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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 59m

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graeme @g--0.bsky.social · 1h

reading the article, it's worse than I thought, just a firehose of bullshit

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 1h

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 2h

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 22h

WTI crude hanging around $61 breakeven price to drill in the cheapest areas of USA.
Russia's Urals fairing slightly better, but much higher than their breakeven price to drill. US sanctions cant work if they are willing to trade in anything other than dollars, like say gold or yuan #econsky #OOTT

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 2h

democracy
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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 5h

🧵 Am I surprised they gave Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize? No. Does she deserve it? Also, no. There’s a reason she was barred from running for office in Venezuela: multiple violent coup attempts and calling of foreign governments, like Israel, to invade Venezuela.

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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 6h

Pérez feels trapped in a country that doesn’t want her. She’s afraid of leaving her apartment, afraid that she will be detained and that her children will be taken away from her. “I feel so scared, always looking around in every direction. I was trying to leave voluntarily, like the president said.”

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 2h

housing has not been 'affordable' since 2021
#econsky www.atlantafed.org/research/dat...

https://www.atlantafed.org/research/data-and-tools/home-ownership-affordability-monitor

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 5h

🧵 Am I surprised they gave Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize? No. Does she deserve it? Also, no. There’s a reason she was barred from running for office in Venezuela: multiple violent coup attempts and calling of foreign governments, like Israel, to invade Venezuela.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 9h

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Gregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · 4h

⛔️UMich Consumer #Sentiment weakens slightly in October.

⚠️Concerns around job prospects & high prices continue to cloud the outlook even as most shrug their shoulders at the #governmentshutdown

🔻Sentiment -0.2%
🔻Current Conditions +1.0%
🔻Expectations -1.0%

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

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Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

this is TOO good. the fake opposition leader and cia plant that trump himself picked and backed with bags of literal cash to fuck with maduro, won his lil toy from him. him sad

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4h

María Corina Machado, a U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition figure, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

“They didn't give it to Donald Trump, but they seem to have given it to the next best thing," says historian Greg Grandin.

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

this is like that doctor that made patients sick just so could 'heal' them

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

".. World leaders seemingly caught on to Trump’s yearning for a Nobel as a way to the president’s heart, with the rulers of .. Pakistan, .. Azerbaijan, and Armenia, scoring points with him by stating publicly that he deserves it."

@newrepublic.com
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White House Flips Out After Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump didn’t win the peace prize he so desperately wanted.

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

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Politico @politico.com · 22h

Republican Governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt condemns the deployment of Texas's National Guard to Illinois.

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration,” Stitt told The New York Times in an interview.

GOP Oklahoma governor criticizes Texas National Guard deployment to Illinois

Kevin Stitt, the chair of the National Governors Association, broke with his party in an interview with The New York Times.

www.politico.com

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

the national meeting of the governors is happening now, its a perfect opertunity for the govs to join the OK gov of all people in denouncing trump for authoritarian bs, but so far, theyre leaving him and this guy out on a lil island for the trump hurricane to roll in w/ death threats to silence them

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 4h

Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump’s deployment of national guard troops to Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon, against the will of officials there.

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Gov. Phil Scott says Trump’s national guard deployments are unconstitutional

Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump’s deployment of national guard troops to Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon, against the will of officials there...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

“Should expectations around the impact of AI become less optimistic,” markets could be left “particularly exposed,”

nahhhhh, your worrying for nothing bank of england, everyone LOVES ai and cant stop singing its praises and talking abt how useful it is...
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Gregory Pijanowski @gpijanowski.bsky.social · 6h

There are no libertarians during a financial crisis.

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 18h

"[Argentina] fears that a sharper depreciation will reignite expectations of high inflation, & they also wish to conserve those IMF funds to help cover nearly $20 billion in interest and principal payments on dollar debts coming due in the next 15months" #econsky theconversation.com/why-argentin...

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

friends helping friends
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Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 13h

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 18h

"[Argentina] fears that a sharper depreciation will reignite expectations of high inflation, & they also wish to conserve those IMF funds to help cover nearly $20 billion in interest and principal payments on dollar debts coming due in the next 15months" #econsky theconversation.com/why-argentin...

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 17h

bubble hash

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18h

Some 70 people are reported killed, injured, or missing beneath the rubble after Israeli airstrikes struck Gaza’s Al Sabra neighborhood. Families that had gathered in celebration were bombed, leading to casualties among many women and children.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 18h

After the officers forced open her door, 92-year-old Johnston fired a single shot that hit no one. The officers responded with a swarm of 39 bullets screaming through Johnston’s living room.

Episode One: Dirty Business

The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 18h

Goldman: “We estimate that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims increased to about 235k for the week ended October 4th, by combining the Department of Labor (DOL)’s pre-released seasonal factors with this afternoon’s release of state-level claims.”

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 18h

"[Argentina] fears that a sharper depreciation will reignite expectations of high inflation, & they also wish to conserve those IMF funds to help cover nearly $20 billion in interest and principal payments on dollar debts coming due in the next 15months" #econsky theconversation.com/why-argentin...

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 19h

white people will take eating when you are hungry and what you are craving and make a whole lifestyle out of it.

this story has nothing to do with her album flop, shut up!

CNBC @cnbc.com · 19h

Intuitive eating is "an approach that focuses on trusting your hunger cues," says dietitian Jinan Banna.

Though the trend has grown in popularity recently, it’s something that Taylor Swift seems to have been practicing 15 years ago.

Intuitive eating is trending now, but Taylor Swift was practicing it 15 years ago—'it rejects diet culture,' dietician says

Intuitive eating is "an approach that focuses on trusting your hunger cues," says dietitian Jinan Banna. In 2010, Taylor Swift was practicing the eating pattern.

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