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Stop following orders. Matters will not improve of their own accord. Lecturer, writer, & socent interested in inequality, politics, resource use, systems thinking, & sustaining democracies. Enjoy cooking, gardening, writing & wandering

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · Nov 11

I'm noodling on the next Wicked Problems Collaborative project, so it feels like a good time to create a starter pack. It's been a huge honor to collaborate with this crew - so many great people who are trying to make things better.

go.bsky.app/DfuxZo9

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 2m

Guessing there were office pools not on whether he'd do this, but rather when.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15m

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 12m

No doubt

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1h

I love it, but what if we designed the necessity of cars out of our lives

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14h

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1h

Antifa dress blues and fatigues. Checks out.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 2h

Damn. You've lost ten pounds

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 3h

I really enjoyed it. 😀

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 4h

Looks fantastic!

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 4h

Dragging him around by the nose with the slop.

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 5h

Had a pile of peppers I needed to use, so I roasted em with some tomatoes and onions, and made a little stew of sorts.🌱🧄🍽️

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 6h

Tasty

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 8h

Second

The new quarter will feature the Portland frog with the text, "In frog we trust."

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 15h

It gets worse from here

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 18h

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 22h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

national and then some

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

“We’re physically seeing the impacts of a changing climate on these communities. … And the fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem.”

(Published May with KYUK)

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

www.propublica.org

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

I'd like to know how much of the gig Acrobat takes up on my laptop is the godforsaken AI

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

I get it

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

We're all gonna be out in the streets in these before it's over

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

He seems to have a habit of showing up in the middle of something to tell us he knew about whatever it is all along. Doing so probably sells books, but I'd gladly put him on Jane Goodall's spaceship

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump's Fixation on the Nobel Deserves a 25th Amendment Defenestration"

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have a bib, but it would probably be insufficient anyways. 🌱🧄🍽️

Leftover rib tips tossed in gochujang sauce with garlic, onion, and coriander, over a bed of jasmine rice

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

Replace the c-suite with AI

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

I concur

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

So god damn infuriating, but thanks for bringing attention to it. I hope it helps some folks reconsider their choices.

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

Ma'am
newrepublic.com/post/201475/...

Bondi claims integrity. Norman Ornstein fillets that claim with a reminder of Trump's $25k bribe of Bondi when she quashed the Trump Uni investigation

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