Reposted by Rasmus DuretKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/06/2026now that's a fucking Space X IPO headlinetheverge.comThe world’s first trillionaire is a killerElon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering. 7744731284
Reposted by Rasmus DuretAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/05/2026JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible. 316171843450
Reposted by Rasmus DuretRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle 811226440
Reposted by Rasmus DuretBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun. 48567832646
Reposted by Rasmus DuretEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement 43693263076
Reposted by Rasmus DuretBeJohnSay 🖤🤎✡️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @bejohnsay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president 78114703788
Reposted by Rasmus DuretAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is. 14725698916894
Reposted by Rasmus DuretChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/20265/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable. 516150283338
Reposted by Rasmus DuretThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things 322241464867
Reposted by Rasmus DuretGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 14/01/2026Danes are on the right course here 18802105
Reposted by Rasmus DuretCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/01/2026* GREENLAND GOVERNMENT: FROM TODAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED MILITARY PRESENCE IN AND AROUND GREENLAND -- IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NATO ALLIES @reuters.com 16745641142
Reposted by Rasmus DuretAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added. 947292397633
Reposted by Rasmus DuretFederal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...youtube.comStatement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. PowellYouTube video by Federal Reserve 1133238169094
Reposted by Rasmus DuretClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10/01/2026really feels like Becca Good saying “go get some lunch, big boy” is when he snapped. the kind of man who joins ICE is absolutely the kind of man who thinks women should die for saying things like that. they absolutely crash out when we aren’t cowering in fear and making them feel scary & powerful 13944887
Reposted by Rasmus DuretAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/01/2026Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere" 18962344813
Reposted by Rasmus DuretAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/01/2026The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made 891187274674
Reposted by Rasmus DuretSteven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Bravo! As deserved as it gets. Wendy Carlin is a treasure. 0214
Reposted by Rasmus DuretMaia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 28/11/2025JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics 51699587
Reposted by Rasmus DuretRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/11/2025Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/ 288117062437
Reposted by Rasmus DuretProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 12/11/2025This guy with his insights was president of Harvard when I was on the junior faculty It was not a pleasant time to be a female economist at Harvard 810919
Reposted by Rasmus DuretKristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Time to reshare this piece on the pitfalls of following the road Denmark has taken on immigration: ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...ukandeu.ac.ukDenmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing EuropeKristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls. 29246
Reposted by Rasmus DuretOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam 644254642
Reposted by Rasmus DuretThe Onion @theonion.com · 04/11/2025In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War 136121382846
Reposted by Rasmus DuretFlorian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7 25987193
Reposted by Rasmus DuretStephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...gamefile.newsScoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last yearCompany leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File 1963467982
Reposted by Rasmus DuretPeter Sterne @petersterne.com · 23/09/2025More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff... Do you support or oppose "defund the police"? Support - 21% Oppose - 74% Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services? Support - 54% Oppose - 41% 821717364
Reposted by Rasmus DuretThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2025Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From theonion.comTrump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew FromLONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr... 172127033063
Reposted by Rasmus DuretNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right? 576285738593
Reposted by Rasmus Duretyoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social · 13/09/2025KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim." 90211186740
Reposted by Rasmus DuretErik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 11/09/2025if they're calling it the Reichstag fire themselves doesn't that sort of give the game away 42020394
Reposted by Rasmus DuretOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now." www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...nbcnews.comThe 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S. 161628570
Reposted by Rasmus DuretIain @iainnd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad. 442173014530
Reposted by Rasmus DuretJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 24/08/2025I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department. 5654681060
Reposted by Rasmus DuretMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2025BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed. 604122349685
Reposted by Rasmus DuretRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 24/07/2025Donald Trump’s White House is melting down over Wednesday night’s South Park premiere, which just so happened to attack the president’s “teeny tiny” manhood.rollingstone.comTrump White House Rages Over 'South Park' Episode, Calls Show 'Fourth-Rate'The White House is furious at "South Park" after the show's premiere lampooned Donald Trump, depicting him in bed with Satan. 661154329
Reposted by Rasmus DuretNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/07/2025BREAKING: JOINT STATEMENT FROM REUTERS, BBC NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS & AFP. Warning that their staff face death by starvation in Gaza. Horrifying and unprecedented. 241051666
Reposted by Rasmus Duretmadoc cairns @madoc.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence. 34824621127
Reposted by Rasmus DuretTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Today is London Pride. In contrast to previous years, you barely notice it. No rainbow flags in shops, no special deals and advertising, no corporate pride statements. Not that Sainsbury's rainbow bags are an essential part of LGBTQ+ identity but this withdrawal is a dire sign of our times 1/ 1030770
Reposted by Rasmus DuretThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 09/06/2025Full article here: chaser.com.au/world/la-cop... 14813238
Reposted by Rasmus DuretGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 06/06/2025ABC reports Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being returned to the United States abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...abcnews.go.comMistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: SourcesMistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on the way back to the United States to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S., sources say. 8094372260
Reposted by Rasmus DuretAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/06/2025EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky 30950490
Reposted by Rasmus DuretG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 05/06/2025New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom. Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵gelliottmorris.comMedia coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not DemocratsPublic opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up 452053587
Reposted by Rasmus DuretMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 04/06/2025this is just a chart of women entering the workforce 1952062
Reposted by Rasmus DuretJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/06/2025My sophisticated statistical analysis reveals that the blue line Granger-causes the red line. 619825
Reposted by Rasmus DuretMichelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 03/06/2025By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on. 835150840
Reposted by Rasmus DuretNBER @nber.org · 31/05/2025Universal school masking reduced weekly COVID-19 deaths by 0.57 per 100k people. 50 percent of districts removed mask requirements by spring 2022 contributing to 9 percent of COVID deaths that year, from Guzman, Imberman, Filosa, Kilbride, and Malkus www.nber.org/papers/w33849 14283114
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra)
