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Rachel Elson, CFP®

@rachelelson.bsky.social
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Financial advisor, Perigon. Board, Sō Percussion. Ex-journalist. SF/BK. Arts omnivore, travel junkie, cyclist + newish swimmer. She/her.

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Diane Swonk @dianeswonk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The inflation we are enduring represents one long collision of demand and supply shocks, which includes the service sector. The rise in healthcare costs is better captured by the PCE index of inflation than the CPI. It also better captures tradeoffs consumers make in their spending decisions.
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/world...
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: U3
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Mortgage debt to household net worth — been thinking about charts like this lately:
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Endorse. 👷‍♀️🚧
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here's why this is so grim. Folks expected jobs growth to slow to +80k, but we got -23k. Also downward revisions to the last two months subtracted a total of -103k. So over the past three months, the US economy created about -200k fewer jobs than we had thought.
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
From @ewburak.bsky.social how pregnant & postpartum #Medicaid enrollees could lose their coverage due to work reporting requirements. While they are supposed to be exempt, they could fall through the cracks and get disenrolled due to the complex/onerous process: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/07/22/n...
Graphic outlining the burdensome process for pregnant and postpartum enrollees to remain enrolled in Medicaid under work reporting requirements.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Fascinating thread from the writer whose 2017 translation of The Odyssey you are now going to see many people reading!
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
20/20 foresight
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Cover. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
“.. The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,” said David McCraw, The Times’s top newsroom lawyer .. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
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Diana B. Henriques @dianabhenriques.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Okay, thank you all for participating on Bluesky today, but we have a winner. I repeat, we have a winner.
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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The cost of ACA coverage is likely to rise by a median of 14% next year, signaling future costs for other private health plans. www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-mu...
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How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027 - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
For 2027, across 77 insurers participating in the ACA Marketplaces from the 16 states and DC, the median proposed premium increase is 14%.
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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Obamacare insurers seeking double-digit rate hikes again. One reason: loss of subsidies means fewer — and less healthy — enrollees remain www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Exclusive | Obamacare Insurers Seek Big Rate Hikes, Again
Affordable Care Act plans are citing rising healthcare costs and falling enrollment.
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The soccer gods saw Argentina/Cabo Verde and said “But what if MORE insane.”
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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today is a good day to (re-)read Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Go on. It isn't that long.
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Forget Travis. Call me when Taylor marries Vozinha.
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nailpocalypse, Bart train, San Francisco. 💅
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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 29/06/2026
NYers who buy their health insurance on the state exchange: you have probably recently received a letter from your insurer informing you of the premium hike they are proposing for next year. My own insurer, Fidelis, wants to increase my premiums by over $225/month — an hike of 26% for a Silver plan.
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Can't we just clone this guy and dump those other bums?
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy 100th, Mel Brooks. Spent 10 minutes trying to pick out the funniest clip I could think of from one of his films. I'm not even sure this is it, but it's from the amazing climax of my favorite Brooks movie, so... enjoy "The French Mistake" www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6...
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Blazing Saddles- The French Mistake
YouTube video by bitchkitty
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Came here to see all my econ follows riffing on game theory in Algeria - Austria and am sorely disappointed.... #worldcup
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
next time you hear someone “throws like a girl” this is what you should assume they mean
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Interesting. New "classic" just landed! Thumbs up so far. Not as heavy as I'd thought it would be, and nice gearing....
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Landon.... aroundthefoghorn.com/sf-giants-un...
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SF Giants unlocked a new trade chip after Landen Roupp's not-so-subtle protest
SF Giants pitcher Landen Roupp protested Pride Night which shows he may want out of San Francisco ahead of the trade deadline in early August.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Love what the Australian soccer team says about modern Australia. Seriously, watch this video, and you'll be cheering for them too.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Shalit’s producer recalled seeing him “late in his career, entering a theater for a screening with a look of glee on his face. “My God, how could you?” he said. “You’ve seen two million movies.” “Yeah,” Mr. Shalit replied, “but I’ve never seen this one!” 🙏🏼 #RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Pogroms.
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Anti-immigrant violence erupts across Belfast after knife attack
Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast and torched a number of vehicles ​in a wave of anti-immigrant violence that followed a knife attack for which a Sudanese man appeared in court ...
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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Social Security's trust fund is projected to run out three months earlier than predicted last year. Its finances are hurt by a falling birth rate, reduced immigration, and the tax cut passed by the Republican Congress last year. www.npr.org/2026/06/09/n...
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Social Security funds could run short by 2032, program's Trustees warn
A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
republicans left the city en masse and you will absolutely believe what happened next
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Giles?!?! 😢😢 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/a...
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Anthony Head, Buffy’s Watcher and a ‘Ted Lasso’ Heel, Dies at 72
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Maple syrup is amazing because it’s just a socially acceptable way to drench a full plate of food in sugar water. Outstanding work Canada.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
announced layoffs in May hit their highest total for the month since 2020. (again, these are “announcements” and not always the final number that the layoffs will be over time.) www.challengergray.com/blog/challen...
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Challenger Report: May Job Cuts Rise 16% from April; Highest May Total Since 2020
Job cuts rose to 97,006 in May, the highest total for the month since 2020, as employers continued restructuring efforts amid rapid AI adoption. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, AI led layof...
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
And the thing is, if you *can* steamroll your journalists, they’re not good journalists by definition. You can’t have knee jerk deference to authority and good journalism at the same time
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Had a check go missing this year for the first time ever. Didn't realize it wasn't just me ....
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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
the two-way protected bike lane on Folsom is *finally* going in and I would like to salute the enthusiasm of the contactors putting in the temporary bike stencils omfg the bike helmet
two way parking protected bike lane on Folsom St in SFtemporary bike stencil omfg this helmet is radwords worke
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
(ABC News) - Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years .. abcnews.com/Business/tom...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time
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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A survey shows 40% of ppl making $500k or more live paycheck-to-paycheck How is this possible? 1. Social media makes rich ppl not feel rich 2. Surveys are more unreliable (watch what ppl do not what they say) 3. The pandemic broke sentiment readings awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/05/half...
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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The fullest accounting of the economic cost of war includes not just today’s dollars, but tomorrow’s lost opportunities. A dollar spent on war today is a dollar not spent on health care or education or infrastructure. Or it’s a dollar not available to the private sector for capital spending.
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
🧡🖤 Welcome home, Captain....
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Rachel Elson, CFP® @rachelelson.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Language matters.
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taxgirl @taxgirl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Missed the filing deadline? Still file. The penalty for not filing is usually much higher than the penalty for not paying. Even if you can’t pay yet, filing today can make a real difference.
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