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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 19h

I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 11h

Yes #sophiefromromania, I am eating a biscuit

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 9h

And here’s one from long before my arrival

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Jewels @bluebluejules.bsky.social · 2d

DUI hire.

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Agree, he is excellent at his job and despite other people saying that if the suspect was black he would be face planted, I believe this officer would be the same with any person no matter how much melanin they have. He did a very good job 🌎

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans in charge of Congress have abdicated all responsibility for governing the nation to Trump. There are no checks. There are no balances. No Kings.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

We are not a monarchy. We are a constitutional democracy.

Let the world hear loud and clear today: America will never have a king.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

Happy No Kings Day to the millions who celebrate!

#nokings #october18

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... This week’s episode of Movers & Shakers is about falling over - and some strategies to prevent it

Movers and Shakers: Falls

Strategies for staying on your feet

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 1d

#Caturday vibes:

My cat stared at a wall for 20 minutes, then sprinted around the condo like she’s training for the Meow-lympics. Anyone else’s furball this chaotic today? Seasonal hormones?
🐾😹 #CaturdayChaos"

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 3d

🤣 oh my little Sophie! So it seems like you got caught doing something you shouldn’t. That’s ok though because it was good practice to perfect the “it wasn’t me face”! 🐾😎

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John Lourenze Poquiz @johnlpoquiz.bsky.social · 6d

New working paper with Diane Coyle. In this paper, we present some measurement challenges that we could face once AI becomes transformative.

NBER @nber.org · 8d

Outlining how transformative AI challenges existing economic statistics and proposes ways to better measure its impact on productivity and output, from Diane Coyle and @johnlpoquiz.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34330

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 5d

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... The peerless Paul Krugman with the truth about the crypto industry - “one of the prime beneficiaries from a new regime of crony capitalism, in which an industry’s success depends on its ability and willingness to bribe the right people.”

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 4d

youtu.be/_VTeRiMisfc?... I hadn’t heard of Geobeats but when they told me they wanted to tell the story of #sophiefromromania I gave them an interview and a whole pile of video - I hope you will agree they have done a lovely job

Terrified rescue dog hid behind sofa for 6 months

YouTube video by GeoBeats Animals

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 4d

This is a great summary showing how patience and love turned a very frightened puppy into a beautiful, shy, sweet dog who was cheered on daily by people like me from around the world praying for a little pup to come out into her new forever home. 🐾❤️🙏

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 6d

Well #sophiefromromania ran further and faster than she ever has before but she still couldn’t catch a dog called Bibi..

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 6d

Oh baby girl Sophie, I’m loving Mondays now because getting to see you run around with other dogs and living your best life, melts my heart. Patience and Love ❤️

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations. You’ve made Canada proud 😎

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Canadian Peter Howitt among 3 Nobel winners in economics | CBC News

Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among a group of three researchers who won the Nobel memorial prize in economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 9d

🎉 We were delighted to celebrate the official launch of the Bennett School of Public Policy earlier this week at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Our goal is to equip the policymakers of tomorrow with the skills, insights, and experiences they need to tackle the complex challenges of our time.

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #Caturday! 😸 My cat just zoomed across my keyboard, typed "furrget work," and knocked over my coffee. Now I’m pawsitively convinced she’s plotting a hostile takeover of my laptop. Send help (or treats)! 🐾 #CatLife #SendTreats

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 8d

I can’t believe this headline is from the Post. How quickly it turned into trash 🤬

🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 10d

👇 I can’t even say forgive them for they know not what they are doing, because they know exactly what they’re doing 🌎 “making up studies” to prove what they’re saying. 🤦‍♀️🤬🆘🌎

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 10d

I have a new article out.

TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee.

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Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973*

Abstract. In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 10d

“We’re doing the studies to make the proof”. Science doesn’t work this way and this idiot belongs in hell. J&J and others need to sue him into oblivion 🌎