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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 20m

Has the American stock market been good during Trump's second reign? Not at all compared to nearly every other stock market in the world, @bloomberg.com reports (gift article): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Check a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year and the US doesn't crack the Top 10. You won't find it in the Top 25, either. Double that, and the S&P 500 is still absent. The tally needs to unfurl all the way to 66 before the world’s most valuable equity index shows up - leaving it way behind Greece’s Athex and even Israel's TA-35. It's one of the worst relative performances since the global financial crisis for the US benchmark.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 51m

That's an amazing photo. I think four is the max I've seen - and that's in one of those giant front-basket Urban Arrow ones

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently these sort of e-motorbikes have really taken off in Kenya since I was last there. Must cheaper to run and more reliable than the old "boda boda" petrol powered ones

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1h

No I didn't! That's amazing

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1h

Incidentally (this time deliberate), I also have a (free) substack that I use - if I remember - to send out (sadly not free) links to my stories and sometimes a few more thoughts - feel free to sign up here: danielknowles.substack.com/p/why-ebikes...

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1h

Incidentally - a photo I took while in Montreal of the REV Saint Denis. One for the crowd who say bike lanes don't work for people with kids or for the disabled

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah I think transport gets into culture wars because it's just such a large part of how people live, and habits die hard. If you've driven to work your whole life it's quite hard to consider switching. And like so many things there's a generational factor - lots more young people not driving

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1h

Good idea!

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2h

The piece does basically say that at the end!

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2h

Reupping this, my nice happy story about why bicycles are revolutionising transport

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3h

If you're a retailer with a relatively small markup, your "value add" relative to your total revenue might be quite small, and cash handling is not free. Obviously if you run a service business like a restaurant, or have quite high margins, I'm not so sure

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3h

Doesn't fix it but reduces the return, I guess - because it's much less worth it for small businesses if you can't deduct the VAT on your inputs

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4h

this tipped me off to londoncentric.media and, boy, their stuff is really good even if you don't particularly care for London. Why? Because it's laser-focused on *the money* - who is getting paid and how for various aspects, especially the shady ones, of urban life.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 18h

This opinion is clear and concise, and easily readable for laymen. Here's the link again if you want to go through it yourself.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

memorandum opinion and order – #70 in State of Illinois v. Trump (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cv-12174) – CourtListener.com

OPINION and Order. Signed by the Honorable April M. Perry on 10/10/2025. Mailed notice. (jcc,) (Entered: 10/10/2025)

www.courtlistener.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 4h

one thing that’s definitely new over the past decade or so is the number of bumper stickers and signs threatening to kill you

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12h

I’m quoted in this one. Please give it a read and share it.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 6h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 18h

Among other updates, ICE/DHS were told -- again, this time by a judge -- to remove the fence around ICE Broadview. It was still up when I left at noon. And as this story reports, today IL Sens Duckworth & Durbin were denied entry, as other local officials have been for weeks.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 20h

Protesters gathered Friday outside the Broadview ICE facility, as they have for weeks in resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. blockclubchi.co/48oEVt5

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 22h

Journalism is not a crime. Free Debbie Brockman!

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18h

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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