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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 6m

Dear Quebec voters. Are there any cases you can think of recently in which one society withdrew from its political-economic union with its closest neighbors? If so.. how has that worked out for them? Any lessons one might think about drawing? There will be a quiz on Monday.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 3m

Brecind Brelapse Breback Brefold Brentry

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2h

I think this is right about Ukraine, but pretty obviously wrong about the Iranians and the Houthis, an overly credulous reading of their aims. Even before the current war, Iran maintained networks of proxies and militias across the region and has pretty obvious hegemonic aims.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.

Line chart titled "So far during Trump's second term, just 8% of all job growth has gone to men" showing change in employment by gender since January 2025. Total nonfarm employment grew by 776,000 jobs through September 2026, with women gaining 711,000 positions (92% of growth) while men added only 65,000 jobs (8% of growth). Women's employment gains accelerated sharply through 2026, reaching 711,000 by September, while men's employment growth remained flat with brief periods of decline, including a drop of 96,000 jobs in February 2026.

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Nick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 8h

God bless the real time engagement farming on LinkedIn.

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Hugo Gye @hugogye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ridiculous behaviour from the Tories. Dealing with unfriendly journalists is a basic requirement for a political party!

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Roger @arbejdsmyren.bsky.social · 10h

In Denmark a scientist plotted data and research findings into Claude, only to see Anthropic publish the findings as something the LLM had conjured up on its own. The theft of one scientist’s data and work translates into false claims about the model’s ability to generate research #ai #eupol

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 9h

Also, university intranet sites break. Lecture room IT breaks. Have all your teaching materials on your website as a backup and in many cases an easier way to access it.

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 23h

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right?

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 22h

I find this line of attack odd. 1) surely the panel did not err in evaluating this already? 2) if this was the explanation why the subterfuge and why not advertise it at the outset when the money was being funnelled into the club? [Referring to 2nd half of story about claim $ came from state]

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Man City: HMRC urged to scrutinise tax implications of verdict revealed by Premier League

The Treasury Committee, which is responsible for overseeing HMRC, has urged the body to scrutinise tax implications of the Manchester City verdict.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

QTWTAIN Marvellous piece by @mtkonczal.bsky.social in which he carefully examines, and completely demolishes, claims that Trump's deportations have helped native-born US workers. A lesson for the UK obviously. newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/can-we-fin...

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Can 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.

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Glen Jackson @glenjackson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WE ARE THE 99.9 PERCENT?: New numbers from the Federal Reserve show that the gap between the merely rich and the really richer is widening. The top 0.1 % of earners have seen their wealth more than double since 2019, reports WSJ That same top 0.1 %, or roughly 137,000 households, now owns 15 %

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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider

The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.

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Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another rollercoaster day sees gilt yields end lower as US Treasuries rally - could all change tomorrow after US payrolls! I get that some people want to make this all about Burnham, but it really isn't. Just look at France, with Italy now also being dragged into another EU debt crisis... 👇

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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had no idea this was an option.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kind of presume that these conditions are not the norm, because if they were the Russian army would not be able to maintain the status quo - which is roughly what they are doing.

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Helpful diagram of Man City’s finances. Not entirely sure it’s helpful to the transparency argument

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Several of these 😂 but modified to make the laughing hysterical and tragic and angry.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great to see that Lee has discovered the idea of the counterfactual. Now all he has to do is to apply it to Brexit.

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Stephen Williamson @1954swilliamson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exactly. This isn't about "trolling" and having some fun making jokes about Trump. For us, it's existential. We know exactly how Trump behaves. You can kiss his butt for years, and he'll wake up one morning and decide to punch you in the face. Trying to "deal" with this guy is a waste of time.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes, this article is as facile as it promises. It quotes Steve Bannon as saying that the trolls are 'playing with fire'. And a former US ambassador to NATO is allowed to point out that Macron 'is French after all'.

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 01/10/2026

On rejoining the EU Support: 55% Oppose: 34% ... but on the conditions of single currency and Schengen membership Support: 35% Oppose: 43% via YouGov, Jun 2026 britainelects.substack.com/p/is-rejoin-...

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Is Rejoin happening anytime soon?

Ten years on from the EU referendum

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Staggered at the number of supposedly intelligent, right-thinking people who still think they are immune to X’s powers. Boromirism.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The perfect illustration of how America has gone to war on itself and is now less able to face external challenges.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The truth is I can't run any more and find it hard to get in position and no longer help the team out elsewhere, and it's not in me to make a dignified exit.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're seven months into losing a war that costs $100 million/day in military outlays and raised the price of gas $1.5/gallon. All we have to show for it is more radical Iranian leadership and a blown up school. "Just warriors" isn't working, bring all those other people back and put them in charge.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My AI assisted spam filter is battling AI assisted recruitment consultant emails and seems to be winning💪

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 30/09/2026

I feel dumb even just having to say this but the reason passports are mailed out in plain regular envelopes is that so that people do not attempt to steal easily recognizable passports in the mail. bsky.app/profile/carn...

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OK but FFS the evidence is gathered. How much more evidence do you need? A majority seem to support it but that might prove soft if political campaigning focused on it. I don't think the situation is going to be clarified with more evidence gathering.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gotta hand it to the US administration, standing up for its new principles.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Better to say nothing. At the moment it looks like it would be much better if they sold City and gave it a fresh start, after ruining 15 years of the Premier League with their cheating. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Andy Burnham 'really concerned' if Man City owners sell up after rule breaches

The prime minister compares the allegations against Man City to the plight of his own club Everton.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The AI guys have missed a trick here. They should try to get Trump to hate on data centres and then maybe people will take the cue and assume they are a good thing.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WaPo taking this too much at face value. Surely more like looking for an excuse to shake those companies down and get some equity.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 30/09/2026

As the article notes, it's pretty wild that the U.S. tourism numbers are crashing like this in a year when they literally hosted the World Cup. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love the hoops jumped through to explain an equation

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Premier League News @plnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Manchester City's artificially inflated sponsorships according to independent commission findings. (BBC Sport)

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I also liked that there was apparently‘irrefutable’ evidence that they were innocent on all charges, evidence that somehow they did not have before and present to the panel.😂

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Only way forward is to come to Bluesky drinks, check people exist and then read their posts, repeat.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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cgsneal @cgsneal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can't wait to go to a Sono V6 pro gig

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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