Reposted by John GoldinDr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 13/10/2026CDC just closed offices in Angola and South Sudan. Zimbabwe is next; a dozen more may follow. CDC staff overseas support countries to find outbreaks early and stop them before they reach us. Decisions have consequences. Lives will be lost, including American lives. bit.ly/4B5n6uGbeckershospitalreview.comCDC closes 2 offices in Africa as Trump ties health aid to deals: PoliticoCDC closes offices Africa as State Department ties foreign health aid to country-specific agreements under the Trump administration. 37048
Reposted by John GoldinAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me. 1359085893
Reposted by John GoldinKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation. 15344781166
Reposted by John Goldindigby @digby56.bsky.social · 13/10/2026He truly believes that because Putin and Xi put on a show for him that they are his allies. He's childlike and gullible even as he is unspeakably brutal and corrupt. What a horrifying combination. And such a mark for powerful leaders who are smarter than him. Which would be all of them. 20649170
Reposted by John GoldinBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/202650 years later, media companies - our bosses - are larger and more profitable than they've ever been, and we're poorer than we've ever been. The share of the money generated by our labor has declined, even as our rights over the product of that labor have expanded. 1375
Reposted by John GoldinEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The thing to know about Tom Emmer is he wants to lead the House GOP and probably would be Speaker now had Trump not “killed him” in 2023. www.politico.com/news/2023/10... And he’ll sell out everyone he used to support — Ukraine, Somali-Americans, whoever — to get there. 1519138
John Goldin @johngoldin.com · 11/10/2026henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/freehold-o... “Then the arithmetic of composition took over….Nobody designed the cage. It emerged as if designed, from the sum of reasonable choices, which is exactly why it is so hard to see and so hard to blame anyone for.henryfudgeofficial.substack.comFreehold on the WristHow distorted economies turn luxury into necessity, status into debt, and consumption into control. 010
Reposted by John GoldinDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026Remember when he screamed "No puppet! YOU'RE the Puppet!" in that really panicked way that had a bunch of us like "…uhh… kinda seems a weird way to deny that"? Anyway, we all know Russia doesn't have that much diesel to sell, making this sanctions-avoiding money laundering on a global scale, right? 181276218
Reposted by John GoldinAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous 281724480
Reposted by John GoldinJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Piece came out at USAToday Why? Because USAToday owners (Gannett) only own media companies, so they have an incentive to attract an audience & advertisers Tech elites like Bezos, Ellisons, Musk, & Benioff use their media firm to cozy to Trump, not to make profit www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...usatoday.comDEI initiatives didn't cost companies. Just the opposite. | OpinionFirms that kept DEI, whether due to executive decisions or shareholder pressure, performed as well in the stock market as those that rolled it back. 7978178
Reposted by John GoldinJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026These different incentives from standalone media owners vs. "common owners" like Benioff is the subject of one of my working papers www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/07aux... 461182
Reposted by John GoldinJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This should be made into an ad and run non-stop on every channel until the election is over. 8644381677
Reposted by John GoldinRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.comFort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon SaysIf carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. 37027881104
Reposted by John GoldinAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8651401859
Reposted by John GoldinAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings. 412411839
Reposted by John GoldinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is a good account of the problems of managing a personalist regime: the honest and competent resign out of disgust or are fired for telling that truth; incompetent loyalists take their place and cannot deliver even on the President’s top goals. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...nytimes.comHow Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into TurmoilThe president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence... 1223960
John Goldin @johngoldin.com · 08/10/2026"The recipients are being selected according to sloppy, arbitrary means; It still only cancels out a small fraction of the economic damage caused by Trump/Republicans to begin with; and... It's likely illegal in the first place" 000
Reposted by John GoldinChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me. 10332561185
Reposted by John GoldinThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Censorship is the point. “Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for ‘historical purposes’ in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...insidehighered.comAlabama’s New “Gulf of America” Mandate Impacts CollegesRepublican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too. 1611760
Reposted by John GoldinNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Netanyahu has been re-elected multiple times. Brexit was a national referendum. AfD’s recent gains came in a free and fair vote. National Front/Rally gets its support freely too. Putin rigged the system, but independent measures have consistently shown him popular. Many want this stuff. 1428541
Reposted by John GoldinJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In 1989 CEOs made 60x the average worker. Today it's 325x. I guess the corporate ladder is getting taller. With @svaneksmith.bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 28459135
Reposted by John GoldinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“For Rufo integration of nonwhite immigrants isn’t the desired outcome at all. Successful integration is a problem. So while he dresses up his objections in the language of “cultural cohesion” and “high trust” societies, those are protective camouflage…” www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...liberalcurrents.comEditor's Notes: "The Indian Question" Shows That No One Is Safe From White NationalismThat is the entire point. 924962
Reposted by John GoldinUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 04/10/2026The answer to this problem, of course, is that AI needs to be trained on Iain M Banks Scifi 🤷♀️ 38216
Reposted by John GoldinKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 02/10/2026I’ve written this up here. In addition to there not being a Covid-scale drop in tourism recently, you might also be wondering why visits from Mexico seem to double around 2004-05. The answer is not a sudden shift in Mexican preferences but rather our old friend, There Was A Change In The Measure.kieranhealy.orgTrump Tourism EffectsIn the past day or two on social media I kept seeing this graph from a Semafor story on the declining volume of international visitors to the United States. Semafor Graph. It seems to show, and was be... 216135
Reposted by John GoldinJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9753522190
John Goldin @johngoldin.com · 01/10/2026@timmiller.bsky.social I just gave $200 each thru ActBlue for your list of Democrats who can win. www.thebulwark.com/p/more-democ...thebulwark.comMore Democrats Who Can Win Red AmericaTim Miller has more candidates to watch and support. 000
Reposted by John GoldinAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They don’t understand western civ as a concept but as a signifier. This is a man who thought a joke from pulp fiction was in the bible 4635
Reposted by John GoldinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades 25072601931
Reposted by John GoldinBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2349921155
Reposted by John GoldinSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Under President Trump, the wealth of the top 1% has grown more than twice as fast as the bottom half of Americans. 913071
Reposted by John GoldinJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comUS withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groupsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog. 53849588
Reposted by John GoldinTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let’s remember that Sen. Eric Schmitt is a white nationalist who employs other white nationalists while spreading white nationalist/racist conspiracy theories. missouriindependent.com/2025/09/15/m... White supremacists never fail to demonstrate how they’re inferior: 53926270
Reposted by John GoldinDanielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The masculinity politics beat continues to be very necessary. goodauthority.substack.com/p/republican... 2347897
Reposted by John GoldinChris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”houstonchronicle.comTexas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable. 352251767
Reposted by John GoldinKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins 844168958
Reposted by John GoldinChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...nytimes.com‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the MidtermsA disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law. 25237181386
Reposted by John GoldinMallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mike Rogers put out an ad last week saying the war in Iran needs to end. Pretty passive language there. Who started it, Mike?? 1252096
Reposted by John GoldinJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Just as providers are using sophisticated A.I. tools to say their patients are sicker, insurance companies have been accused of using the tools to delay or deny care." AI, unlocking opportunities for bad-faith corporate actors to try to extract more money www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...nytimes.comBattle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs HigherThe use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care. 410942
Reposted by John GoldinJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I thought this *had* to be fake. But you can see the [insert polite word for "moron"] Tuberville ACTUALLY SAYING this, in Congressional Record: www.govinfo.gov/link/crec/la... This guy is running against Doug Jones for governor. God save Alabama. fallows.substack.com/p/running-as... 66498110
Reposted by John GoldinMayhemMel! @melindameyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026x.com/HunterBiden/... I hate GOP it's no secret. But sometimes they do the stupidest shit that I love. 🤪😂😂😂😂 246162603757
Reposted by John Goldinlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Certain kinda tv writer has a habit of being like "imagine if the cops/army weren't held back by politics and bureaucracy wouldn't that be great!" And I just think they are so fundamentally confused about what kind of world that would be for arts majors like themselves. 915212
John Goldin @johngoldin.com · 23/09/2026Yes, there’s a cost benefit in having AM radio as an emergency backup especially because the cost side is so low. 000
John Goldin @johngoldin.com · 23/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/programm...open.substack.comMachine god metaphors eat your brainThere are other ways of thinking about AI 000
Reposted by John Goldinfrank_bough @frankbough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you are right wing in anyway, this is what you are doing whether you know it or not. 062
Reposted by John GoldinBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trump: “The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran.” International Energy Agency: The diesel blocked in the Persian Gulf is 3X as large as supplies missing from Russia compared with before the Iran war. www.wsj.com/business/ene...wsj.comRefineries Are Now the Main Chokepoint for Global Energy SuppliesThe Iran and Ukraine wars have exposed the world’s reliance on the Middle East and Russia for diesel. 1012537
Reposted by John GoldinAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026theunpopulist.netFrom Res Publica to the United States of TrumpThis president's vulgar self-glorification is revolting to a self-governing people and must not stand 218426