Stan Bonev 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺
@stanb.bsky.social
Software engineer. New Jersey, USA.
Married, one adult daughter and 4 cats.
Married, one adult daughter and 4 cats.
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.”
SCOOP: CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/c...
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/c...
CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America.
theintercept.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.”
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The flu vaccine isn’t perfect, but it’s the best guess based on emerging strains throughout the world. I am increasing skeptical of the efficacy future flu vaccines, not because they don’t work, but because this administration is actively destroying our global health network.
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The flu vaccine isn’t perfect, but it’s the best guess based on emerging strains throughout the world. I am increasing skeptical of the efficacy future flu vaccines, not because they don’t work, but because this administration is actively destroying our global health network.
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By the way, Trump’s meeting with Zelensky proved once again it really is Russia, Russia, Russia.
December 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
By the way, Trump’s meeting with Zelensky proved once again it really is Russia, Russia, Russia.
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Spare us the revisionist history. The FEDERAL CARES Act — signed by TRUMP — rushed unemployment programs without basic fraud safeguards, inviting international crime rings nationwide
CA and others warned him. He ignored it. CA stepped up, blocking $125B in fraud and arresting ~1K people
CA and others warned him. He ignored it. CA stepped up, blocking $125B in fraud and arresting ~1K people
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Spare us the revisionist history. The FEDERAL CARES Act — signed by TRUMP — rushed unemployment programs without basic fraud safeguards, inviting international crime rings nationwide
CA and others warned him. He ignored it. CA stepped up, blocking $125B in fraud and arresting ~1K people
CA and others warned him. He ignored it. CA stepped up, blocking $125B in fraud and arresting ~1K people
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We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as “a community preventative thing”
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as "a community preventative thing"
www.mediamatters.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passed this year will add record amounts to the national debt while enacting regressive tax cuts and pushing millions off of Medicaid. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passed this year will add record amounts to the national debt while enacting regressive tax cuts and pushing millions off of Medicaid. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator?
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator?
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
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Gen Z men learning that voting for "I can say the r-word now" is perhaps less important than "I have no savings and I can't get laid."
The most volatile group of voters is turning on Trump
The Gen Z cohort swung hard toward Republicans last year, but they now appear to be just as aggressively swinging away.
www.vox.com/politics/473...
The Gen Z cohort swung hard toward Republicans last year, but they now appear to be just as aggressively swinging away.
www.vox.com/politics/473...
The most volatile group of voters is turning on Trump
There’s a new line dividing young Americans.
www.vox.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Gen Z men learning that voting for "I can say the r-word now" is perhaps less important than "I have no savings and I can't get laid."
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Everyone talks about crisis in Ukraine, the EU, Russia, China, Africa, the Middle East and the rest.
But at the heart of the destabilisation of the global order that links each of these challenges is a rapidly escalating America Crisis.
But at the heart of the destabilisation of the global order that links each of these challenges is a rapidly escalating America Crisis.
December 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Everyone talks about crisis in Ukraine, the EU, Russia, China, Africa, the Middle East and the rest.
But at the heart of the destabilisation of the global order that links each of these challenges is a rapidly escalating America Crisis.
But at the heart of the destabilisation of the global order that links each of these challenges is a rapidly escalating America Crisis.
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That’d be stupid, RIGHT???
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
That’d be stupid, RIGHT???
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Dozens of energy projects cancelled in California.
Now five more on the East Coast.
All because Donald Trump wants to kill cheap, renewable energy.
Want to know who will pay the price for Trump's job killing cancellations?
Check your utility bill next year and you will see.
Now five more on the East Coast.
All because Donald Trump wants to kill cheap, renewable energy.
Want to know who will pay the price for Trump's job killing cancellations?
Check your utility bill next year and you will see.
Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dozens of energy projects cancelled in California.
Now five more on the East Coast.
All because Donald Trump wants to kill cheap, renewable energy.
Want to know who will pay the price for Trump's job killing cancellations?
Check your utility bill next year and you will see.
Now five more on the East Coast.
All because Donald Trump wants to kill cheap, renewable energy.
Want to know who will pay the price for Trump's job killing cancellations?
Check your utility bill next year and you will see.
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It's really bad politics, and no way to run a society, to tell people over a certain income line that they pay too much in taxes to get any benefit from the government. This is one of the reasons universal basic income and healthcare are both so important and why they must be universal.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's really bad politics, and no way to run a society, to tell people over a certain income line that they pay too much in taxes to get any benefit from the government. This is one of the reasons universal basic income and healthcare are both so important and why they must be universal.
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some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
www.canarymedia.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
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I would say he has declined 600 or 700 percent. Some people say 1400 percent. No one has ever seen such declines. They say it took George Washington almost 250 years to decline as much. Huge decline.
Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman
www.alternet.org
Trump is 'declining noticeably' and could soon have a 'health event': ex-RNC spokesman
twp.ai
December 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I would say he has declined 600 or 700 percent. Some people say 1400 percent. No one has ever seen such declines. They say it took George Washington almost 250 years to decline as much. Huge decline.
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This is absolutely not how it works, but it could be how it works to some degree if we did universal basic income and indexed it to a percentage of GDP per capita, say 25%, so that as GDP grew, the UBI grew too.
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is absolutely not how it works, but it could be how it works to some degree if we did universal basic income and indexed it to a percentage of GDP per capita, say 25%, so that as GDP grew, the UBI grew too.
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It's becoming ever so hard to distinguish Trump's envoys from Putin's envoys.
December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's becoming ever so hard to distinguish Trump's envoys from Putin's envoys.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Mystified by Dems worriedly telling everyone to be careful because the letter is probably fake. There's no proof it's fake. Just take the win! Act like Republicans for once and run with it. Assume it's real. Donald Trump is a pedophile. Make headlines. Do TikTok videos. Shove it down their throats.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Mystified by Dems worriedly telling everyone to be careful because the letter is probably fake. There's no proof it's fake. Just take the win! Act like Republicans for once and run with it. Assume it's real. Donald Trump is a pedophile. Make headlines. Do TikTok videos. Shove it down their throats.
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My mom does this. She’s legally blind, and managing leading her and holding onto luggage and getting through a terminal and not losing things is too much for my dad to manage on his own. This is the only way they can get help, so that’s what they do.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My mom does this. She’s legally blind, and managing leading her and holding onto luggage and getting through a terminal and not losing things is too much for my dad to manage on his own. This is the only way they can get help, so that’s what they do.
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CAN you sometimes come to agreement? Sure.
But a lot of the time, the answer is "Is this making you happy? I love that for you."
That's all we fucking need.
But a lot of the time, the answer is "Is this making you happy? I love that for you."
That's all we fucking need.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
CAN you sometimes come to agreement? Sure.
But a lot of the time, the answer is "Is this making you happy? I love that for you."
That's all we fucking need.
But a lot of the time, the answer is "Is this making you happy? I love that for you."
That's all we fucking need.
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"It has become increasingly clear what unrestrained Trumpism means for the country: corruption and cruelty at home, incompetence and anarchy abroad." Turns out Americans don't love it. lnk.thebulwark.com/48TqBqY
Americans Are Turning Hard Against Trumpism
His insane overreaches are giving Americans a new appreciation for free trade, immigration, and international alliances.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"It has become increasingly clear what unrestrained Trumpism means for the country: corruption and cruelty at home, incompetence and anarchy abroad." Turns out Americans don't love it. lnk.thebulwark.com/48TqBqY
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Unemployment rates for Black workers and young workers have risen particularly sharply this year — a harbinger of future pain in the broader labor market.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Unemployment rates for Black workers and young workers have risen particularly sharply this year — a harbinger of future pain in the broader labor market.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart