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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 17h

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15h

I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 15h

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 16h

I spent a decent chunk of my working life dunking on goldbugs, but ngl, not sure why you wouldn’t have 5-10% in disaster insurance these days

Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 17h

Gold went up on Friday because of market anxiety over tariffs. That anxiety went away over the weekend, but gold is up anyway today. There's something increasingly otherworldly about the rise in gold prices, which are now up 23% since Powell's Jackson Hole speech on Aug. 22...

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

Has any american newspaper done an in-depth profile of DSA? @nathantankus.bsky.social @jwmason.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social

FT- worlds best capitalist newspaper writes about a remarkable decade for the DSA and the long tradition of socialists running US cities
www.ft.com/content/46f1...

Will Zohran Mamdani’s rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?

Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left

www.ft.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 16h

Tooze 10 yr predictions (& terrible soup metaphor):
1 Europe continues to decline
2 America punch above its weight because of $ & tech despite trumpism
3 Centre of world economy gravity shifts ever more to asia
4 Mercantilism & nationalists dominate econ policy
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.

adamtooze.substack.com

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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 15h

Feels like now already

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 16h

Tooze 10 yr predictions (& terrible soup metaphor):
1 Europe continues to decline
2 America punch above its weight because of $ & tech despite trumpism
3 Centre of world economy gravity shifts ever more to asia
4 Mercantilism & nationalists dominate econ policy
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.

adamtooze.substack.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 17h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 16h

Tooze 10 yr predictions (& terrible soup metaphor):
1 Europe continues to decline
2 America punch above its weight because of $ & tech despite trumpism
3 Centre of world economy gravity shifts ever more to asia
4 Mercantilism & nationalists dominate econ policy
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.

adamtooze.substack.com

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 1d

so no one was going to tell me that mountain lions and cougars are the same animal? as are pumas? and panthers?????????

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6d

China — here is stem cell therapy breakthrough in treating severe diabetes

US under trump — WiFI radiation opens up your blood brain barrier … VaCcINes aRE bAd www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

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Miriam Matthiessen @miriammthsn.bsky.social · 17h

Again, got to be one of the best dig episodes I’ve ever listened to and the bar is *sky* high

Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 3d

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: SECOND of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How asset boom and bust drove MAGA’s rise and also revealed powerful monetary tools that could make socialism—that and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/from...

From Fiscal Austerity to Monetary Abundance w/ Melinda Cooper

Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Balanced budget conservatism and supply side populism engineered a politics of austerity and budget deficit...

www.thedigradio.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Climate action is the only economic growth story of 21st century, says leading economist Lord Stern

- Fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 4d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Dr Sea Rotmann @drsearotmann.bsky.social · 1d

As a coral reef ecologist by training, this is the single-greatest heartbreak of my otherwise blessed life: the extinction of the greatest ecosystems on earth, in our lifetime, with full knowledge it would happen, because humans love fascism & tat more than life 💔 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me you don't read local newspapers in #Minneapolis without telling me you don't read local newspapers in #Minneapolis.

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

Has any american newspaper done an in-depth profile of DSA? @nathantankus.bsky.social @jwmason.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social

FT- worlds best capitalist newspaper writes about a remarkable decade for the DSA and the long tradition of socialists running US cities
www.ft.com/content/46f1...

Will Zohran Mamdani’s rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?

Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left

www.ft.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

okay but where do I get the jacket

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

Has any american newspaper done an in-depth profile of DSA? @nathantankus.bsky.social @jwmason.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social

FT- worlds best capitalist newspaper writes about a remarkable decade for the DSA and the long tradition of socialists running US cities
www.ft.com/content/46f1...

Will Zohran Mamdani’s rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?

Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left

www.ft.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

Has any american newspaper done an in-depth profile of DSA? @nathantankus.bsky.social @jwmason.bsky.social @danieldenvir.bsky.social

FT- worlds best capitalist newspaper writes about a remarkable decade for the DSA and the long tradition of socialists running US cities
www.ft.com/content/46f1...

Will Zohran Mamdani’s rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?

Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left

www.ft.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

Who is going to bail out Wall street?

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

By cancelling solar and wind permits, the Trump administration is taking billions of dollars out of your pocket and putting it into the pockets of gas utilities.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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