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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The democratization of higher ed was unimaginable without federal spending, selective credit policies (they help banks lend), and regulation.

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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had to re-read this a couple of times.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Serious question: who is turning to the NYT for news these days?

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's that time again!

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 21/09/2026

You have to hand it to the Times. When it comes to local stuff they are just so good at trolling 90 percent of their own readers while making the other 10 percent happy. I like to imagine that the Real Estate people and the Vows people have a scoreboard, like Legolas and Gimli in Lord of the Rings.

AFFORDING NEW YORK
How a Risk Associate Lives on $110,000 in
Lenox Hill
While his mother helped him buy a co-op in Manhattan, Sean de Ganon, 26, has also benefited from learning financial literacy at a young age.
By DAVAUGHNIA WILSON

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

OK, that's going to do it. Great call. Will there be t-shirts?

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Let's see that list of "top 59 cities," please

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Who are they keeping behind the barrier? You can't make this stuff up.

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

good lord; whiteness is always exhausting

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

She adds, "But Republicans have made it a big attack on you," which is a telling statement. Stated simply: We don't find it newsworthy either, but it's our job to use talking points from one side and parrot them back to the other side. If not, we'll be accused of bias. (Also, my boss is Bari Weiss)

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here's a 50 second intro to the U.S.: simultaneously a dangerous and destructive place (always has been) and a generative, even radical (in a good way) one.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We're TIRED of being called RACIST for saying RACIST SHIT ALL THE TIME!

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The brilliance of folks who don't know that bank-issued money and Treasury-issued dollars are *not* the same thing. (Note: I wrote a book about the FHA.)

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026

“Earlier this year, Washingtonians and the nation alike got a glimpse of D.C.’s approach to policing in Navy Yard. Video recorded on April 18 captured a Metropolitan Police Department officer stopping two young women on a bike and pulling them forcefully to the ground, …”

51st.news

Opinion: D.C.'s Black teens deserve better than curfews

Policing in Navy Yard is already out of control, and criminalization is likely to only make things worse.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here we go. This is how to build democratic capacity. Let the games begin!

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play by post @playbypost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One thing people don't talk enough about irt this michigan poll is that not only is it 67% pro-embargo, it's like 20+% are 'idk'.

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you could see me now, you'd see me nodding.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bari Weiss maybe the most prominent racist in all of American media. And unrepentant, enthusiastic anti- Muslim and anti-Arab bigot her whole adult life.

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Freddy Frai @heyfreddyfrai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fellow union members, please #BoycottStarbucks 💪

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

that is LITERALLY how I responded, out loud (and before I saw your text!!)

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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Incredible

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You know, fear of doing a belly flop.

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oh my god! It's spreading! . . . (But I should just be quiet and stay in my lane.)

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 25/08/2026

Love this for the Abundance crew

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

just seeing this. . . .looking forward (and my kid is recording some stuff that you might find interesting)

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This *might* create an opening to discuss how the Treasury funds spending (by Congressional approval and creating currency; NOT by redistributing tax revenues). But I won't hold my breath.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Obviously I don't think it's a smokescreen, but I'm with you on the rest, to be sure! (If you're interested, check out: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

elgaronline.com

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Also, scholars (and others) have challenged the tax-and-spend narrative for generations. Heterodox schools of thought are seen as "fringe" because they threaten a story about federal power that is held sacred (namely: that it's separable from "private" market forces).

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David M. P. Freund @mpeterf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Operationally speaking, the U.S. has *never* relied upon tax revenues to spend. Bond sales literally swap IOUs (replacing US dollars with an interest-bearing version). Now the *politics* of taxation is a big deal; no disagreement there.

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