimientos y estiró plazos más allá de 2027
Luego de tres llamados en los que Finanzas se concentró en bonos cortos, volvió a negociar títulos que vencen más allá de las elecciones para evitar acumulación de compromisos
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''El jueves 15, Milei participará en la Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos de un evento denominado “El caso argentino: el desafío del crecimiento económico tras décadas de populismo”. Allí le darán el premio “Global Champion of Free Enterprise” (Campeón Mundial de la Libre Empresa).'' #Milei
pagina12.com.ar
Milei, otra vez en Estados Unidos y con una agenda irrelevante
El Presidente voló para recibir dos premios, entre ellos uno que lo declara “Campeón Mundial de la Libre Empresa”. No habrá visita a la Casa Blanca ni bilateral con Trump. Sí estará con Eduardo Bolson...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''[...] con organismos bilaterales, Caputo también tuvo un encuentro con el presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Ilan Goldfajn. Este miércoles el Gobierno oficializó un préstamo de esa entidad para reforzar los subsidios al gas y la compra de garrafas por US$ 500 millones.''
clarin.com
Caputo negocia US$ 10.000 millones para financiar inversiones privadas y ya habla de usar el swap con China
El ministro de Economía se reunió con el presidente del organismo, Ajay Banga, en el marco de la cumbre anual del FMI en Tailandia.Además dijo que se activaría la línea de ayuda con China en caso de n...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''“Estamos hablando de gigantes, de inversores de porte. No estamos hablando de un pool de empresarias o empresarios argentinos que se juntan para invertir a través de PyMEs, son gigantes globales a los que se les dan enormes beneficios para proyectos que ya tenían estipulados o estaban en [...]''
lanacion.com.ar
Máximo Kirchner advirtió que si el peronismo gana las elecciones revisará cada uno de los RIGI de Milei
El diputado también admitió que la victoria de un candidato que no responda a los intereses del mercado hace subir el riesgo país
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''El viernes Milei planea regresar a Argentina, donde no estará demasiado tiempo. La Casa Rosada confirmó en las últimas horas que el presidente viajará a España el martes 20. “Está confirmado el viaje a Madrid y está confirmado que lo voy a acompañar”, dijo el portavoz presidencial, Adrián [...]''
elpais.com
Milei inicia su quinta visita del año a Estados Unidos y será declarado ‘campeón mundial de la libre empresa’
El presidente argentino permanecerá dos días en Washington, donde mantendrá encuentros con empresarios y hablará en la Cámara de Comercio
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''La funcionaria también planteó la necesidad de normalizar los impuestos a los combustibles. Ese punto se conecta con la posición que el Departamento de Asuntos Fiscales expuso durante la conferencia sobre los subsidios generalizados a la energía. El organismo sostiene que los precios deben [...]''
infobae.com
El FMI elogió el ajuste fiscal de Argentina al tiempo que reclamó reducir exenciones impositivas y mejorar la calidad del gasto
Era Dabla-Norris, subdirectora de Asuntos Fiscales del organismo, pidió avanzar con reformas tributarias, reemplazar gravámenes distorsivos y focalizar los subsidios en los hogares vulnerables.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ich halte Herrn di Lorenzo für recht konservativ.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Definition „magischer Realismus“ von Kristina Hamplová (tschechische Autorin): „Etwas ist normal und Du erzählst davon, als wäre es etwas magisches. Und etwas, das magisch ist, erzählt man so, als wäre es normal.“ Quelle:ttt vom 11.10.2026 #Hamplová #KristinaHamplová #magischerRealismus #Definition
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Micro1 announced a program earlier this year that pays midsize companies $100,000 to $2 million for access to anonymized data. Almeida said AI developers increasingly want "long-horizon" data that can provide a full picture of how work gets done. If a company won't sell its Slack, customer [...]''
businessinsider.com
AI labs are offering companies big money to hand over their employees' private Slack DMs and emails
AI labs are offering companies big money for internal data like employee emails and Slack DMs, raising major cybersecurity and privacy concerns.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Advanced economies relied somewhat more on income-supporting measures, which accounted for roughly 60 percent of interventions during crisis periods. Low-income developing countries instead made greater use of price-suppressing measures, likely reflecting more [...]'' www.imf.org/-/media/file...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''‘A photograph,’ Susan Sontag explains in On Photography (1977), ‘is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace,something directly stencilled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.’ Photos record not merely how things looked, but[...]''
psyche.co
What is hidden in the photographs we keep of each other? | Psyche Ideas
Returning to family photo albums in my mother’s apartment in Japan, I was struck by the stories the images didn’t tell
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Bezos decided that the next person to lead Blue Origin didn’t need to understand rockets or politics; they needed to understand him. Dave Limp had run Amazon’s consumer-devices business—Kindle, Echo, Alexa—for nearly 14 years. Limp had also overseen Project Kuiper, where he pushed to spread[...]''
theatlantic.com
Choose Your Overlord
Musk vs. Bezos
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''[...]in the comic sections of the Sunday newspaper editions. All we have encountered since leaving Chicago on this campaign train have been fine young fellows, the same kind that have helped make this country what it is today, but have been thrown out of work by the trend of the times.”'' #Debs
jacobin.com
All Aboard Eugene Debs’s Red Special
In 1908, on one of his five presidential runs, legendary socialist organizer Eugene Debs embarked on a whirlwind tour across the country on his own train, the Red Special. His mission: spread the soci...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''Companies and their frontier AI labs cannot afford to fall behind rivals, so they are burning sums of capital unseen in prior human history to reach the verge of unstoppable capabilities. A pause would be a gift to competitors. The same logic also plays out between regions and countries; [...]''
noemamag.com
An Inside Look At How To Tame Unstoppable AI | NOEMA
Slowing the AI race may not be possible. But there is a path to oversight that doesn’t depend on the industry’s permission — and it comes from the past.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''How did Bolsheviks organize the economy? “They wanted to organize everything so that the sun would rise on schedule and the weather would be made in their chancellery.” (p. 189) “You heard such incredible stories! Milk is being collected: the order says to take all the milk to such-and-such[...]''
branko2f7.substack.com
Destruction and despair
A review of “A Sentimental Journey 1917-1922” by Viktor Shklovsky
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''“The first rung in employment, your first job upon graduation, is now seeing less demand,”he said. In Singapore, 74.4% of university graduates secured full-time positions in 2025, down from 79.4% in 2024,according to data reported by the Straits Times. Shanmugaratnam argued that governments[...]''
fortune.com
IMF chief warns AI’s ‘slow-moving tsunami’ is coming—and it could leave Gen Z graduates stuck making lattes at Starbucks | Fortune
‘I don't think any young person wants to be a barista in a coffee shop as their professional future,’ IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''But when an AI writing app automatically provides structure, it also diminishes the skills of selection and self-correction from our repertoire. In one study, passively copying AI-generated writing, unlike drafting first and then using AI for revision, was found to lessen an individual’s [...]''
aeon.co
The more we rely on tech, the more we deskill our bodies | Aeon Essays
We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
''In cybernetic terms, freedom here is simply whatever remains outside the regulator's absorbed variety: the transactions it cannot see, the behavior it cannot model, the exchange it cannot condition. This definition doesn’t involve whether freedom is enjoyed or experienced as a burden, as [...]''
livingopposites.substack.com
The Requisite Variety of Power
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Money, and the Limits of Total Control
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MMTAction @mmt-action.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Governments don't tax first and spend second. They have to spend first. How else would anyone have the money to pay the tax? #MMT #FindingTheMoney #UKGreenParty
mmtaction.com
Finding the Money — The Documentary That Changes How You Think About Money — MMTAction
A masterpiece! By far the most inspiring economics film I have ever seen. Watch the trailer, stream the film for free, or host a screening in your community.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
''Have we reached the point where employers throw up their hands and go back to a much smaller pool of handwritten applications and in-person interviews? It’s an appealing thought, but it’s worth remembering that way of doing things was hardly perfect either. Indeed, perhaps the worst-case [...]''
ft.com
HR doesn’t need to be the CIA
Fraudulent use of AI in the jobs process is forcing the warm and fuzzy realms of the former to work with the suspicious minds of the latter
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
''A more troubling case might be Waymos’ tendency to run the stop signs that extend from the sides of school buses while children board and disembark. In an Austin school district where buses are equipped with cameras, Waymos were recorded illegally passing them more than twenty times in the [...]''
newyorker.com
We’re Learning to Live with Waymos. It’s Going Weird
Waymo wants us to give up the car keys. But what are we if not drivers? Molly Fischer on the view from the back seat.
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
''But Thatcher wasn’t just out to make an economic point. In arguing that there was no alternative to neoliberalism, she understood the scope of her ambition. “Economics were the method,”she said;the object was “to change the soul.” Our own efforts embrace the ambition but challenge the terms[...]''
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Introduction to Capitalism 1996–2026
If, we take seriously, as the contributors to this issue argue we must, the idea that capital has reached the point where it can no longer afford to (and so no longer understands itself as needing …
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