Incredible, from @timbarker.bsky.social: The DNC post mortem or whatever it is does not even mention inflation as a factor in Harris's loss. ourtime.substack.com/p/dont-menti...

Neither a right-wing narrative of freedom versus coercion nor a left-wing narrative of profiteering versus decommodification provides a realistic assessment of China’s evolution since 1949. The Chinese Communist Party has assigned capital “different functions and different boundaries” at... 1/x

Last Wednesday, Justice Shaina Leonard threw out a citizen-led peitition for separation that Premier Smith intends to put to Albertans in a referendum. Smith called Justice Leonard's ruling "anti-democratic," and appears intent on proceeding with a referendum. I consider Alberta politics... 1/x

Game 1 of the Western Conference Final last nite went to double overtime. It's still the first playoff run for Mr. Wembanyama, and he scored 41 points with 24 boards and 3 blocks against the reigning champs on their home court.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

In just her third game of the new season, with everyone still figuring out their respective assignments and roles, and after missing nearly all of her second season to injuries, Caitlin Clark becomes the W's all-time leader in games played with at least 20 points and 10 or more assists.... 1/2

Been a few covers in '26 already of this classic from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Their original, and even Valerie June's version, stayed pretty ironic. This cover is mournful by comparison. As if any hope of Miss Ohio one day figuring it out is gone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhtR...

Kathleen Edwards' funny little song about how far resentment will get you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVUz...

Would Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, have remained in Beijing, presenting himself as a man of the people, if Chinese President Xi Jinping had not declined Trump's sales pitch and told the American delegation in Beijing that China wants to continue making its own computer chips?

Corey Robin has written a review of Sven Beckert’s book, Capitalism: A Global History. It argues that Beckert’s focus on commerce expands the meaning of capitalism so much that capitalism is effectively naturalized. In response to criticisms of his review, Robin referenced an earlier debate... 1/x

Long Road to Freedom, the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

Martin Luther King first expressed the idea that people who are already doing pretty well do so because they got socialism while everybody else has capitalism in a radio address, To Minister to the Valley, on February 23, 1968. He repeated the observation two weeks later in The Other America... 1/x

Happy 76th Mr. Wonder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76L...

“The Circular Flow diagram depicted labour appearing – hey presto! – fresh and ready for work each day at the office or factory door. So who cooked, cleaned up, and cleared away to make that possible?” – Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist, 68.... 1/x

"I didn’t realize how important they took [mental health] here in Indiana. We do breath work every single day. I always had access to a sports psychologist on staff, but they take it very serious and we do it as a team and then we have the opportunity to do it individually.... "I’ve never... 1/x

May 5 is Red Dress Day, the national day of awareness and remembrance for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people. Today is about honouring those taken and recognizing the ongoing impact on families and communities.

My review of @ajaxkidsclub.bsky.social' great new book "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy" is out with @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/mcmanus-wood...

The Butthole Surfers are an unconventional rock band. Formed in 1981, they thrived on experimental sounds + lyrical satire. Respected by musical peers and drawing a small devoted following, they were considered unmarketable until Pepper, their song about infotainment + the 24-hour news cycle... 1/2

Rebuilding democracy requires a new development model that aligns economic progress with social inclusion, says Pedro Rossi. bit.ly/3QIyN7X

Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........

A sovereign wealth fund is a great idea, Canada should have had one years ago. But the devil is in the details. What kind of projects will it invest in, and in what form? And how will the public interest truly be advanced over time? Many questions to be answered... #cdnecon /2

We must build grass-roots pressure for Canada to finally take a principled stand against the US blockade of Cuba. More voices are being heard, including the United Church, the CLC, Unifor, and more. Please sign this petition: petition.web.net/CanadaActNow.... #canlab

There's a lot of fear-mongering, these days, about China's "overcapacity." The idea is that global markets are being flooded with cheap Chinese goods, driving down prices, and costing American workers their jobs. But it turns out that overcapacity is another word for buffer stocks, like... 1/x

“A lot of people think economics is boring, difficult stuff, only needed by professional economists. However, we all need to learn at least some economics because, in a capitalist society, nothing is free from it. It's in jobs, mortgage payments, and taxes, but also libraries... 1/x

Now that the far right in British Columbia is attacking Indigenous rights and fear mongering about DRIPA with misinformation and the NDP is waffling, it’s time to know the facts about DRIPA, from dripafacts.ca 🧵

David Robinson and Tim Duncan enjoying Wemby's NBA playoff debut.

"The rise of the East and the decline of the West reflect the balance of power between private capital and the state. "In East Asian countries -- Japan, Singapore, and South Korea throughout the twentieth century, and more recently China and Vietnam-- profit-seeking capital has not dictated... 1/x

SIBA is a musician and poet who was born in Damascus, Syria and currently works out of Berlin. Her work primarily circulates as @sibasmusic on Instagram and as SIBA on Spotify. MONKyMAN is a rapper, composer, and producer who was born in Namibia and currently... 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFl...

A good short thread by Jim Stanford re Avi Lewis's 1st motion to Parliament. It argues that algo pricing doesn't just inflate prices like a Gilded Era cartel. It mines data for future pitches to consumers. Data mining is likely being used to build secret case files on the cartel's employees, too.

#ScavengerHunt2 appliance The magical Valerie June x Workin’ Woman Blues 🎼Ain’t no dinner on the table Ain’t no food in the ‘fridgerator I’ll go to work & I’ll be back later m.youtube.com/watch?v=b5_g...

Steven Pinker, the favourite writer of Bill Gates and numerous recent presidents, wrote a critique of Marx, and by extension of social democracy, without reading anything by Marx. Matt McManus and Ben Burgis respond: www.currentaffairs.org/news/steven-...

Education is not a business; it is an essential public good. These changes impose a corporate management structure on public education, replacing evidence-based practices and teacher discretion — informed by their professional expertise — with ministerial directives.

Our economic system is broken. Climate crisis accelerating. Inequality deepening. Public trust crumbling. Wealth concentrates while governments scramble to fix what markets can't do, rather than shape them from the outset.

"If economic success is measured instead by the concrete conditions of human life, Cuba’s economy worked surprisingly well. Its record in achieving very high literacy, life expectancy, health outcomes, and other welfare benchmarks is well-known."

Why mass protests alone aren't taken seriously by elites and governments. www.youtube.com/shorts/Qt0Ol...

Happy birthday to the spirits of Paul Robeson. Photographed by Edward Steichen in March 1936, when Robeson starred in two performances of Toussaint Louverture at the Westminster Theatre. The play was written by CLR James and produced by a private club to avoid English censorship laws.

Ari Lennox sings about the pleasures and drawbacks of a place of one's own. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfE...

#ScavengerHunt2 Nina Simone x (I want a little) Sugar in my bowl A fun & masterful LIVE performance of a song i first learnt from Rhiannon Giddens (at the same time as she intro’d me to y/day’s pick) 🔗 Something square / cube / sugar lumps!) m.youtube.com/watch?v=rqU9...

Today - Patricia Pino. Designing a Counter-Inflationary Job Guarantee for the United Kingdom: Political Economy, Constraints, and Trade-offs. events.humanitix.com/patricia-pin...

I'm active in a city where both left + right ignore money, finance & credit. In housing, e.g., that means apologists for big landowners vs apologists for small landowners sucking all the air out of public spaces. Here's a wider POV about how "sound 💲" nonsense ➡️ 1/2 mmt-france.org/2025/07/01/r...

After moving to Chicago and beginning to play regularly with Nnamdi Ogbonnaya and Sen Morimoto, Alynda Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff) decided to record a live album with them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-98...

I discoverd Alynda Segarra w/ The Navigator and Life on Earth. The Past is Still Alive became my fave 2024 album. But I still hadn't dug into her early albums, never mind imagined that she'd count John Lennon among so near of her influences to cover him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXb2...

MMT friends, and others who are interested, are invited to join Modern Money Lab online if you can on 7th April, to hear economist Patricia Pino talk about the design of a national job guarantee for the UK. events.humanitix.com/patricia-pin...

As Vancouver gears up for the World Cup, what happens to people with nowhere safe to go? @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social joins us to talk about why Vancouver is adding enforcement while Seattle is adding shelter — and why community-led solutions are being ignored: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

After replenishing a small store of frozen chicken stock, I was a little stumped about what to do with the leftover celery -- there was a lot of it. The first recipe that caught my eye when I started googling was this salad. Chopped celery, diced green apple, almond slivers, sliced dates... 1/x

Glenfern is one of the most realistic gratitude songs I know, which makes it one of the best, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiJ...

Vancouver, Spring 2026.