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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

If he gets a Nobel then I’m going to start pointing out that the Econ prize is not a real Nobel.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 6h

Trump’s desire for a Nobel Peace Prize has shaken up global diplomacy, as allies try to curry favor.

It may have even helped spur this week’s Hamas-Israel deal, one former Israeli negotiator said — a bid to help Trump cinch the Nobel before tomorrow’s announcement.

From @mbirnbaum.bsky.social + me

Trump wants a Nobel Prize. He’ll learn Friday if his campaign paid off.

President Donald Trump’s long quest for a Nobel Peace Prize has sparked an unusual global scramble.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 1h

A venn diagram consisting of two wholly independent circles labelled "things that happened" and "this"

Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2h

Ideally, it stretches out long enough that a major holiday (presumably Thanksgiving 2: American Boogaloo) gets absolutely FUBAR'd by TSA and ATC being shortstaffed. "Trump took your Thanksgiving flights home and also the regs that would've let you be compensated for them. Oops!"

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 3h

Thinking Leo would be Giuseppe Siri reborn was always a pretty extreme form of Tradcath copium, given that Francis appointed like 75% of the people who'd pick his successor.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5h

"Shut up and sprinkle incense"

Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 22h

The contrast to Bethesda's response to reactionaries being Big Mad about Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is really stark.

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 22h

You won't find a more succint summary of Doug Ford's premiership than this.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 22h

Myers says this is another issue that highlights the need for Toronto to look at becoming a charter city. "Whether it's speed cameras, whether it's bike lanes, whether it's blue bins, we can't seem to make a decision without Doug Ford running interference because someone got in his ear."

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 1d

I get the sense that Pope Leo would very much prefer to not be in a situation where he has to excommunicate the sitting VPOTUS, but I also get the sense that Vance is committed to making that preference increasingly difficult for the Pope to stick to.

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 1d

Adam Tooze and the ghost of Timothy Mason sighing through gritted teeth as their works on the omnishambles of the Nazi economy move from the "History" shelf to the "Current Events" shelf.

Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 1d

This is the sort of things that happens when you start screwing with markets. It constantly lurches from one side to the other as you try to get it back in balance, only making it more and more unstable.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1d

Personally I think it is bad that the man exercising the powers of the presidency is a demented lunatic and his copartisans and the media grade his statements on a normalizing curve taking that into account.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 1d

(The bus system that feeds into the LRT is however another matter)

Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to push back on your characterization of the LRT as facing "constant outages". The Line 2 opening went smoothly and Line 1 has been fine for almost two full years (recognizing that there will be "a train broke down so we had to institute workarounds" occasions on any large transit system)

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 1d

The Boys are a state of mind

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

It's rare and refreshing to see a politician who views Palestine-Israel through the lens of universal values of human rights, and not as two opposing teams of exclusionary ethnonationalisms that you have to choose between.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

The invention of writing was a mistake

Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 2d

"javier milei performs the hava nagila in honor of charlie kirk in taxpayer-funded concert with his band featuring the flat earth otaku congresswoman" sell everything

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

The business end of my last half marathon block, I was functionally eating an extra meal per day on non-rest days, and I was *still* hungry pretty much all the time.

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

The best part of doing a 6+ hour death march with the boys is the half-day window afterwards where your body will not at any point say "that's enough food you should stop eating now".

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

Fitness influencers: "you should intermittent fast and take in as few excess carbs as possible"

Endurance athletes: [frantically chugging soft drinks and inhaling a bag of gummy bears to buy ten extra minutes against The Man With The Hammer]

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

Excited that one of my hobby horses (how much the Gulf states suck) seems to be having a moment today.

Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

Adjacently, I have never understood the allure that Gulf states' airlines hold in avgeek/frequent flyer circles. The business class interiors of Emirates A380s look like a Trump casino projectile-vomited on the inside of an airplane.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly I find the idea of going to the Gulf states on holiday so instinctively repulsive that I forget how many people do. There are so much nicer and cheaper and less morally appalling places in the world!

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 2d

Unless you move in those circles, or study the tourist patterns, it's quite surprising how many people go there for holidays - and how much the demographics match some particular slices of the Thatcher coalition.

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

The Kafala system is just old-fashioned debt slavery dressed up in fancy clothes.

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

For all that politics sickos like to come across as erudite and sophisticated, the two most dependable lodestars of the post-2010 era have been "Orange Man Bad" and "authoritarian slave states bad".

General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d

One difference between me and many people in the 40k universe is that I would simply learn about chaos enough to understand its mysteries and make use of its powers without becoming corrupting myself.

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

"It's one warp jump through the Immaterium, Rogal. How much could it cost, fifteen psykers?"

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Aidan @aidanglc.bsky.social · 2d

The Chris Caldwell of 2025 might well do so too, tbh.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 2d

you absolutely did vote for this, you craven dorks

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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