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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 21h

"All three men were born outside the United States, but each received his doctorate from a university in the U.S."

It was nice while it lasted

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Unprecedented grift & corruption, happening daily right in front of us

Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 3d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 2d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Got the flu & new COVID shots today with the family, but my kids only got the flu shot because there are no pediatric COVID vaccines right now because dangerous anti-science lunatics have taken over the centers of national public health & are sabotaging them

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 2d

I want undergrads and grads to go to citation boot camp prior to regular classes. You have to know how to cite. You have to know to cite. You ain’t come up with that.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 2d

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3d

20 billion dollar US Treasury + Fed bailout for Argentina's Javier Milei. Cui Bono? "Funds at investment firms including BlackRock, Fidelity and Pimco are heavily invested in Argentina, as are investors such as Stanley Druckenmiller and Robert Citrone, both of whom worked with Mr. Bessent."

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

The preferences, they have been revealed

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 3d

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 3d

Great way to find out that months' worth of work went directly into the trash

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 3d

A big thanks to @mit.edu. Their saying NO to the compact will hopefully make it easier for smaller schools to say no as well. This is a collective action problem & MIT is signalling they're choosing cooperation over self interest. Too bad @columbiauniversity.bsky.social didn't do this earlier

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 4d

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 4d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Lauren Prather @laurenrprather.bsky.social · 4d

Excited to share the launch of my new center at UCSD focused on trust and transparency in U.S. elections. We will be supporting research on election administration and voter confidence through research-practice partnerships. More to come! today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san...

UC San Diego Launches Nonpartisan Center to Build Trust in US Elections

The Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections, with the support of a $2.5 million grant from the Election Trust Initiative, will test new ways to strengthen public confidence in U.S. elections acro...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 4d

A professor is threatened online, has his flight canceled mysteriously, and this is all his university has to say:

“Rutgers University is committed to providing a secure environment (...) where all members of our community can share their opinions without fear of intimidation or harassment,

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d

Literally, the central cleavage in American politics:
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 6d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 6d

Expel. The. Ambassador.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "We're competing for the same business. That's the problem. That's why I keep mentioning one way to solve that problem is a very easy way."

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Gustav Meibauer @meibauir.bsky.social · 7d

Neorealism, liberalism, constructivism.

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Chris Jackson @chrsjcksn.bsky.social · 7d

A couple I play soccer with - of hispanic lineage but born US citizens with parents born US citizens - was driving to one of their parents, were spotted by people in masks in an unmarked SUV (presumably ICE?) who then followed them to the parents and then sat outside the parents house for hours

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

Immergut: You're an officer of the court. Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?

Hamilton: I'm not a policy maker

Immergut: You're a lawyer

In response, Hamilton basically argues no geographic limit to federalization of CA guard...

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 8d

What a vile piece of shit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hello, fellow cadets

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 8d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 8d

Are there any San Diego-based independent journalists I should follow?