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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 10m

We're in a gigantic bubble where consumer spending isn't the number one source of GDP anymore. This is a bubble that's potentially bigger than the 2008 housing bubble.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Aug 4

Analysts show that capital expenditures on AI were so big over the last 6 months they added more to the GDP than *all consumer spending*. That growth is offsetting pain from the tariffs and slow job growth.

So the AI bubble may be propping up the whole US economy. What happens if and when it pops?

The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)

Plus how American professors are fighting back against the AI onslaught, a backlash over AI models in Vogue, and more.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4d

Premium: The AI Bubble's promises are impossible. NVIDIA's customers are running out of money, GPUs die in 3-5 years, most 1GW data centers will never get built, and OpenAI's Abilene data center doesn't won't have the power it needs before 2028 - if it ever does.
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The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises

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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 35m

Between 1/2021 & 11/2024, the "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average" had one of the largest 4-year hikes since the inception of the index in 1955.
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Two screenshots of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average. The first shows the price in 1/2021 was 252.588, the second shows the price in 11/2024 was 308.881. Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food and Beverages in U.S. City Average [CPIFABSL], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

"Miller’s contention about ICE officers 'having to street battle against antifa every night' is objectively absurd. Courts cannot possibly be required to accept anything Trump says, no matter how disconnected from reality."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see Sen. Gallego and Kelly are going to bat for Adelita Grijalva, as they and everyone else should be.
Speaker Johnson is stalling her swearing-in because her vote would help finally reveal the Epstein files.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

When he said “America First,” he meant South America.

Trump to Meet With Argentina’s Leader as U.S. Moves Ahead With Bailout

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 2h

The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide

Read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

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The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide

Read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 13h

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 2h

Emotional videos circulating on social media show Palestinian prisoners being reunited with their loved ones for the first time, sometimes after decades.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2h

Human rights advocates and healthcare workers are still calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been detained under harsh conditions by Israel for nearly a year.

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 3h

Hard to even comprehend this.
Coral reefs are lost.
We knew it was coming but still…
Coral reefs are lost.

Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1d

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

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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 1h

Trump is bought by Zionists, no doubt. But there's also no doubt he palled around with a known pedophile & is now doing everything in his power to downplay the Epstein files. Could be one of the many cases of "where there's smoke, there's fire," could also be nothing. Can't hurt to find out. 🤷

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 3h

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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 2h

Half of the Most Endangered Animals Are in Indonesia, Here's What UGM Researcher Suggests

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 4h

ICE exists to serve the prison industrial complex. They needed to create a fake crisis to justify even more mass incarceration. The US is a prison state.

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Steph Petrie @stephpet.bsky.social · 10h

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Devutopia @devutopia.bsky.social · 2h

UK government:
We need more AI for the NHS not reinvestment
We need digital IDs for everyone
Also the UK government…

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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 2h

Where could they be? I wonder why it's so difficult to locate them. 🤔🤬

A photograph shows the devastation in Gaza with a couple completely bombed out buildings standing amid piles of rubble.

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Taffeta Mammal 🇨🇦 @taffetamammal.bsky.social · 1d

It's maddening how we are supposed to care about the individual lives of the Israeli hostages, and not give a fuck about hundreds of thousands of Palestinian lives. Free Palestine!

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 1d

The sinister f**king wraiths at the BBC are already preparing the narrative that could be used to resume bombing the rubble of Gaza

Joy in Israel as hostages return but families say Hamas not honouring deal to return the dead.

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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 2h

I've already seen some pretty sus accounts on this site trying to airbrush the genocide. Wouldn't surprise me if some were this ⬇️

A screenshot of an article shows the title, "Inside Israel's million dollar troll army" and lines of text, "As well as its Israeli headquarters, the report lists seven offices - its 'media rooms.' These are mainly in the US, with the report giving details from its New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia, Orange County, New York, Florida, and then-forthcoming Los Angeles offices. The home page of Act IL's website sports a British flag alongside the Israeli and American, suggesting the organization has another 'local media room' in Britain." The accompanying photo shows two tv screens on a wall separated by a banner similar to the Israeli flag. The room is filled with people all sitting their own computer. The word Act.IL.HQ appears in the upper right corner of the photo.

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Clem.PM @clempm.bsky.social · 2h

There will now follow a Zionist influenced media campaign to vilify the occupied and airbrush the occupiers genocide out of western history

Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 1d

The sinister f**king wraiths at the BBC are already preparing the narrative that could be used to resume bombing the rubble of Gaza

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unhinged leftist ☭🔻 @gnommunist.bsky.social · 2h

this is good
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Decoding Fox News (@decodingfoxnews) on Threads

Jesse Watters tried to make a protester he dubbed "Antifa Kermit" look menacing. I added the words of Secretary of Homeland Security describing Antifa along with some footage of Antifa protesters from...

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 5h

“I killed your camera because I couldn’t kill you. And just as I destroyed your camera’s lens, I want to destroy your eye lens.”

Freed journalist Shadi Abu Sedo testified about what he went through inside Israeli prisons.

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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 15h

Why is it I know "Veterans of the U.S. National Security Community" are a bunch of spooks who are absolutely full of shit trying to manufacture a story that attempts to make NYT look like a reputable outfit fighting for our Constitutional rights? Lol. OMG, this is transparent BS. Try harder spooks.