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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 16h

I left for 3 reasons

It got very anti-Ukrainian, pushing russian simps to the top of my list

blue tick promotion and anti liberal bias made it intolerable in general

And engagement and impact of tweets fell to 0

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 16h

Tech bro: It is not that we are investing ridiculous sums of money into a product that may never get to the level we claim it will get.

It is the rest of mankind who are dull and unimaginative

Me: Isn't it ridiculous or I am not seeing the big picture?

Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 2d

100% tariff on China? Wait, but it has been happening before, hasn't it.

So we are walking in circles

Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 2d

It is one of those days to remember. Not getting the Nobel Prize by you know who cost American people dearly

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

On the territories of Donetsk region occupied by Russia,48 Ukrainian children have been placed under forced psychiatric treatment as punishment for "extremism," Mariia Krasnenko, the author of the report How Russia Erases Ukrainian Identity Under the Guise of Combating Extremism, reported.

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 2d

As one peace fighter to another peace fighter, Putin surely know what he is talking about.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d

Trump thanks Putin for saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is INSANE

Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 2d

TBC...

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 2d

What a day

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

You heard it straight from Kennedy himself: Gold Standard Science is actually just data fabrication.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 3d

"Russia's Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-term Forecasting - an influential research non-profit - said sectors of the economy not connected with the military had contracted by 5.4% since the start of the year."

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

www.reuters.com

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 3d

For all the DOGE effort, including killing USAID and burning all political capital, Bessent claims a success of reducing the budget deficit from 6.5 to 5.9% of GDP

I would call it a complete failure.

finance.yahoo.com/news/bessent...

Bessent says US ended fiscal 2025 with lower deficit-to-GDP ratio

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US ended fiscal year 2025 with a lower deficit-to-GDP ratio than the year before. He sounded an optimistic note for 2026, noting that the US is on its way to ...

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 4d

To really stimulate the economy would require:
1. lower income tax to stimulate the supply of labor
2. lower taxes on capital (either lower profit tax or provide subsidies for purchase of capital equipment or R&D
3. Lower taxes on energy sources

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 4d

It would actually:

1. Stimulate housing market demand
2. Has no impact on the supply of housing as costs stay the same
3. Will create a boom in the secondary market, with prices going up and the quantity of housing bought going up as well
3. Has no impact on manufacturing or services at large

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 4d

Say you do not understand economics without saying you do not understand economics:

"Stamp duty tax abolition will stimulate the British economy"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 4d

This move was predicted by many and it puts the UK into a very vulnerable position. Another example of how damaging the Brexit is for the UK position in the global markets.

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 4d

Steel and articles of steel exports of the UK are $14.3 bln (2004) or 2.5% of its total exports. The share of EU is 57%, which makes it the largest UK trading parnter by very wide margins.

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 The EU's decision to double steel import tariffs to 50% poses an existential threat to the UK's steel industry. This move is a direct response to Trump's tariffs and could severely impact UK exports. It also highlights how vulnerable the UK is in the current global environment #Trade #Economics

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 5d

Chief executive Sam Altman on Monday said becoming profitable was “not in my top-10 concerns”.

“But obviously someday we have to be very profitable..."

on.ft.com/42wpKdr

OpenAI’s computing deals top $1tn

Partners including Nvidia, AMD and Oracle have signed up to Sam Altman’s huge bet on the future of artificial intelligence

on.ft.com

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 6d

US sales actually are up in 2025

Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 6d

For UK car makers, US is the most important market, so the UK-US trade deal came as a relief. Also, despite negative trends in the UK car industry, it does not really come from the US sales. For instance, Aston Martin US sales are steady and increase relative to other markets

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