Reposted by Marvinjh4Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 8hIreland’s performance on #climate mitigation is the worst in Europe and will still be the worst in 2030. In this infographic that’s measured by the size of the gap between the left of the green bar graph (cuts achieved) and the blue dot (2030 goal). 44937 49
Reposted by Marvinjh4Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 17hit seems to shock the New Zealand government that Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, and the Conchords etc all emerged from the same city in the same span, which coincidentally is when Wellington rent was dirt-cheap and there were heaps of empty industrial buildings around 353251649 3.3K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Also it's fucking gross. Less "the computer is alive" and more "generations of black human beings terrorized, tortured, and forced to work for free are the same as my computer" 101079178 1.1K
Reposted by Marvinjh4fionnulamac.bsky.social @fionnulamac.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Today’s Business Post front page. What on earth are our politicians doing? 8265124 265
Reposted by Marvinjh4Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 150152566568 15.3K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game. 1963661678 3.7K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 8889289 889
Reposted by Marvinjh4Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 328111074317 11.1K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8952781024 5.3K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make. 13846232 846
Reposted by Marvinjh4David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending. 8360661070 6.1K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Three truths every parent of a sports kid needs to internalize: A) Natural athletic talent reveals itself early. Not every kid who's a natural athlete at age 10 will be an elite athlete at 18. But just about every kid who's an elite athlete at 18 had clearly visible natural talent at 10. /1 1162 16
Reposted by Marvinjh4Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 719160426064 16K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell. 1245183658 5.2K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My latest newsletter is a friendly bit of political advice for Democrats.stringinamaze.netDon't Surrender On Trans RightsMany Democrats are running scared on trans issues. They shouldn't be. 383847881 3.8K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fintan not believing that there is any intent to divide people on racial grounds is a big, big, big part of the problem. O'Callaghan knows exactly what he is doing and who he is targeting, and it's part of a concerted European effort. This is a racist policy, and must be called out for what it is. 34921 49
Reposted by Marvinjh4Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026"Twelve years into our endless era of Trump, mainstream outlets remain reluctant to tell the public in stark terms that their president is an orange bag of gas and flimflam whose promises are as much of a hoax as his increasingly grotesque hair."publicnotice.co“Trump Dividend” is the new Trump SteaksThe con artist in chief’s latest scam. 652043481 2K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In 1933, a retirement home for Jewish people opened at Lützowstrasse 48/49 in Berlin, a place for them to live their remaining days in dignity. In 1939, it was taken over by the Nazis, who turned it into a propaganda office for HItler's Schutzstaffel - better known as the SS. (1/n) 24337 43
Reposted by Marvinjh4Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Vaccine conspiracism is overwhelmingly clustered among the religious, white and affluent. It’s a function of conservative ideology and bad faith media. Being nicer to MAHA types will not ‘bring them into the fold,’ it will only increase their sense of entitlement. 534296791 4.3K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026i’m not sure whether normies and non-sports fans understand the extent to which right-wing weirdos are waging their culture war through the WNBA right now 903328380 3.3K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 19/08/2026When a President with his own plane claims it's too hard for him to vote in person, would GOP politicians and Fox News like to explain why, for example, a working mother or someone working two jobs to pay the rent should have no problem waiting in line on election day? 792922867 2.9K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 19/07/2026anyway congratulations to cabo verde, the winner of the world cup 116817 168
Reposted by Marvinjh4lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 18/07/2026One day someone will accept that social democratic parties modern class basis is an alliance between urban service sector labourers and (typically young) educated professional types. Presumably this will be an electoral advantage just because working on the basis of accurate information is good. 1451075 510
Reposted by Marvinjh4Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I guess I just don’t understand how stupid you have to be not to see the world’s richest man embracing boilerplate white nationalism because it allows him to present himself as a victim bsky.app/profile/bren... 522180365 2.2K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The thing I’m really worried about is how little pickup most kids play these days and the long term effect that’s going to have. 141 4
Reposted by Marvinjh4Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Let kids *play*. Not *compete*. PLAY. 2374 37
Reposted by Marvinjh4Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/07/2026Layoffs are a failure of leadership.theverge.comMicrosoft is laying off 4,800 employeesMost of the job losses are in Microsoft’s Xbox and commercial sales organizations. 29958221546 5.8K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 06/07/2026You can try and justify Trump pressuring FIFA to go outside of its appeals process to satisfy him as much as you want, but it’s just brazen corruption by him and FIFA. The US isn’t the first country to get a red card that it saw as unjustified. Pretending that corruption is justice now is loser shit 736181 361
Reposted by Marvinjh4DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026haha, thats a great post. unfortunately you phrased it in a way that allowed me, a moron, to misunderstand it 145287931 5.3K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026There's a lot of bad things in this world, dude. Like fucking skunks, dude?! Hell no. Scratching your eye but it's still fucking itchy, dude?! Hell no. Like getting paid not a lot of money, dude For fucking working?! Hell no. But Cape Verde at the fucking World Cup dude?! Hell yeah, hell yeah bro 1849149 491
Reposted by Marvinjh4Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026huge clearance by Pico Lopes. Ireland stand up 31005 100
Reposted by Marvinjh4Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot. 2479951793 8K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving. 8883363712525 33.6K
Reposted by Marvinjh4bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts! 12999991846 10K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Martim 🏀 @mempire25.bsky.social · 01/07/2026🏀📊Alright, a lot of stuff happened in a short amount of time. I'm just turning this into a single thread for all the Lakers transactions. So, I'll begin with saying Walker Kessler is one of the best rim protectors in the NBA and that's been true since his rookie year: 🧵⬇️ 133 3
Reposted by Marvinjh4Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/07/2026What an incredible World Cup by the DR Congo team, who overcame a devastating Ebola outbreak and war, and brought unity and hope to so many through dark times. Fimbu! 137100001012 10K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I am - with great, world historical reluctance - officially handing it to Harry Kane 3171455 714
Reposted by Marvinjh4Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026on the one hand Wikipedia vandalism is bad and shouldn't be encouraged but sometimes you look at a Wikipedia page at just the perfect time 833353 333
Reposted by Marvinjh4tami lam @cuppy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost. 3777784003 7.8K
Reposted by Marvinjh4andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026if congo pull this off i want the british museum empty by midnight 242739656 2.7K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Micah @rincewind.run · 01/07/2026a) there are, like, single digit trans girls in sports in most states (sometimes literally one!), this entire thing is made up so that one girl who wants to play sports with her friends can't do it b) do not, under any circumstances, make policy based on angry sports parents 6749361025 4.9K
Reposted by Marvinjh4C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Competitive high school sports are not about gladiatorial domination; they exist to teach kids teamwork, comradery, promote exercise, and give them a sense of accomplishment. I can think of no better way to accomplish those goals than to compete alongside our trans brothers, sisters, and siblings. 41541324 1.5K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Eldritch Racasner 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 29/06/2026VAR is great if you were like "I like soccer but there's just too much scoring in it." 0161 16
Reposted by Marvinjh4Basketball Jones❤️🖤🤍🏀 @shawnjohn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Maybe the NBA should rethink their relationship with Draft Kings and other gambling organizations (they won't) and stop running commercials nonstop through their broadcasts. 1212629475 2.6K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Ben Gulker @brgulker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Sports gambling is a cancer. The NBA should be ashamed of how it has embraced and promoted it. 2865476780 5.5K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way. 15957772048 5.8K
Reposted by Marvinjh4Siri Dahl @siridahl.com · 25/06/2026Everybody wants to talk about how “addictive” porn is while Kalshi, Polymarket and Draftkings are sponsoring & advertising at every major media event, targeting primarily men, and bankruptcy rates have risen 30% since online betting was legalized 2334501252 3.5K
