Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Really perfect economic combo where interest rates are increasing fast enough that homeowners are facing declining home values *and* homebuyers are facing increasing monthly payments. Just pure pain for everyone involved in buying or selling a home right now. 20657110
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10/10/2026One thing that I keep thinking about with policing overall, and this is a particularly egregious version of it, is that cops generally don’t have any sense of risk modulation. Either they act like there’s no risk or that there’s extreme risk and that assessment can change in a split second. 524439
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialThe Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 10/10/2026She’s up like four zillion, so this isn’t any kind of an electoral stunt, she genuinely wants to lock up minorities like it’s 1993. 2236
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialKarthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He really seems much more at ease with The Patrimonial State than with The Matrimonial State. 1153
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026if you think the seppies get less radical after losing.... 4937
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wu on redistricting if Dems get control: "You do the exact same thing that they did to you until they say mercy" and agree to national, bipartisan reform. 291740336
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/09/2026Private equity-backed Florida railway Brightline files for bankruptcy ft.trib.al/7BtosANft.trib.alPrivate equity-backed Florida railway Brightline files for bankruptcyOrlando-to-Miami route seeking to popularise high-speed rail in US has filed for Chapter 11 to cut nearly $6bn in debt 4169
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/09/2026The delicate bargain of the British monarchy ft.trib.al/lpIP6TDft.trib.alThe delicate bargain of the British monarchyA damaging new book by Earl Spencer and the return of the Sussexes pose two new threats to the stability of the House of Windsor 194
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialAdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I just want the Biden economy back 🥹 0243
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026meanwhile PQ is heading for a majority 😭 1282
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 25/09/2026"I crank through ten indicators where we might expect to see that payoff. But there is no employment or wage-growth boom for native-born workers in this data. I can’t find it." newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/can-we-fin...newsletter.mikekonczal.comCan We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers?Shoot the moon! Ten hypotheses, ten charts, and no payoff for native-born workers. 59824
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026(Bloomberg) - US manufacturers installed roughly 38,500 industrial robots in 2025, a year in which they simultaneously cut more than 100,000 human jobs. @blsuth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... 38458252
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialTobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Akazawa Ryōsei, who negotiated the US-Japan "trade" agreement last year and remains point man for its implementation, just published a short book about the negotiations. I'm reading it in case he says anything interesting but I'm not expecting much, esp. since he's still in the cabinet. 1466
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor. 13638331786
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/09/2026Students and faculty across the country were punished for their actions in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus ScandalStudents and faculty across the country were punished for their actions in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name. 44212
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Saturday that is meant to prevent interference in California’s midterm elections in response to efforts by President Trump and other Republicans to restrict voting participation.nyti.msNewsom Signs Bills Meant to Prevent Trump’s Interference in MidtermsGov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation that would make it illegal to interfere with ballots or election records in response to efforts by the president to restrict voting. 721640
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 16/09/2026NEW: The city Correction Department has suspended a top official and is seeking to fire him over allegations that he made inappropriate comments to a female subordinate, The City Reporter has learned.buff.lyTop Rikers Official Suspended as Department Seeks His FiringSelwyn Fergus, who was promoted to associate corrections commissioner last month, allegedly made inappropriate comments to a female subordinate, sources told The City Reporter. 095
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026if 'chatting with your friends every day' was what social media was, than this would be true. Since it self-evidently isn't ... 2428718
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 13/09/2026Apropos this somewhat clunky 🧵 on weaponization and power politics, here is another example of what "weaponization" entails and how it rewrites political dynamics.link.motherjones.comSTORIES FROM MOTHER JONES AND ITS PARTNERS 244
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“.. It never drew the 100,000 annual attendees that its leaders had hoped for — it turns out that Denver may not have been an ideal spot for a cable museum and that cable itself ‘maybe was not as compelling as to draw that kind of crowd.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b... 1822040
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialcastawayfarmtoo.bsky.social @castawayfarmtoo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The President of the United States is a traitor. 321745334
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In 2028 AOC is going to suggest that JD Vance defending the ongoing Iran War means he supports it and the New York Times is going to shit itself sideways and give her forty-seven Pinocchios. 91080149
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 10/09/2026this piece may as well have vance in the byline 1761844
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialYakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I reiterate that for all the deficit issues the reason for rates doing what they are doing is that the global trading system is in crisis and markets think the Fed Chair and Treasury Secretary are clowns. 417941
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 11/09/2026.........France was defeated and the UK had a massively overstretched navy, an air force on the ropes, and an army that had just left most of its shit on the wrong side of the channel while the US was just starting to gear up to build the navy that won the war? 61459
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialYakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Interesting paper just dropped in the great data center debate and it's not great news. Data centers seem to raise the yields on local govt debt since they have a very low long term multiplier and large perceived externalities on public infrastructure. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com 11305109
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 09/09/2026did he fuck your mom or something 1221915
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026liberal democracies really need to unite in defense of liberal democracy to counter the global fascist movement that has emerged and is funded by tech billionaires 1442674
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 09/09/2026there's a couple of us who have remembered the PLA exists m.facebook.com/story.php?st... 3689
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026TIL that Rancho Cucamonga has Temu Zohran running for mayor except instead of building more housing his entire housing platform is pure NIMBY 2461350
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialPolitico @politico.com · 07/09/2026This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: Bernie Sanders lets loose on the Democratic Party, the midterms and 2028. The 84-year-old progressive champion built a movement. Could it survive without him? 🔗 politi.co/4czy413 Also in this issue👇🧵 2762346589
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 06/09/2026that NYT piece is the clearest evidence yet that (rightly or wrongly) this was the rubicon moment for what got everyone on board that pete has to go 615927
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In NYC, Mayor Mamdani has launched the Office of Worker Power, designed to connect workers who want to unionize with education and resources. Former US Labor Sec Julie Su is overseeing the effort & the executive director comes from the UAW. "When workers can organize, everything changes," said Su.prospect.orgMamdani Opens Office of Worker Power - The American ProspectThe new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy. 141785484
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 04/09/2026the audience gets a vote!liberalcurrents.comThe Audience Gets a VoteA media strategy is just that: a strategy, with both strengths and limits. 1908
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialShoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I get annoyed with Trump voters who are doing well. Like people completely unaffected by events either personally or psychologically. 5669
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 04/09/2026as a reminder, the boat murders are a) very clear cut crimes and b) crimes where the command responsibility liability is limited to a couple dozen people, total, from pete to ac commanders it's the one specific area dems (if they have to pick only one) should be focused on making examples of in DoD 111108239
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 04/09/2026As US President Donald Trump hardens his stance over negotiations, Tehran remains determined to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. ft.trib.al/DT1jfJT 2162
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026a plurality of Americans literally be like 5580104
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 30/08/2026also USAID has been extremely focused on building local capacity for at least a decade (it was always focused on it to a degree but it took on much more salience in the 2000-10s) it's just that as it turns out the kind of places that need foreign aid also aren't exactly overflowing w/local capacity 1232144
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Also mutual aid fails during recessions. You want a counter cyclical safety net and that means government because it does not have to "belt tighten" 959160
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Middle powers can absolutely afford to provide public informational goods that wreck hegemonic choke points 642164
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/08/2026So far this year, New York City has issued permits for 74 projects that would convert old office buildings into homes to address its housing shortage, a New York Times analysis of city data shows. The pace of these office-to-residential conversions has quickened sharply.nyti.msNew York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing CrisisA New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply. 1414334
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 30/08/2026good news is the navy has been working very hard on making sure the CVW is irrelevant against the PLA and our sub force is way good now to go check on what the Boise is up to 2362
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat 17965311840
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialNathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Patriotic Americans have an obligation to stand with our country. Which means standing with Canada and our other G7 allies. 211928
Reposted by @sherman30.bsky.socialMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 22/08/2026nah this one is actually gonna be one of the easiest to fix because they've tried to rip out the woke by......just being super racist and sexist vs any sort of institutional change, so making examples out of the GOFOs who hopped on the racist and sexist train will be sufficient to shift things back 1657463