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Mike Isaacson

@vulgareconomics.bsky.social

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Writer. Working on a book about the only nazi labor union in the US. Comms director Justice4Demi.org Philly sports. COYS. Anarchist politics. He/him or she/her not they/them. Website: creationsandstories.com

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · Nov 18

Gonna nip this in the bud before it's a problem. Please don't put me in your starter packs or lists

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 5h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Pushing on a string (economics)

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Didn't arm the track (recording)

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 14h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 14h

"The chancellor approved it"

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David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 5h

It really sucks how the key to writing is really to just be stressed out for days before you actually sit down to write, obsessively thinking about the topic to the detriment of your health and personal life.

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Mr Halloween @jarjarfan69.bsky.social · 5h

It is vitally important that we keep increasing the budget for these guys so that they can continue to perform at a high level.

NBC News
(Immigration)
Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 5h

PORTLAND "BURNING": The best I've found so far on X of a video trying to show Portland is 'burning'. Video of a number of tiny homeless related fires, taken months apart.

Of note, the poster has been convicted of embezzling from city homeless service grants.

1,500 likes in a day

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, it's written on their vests who is who

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6h

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

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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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 5h

The government will not overthrow itself

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 11h

I hate when liberals say antifa is not an organization like how would you fucking know

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 5h

this is maybe the most offensive misuse of the term emotional labor that i've ever heard lmao

Mizzy Blundell-Straw MP 🌹 @mizzyblundellstraw.bsky.social · 12h

The emotional labour of thinking

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 5h

the frog king has gone up another $10

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 18h

oh shit, the prices are rising

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 5h

(In that case, public officials didn't want to deal with the riots resulting from grassroots desegregation efforts anymore)

Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 5h

I dunno, the civil rights movement and MLK were INCREDIBLY UNPOPULAR when the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. You really don't need public opinion to be on your side, just the facts of accounting

Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

Hey #COYSky, American here. How does purchasing matchday tickets...work? Do we need to buy a membership to get them?

Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

Protest isn't about shaping narratives, much as nonprofit types like these would want everyone to believe. It is about making the continuation of injustices logistically costly/impossible for oppressors.

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

Presidential transition doesn't happen in a day. In all likelihood, the FBI was under the control of Biden's people by January 6th

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

If some group of laid off *good* journalists launched a news group that only covered immigration related news, I would subscribe for sure.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9h

The US is a straight-up police state, more egregious than the vast majority of ‘totalitarian regimes’ we (in the Global North) grew up being warned about.

Picture the Feds took with supposed Latin Kings leader (whose wife says he’s being framed) is 100% inspired by the IDF

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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 10h

And people called those NHS snipers a waste of money

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

As far as tactical effectiveness is concerned however, based on an interview I read with one of the frog suit guys, they appear do be good at reducing the effectiveness of chemical weapons

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 6h

A lot of people seem to have been able to make sense of what these invasions are without concluding that we ought to stop funding them.

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

This basically sums up immigration detention in the US forever

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 9h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

It means that you don't support the protests because of the absurdity of the protestors, so there is no reason to believe that that is what would make someone else do so, not that that really matters in the first place as far as tactical effectiveness is concerned

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 6h

This is correct. You probably couldn't have picked a consistently worse team. That said, a lot of being a football fan is supporting your team despite them sucking, which because of draft rules and salary caps is bound to happen to a team at least every decade

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

[gift article] this is terrible. What does Hochul have to say about this?
www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Migrants languish in ICE, Border Patrol hold rooms across New York

In Buffalo, Albany, New York City, and along the Canadian border, detained migrants are waiting longer and longer in temporary holding facilities.

www.timesunion.com

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