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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 1m

Trump says he was blindsided by new Chinese trade restrictions. He is “calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America.” Market not happy.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 7m

"know that we are aligned" wooofffffffff bsky.app/profile/oliv...

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 51m

Here's the full memo.

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 16m

Only Love Is Real

#caroleking #onlyloveisreal

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 30m

smh Google trying to hoard more feet pics

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

To virtually try on a pair of shoes, users need to tap on any product listing on Google, select the "try it on" button and then add a full length photo themselves.

Google's virtual try-on shopping tool expands to more countries, now lets you try on shoes | TechCrunch

To virtually try on a pair of shoes, users need to tap on any product listing on Google, select the "try it on" button and then add a full length photo themselves.

techcrunch.com

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 55m

congrats to everyone celebrating this victory over Trump, hope the likes are worth it bsky.app/profile/joad...

Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1h

the movie Knowing is about me

Tweet from María Corina Machado that reads, "This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.

We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.

I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 1h

“[Jim McNeely] transformed the art of writing music for big bands. He writes so fluidly for big band, creates these wonderful colors and textures, and makes the structures feel so natural and inevitable.”

Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76 (gift link):

Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76

A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote.

www.nytimes.com

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 1h

One of the most Me songs ever

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1h

counterpoint: the big metal birb is hungry, and we should let it eat

skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 1h

it's dope as hell that the world builds 100 million cars per year and all that plastic, metal, glass and rubber eventually ends up like this

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

another good one @aluckmann.bsky.social

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1h

All-time social media graphic from ESPN

An image of a Giants player back flipping with the text

He’s genuinely an idiot.
GUNNER OLSZEWSKI
on Cam Skattebo

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Robert Ham @robertham.bsky.social · 1h

I see you, NYT Connections.

The first eight squares from today's NYT Connections that read Third Sister Lovers Magic Big Star Serious Wonder

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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.medsky.social · 1h

Notable in Abhijit Banerjee's history:
"Abhijit Banerjee spent 10 days in Delhi's Tihar jail for participating in a protest as a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University...a bunch of JNU students was arrested and "beaten up" by the police in 1983"

www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...

When Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee spent 10 days in Tihar jail

In an article published in 2016, Abhijit Banerjee shared that he and his friends were kept in Tihar jail for 10 days and were beaten up for staging protest against the JNU VC in 1983.

www.indiatoday.in

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Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 2h

I know I'm one of the only ones on here who's put the helmet on in the last week so let me tell you - that thing is slop central. The dead Internet is real and you can jankily walk around and throw weightless objects in it.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2h

New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."

www.404media.co

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

it's funny how many people forget he was the one who ousted Elon from PayPal way back when

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

what a crew

NBA @nba.com · 1h

NBA Legends showing out for the 2025 NBA China Games 🤩

Shaq x Yao x Vince x Wade

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ʜᴀᴄᴋᴀʀʏ ʙɪɴx @chaclo.blacksky.app · 3h

This is what the internet was made for.

Blackniss Everdeen @the-green-queen.bsky.social · 11h

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Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 1h

Professor of Economics at Harvard saying insider trading in prediction markets is no big deal, don’t even trip.

Jason Furman: The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

*shows that Polymarket was able to nail down the Nobel Peace Prize winner early*

Bohumilo: This reflects well on prediction markets as a deliberative mechanism. The EMH holds.

Jason Furman: That's what I told the student, that I wasn't actually that bothered by insider trading in these markets because it helped everyone else get information more quickly and reliably which I view as their main benefit.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

how does Furman have this many bad takes, dog

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 1h

johnny cash was 'guitar case full of pills' cool open the schools

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

yeah I've gone from caring zero about the conclave to Chicago Bob Stan Army enlistee

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Alex Mack 10 🇯🇲 @chillarybanks.com · 4h

The Vince Staples Show - S1:E4:

Happy Halluino! 🎃 @aluino.blacksky.app · 5h

Clearly, you’ve never fought a mascot.

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1h

congratulations to the 2025 nobel peace prize winner, Ugly Kid Joe Logo

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

...................... bsky.app/profile/shaw...

Shawn's Socialist Slipstreaming（宇祥）- he/him/他/dia @shawnybantzy.bsky.social · 2h

Apparently our newest Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote to fucking Netanyahu for help in overthrowing the government of her own country dawg

The population of Venezuela needs international protection against the widespread and systematic attack to which the Venezuelan regime subjects it. This is demonstrated by the report dated May 29, 2018, submitted by the Organisation of American States to the International Criminal Court. This has served as the basis for nine states, including Argentina, to file complaints against the regime before that international body. We deeply appreciate this effort, which is decisive for the outcome of the Venezuelan tragedy.

I am convinced that the international community, in accordance with the responsibility to protect doctrine, is called upon to provide Venezuelans with the necessary support to bring about the regime change that is urgently needed to restore national and international security. Therefore, I have recently sent letters to several of the world’s leading figures to promote before the United Nations Security Council the adoption of effective protection measures for Venezuela by fostering regime change, a step that necessarily entails strengthening international security. Today I want to ask Israel and Argentina to contribute their expertise and influence to advance a sound and urgent decision-making process in the Security Council.

Such measures are imperative in the face of a hemispheric security hotspot like the one currently posed by the regime oppressing Venezuela. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration have certified that the current refugee crisis of people fleeing Venezuela is the largest in the history of the Americas. Argentina is an example of this crisis, having welcomed hundreds of thousands of our compatriots—a gesture for which Venezuelans will always be grateful. However, we must be aware that without a change of regime in our country, hemispheric and global security will be at risk.

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 1h

When Loyola made its Final Four men's basketball run, I watched a game with three of Sister Jean's fellow BVMs, and to this day it's one of the most fun stories I've ever done. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Sister Jean's friends celebrate Loyola-Chicago's run to the March Madness Elite Eight

Three retired nuns who are friends with Sister Jean celebrated Loyola-Chicago's trip to the NCAA March Madness Elite Eight.

www.usatoday.com

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2h

Jenna would make Liz write jokes for her, Liz would write a bunch of feminist material because she’s mad at Jenna and then try to pull it at the last minute because she’s worried for Jenna’s safety. Jenna would ham it up so hard that the Saudis would love it as parody of shrill American women

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 2h

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h

youtu.be/izy0zA3kQTc

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