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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 7h

Ownership of US corporate equities by institutional investors + some top %ile of households (by wealth)

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 17h

And I think my friend @ofsevit.bsky.social was on at least twice?

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, Tom, RIP.

If it helps fill out the character vignette I went to a Car Talk live taping when I was 14

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 17h

I would probably rather be governed by any randomly chosen set of citizens of the People’s Republic of Cambridge than almost any other polity in the country, but that’s just me

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 17h

Was! Former!

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 17h

She is apparently among the worst bosses in Congress!

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 18h

Probably should be fewer law professors as politicians, then!

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

I think Dems can and should do better than people who are abusive to their staff members

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

It was only a matter of time before these stories started to come out
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 18h

Jeeeeeeeeesus

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 18h

Would we not assume “rap battle” presumptively implies malice

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 1d

He was a childhood friend (before heel turn) and is dead to me now. Gone!

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 2d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 2d

There’s still time to publish it! Didn’t you see Money Stuff today?

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 2d

I think the solution here is to become a curator of your own ssrn e-journal

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 2d

M&A, VC, Crypto / Event Contracts

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

They said on-line isn’t real life, and Bluesky is a niche social media site.

But here is @akalhan.bsky.social getting “Kavanaugh Stops” into the Boston Globe!

With a pic of Kav looking a little petulant too (but then when doesn’t he?).

Glad to see this is sticking to him.

Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. - The Boston Globe

The phrase, is "a window into where [the administration] can go next," some advocates say.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 3d

Glengarry Glen Rock?

James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 3d

And let us not forget

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 3d

You know who would have an interesting perspective on this question? The late, great Robert Cover

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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James Fallows Tierney @jamesftierney.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao anil, this cuts deep

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 3d

University general counsel, university trustee, university president

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3d

oh really

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5d

Student protests are basically a necessary condition for any democracy movement

open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

Student-Led Pro-Democracy Protests and Their Impact Worldwide (1955-2025)
Outcome
• Successful Transition
• Long Term Impact|
• Partial Gains|
• No Immediate Gains
Hungary Uprising' °

1960
1970
Poland Protests' ® 'France May '68
° South Korea April Revolution
Mexico Movement, a, Yugoslavia Protests
Greece Polytechnic, o
1980
Poland Solidarity, O
" 'South Africa Soweto
Philippines People Power,®
Brazil Diretas Já
South Korea June Movement
Burma 8/8/88 China Tiananmen
1990
Vepal Jana Andolan|
Indonesia Reformasi, o
2000
zechoslovakia Velvet- & ,East Germany Participation
Taiwan Wild Lily
Serbia Otpor, & ran University Protests
o Ukraine Orange Revolution
Venezuela Movement, o
2010
long Kong Umbrella
Tunisia Participation
gypt Tahrir, & Chile Winter urkey Gezi Park, g, Ukraine Euremaidan
•,Ethiopia Protests
2020
Myanmar Protests' 8, Iran Life Freedom
Bangladesh July Revolution' & Serbia
Algeria Hirak' 8 Thailand Students
Note: This timeline illustrates major student-led protests from 1955 to 2025, highlighting their outcomes in terms of political and social change. Outcomes are categorized as 'Successful Transition' (leading directly to significant reforms or government changes), 'Long Term Impact' (initially limited but influential over time),
'Partial Gains' (achieving some concessions or moderate changes), and 'No Immediate Gains' (little to no short-term change despite protest efforts).

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