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Karthik Sankaran
1 day ago
From Jonās piece.
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just watched Cure (1997) for the first time highly recommend
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Abundance!
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/c...
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D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Air Pollution Lawsuit Against xAI Data Center
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/climate/xai-musk-mississippi-grok-turbine-lawsuit-naacp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
13 days ago
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Gary Alexander
19 days ago
This notion that the Knicks won is mostly an online phenomenon; people frying their brains on social media. The "title" certainly isn't based in material conditions, it's a vibes-championship.
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guy standing next to me at the bar kept calling Wemby a baguette lol
19 days ago
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42nd street
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"[Jose] Alvarado is the only native New Yorker on the team and wears the number five on his jersey, a number he said he chose in part as a nod to the five boroughs."
gothamist.com/news/from-ny...
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From NYCHA to the Garden, the Knicks' Jose Alvarado is living a New Yorker's dream
Perhaps no player sends a clearer message to New York kids that making it to the NBA is achievable.
https://gothamist.com/news/from-nycha-to-the-garden-the-knicks-jose-alvarado-is-living-a-new-yorkers-dream
21 days ago
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Albert Pinto
23 days ago
Imagine making enemies of the Pope and Bad bunnyā¦. reality Stranger than fiction
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Jim Kane
23 days ago
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Ryan Schwartz
25 days ago
[chef's kiss]
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āIn interviews, a dozen drivers whoāve worked for other DSPs in three states describe them as Potemkin businesses that enforce Amazonās extreme rules, constant surveillance and grueling quotas that in some urban areas can reach 30 stops an hour.ā
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazonās control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazonās former lawyer in charge.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
27 days ago
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eating lunch and this guy wonāt stop staring at me
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Stephen NuƱez
28 days ago
The Social Security Trustee's report is going to come out on Tuesday and folks expect to see the reserve depletion date move up a bit...maybe into 2032 meaning the next president will inherit the task of updated OASI for the first time since 1983....1/3
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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āWill Social Security Run Out?ā Is the Wrong Question: How Lawmakers Can Protect Beneficiaries and Strengthen OASI
Is Social Security really in crisis? This report examines the OASI Trust Fund, lessons from 1983, and policy options to secure benefits for the future.
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/will-social-security-run-out-is-the-wrong-question/
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absolutely hilarious that Wemby smiled for the kidās selfie but the kid fumbled and didnāt get Wemby in the frame
28 days ago
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Iāve been listening to Greg Grandinās THE END OF THE MYTH (2019) on audiobook. Highly recommend. (I know itās not exactly a little-known book)
29 days ago
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gelbach
about 1 month ago
I hope people will read the article. It is thoughtful & laments what AI is doing to university education. The snippet in the post below is only one part of a much broader discussion (I donāt share his view in that one part, but itās worth reading it in context, which I just did).
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the new Blowback series is š„
about 1 month ago
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Daniel Kuehn
about 1 month ago
Feeling good today š This is all very validating considering Iām just a labor economist that decided he wanted to do work on the history of economics. Iām happy to be a part of this community and have my work recognized.
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Veep was a documentary
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Brandon Istenes
about 1 month ago
Created this tutorial for anyone interested in learning how building costs and rents work:
rentrentier.com/housing-fina...
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Interactive Social Housing Finance Tutorial
My favorite thing about the belief that developers regularly make huge profits is that it suggests an immediate and obvious solution to the housing crisis: you! That's right, you can simply build affo...
https://rentrentier.com/housing-finance-tutorial/
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just transported a box of 40 books via the Q train to the Strand to sell and damn that was a more intense workout than I was expecting
about 1 month ago
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skeptical
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āThis is CNN history, in which talking points are repeated exactly as delivered by the press secretary and backroom details often include how many espresso pods someone pushed into a backpack or whether someone has salt-and-pepper hair.ā ouch,
@quinnslobodian.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Damming the Big Ocean | Quinn Slobodian
Edward Fishman's Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/06/11/damming-the-big-ocean-chokepoints-edward-fishman/
about 1 month ago
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Highly recommend this recent essay, "AI as Social Technology," by Henry Farrell (
@himself.bsky.social
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knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
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AI as Social Technology
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-social-technology
about 1 month ago
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This was fun
about 1 month ago
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Max Kennerly
about 1 month ago
Oh this is delightful. Let's start with SpaceX's violation of 17 CFR § 229.504 (Item 504). Their "use of proceeds" neglects to mention they are contractually obligated to use the first $20 billion from it to pay off a bridge loan. This is also while their quarterly cash burn exceeds $8 billion. /1
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finished grading in a 3-hour sprint this morning so spending the day with these two:
about 1 month ago
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
Breaking News: Suspected deaths in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 131, and suspected cases jumped to more than 500, the health minister said.
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W.H.O. Chief Is āDeeply Concernedā by Speed and Scale of Ebola Outbreak as Cases Rise
The warning came shortly after Congo officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 513 cases, a sharp rise since the outbreak was first reported over the weekend.
https://nyti.ms/4dkRojz
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alex williams
about 2 months ago
when
@rajakorman.bsky.social
is talking about healthcare as a markup-absorbing drag, this is how that works at the structure level doing health care inefficiently has been a huge employment growth ballast esp now that it is broadly pulling workers away from other sectors of the economy
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Dan HIll
about 2 months ago
Hugely enjoying
@holsmith.bsky.social
ās āUp in the Air: A History of High-rise Britainā (
@versobooks.bsky.social
). Thoroughly and imaginatively researched, and with the detail, particularly qualitative, to bust many myths about public and cooperative housing in the UKāwhether tall or short!
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young Schumer š¤Æ
about 2 months ago
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Albert Pinto
about 2 months ago
Dawn of the Electric World Order: Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition āWhat makes this shock different from the 1970s? As analysts at Ember put it: āthis is the first energy shock with a superior alternative.ā
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...
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about 2 months ago
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maybe they should try calling them urban cabins instead?
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told someone in the elevator āhave a nice nightā at 10:30 AM ⦠the effect of a few hours of morning grading
about 2 months ago
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looking forward to this tonight
about 2 months ago
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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
2 months ago
š¦ A Mission-Aligned World Bank IIPP Director
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
and
@laramerling.bsky.social
's new working paper considers how the World Bankās operational architecture & institutional design need to evolve to deliver mission-oriented development. š Read more here:
buff.ly/fYhyHev
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this is how all articles should start
2 months ago
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Albert Pinto
2 months ago
RIP Rahghu Rai. the greatest indian photographer His photos of Delhi, books were legendary. Taj as a memento mori
raghuraifoundation.org
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CNBC
2 months ago
The Department of Justice on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing a major hurdle to President Donald Trumpās nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace him. Full details:
cnb.cx/4tZ7dla
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Patrick Bigger
2 months ago
Military spending is bad industrial policy if you actually care about the working class. My
@transitionsec.bsky.social
colleague Lorah Steichen riffs on
@tkbarnes.bsky.social
's new research, detailing just how bad the jobs in the military industrial complex have become. Link to the report below
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War Isnāt Working for American Workers
While Pentagon budgets have steadily increased in recent years, the arms industry has become more consolidated, more automated, and less labor-intensive. The warfare state is not an effective economic...
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/military-arms-industry-workers-labor
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Albert Pinto
3 months ago
My presentation at Wesleyan was titled: 'Iran War Shockwaves & the dawn of the Electric World Order' You can find my slides here.
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...
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I picked a great book to bring (and actually read!): CRACK-UP CAPITALISM by
@quinnslobodian.com
I went thru Liechtenstein yesterday on train to Zürich. In Vienna, I visited the Albertina, which houses the Batliner Collection. Herbert Batliner, a Liechtensteiner lawyer, was a pioneer in tax evasion.
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Jameel Jaffer
2 months ago
Revoking kids' visas because their parents criticized Elon Musk.
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Albert Pinto
2 months ago
everything in american politics boils down to this
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apple strudel in custard with plum sauce might be my new favorite dessert
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deciding what book to bring and not read is always the most difficult part of packing for a trip
3 months ago
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Albert Pinto
3 months ago
Anyone teaching energy/IR/finance/ecology/political science etc, please do share with students & colleagues I concluded my talk with
@picharbonnier.bsky.social
wise words. Slides here:
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...
@katemac.bsky.social
& my podcast ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisPo...
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