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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 7d

AI is coming for your job faster than you think and here’s who will be replaced first nerds.xyz/2025/10/ai-c...

AI is coming for your job faster than you think and here’s who will be replaced first

A new Elevate report predicts AI will replace millions of jobs by 2030 with data entry clerks, telemarketers, and cashiers most at risk and creative roles still holding out.

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 8d

Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...

Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza

“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 11d

I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Accelerationist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Quiz: What’s Your AI-dentity?

Are you an AI Doomer, an Accelerationist or somewhere in between? Answer these questions to find out.

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 11d

Already today, Israel has:

-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza

-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis

-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City

-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia

All in violation of the “ceasefire.”

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 11d

The Creeping Integration of Far-right Parties in Europe
www.swp-berlin.org/publications...

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 11d

Crypto derives its value largely from the support of politicians and government officials — in particular, officials who can be bribed. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-crypto...

How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 14d

Why Trump lost the Nobel Peace Prize (which he wasn’t qualified for in the first place) universul.net/why-trump-lo...

Why Trump lost the Nobel Peace Prize (which he wasn't qualified for in the first place)

Donald Trump has earned a reputation for being the guy who does what he wants, even as president of the United States... But this is only the case at

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 15d

hi hello unpaywalled

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

www.wired.com

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 15d

The Nobel Committee is like, "This is why that orange asshole doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize and why we are rewarding the exact opposite of him."

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15d

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · 28d

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows theconversation.com/right-wing-e...

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows

Donald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the US. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism.

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · Aug 28

Millions of followers ≠ engagement. @theguardian.com has 1.4m followers on Threads with almost no engagement. On Bluesky, links can get 3–4x more clicks than likes.

The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”

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clintballinger.bsky.social @clintballinger.bsky.social · Aug 29

“when we look at the World Bank database, there is no evidence that higher interest rates down-regulate inflation.
If anything, the evidence suggests that rate hikes make inflation worse.” economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/02/19/i... #econsky

Interest Rates and Inflation: Knives Out – Economics from the Top Down

There is strong evidence that higher interest rates don’t mitigate inflation. Instead, they might make it worse. I wade through the details here.

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Ryan C. Smith @rcsmitheco.bsky.social · Aug 29

"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter...prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year..."

Which is what every competent economist has been saying for over a year now. Throttling supply of goods & labor, unsurprisingly, means prices go up.
#EconSky

‘It’s like when you see the tsunami coming in’: Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling

Consumers “don’t have a clue what’s going on,” said Raymond Robertson, a labor economist.

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Don't be a Drive-By Critic nathannobis.substack.com/p/drive-by-c...

Don't be a Drive-By Critic

The Ethics of Public Disagreement

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Aug 29

This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.

A drawing of a horse. The front half of the horse is black. The back half of the horse is white. The tail is black.

Text reads: I defragged my zebra

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Study: AI wiping out entry-level jobs for young workers www.neowin.net/news/study-a...

Study: AI wiping out entry-level jobs for young workers

Researchers at Stanford University say they have found strong evidence that Large Language Models (LLMs) are hitting entry-level jobs the hardest, especially for younger workers.

www.neowin.net

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 26

A careful study of every populist episode since 1900 finds catastrophic consequences, which play out slowly.

On average, incomes fall behind by nearly 15% over 15 years.

For the U.S., this is a cost of about $13k per person per year. Over a lifetime, that's million bucks.

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 26

How To Argue With An AI Booster www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...

How To Argue With An AI Booster

Editor's Note: For those of you reading via email, I recommend opening this in a browser so you can use the Table of Contents. This is my longest newsletter - a 16,000-word-long opus - and if you…

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Philosophy Majors & High Standardized Test Scores: Not Just Correlation dailynous.com/2021/07/14/p...

Philosophy Majors & High Standardized Test Scores: Not Just Correlation (guest post) - Daily Nous

You’ve probably heard that philosophy majors do well on standardized tests for admission to graduate and professional programs, such as the GRE, LSAT, MCATs, and GMATS. You’ve probably also heard the…

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads theconversation.com/studying-phi...

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sunny Days Are Warm: Why LinkedIn Rewards Mediocrity www.elliotcsmith.com/linkedin-tox...

Sunny Days Are Warm: Why LinkedIn Rewards Mediocrity

I, like many people, find LinkedIn particularly annoying. I like the premise of it, don’t get me wrong, a resume you don’t need to update all that often seems cool. Unfortunately though, its turned…

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Eric Prenen @eprenen.bsky.social · Aug 17

TrumpBessenomics: The First-Semester Report Card www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/202...

TrumpBessenomics: The First-Semester Report Card

Now that we are six months into the second Trump administration, it is worth revisiting the economic philosophy that I refer to as “TrumpBessenomics.” The term captures the fusion of Donald Trump’s…

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🚨 Live Stock Market News @tradersclub.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is unprecedented:

Core CPI inflation is back above +3% and PPI inflation is at its hottest since March 2022.

Meanwhile, President Trump is calling for a 300 BASIS POINT rate cut and is set to replace Fed Chair Powell.

Are you ready for what's next?

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Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wait. Isn't this...communism?
Also, maybe more market manipulation? Pump and dump?
#econsky #finsky

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Intel stock surges on report Trump administration mulls taking stake in company

Bloomberg reported Thursday that the Trump administration is exploring taking a stake directly in struggling chipmaker Intel.

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