Peter Gratton
@petergratton.bsky.social
Peter Gratton, PhD, is an editor at Investopedia, book author, and professor of philosophy. He covers political theory, technology, finance, and political economy. Views are definitely my own.
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Reuters has done some really great investigative reporting on the impacts of Trump's retribution campaigns
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reuters has done some really great investigative reporting on the impacts of Trump's retribution campaigns
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According to a 2020 study, Walmart was among the largest employers of SNAP and Medicare recipients among the states surveyed.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
According to a 2020 study, Walmart was among the largest employers of SNAP and Medicare recipients among the states surveyed.
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another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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This isn't just heart breaking, it's terrifying. Your financial situation shouldn't be a factor in receiving or responding to life-saving care. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Odds of surviving cancer drop drastically when credit score dips — Harvard Gazette
Study explores links between financial stress and mortality risk.
news.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This isn't just heart breaking, it's terrifying. Your financial situation shouldn't be a factor in receiving or responding to life-saving care. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
This thread … well there’s no preparing you for them except don’t read if on a Zoom call and try to pretend you’re working.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This thread … well there’s no preparing you for them except don’t read if on a Zoom call and try to pretend you’re working.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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New Treasury data show foreign investors added more than $300 billion in U.S. assets, dispelling fears of mass bond selloffs.
'Sell America' is Over—Global Investors Are Sticking With US Treasurys
New Treasury data show foreign investors added more than $300 billion in U.S. assets, dispelling fears of mass bond selloffs.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New Treasury data show foreign investors added more than $300 billion in U.S. assets, dispelling fears of mass bond selloffs.
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I also can achieve coherence for 1 millisecond at a time
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I also can achieve coherence for 1 millisecond at a time
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Very excited for these too.
I’ve wanted to read these for many years. Coming next month from University of Chicago press.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Very excited for these too.
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a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
a PSA: most nonprofit newsrooms right now are probably participating in the NewsMatch program RIGHT NOW. That’s a program funded by a few foundations that “matches” your end-of-year donation.
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
If you set up $10 monthly, that literally unlocks $120 from NewsMatch.
So who could you support?
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
In case the feeling you’re having a stroke has abated
Oh my goddddddd
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In case the feeling you’re having a stroke has abated
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This is what people in the U.K. think American recommendation letters read like.
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is what people in the U.K. think American recommendation letters read like.
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This is...sort of brilliant.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is...sort of brilliant.
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"Byrne’s lies treat the public as a mere means to his own ends, in a way to which they could not possibly consent, infringing their freedom to make their own decisions. See generally Immanuel Kant, Metaphysics of Morals (1797)."
Amazing "see generally"
Amazing "see generally"
JUST IN: Hunter Biden asks judge to award $33 million in punitive damages against Overstock founder Patrick Byrne for defaulting in defamation suit Biden filed. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Default Judgment – #350 in Robert Hunter Biden v. Patrick M. Byrne (C.D. Cal., 2:23-cv-09430) – CourtListener.com
Default Judgment
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November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"Byrne’s lies treat the public as a mere means to his own ends, in a way to which they could not possibly consent, infringing their freedom to make their own decisions. See generally Immanuel Kant, Metaphysics of Morals (1797)."
Amazing "see generally"
Amazing "see generally"
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One New Orleans construction company owner has told Hispanic workers not to show up for work beginning on Friday for fear of immigration raids.
New Orleans, Louisiana brace for Border Patrol immigration sweeps in coming weeks
One New Orleans construction company owner has told Hispanic workers not to show up for work beginning on Friday for fear of immigration raids.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
One New Orleans construction company owner has told Hispanic workers not to show up for work beginning on Friday for fear of immigration raids.
Few on here would admit to not loving reading. Until today. Today is when we all collectively realized learning to read was a mistake.
I’m sorry but this is the master prose stylist whose incisive writing is too good to let ethical quandaries get in her way
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Few on here would admit to not loving reading. Until today. Today is when we all collectively realized learning to read was a mistake.
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just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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Hwang Dong-hyuk: In my tv show I invented Squid Game as a cautionary tale.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hwang Dong-hyuk: In my tv show I invented Squid Game as a cautionary tale.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
Memecoin psychopaths: At long last, we have created Squid Game from classic tv show Don't Create Squid Game.
There was a world before the forever toilet roll. And we’re now living in the after.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
There was a world before the forever toilet roll. And we’re now living in the after.
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...