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alex williams

@atwilliams.bsky.social

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macroeconomist and computer user at common-wealth.org, editor at www.continuousvariation.com, fellow at stanford, partisan of the republic of letters

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 22

"because only that exists which can be posted, bodies themselves fell under the regime of the symbolic" - literal Kittler

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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 1h

From Kim Phillips-Fein’s brand new review of Melinda Cooper’s COUNTERREVOLUTION. 🗃️

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“To really take on Trumpism, liberals and the left will have to think less about restoring a tenuous normalcy by winning particular elections or countering the especially noxious parts of Trump’s agenda, and more about how to rebuild those economic and political institutions—unions, tenants’ organizations, independent media, political groups—that give people the experience of political power and collective action. Instead of answering Trump’s personalistic politics by telling voters to let competent experts back into the White House so that they can take control—let alone responding to Trump’s transphobia or anti-immigrant politics by adopting aspects of that language in an attempt to win back the people drawn to him—what we really need is a way to remind many middle- and working-class voters what it actually means to live in a society in which they exercise some measure of agency, and in which the leadership of that society is democratically accountable in a meaningful way.”

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Spooky Adult Paul OBE(S) @sanjukta.bsky.social · 12h

I really think that the planned obsolescence of this country's copper/analog/electric transmission systems for sound (ie true "landlines") is a major, national-scale public safety mistake. Ironically it's one decision the old monopoly (AT&T) can still make unilaterally (w/ tacit govt permission).

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 19h

i mean if these arent your interests, what is your pathway to becoming a Young Republican these days?

Politico @politico.com · 21h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

hm maybe thats my book

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Postmodern Macroeconomics

Cibo🏴 @cibo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, you need to chill

Chart from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas charting GDP per capita with AI scenarios. It includes a benign Technological Singularity scenario and one where it leads to extinction. Both happen in the mid-2020s

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Zoo On Politicon

alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

[confronted with a politics task]
well this is all in the rhetoric.....

alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

i think the reason i like doing science is that the practice of it is all plato, and the reason i dont like doing politics is that the practice of it is all aristotle

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

crypto is for scamming, gambling, and hiding money

Allison Morrow @amorrow.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible reporting and writing from the CNN investigative team on the scammy world of crypto ATMs

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

www.cnn.com

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 1d

Ppl on this site are gonna be big mad about this, but I cant imagine anything that would boost Graham Platners campaign more than beating a well liked incumbent governor in a primary and I dunno why theyd not want to have him get a big early victory like that.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

Maine democratic primary just got even more crowded www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

www.nytimes.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

did not realize his name was stephen yakety-sax

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 1d

You gotta fucking tax these people man. You can't let people get this rich.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

The world's richest man, and owner of one of the largest social media platforms, is funding white supremacists seeking to undermine democracy everywhere he can. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

Far-Right UK Activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ Says Elon Musk Is Funding His Latest Legal Fight

Musk recently appeared by videolink at a massive London rally hosted by the anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

www.huffpost.com

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 1d

Lifetones - For a Reason [UK, dub/post-punk] (1983)
https://redd.it/4amf4a
https://youtu.be/ljfbuLCWIXc

Lifetones - For a Reason [UK, dub/post-punk] (1983)

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Mythy the Kitty @mythiot.bsky.social · 1d

Nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted you as the soyjak doomscroller Bob and myself as the chad organizer Sensei Sergio.

Bob Ferguson from One Battle After Another

Sensei Sergio from One Battle After Another

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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 1d

“If Congress lays down its arms on its most fundamental authority, I don’t know what leg they’re going to have to stand on,” said Brendan Buck, aide to former GOP House speakers Ryan and Boehner.

Agreed. It’s a baffling & frightening threat to the constitutional order.

wapo.st/4n5ksgv

Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money

Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.

wapo.st

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

many such cases

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1d

insufficiently macropilled i fear

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1d

this is not quite an anti-trust tragedy but it's certainly some kind of capital market regulation problem if people can buy assets that provide huge public goods specifically in order to destroy the public good provision

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

most recent mac demarco record is so good

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanksgiving is ruined. / Le jour de l'action de grâce est ruiné

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

via @michaeljanz.bsky.social - every communauto car in edmonton replaces 7 personal vehicles

distributed, affordable car share is something that is drastically needed in seattle.

alberta.communauto.com/edmonton/

Here. There. Everywhere. - Communauto Edmonton

Welcome to Communauto! When you join Communauto, you gain access to a fleet of over a hundred vehicles that can be rented at low cost for...

alberta.communauto.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

this is a great and straightforward thread

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

i am going to try to give a framework of my own understanding which laypeople can understand.

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 1d

yeah - I was impressed by the token-prediction as being as powerful as it is, but there's more going on than that and I don't really follow it any more.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23.

We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.

Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

of course: advances have been made in the intervening years,

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 13d

Geopolitically, it would behoove governments that seem extremely comfortable with the spread of crypto usage to at least acknowledge that it leaves a huge hole in their ability to monitor and/or control cross-border financial flows. Risks frustrating or even undermining foreign policy goals.

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