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historian of wage and price controls in the US of A
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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At @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, Andrew Perry helps makes sense of Mamdani’s upcoming budget, by looking at the constraints and opportunities of NYC’s unique public spending model.
Mamdani's First Budget | Andrew Perry
Image and reality of New York City’s finances
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Guess I don’t understand what’s going on anymore.
you’ll never believe the newest meme pair for “Find someone who looks at you like…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Trump filling out his NYC DSA membership card to vote on primarying Jeffries right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Disturbing album cover
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Credit where it’s due to Humbert Humbert; as far as pedophiles go, he is much smarter and more charismatic than Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Mamdani’s First Budget: Image and reality of New York City’s finances www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bud...
Budget NYC | Andrew Perry
Image and reality of New York City’s finances
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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my vision turning red as I realize how much land tax NYC is missing out on! www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bud...
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Excited to see more coverage of US municipal finance
Budget NYC | Andrew Perry
Image and reality of New York City’s finances
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago

Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care

What ever happened to solidarity?
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Peters and Ossoff were two of the Gang of Eight, and now that they see the votes were gotten elsewhere and how bad it's playing with the base, they both voted no.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Adam Raine’s family is suing OpenAI, so Altman’s lawyers responded by requesting the names and contact info of everyone that attended Adam’s funeral because they are heartless f*cks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
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Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Faculty and staff are fighting for the University and academic freedom. Administrators? Not so much
“A federal judge on Thursday excoriated the Trump administration’s blitz of hardball tactics against elite universities, warning that the government’s threats and investigations were undermining academic freedom at the University of California.”
Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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“What impact will the rent freeze have, then, on the current impasse? Already, the centrality of the demand to the mayoral race has opened up a new chapter in the struggle for a sane housing policy.”

NEW: Cea Weaver on housing politics in New York City

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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“lawmakers struggling to solve the housing problem will fail to do so if they are unable to face the underlying problem of speculation at its root. “

(And not just in the US)

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Fascinating background & insight into the real estate politics of the NYC mayoral race: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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If you're looking for a super smart primer on how housing in NYC got so fucked in the first place, Phenomenal World has got you covered!!

An absolute must-read by Cea Weaver!

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sta...
Stabilization and Speculation | Cea Weaver
Struggles over New York City’s housing policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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AI has yet to prove a business case for many firms, but it's already creating some losses through falsified expense reports.
www.ft.com/content/0849...
‘Do not trust your eyes’: AI generates surge in expense fraud
Business software groups warn that top AI models are increasingly being used to create ultra-realistic fake receipts
www.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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"I went ballistic," said a tenant of a Crown Heights building where power was cut, owing to Pinnacle's $10,350 in unpaid bills. "We have tenants here that are very sick, in their 80s and 90s, that need the ambulance to come and take them up and down the steps."
Bankrupt Pinnacle Group Is Leaving Its Tenants in the Dark—Literally
The real estate behemoth apparently isn't paying the power bills for at least 11 of its properties, and Con Ed cut power to some of them.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Syrian civil war, the longest of the Arab Spring uprisings from 2011. It ended last year and it seems like we are ignoring what it meant and how it’s shaped the future of Syria. This piece was a bracing reminder and haunting forecast. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...
Syrian Continuity | Phenomenal World
A general finding in the study of rebel politics is that groups that come to power without a clear hegemonic position within the rebel movement are vulnerable to spoilers or coups d’etat that push the...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax.
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trump demolishing part of the White House and people complaining is the perfect metaphor. We can’t go back and yet people still lament.
October 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM