Reposted by LudoFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 8hQ: What do you say to those who are struggling to afford gas, groceries, diesel? Trump: We have the greatest economy in the history of our country 75314105
Reposted by LudoKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2hA perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis— 28858342
Reposted by LudoSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 5hSince 1830, technology has cut the American workweek from 69 hours to 38 while raising real income per person roughly 20-fold. Properly managed, A.I. can do the same. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o... 10369
Reposted by LudoSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 4hThe computer revolution wiped out 2.8 million clerical jobs: typists, data entry keyers, file clerks, secretaries. It also created nearly 4 million jobs in computer occupations that barely existed in 1990. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o... 1266
Reposted by LudoSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 3hSo far, A.I.'s losers are routine office jobs like data entry keyers and customer service reps. Its winners are data scientists and the trades building the data centers like construction laborers and electricians. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o... 64413
Reposted by Ludoteddyfan.bsky.social @teddyfan.bsky.social · 4hSome of us don’t want to be friends with fascists. 0131
Reposted by LudoAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9hSimilarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much. 38636200
Reposted by LudoAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 7hThis is terrible. She was a great scholar. www.denverpost.com/2026/10/01/m...denverpost.comFormer Colorado Supreme Court justice Melissa Hart diesFormer Colorado Supreme Court Justice Melissa Hart died Thursday, nearly a year after she resigned from the bench following an extended personal leave of absence. 1326
Reposted by LudoKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5hThe new track is called “guess what? We’re white” 941255207
Reposted by LudoT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 7hI know national Ds have to prioritize other races, but I do wish they would run up the score in NC to lengthen Roy Cooper's coattails and free us from the NCGA 624132
Reposted by LudoHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6hThe largest Senate Republican super PAC has canceled millions of dollars in North Carolina and moved the money to Kansas. This likely means Republicans think Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton could beat incumbent Republican Roger Marshall. 1513952
Reposted by LudoWill McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 9hThe Frankensteinian trust of Paramount, Warner Bros., CBS, Turner, and Discovery will be called...Skydance. I'm glad the pieces are retaining their individual identities so they can dissembled when staggering debt collapses this exercise in corporate hubris. whbl.com/2026/10/02/d... #FilmSkywhbl.comDavid Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery will be named SkydanceOct 2 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said on Friday that the combined company would be named Skydance, once its merger with Warner Bros Discovery closes next week. The name was cho... 26448128
Reposted by LudoTerndis Shipperound @clearsonnyday.bsky.social · 16hI want to watch an NFL where Colin Kaepernick would have continued playing for a decade after being celebrated as a man of conviction and an NFL that never allowed the likes of Deshaun Watson to suit up again. 963388465
Reposted by LudoMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 20hStraight up: As a woman in football, this sucks to listen to. This week in particular. 2196432669
Reposted by LudoMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 9hThere's a pretty direct line between "When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything" and this kind of MNF banter. The rot is everywhere in our society but it's a lot worse in some places than others. (screenshot from sports.yahoo.com/articles/al-...) 536264
Reposted by LudoRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 9hwe're 4 weeks into the season at this point. has any broadcaster done the bare minimum of saying "Watson was accused of sexual assault by 20+ women" instead of merely saying he was dealing with some sort of indeterminate "issues" 959786
Reposted by LudoSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 12hWhen people talk about rape culture this is exactly what they mean: Michaels and Herbstreit minimizing and dismissing the allegations of dozens of women. 0661150
Reposted by LudoSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 9hSome morning musings on AI. We need to stop talking about this as technology issue. It's an ethics & law enforcement issue. Thread: 520446
Reposted by LudoChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11hThis is obscene. Buy enough of Trump’s crypto, and you can buy your way into a dinner with the President. Buy even more, and you get VIP access. Presidential access with a price tag. #PayToPlayPresident 139987450
Reposted by LudoMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 10h“Can the right use misogyny and male supremacy to purchase loyalty from nonwhite men for a white supremacist project?” Was one of the questions posed by the 2024 cycle that genuinely hasn’t been answered yet. 720226
Reposted by LudoMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 10hI have wondered how this inevitable progression of white nationalism toward hostility and exclusion of Asians would play among the population of monied, male revanchists in Silicon Valley. 926254
Reposted by LudoW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 10hThis is a guy that the media has promoted a dozen times in the last few years. He was on Bill Maher's show two weeks ago as a reasonable conservative. 31978227
Reposted by LudoUpjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 9hNew #Jobsday analysis from @aaronsojourner.org. #econsky 032
Reposted by LudoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23hCSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.” 43683521648
Reposted by LudoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23hEvery time Trump shows up Paxton’s poll numbers go down. I wonder why. bsky.app/profile/atru... 911517283
Reposted by LudoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23hI missed this in the Constitution. 1789106422396
Reposted by LudoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10hI don’t think Kid Rock should continue to call himself Kid when he looks 102 years old 6136136665
Reposted by LudoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9hExit polls showed that 75% of truckers voted for Trump in 2024. Now they are struggling to survive. 6222663783
Reposted by LudoElise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 10hManufacturing employment grew modestly in September, a gain of 9,000 jobs. But the fact remains that manufacturing employment is still down 21,000 jobs since January 2025. It's hardly a manufacturing boon. 1115
Reposted by LudoElise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 10hNotable weakness in today's #jobs report for this morning. Payroll employment grew by 29,000 while downward revisions to both July and August totaled 60,000. July is now recording losses. The job growth in September (29,000) is slower than the prior 12 months (45,000). #EconSky 63023
Reposted by LudoElise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 9hSlower wage growth means that with higher prices, workers and their families continue to find it difficult to make ends meet. Year-over-year real wages fell for five months in a row. When the latest price data is out on October 14, we'll learn if real wages have fallen for six months straight. 2219
Reposted by LudoWendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social · 9hReminding folks of my NYT op-ed from last fall. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks LikeMaking America less hospitable to newcomers will eventually make our country poorer. 0227
Reposted by LudoAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 9h"Suppose that in the next decade AI miraculously increases productivity by a third, far more than almost any economist predicts... then everyone could have 12 weeks a year of paid vacation, implying 40 weeks of work." @deanbaker13.bsky.social deanbaker22.substack.com/p/big-insigh...deanbaker22.substack.comBig Insight for the AI Will Take All the Jobs Gang: Work Hours are NOT FixedPro Tip: Fewer Hours Mean More Jobs 6137
Reposted by LudoBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10hBreaking News: The US only added 29,000 jobs in September. They were expecting 84,000. Unemployment is also up. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs... 1041053307
Reposted by LudoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hCNBC on the September jobs report: "A bit of a disappointment. Expecting 90,000, comes in at 29,000. And we see two month revisions down 60,000 ... average hourly earnings -- this is a big miss. Big, big miss. We were expecting up three tenth. This comes in at one tenth." 1391522495
Reposted by Ludodarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 22htrump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end” 1773593591
Reposted by LudoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026😳 Trump's hand as photographed moments ago (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty) 6282132424
Reposted by LudoStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 20h“Annihilating Iran”—which can only mean the widespread use of thermonuclear weapons against Iran’s nearly 100 million citizens—is, I’m afraid, the Chekov’s gun of Trump’s second term. He has spoken too often and too explicitly about unleashing such wanton destruction for it to be an idle threat. 53767226
Reposted by LudoDiana @dianad617.bsky.social · 11hEverything she is worried about, will get worse under him. Except her hate for bodily autonomy. Their Christian nationalism is disturbing, and the worries about sharia law are bananas. 021
Reposted by LudoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hNew in PN: The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges "What 'canons' did all but one of MN's district court judges violate? Well, they spoke to the Times and made Trump sad. You won't be surprised to learn this is not in fact a violation, but that isn’t going to stop Blanche, now is it?"publicnotice.coThe mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judgesBlanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed. 27955312
Reposted by LudoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hDUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business on the September jobs report: "The numbers do not look good. I'm looking at 29,000 jobs added. That is well below expectations for 90,000, and our unemployment rate jumps up to 4.2%. A significant slowdown." 36140621227
Reposted by LudoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10hThe Golden Age rolls on … bsky.app/profile/atru... 531195253
Reposted by LudoCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10hLowest since Sept 18, on the weaker than expected jobs data. @cnbc.com 1723040
Reposted by LudoJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 13hLater in the clip she says “there is an English group of people, a Welsh group of people and there are Scottish people, and we all unite under a unifying idea of Britishness”. Ah but Suella there’s the rub! Can only white people be “Scottish” too? Take your argument to its logical conclusion! 613411
Reposted by LudoJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 13hNot a novel observation by any means but the irony here, of course, is that it is precisely the UK’s successful approach to multiculturalism that has allowed us to generate a brown white nationalist. 48751157
Reposted by LudoAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 10h+29K jobs gained last month (mid-Aug to mid-Sept). -60K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months. The big picture 48128
