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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 7d

I thought the NYT article on Blair today is unduly hard on him. I take off my hat to anyone who persists the way he does in trying to mediate peace in what seems an intractable conflict.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 9d

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10d

Moldova 🇲🇩 👍

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Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 9d

Also, for years I spoke of the windshield factor and wondered how in the heck they measured that.

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 9d

I used to think it was scare crows.

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 10d

Adams dropping out

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Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 11d

Quarterly Outlook 2025–2027: Stagflation www.transeconomics.com/timoneconomi...

Quarterly Outlook 2025–2027: <i>Stagflation</i>

(Hay una versión en español de este artículo aquí.) Executive Summary We forecast the global economy through June 2027 under two scenarios: a base case, Stagflation (subjective probability = 85%), and...

www.transeconomics.com

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 11d

Perspectiva Trimestral 2025–2027: Estanflación www.transeconomics.com/timoneconomi...

Perspectiva Trimestral 2025–2027: <i>Estanflación</i>

(You can read the English version here.) Resumen ejecutivo Proyectamos la economía global hasta junio de 2027 bajo dos escenarios: un caso base, Estanflación (probabilidad subjetiva = 85%), y uno alte...

www.transeconomics.com

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 17d

Trump is failing Putin’s test,
and the West,
and the rest
of us.

Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 17d

Not sure how much more evidence we need

kyivindependent.com/russian-spy-...

NATO jets intercept Russian spy plane over Baltic Sea, Germany says

The aircraft, an Il-20M, departed from Russia and entered international airspace without establishing communication, making visual identification the only way to confirm its presence.

kyivindependent.com

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Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 17d

I can’t figure out whether this can possibly have any effect on things. I get it, it’s symbolic, and symbols matter. But how much does or will this one matter?

Politico @politico.com · 17d

Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that Canada officially recognizes the state of Palestine, marking a major shift in its foreign policy.

Canada recognizes Palestinian statehood

Britain and Australia did so as well.

www.politico.com

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 18d

In which she exposes his incoherence.

Wendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social · 18d

Core inflation is running ~1 pp ABOVE Fed’s target. The reason to look at inflation & yet still cut would be BECAUSE you think inflation is being temporarily boosted by tariffs. If Miran doesn’t think it’s tariffs that are boosting inflation, surely that would make him MORE worried about inflation??

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19d

They are allowed to do that.

They are precisely allowed to do precisely that.

Politicians from Left or Right who slobber after the power to suppress dissenting speech are—under our cherished Constitution—impotent.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20d

Trump:

"When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."

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Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

White House embarrassingly inept in its crushing of free speech.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

🤡

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21d

Clay Higgins sent a letter to Bluesky and other social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech critical of Charlie Kirk.

They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."

clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...

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Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

Republicans lawmakers ignore founding fathers.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

Your money. His vote. 🤡

@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

Growth risk

Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 21d

Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.307 million Annual Rate in August calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/housing-st...

Housing Starts Decreased to 1.307 million Annual Rate in August

From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions

calculatedrisk.substack.com

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

Shine lights, South Korea.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

WAPO: “.. The detention center .. failed to properly monitor and treat some detainees’ medical conditions, .. and for weeks did not provide many of them a way to contact lawyers, learn about their cases or file complaints ..”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

Finally a group of our deported workers has a strong(loud, visible) advocate. Keep it up, South Korea.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

The Trump-Vance claim to be pro-free-speech is confirmed false.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

Threats to press freedom make the entertainment mags.

@ew.com
ew.com/donald-trump...

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

Home building is more labor intensive than other types of construction. This poses an important risk to growth.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

PANTHEON: “.. The downturn in homebuilding is gathering considerable momentum, with total permits .. falling .. at a 20% annualized pace in the latest three months ..

“.. consumers’ low confidence and heightened concerns about job security represent ongoing headwinds to demand.”

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 21d

Oops

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21d

WSJ reports on “America’s resurging love of cocaine” — as Trump’s campaign “to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally has taken federal agents away from drug-traffic interdiction.”

@wsj.com @bgrueskin.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Genevieve Signoret @gsignoret.bsky.social · 23d

Super fun!
@deliaparedesm.bsky.social @patsignoret.bsky.social

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 23d

A fun chart game that primarily sources its data from Our World in Data!

Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 26d

Launch day 🚀

We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game!

Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues!

Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 24d

some of the most horrible ways to murder people are to starve them, or to take away their lifesaving medication abruptly, leaving no plausible path to find a replacement source in time.

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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 24d

www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

Shackled and chained: Mass detention of Koreans fuels criticism of US - The Korea Times

Public anger toward the U.S. is intensifying in Seoul after Koreans who returned from mass arrest in Georgia on Friday described squalid detention...

www.koreatimes.co.kr

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 26d

Well would you look at that, looks like charges against Governor Cook were based on incomplete and misleading information...

www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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