These rich idiots really think profs just walk into a lecture hall with a slidedeck labeled "evils of capitalism" and students are like,
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These rich idiots really think profs just walk into a lecture hall with a slidedeck labeled "evils of capitalism" and students are like,
Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success
Jack White is the musician that Billy Corgan wishes he could be.
Please sign this online petition to protect the Black Hills sacred site Pe'Sla from mining.
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they’re repealing the right to culture, fight for your right to culture hyperallergic.com/how-to-prote...
Just eat the silica beads. Nothing matters anymore.
Damn: this is quite the thread from a policymaker with first-hand knowledge of the Trump admin's thinking (and lack thereof) when it comes to Iran.
Social Security data thief "expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal"
Here’s the report www.scribd.com/document/101...
Finds that congestion pricing could substantially increase transit use, raise revenues, reduce traffic. But the Congress and Trump admin would likely make it impossible.
Psyched to have a new story at @theforge.bsky.social today, about hosting Jesus for dinner 🥣
IANAL but the fact that a lawyer with no experience in the area can beat federal lawyers repeatedly suggests DHS has operated way outside their authority. Right?
This is a major development. The American Economic Association (AEA) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) are the most powerful groups of economists in the world.
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
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BREAKING: Our member was FIRED when he reported sexual harassment and physical violence at this Taco Bell in Carmichael.
Today workers walked off the job on strike in solidarity with him.
Before firing our coworker, management failed to pay him hours of wages. 🧵
#UnionsForAll
Hey, WQXR is playing music by women composers all day today.
www.wqxr.org
I propose that in october we permanently shift all clocks back by only 30 minutes & then fucking leave them there forever after. And if you think that's somehow more absurd than the DST/SDT dance, please take a deep breath and remember that clock time is fake & was invented for trains. It'll be fine
we have saved daylight
but at what cost
Sonny Burton is set to be executed by the state of Alabama on Thursday. There is a direct line between a government that murders its own citizens and the devaluing of life abroad. The sin has always started at home.
This is all great
"Limits of Property Taxes and Charges: City Revenue Structures After the Great Recession" by Yunji Kim, UAR 55(1), 2019.
Pretty sure there's a connection between that poll where the majority of Americans say most people around them are bad people and the fact that nine out of 10 phone calls in this country are from predatory scammers
🚨Forthcoming paper, @aeajournals.bsky.social 🚨#econsky
A thread 🧵 on "The Economics of Age at School Entry: Insights from Evidence and Methods". Humbled to work w/ @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social, @bdhuey.bsky.social, Levi Halewyck & Simon ter Meulen 1/9
The UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union) seeks an Assistant Director, Community Action Program (CAP) Department to be based in Washington, DC. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @uaw.org
stop being an asshole to people on the internet
