number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 20hEconomic systems still have a governance structure. Decisions can be made democratically under socialism or by private tyrannies under capitalism 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Personally I think the argument should be against the barbarous practice of capital punishment and not that we are forced to see ourselves clearly. sanitizing it so we can pretend we were civilized isn't the way 030
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'd say democratic planning is the core feature of a socialist economy. Dirigisme isn't sufficient 110
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine. 402634643
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10/10/2026The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...mondoweiss.netAfter three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinctThe Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival… 8156111
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yesterday afternoon, ICE agents — who did not present a warrant, and who appear to have been disguised as construction workers — fired 7 shots into a car with a 5-year-old child, hitting Oscar Belgal in the neck. 421228484
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Remarkable. 🚀 @elerianm.bsky.social @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 19530170
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026UMich Current Conditions... 44.7... that's an all-time low 213638
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialBen Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of the dominant narratives about the labor market over the past couple years has been that it's a "good time to have a job but a bad time to be looking for one." I think that's only half true. A quick 📈🧵: #EconSky #NumbersDay 310828
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“There are serious problems with X. Nevertheless, the solution is more globalization, freer markets, congestion pricing and a carbon tax.” There. I just saved the UK govt £18k. 010
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275942512
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234081271
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech. 1883286186989
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Democracy Now! has now gone from constantly inviting Max Tegmark to platforming people from none other than MIRI. That's right MIRI. Y'all know how bad that is? Do you understand the level to which they are doubling down on the eugenicists? 10288100
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hard disagree. Being outdoors in the Canadian winter is the only way to get through a Canadian winter w/ your sanity. Ski, snowshoe, hike, skate, winter camp, ice fish, hunt, sled, etc. Everything is way harder if you don't force yourself out there. Exercise and sunlight is your friend. As is wool. 110
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialMatt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So Alberta separatism basically means inescapable economic pain for 20 years for a long term chance at either humble benefits or intense costs. What a bargain... financialpost.com/news/economy...financialpost.comAlberta split from Canada would damage province’s economy, study findsSeparating from Canada would cause significant economic damage to Alberta from which it would take years to recover, a study says. Read on. 131
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialEnchantedHickie @enchantedhickie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'Damn Good' - California Wealth Tax Explained 💥 #taxation #billionaire #revenue 👉 Everyone follow the great @deanbaker13.bsky.social 👈 www.patreon.com/posts/169599...patreon.comCalifornia’s Wealth Tax Is Not Perfect: But It’s Damn Good | Dean BakerCalifornia’s Wealth Tax Is Not Perfect: But It’s Damn Good by Dean Baker on Patreon. Join Dean Baker's community for exclusive content and updates. 074
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this. 15303974816125
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cable news (and personal wealth) is making you dumber every day Chris. 010
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Gotta discipline labor. The American ruling/ownership class will never do anything that lifts the boot off the American worker. Every one of these policies threatens to do so. 030
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Three men spend a considerable amount of time traveling through a dry, sparsely populated region while attempting to determine the location of some money. Along the way, they occasionally disagree about who should have it 010
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I've also heard this and it vibes like that line about equality feelings like oppression to the privileged but I would also be interested in seeing some data on it 080
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I just read middlemarch last spring and that George guy really knew how to write a book 030
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Sanders's proposals combined high-income & wealth-related taxes w/ broad payroll taxes, including taxes ultimately borne by ordinary workers. Tax Policy Center's analysis of it said that the largest burdens fell on high-income households, but taxes increased across the income distribution. 120
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Markets are not capitalism and they predate it by thousands of years. They can exist under socialism, feudalism, etc. Wal-Mart is a command and control allocation hierarchy internally, as are all corporations. Dictatorship by private owners is Cap. We need to stop conflating 2 separate things. 0332
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The last good thing Fetterman has, and will likely ever do, was dragging Dr. Oz for his crudité 010
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Likely little traction w/ long island types but I'm convinced left populism is the only chance we have w/ rural dive bar type Republicans. They are filled w/ contempt for the ruling elite. Giving them a narrative that refocuses anger in a productive direction seems obvious path through purple states 1102
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Loose old batteries in a junk drawer are a surprising real fire hazard. Would really encourage you to drop them off at the local recycling center next time you go 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"look forward, not backward" - Obama 2009, endorsing elite impunity 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Nathan you should go on his podcast. @edzitron.com invite Tankus on to discuss this 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 30/07/2026These people don't do shit except misallocate capital towards the dumbest shit possible. Their only successful investment is in the 'thought leadership' that repeats the dogma that they are somehow useful. Democratize investment and rid the world of these leaches 000
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The US military is conducting air strikes in Iran, a US official told Axios on Wednesday. 47523
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 29/07/2026One guy is like 40% of the discussion on this site! I'm not interested so I don't follow, but my feed is still meta-takes about his takes! I'm deeply uninterested in knowing anything about his little take controversies and the dumb little groups that or pro/anti his takes. Muting seems reasonable 010
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Really good reporting on a horrific practice I had never heard about either 050
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 23/07/2026He says he does under the state constitution. Zero down side to trying 000
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Looks like the Houthis first operation….. 728486
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Better yet just appoint a democratic senator for the remainder of the term. Beshear has claimed this power, he needs to use it 110
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026One of the great flimflam artists of history. Amazing that he continues to sell bullshit stories and people continue to throw money at him. 031
Reposted by @number-name.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Ghalibaf: 1830992
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Nothing on worker's councils or any mention of worker cooperatives? Public ownership is not inherently democratic. Union stuff good but they are essential countervailing institution. Program surprisingly anemic on economic democracy. Need workplace self-management and control over production 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The 2nd is clearly a bantustan formally declared “independent”. It will have some state-like institutions with repressive authority and patronage, but whose sovereignty remains essentially fraudulent. I guess I just described the west bank. They support the status quo without the ongoing settlements 020
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026No idea about out west but in the northeast the deer are an ecological disaster that are stunting forest growth. Need more hunting of does for meat, not bucks for trophies. 350
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I dont know Levi or if they identify as left-wing but there is no materialist analysis where a tiny country is puppet-master of the superpower. Narrative that Israel is a proxy state of the American empire is at least recognizably leftwing in that it uses the familiar analytic tools of the left 130
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The post-k stuff is marginalized to like 2 depts. NSSR stopped admitting grad students. It's a tradition that is unlikely to be able to reproduce itself much longer on American soil. I'd say the ideological disciplining within the econ profession is extremely successful! 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Confused, this shows tax wedge for a single, childless person earning exactly the national average wage. It does not show that labour taxation is the necessary, or best, way to finance better services. 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Not even pretending there is a military objective. Bragging about his war crimes. Will accomplish nothing except Iranian in-kind response in GCC. No plan for this war and no idea how to end it. The worst leader imaginable 020
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026She played a central role founding the German Communist Party in 1918 and was one of the leaders of the antiwar socialist opposition that split the SPD. Agree more a Gramsci type than a Lenin in that she is principally remembered for ideas and martyrdom. Not sure why she is in the feed this morning 000
number-name.bsky.social @number-name.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Progressives should stop running away from the term socialism. It is okay to want a more democratic economy not ruled by the tyranny of capital. Zero benefit to arguing within the right's framework for this debate. 030
