Nancy M
@nancym1.bsky.social
Canadian. Not much more to say. I’m here for the cookies.
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
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"Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa" www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and po...
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa" www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
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Measles was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not anymore — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen. Here's how they got there, and why other countries — including the U.S. and Mexico — are also at risk of losing their status.
Canada Loses Its Measles Elimination Status. What Does It Mean for the U.S.?
The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Measles was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not anymore — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen. Here's how they got there, and why other countries — including the U.S. and Mexico — are also at risk of losing their status.
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8/ Ironically, for an event advertised with obvious neo-Nazi imagery and with organizers with neo-Nazi tattoos, they talked about how conferences like these make them more respectable. They believe this makes them a threat to the establishment.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
8/ Ironically, for an event advertised with obvious neo-Nazi imagery and with organizers with neo-Nazi tattoos, they talked about how conferences like these make them more respectable. They believe this makes them a threat to the establishment.
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
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Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
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"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
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Like the gun debate in America, where money and identity override reason, the tech industry’s fixation on profit and polarization will make their stated goal of fostering healthy online conversation the Silicon Valley version of “thoughts and prayers.” #emptymantra
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Like the gun debate in America, where money and identity override reason, the tech industry’s fixation on profit and polarization will make their stated goal of fostering healthy online conversation the Silicon Valley version of “thoughts and prayers.” #emptymantra
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Key to understanding contemporary American politics is that the Republican Party's defining characteristic is that it's a welcoming home for unlikeable people. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m52ndshej22l
The “Likable”/“Unlikable” Political Realignment - Aaron Ross Powell's Blog
American conservatism is a home for unlikeable people who’ve turned their unlinkability into a political project.
www.aaronrosspowell.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Key to understanding contemporary American politics is that the Republican Party's defining characteristic is that it's a welcoming home for unlikeable people. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m52ndshej22l
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Everything is a loyalty test with MAGA. “Oh you want access to power ladies? Well here’s the number for the plastic surgeon”
i hate repeating myself but it's worth noting that the reactionary right doesn't actually value hotness in women. what they value is submission to male power, regardless of how it looks. this is why they are all-in on grotesque plastic surgeries
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Everything is a loyalty test with MAGA. “Oh you want access to power ladies? Well here’s the number for the plastic surgeon”
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I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:
Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them
Railing against Ukraine, Israel, and other outsiders is easy. Solving problems at home is not.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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“Before” is optimistic
Folks this is not a candid shot of the man at 11PM on a weekend, this is what he was doing while sitting in the middle of an internationally broadcast major press conference in the Oval Office
He is cooked, get him out of there ASAP—before we find ourselves in the midst of a second Great Depression
He is cooked, get him out of there ASAP—before we find ourselves in the midst of a second Great Depression
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Before” is optimistic
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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These guys are constantly saying that Dems need to abandon identity politics and run on kitchen-table issues. They get the most kitchen table-ass candidate imaginable, spend months saying he's secretly radical, then as soon as he wins they say he's secretly moderate.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
These guys are constantly saying that Dems need to abandon identity politics and run on kitchen-table issues. They get the most kitchen table-ass candidate imaginable, spend months saying he's secretly radical, then as soon as he wins they say he's secretly moderate.
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268,000 Venezuelans living in the US lost their Temporary Protected Status yesterday. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-.... Many will be facing deportation to a homeland that is likely to come under US attacks in the near future. www.economist.com/the-americas...
www.miamiherald.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
268,000 Venezuelans living in the US lost their Temporary Protected Status yesterday. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-.... Many will be facing deportation to a homeland that is likely to come under US attacks in the near future. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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Ten percent of Zuckerbucks come from scams and ads for banned goods 🫠
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Ten percent of Zuckerbucks come from scams and ads for banned goods 🫠
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
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Man, if you're a *Canadian* billionaire who's going to demand an audience from a New Yorker who was elected 48 hrs ago at least don't wear your comically on brand attire to do it.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Man, if you're a *Canadian* billionaire who's going to demand an audience from a New Yorker who was elected 48 hrs ago at least don't wear your comically on brand attire to do it.
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So a trillionaire will exist before Americans get socialized healthcare? "Eat" the rich is not aggressive enough.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So a trillionaire will exist before Americans get socialized healthcare? "Eat" the rich is not aggressive enough.
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“The lack of communication & lack of access to counsel for people in these sites is a way of preventing transparency and accountability,” said Paige Austin, our Supervising Litigation Attorney.
ICE's secretive detention rooms allow a "total lack of oversight" on the conditions people are held in.
ICE's secretive detention rooms allow a "total lack of oversight" on the conditions people are held in.
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“The lack of communication & lack of access to counsel for people in these sites is a way of preventing transparency and accountability,” said Paige Austin, our Supervising Litigation Attorney.
ICE's secretive detention rooms allow a "total lack of oversight" on the conditions people are held in.
ICE's secretive detention rooms allow a "total lack of oversight" on the conditions people are held in.
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In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄