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Paul McNamara

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Sovereign Debt “veteran” (retd.) apparently

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · Nov 12

Big flow of new followers. Lmk if we were mutuals in the other place, decent starter pack from @tobyn.bsky.social here bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 1m

Really has to be nominal not real to be „brutal”, no?

Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 28m

Man is on fire today bsky.app/profile/fint...

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 30m

BESSENT ON SURGE IN GOLD PRICE: MORE BUYERS THAN SELLERS

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 59m

Chuck Prince, hold Scott’s beer

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1h

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: We are just seeing the beginning of an AI boom.

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 17h

Wayne Bridge for Chelsea. Ans if you extend it to Germany, Kuntz clearly referred to the fans at the Lane.

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 18h

Ah yes, Argentines famously not liable to national pride or an inflated sense of their country’s importance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 20h

Not sure I’d bet that way

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 1d

Strong endorse

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘The best cop show’: Blue Lights just gets better with every single episode

This rivetingly tense Bafta-winning drama crackles with raw energy. Its third series is its finest yet – and is rapidly becoming one of the greatest TV series in existence

www.theguardian.com

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 1d

*not a Nobel

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 1d

Thing by me on today's Econ nobel in @alphaville.ft.com : www.ft.com/content/b8aa...

Idealist and/or materialist theories of economic growth

[FREE TO READ] Nobel committee: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

www.ft.com

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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 1d

GOLD AND SILVER ARE THE NEW MEME STOCKS

Most commonly mentioned, and most positively mentioned, tickers on r/WallStreetBets over the past 12 hours are $GLD and $SLV, per SwaggyStocks

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · Jun 2

The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.

These are the ones published since Labour won the election.

"We are happy to correct the record."

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 1d

I spent a decent chunk of my working life dunking on goldbugs, but ngl, not sure why you wouldn’t have 5-10% in disaster insurance these days

Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 1d

Gold went up on Friday because of market anxiety over tariffs. That anxiety went away over the weekend, but gold is up anyway today. There's something increasingly otherworldly about the rise in gold prices, which are now up 23% since Powell's Jackson Hole speech on Aug. 22...

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Barbara Plett Usher describes the condition of the Palestinians released from Israeli prisons - thin, emaciated, pale, unable to walk by themselves.

Israel routinely tortures and sexually abuses Palestinians they hold. They also withhold medical treatment.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

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.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 2d

Well this bloke not gets £500 for a gig, suggesting that akshully they do www.lastminutemusicians.com/members/emin...

Michael Mathers - Eminem Tribute Act | Last Minute Musicians

BOOK WITH 0% COMMISSION! Michael Mathers - Eminem Tribute Act, Michael Mathers is a highly-rated and authentic UK based Eminem Tribute Act.. A member of the 'Bands & Ensembles' category at Last Minute...

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 2d

Well QED. Nobody has to call say the Champions League the Nobel Champions League to get people to care about it.

Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t believe nobody beat me to pointing out NOT A PROPER NOBEL.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 3d

Pavlov rings bell, complains that dog salivates.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

❗️Reportedly, these are armed uniformed Russian men at the Estonia-Russia border.

Friends from Estonia, could you please provide more details? Thank you!

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Mr Market Miscalculates 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ @mrmarketmis.bsky.social · 3d

No crying in the 50x casino

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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 3d

„ Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons”

Me, contemplating Haaland’s hat-trick tonight