Daniel McDowell
@danielmcdowell.bsky.social
Family man | Professor @Syracuse | Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council | Fmr. China Fellow @TheWilsonCenter | Geoeconomics, Finance, & Cleveland sports | www.danielmcdowell.org
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Sisypheus hauling services. You’ll keep calling us back.
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Sisypheus hauling services. You’ll keep calling us back.
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Levada Center Russia survey: "Would you be more likely to approve or disapprove if a member of your family or loved one signed a contract to participate in the special military operation?"
May 23: 52% approve, 41% disapprove
Apr 24: 47% app, 44% dis
Oct 24: 40% app, 42% dis
Oct 25: 30% app, 55% dis
May 23: 52% approve, 41% disapprove
Apr 24: 47% app, 44% dis
Oct 24: 40% app, 42% dis
Oct 25: 30% app, 55% dis
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Levada Center Russia survey: "Would you be more likely to approve or disapprove if a member of your family or loved one signed a contract to participate in the special military operation?"
May 23: 52% approve, 41% disapprove
Apr 24: 47% app, 44% dis
Oct 24: 40% app, 42% dis
Oct 25: 30% app, 55% dis
May 23: 52% approve, 41% disapprove
Apr 24: 47% app, 44% dis
Oct 24: 40% app, 42% dis
Oct 25: 30% app, 55% dis
Evidence that new US sanctions on Russian oil are starting to bite:
"China's state oil companies and some Indian refiners are avoiding buying Russian oil due to concerns about falling foul of secondary sanctions."
Link: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
"China's state oil companies and some Indian refiners are avoiding buying Russian oil due to concerns about falling foul of secondary sanctions."
Link: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Evidence that new US sanctions on Russian oil are starting to bite:
"China's state oil companies and some Indian refiners are avoiding buying Russian oil due to concerns about falling foul of secondary sanctions."
Link: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
"China's state oil companies and some Indian refiners are avoiding buying Russian oil due to concerns about falling foul of secondary sanctions."
Link: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Imagine being told in 1987 that this headline would exist in 2025
President Donald Trump has pardoned Mets great Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges, citing the his post-career embrace of his Christian faith and longtime sobriety.
President Trump pardons New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges
President Donald Trump has pardoned New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges, citing the his post-career embrace of his Christian faith and longtime sobriety.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Imagine being told in 1987 that this headline would exist in 2025
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Brazilian beef is tariffed at 76.4%
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Brazilian beef is tariffed at 76.4%
Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (Video)
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November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Reminder that China wants to be a gold hub because it has absolutely no desire for the RMB to rival or replace the dollar as the dominant international reserve currency, since that would require it to reverse literally every one of its macroeconomic policies:
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Cambodia will be the first country to store gold reserves in China. www.businesstimes.com.sg/internationa...
Cambodia to store gold in China, boosting Beijing’s bid to build global bullion hub: sources
The deal with Cambodia involves storing new purchases of bullion, rather than relocating metal from existing stockpiles Read more at The Business Times.
www.businesstimes.com.sg
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reminder that China wants to be a gold hub because it has absolutely no desire for the RMB to rival or replace the dollar as the dominant international reserve currency, since that would require it to reverse literally every one of its macroeconomic policies:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Cambodia will be the first country to store gold reserves in China. www.businesstimes.com.sg/internationa...
Cambodia to store gold in China, boosting Beijing’s bid to build global bullion hub: sources
The deal with Cambodia involves storing new purchases of bullion, rather than relocating metal from existing stockpiles Read more at The Business Times.
www.businesstimes.com.sg
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cambodia will be the first country to store gold reserves in China. www.businesstimes.com.sg/internationa...
There's never been a baseball game that did not involve my team that I've thought about the following day as much as that game last night.
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There's never been a baseball game that did not involve my team that I've thought about the following day as much as that game last night.
Poor Toronto. Man.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Poor Toronto. Man.
I've had at least three heart attacks in the last 5 minutes.
I just can't with this WS right now!
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I've had at least three heart attacks in the last 5 minutes.
I just can't with this WS right now!
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I just can't with this WS right now!
Am I the only one who loves watching Ohtani pitch with dirt all over his uniform from running the bases?
November 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Am I the only one who loves watching Ohtani pitch with dirt all over his uniform from running the bases?
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Pro-China propaganda posts are especially prevalent recently, so here's a quick reminder that Russia's war machine would have collapsed long ago were it not for all the help Russia gets from China. Putin is just Beijing's stooge. It's really China that's waging war on Western Europe via Ukraine...
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pro-China propaganda posts are especially prevalent recently, so here's a quick reminder that Russia's war machine would have collapsed long ago were it not for all the help Russia gets from China. Putin is just Beijing's stooge. It's really China that's waging war on Western Europe via Ukraine...
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
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Russia's budget deficit will be even larger this year and could reach 3.5% of GDP. The recent budget correction assumes 42.8 trillion RUB expenditure, but Q4 would have to be historically frugal to achieve that target. After Q3, already 72% of the plan was spent. 66% is normal.
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Russia's budget deficit will be even larger this year and could reach 3.5% of GDP. The recent budget correction assumes 42.8 trillion RUB expenditure, but Q4 would have to be historically frugal to achieve that target. After Q3, already 72% of the plan was spent. 66% is normal.
An absolutely brutal way to lose G6 for Toronto there.
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
An absolutely brutal way to lose G6 for Toronto there.
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Chinese goods are flooding global markets. There's countless examples. Congo is just an extreme one. This trade diversion shows how hard US tariffs have hit China. The way to exploit this vulnerability is to gradually ratchet up tariffs, not the current back and forth that makes the US look weak...
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Chinese goods are flooding global markets. There's countless examples. Congo is just an extreme one. This trade diversion shows how hard US tariffs have hit China. The way to exploit this vulnerability is to gradually ratchet up tariffs, not the current back and forth that makes the US look weak...
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I worked a 6-7 into my grad seminar today so I consider it a successful semester
a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I worked a 6-7 into my grad seminar today so I consider it a successful semester
If you grew up as an NBA fan in the 90s like me, this is like putting on your favorite old pair of jeans. It just feels right.
Bob Costas returns to NBA on NBC as he gets us ready for Clippers-Warriors!
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you grew up as an NBA fan in the 90s like me, this is like putting on your favorite old pair of jeans. It just feels right.
Tried to watch a Wemby highlight on here and my computer crashed. That tracks.
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tried to watch a Wemby highlight on here and my computer crashed. That tracks.
Well, we got legalized sports gambling. What we didn't get was better sport.
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Well, we got legalized sports gambling. What we didn't get was better sport.
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The NBA on NBC is back, check out the new intro with Roundball Rock
October 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The NBA on NBC is back, check out the new intro with Roundball Rock
Trying to understand a trilateral currency swap is basically like trying to understand a triple interaction term.
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trying to understand a trilateral currency swap is basically like trying to understand a triple interaction term.