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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 21h

Really jumping the gun on the outcome of this ceasefire too.

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 1d

Just stop giving it out. Seems embarrassing for the cause of peace.

Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 1d

In America.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

The young progs yelled at you online, and, well, I guess you showed them! You helped render their culture an ugly, violent, stupid, contemptible wreck that will likely take decades to return to any form worthy of pride.

You showed those fucking kids! That will teach them to talk back.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

“The alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.”

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 3d

Absolute banger of a blog post from Dallas Fed economist Anton Cheremukhin who estimates breakeven payrolls have fallen to *30k* thanks to rapid declines in population growth.
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

Chart showing estimates of US population growth at monthly frequencies from 2017-2025 from BLS, BEA/Census, CBO, and author's calculations

Estimated monthly contributions to monthly breakeven payroll growth across population, changes in institutionalization/civilian status, and labor force participation 2017 - 2025

Estimated monthly breakeven payrolls rate from 2022-2025

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 4d

Ezra Klein should be really into Kat's candidacy right? Going on News Nation, doing politics the right way.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 4d

If you ever run into Elon Musk, please spit on him for me.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Anya Chalina @anyachalina.bsky.social · May 6

It's time for a new pinned post with some of my recent work.
Hi! I'm Anya! I draw fantasy illustrations like these. I am open for work and also accept private commissions.

📩: [email protected]
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/anya...
portfolio: anyachalina.myportfolio.com

"Nuptial Rites". The illustration shows a wedding ceremony. There's a woman in the left side of the image. She wear a headpiece decorated with flowers and holds a large egg in her arms. There are stairs leading to an elevated stage with musicians playing lute on both sides of the stage. There's a skeleton in a festive clothes riding a white horse in the center of the image. There are festive robes behind them. The room is decorated with tiles and there are two roosters in front of the stage. There are some poppy flowers in the foreground. The artwork is colorful with much red, blue and beige.

"Angel's Whisper". The image shows a room decorated with tiles and murals with a pool in the foreground. There's a queen sitting in on the throne in the center of the image. There's an angel standing next to her closely. There are two white peacocks in the room and two swans swimming in the pool. The artwork is mostly grey-blue.

"The Dressing Room". The illustration shows a woman with long black hair sitting in front of the mirror. There are people behind her holding and brushing her hair. There are flowers around the woman and behind the wall in the middle ground. There's a statue of a man on the right and some flowers and herons near it. There are broken plates and vases in the foreground. There are eggs in some plates. In the background there are buildings that connect to each other. The artwork is mostly pastel with pinks, blues, turquoise and purples.

"Sojourn". This artwork is inspired by "Picnic at Hanging Rock". The artwork shows a ruin with young women sitting and standing around it. There are two teachers among them. They are skeletons. One is holding a chihuahua and another one is reading a book. The young women participate in different activities such as reading books, drawing, sharing secrets with each other, playing flute and admiring the surroundings. There are two dogs in the foreground and a bird that one of the characters is drawing. There are trees in the background and some rock formations. Two young women are walking towards the rocks. The artwork is mostly green and brown with some white and light blue accents.

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 11d

This coming Monday, October 6th, I'm doing a 1 hour event talking about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker and new gov data on inequality. Anyone can join, come check it out! (registration link in the next skeet)

A stacked bar graph showing the evolution of income for bottom 50% households over the course of the last economic expansion (2009-2019). It shows that these households saw their income growth by a bit less than 30%, compared to about 41% for top 10% households.

The stacked bars show what components of income made up this growth. About half was from wages, with most of the rest from increased transfer payments.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8d

NEW from me:

In his 2nd term, Trump has pursued the largest trade war in modern US history—with 1 glaring omission. Computer imports are almost entirely exempt from tariffs

It's a special carveout that AI companies are now reliant on for their data center buildout🧵
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...

The Tariff Exemption Behind the AI Boom

Data Centers get Tariff-Free Imports. Why Shouldn't we All?

www.apricitas.io

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 8d

There has been basically no (public) reckoning with the democratic strategists who said that "raising the salience" of immigration/deportations in ~March would help Trump, which was obviously wrong at the time and has been proved wrong over the last 6 months www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9d

Incredible @perrybaconjr.bsky.social interview with Chris Van Hollen

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 9d

Trump has already implemented vast swaths of Project 2025 but Time had to wait for Trump to wear his “I love Project 2025!” t-shirt to write about it.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve been looking around for the most credulous mid-campaign piece about Trump’s obviously fatuous Project 2025 disavowal, and I think it might be this one from Politico. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 10d

Real embarrassing now that we know this doesn't even replicate

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

On MONDAY the 6th, 2pm EST, join me to talk about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker. I'll be talking about the data and answering questions. It will be fun! Anyone at all is welcome to join. Link to register in the next post!

A graph of the share of wealth held by the 50th to 90th percentile of households in the wealth distribution from 2000 to 2024. It has declined from around 34% to around 30%

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 11d

Republicans discovered that you can just say whatever the fuck you want and no one will call you on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Bessent on China: "At the meeting in Geneva when I asked them, 'Why didn't you continue buying soybeans and the other products' then had one word, and guess what it was? Biden."

Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 11d

And make fun graphs, like the one above that shows income growth in the last economic expansion, at the inequality tracker, here

Equitable Growth - U.S. Inequality Tracker

inequalitytracker.equitablegrowth.org

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 11d

Register here

Summary - Introducing Equitable Growth’s U.S. Inequality Tracker

web.cvent.com

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 11d

This coming Monday, October 6th, I'm doing a 1 hour event talking about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker and new gov data on inequality. Anyone can join, come check it out! (registration link in the next skeet)

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

And check out the inequality tracker and make your own graphs like the one in my first post here! inequalitytracker.equitablegrowth.org

Equitable Growth - U.S. Inequality Tracker

inequalitytracker.equitablegrowth.org

Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

Register right here!

Personal Information - Introducing Equitable Growth’s U.S. Inequality Tracker

web.cvent.com

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

On MONDAY the 6th, 2pm EST, join me to talk about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker. I'll be talking about the data and answering questions. It will be fun! Anyone at all is welcome to join. Link to register in the next post!

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

I don't understand why Klein keeps circling that speech. Kirk talked like that all the time. Trump talks like that all the time. What R methods are Ds supposed to copy/not copy?