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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 14h

when it crashes and I instruct it to recover all tabs from last session, I enjoy watching my beautiful portfolio of tabs repopulate, like a timelapse video of a flower blooming

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 5d

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 7d

"We have no choice but to be the solutions to our own problems....We have to use our creative energy to create the world we want; not just to critique the world as it is."
@ari-shapiro.bsky.social on this his last day at @npr.org arishapiro.substack.com/p/books-clos...

Books closing and opening

when the universe shouts

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 7d

NICE

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 14d

This is a fascinating look at part of the reality of a place and people that Israel is attempting to wipe off the map

mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 18d

on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...

In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money

Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 13d

I see this popping up over and over again.

People just do not think America is safe anymore.

Partly it's the endless mass shootings. But of course these days it's just as much that simply coming here as a tourist -- much less trying to work here -- is an invitation to detention.

Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 14d

"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid

Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.

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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · 14d

A few years ago, the Wall Street firm, Jane Street, discovered a sort of goldmine in one of the biggest economies in the world. They became the envy of Wall Street. But when they tried to keep that goldmine a secret, things spiraled out of their control.

How Jane Street’s secret billion-dollar trade unraveled : Planet Money

On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few years, one trading firm has stood out from the rest for both huge profits and careful secrecy — Jane…

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 14d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 18d

on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...

In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money

Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...

www.npr.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26d

“.. The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud ..”

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 28d

ahhhhhh congratulations!!! <3

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 28d

Sally Mann got bored developing her own negatives so mindlessly started to scroll and it maybe accidentally solarized her picture. “I think it was the light from the phone that did it. But I don’t know for sure, and now I have to find out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...

Sally Mann, in Her Golden Hour, Faces Fresh Culture Wars

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 29d

as a southerner with an extremely light regional accent, and a husband with same, Siri CAN NOT understand us or transcribe us like 7% of the time

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 8

yoww:
- Skybridge Opportunity Zone REIT was supposed to raise $3b. raised <$50m
- has made ONE investment, in New Orleans
- Scaramucci suggested 8-10% annualized before tax benefits. So far: 0% payouts
- meanwhile: SkyBridge Capital gets 1.75% of the fund’s $43m NAV
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Scaramucci Struggles to Spin a Trump Tax Break Into Profit for Clients

Anthony Scaramucci is struggling to spin one of President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks into a profit for his wealthy clients. Yet “the Mooch,” as he’s known on Wall Street, keeps getting paid his fee...

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · Sep 7

I've been a full-time journalist for 13 years. If you'd told me at the start of my career that I will worry about "indepedence of central banks", I woud have looked at you quizzically.

But oh dear, I did begin to worry. This is a good episode to understand why. www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

What happens to central banks under pressure? : Planet Money

President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to look at other examples of political pressure on central banks, to see what it might mean for us and fo...

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Carolina Garriga @carogarriga.bsky.social · Sep 7

I had the pleasure of joining NPR's @planetmoney.bsky.social to talk about central banks, what’s happening with the Fed, & why it matters.

Big thanks to @erikaberas.bsky.social for a fun and engaging interview (+ Carola Binder & Lev Menand).

@uniessexgov.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

What happens to central banks under pressure? : Planet Money

President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to look at other examples of political pressure on central banks, to see what it might mean for us and fo...

www.npr.org

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Single-use plastic was never inevitable. It was a business decision. And we can choose differently" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

Opinion | Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 6

funny that $3,000 is a meaningful amount of money to almost every writer I know, and $1.5b is a pretty trivial amount for anthropic www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

Anthropic settles with authors in first-of-its-kind AI copyright infringement lawsuit

A U.S. district court is scheduled to consider whether to approve the settlement next week, in a case that marked the first substantive decision on how fair use applies to generative AI systems.

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 6

what happens to central banks under political pressure? just wondering
we check out the research on central-bank-independence-erosion around the world, to see what it meant for those economies:
www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n... @erikaberas.bsky.social @willagreer.bsky.social @planetmoney.bsky.social

What happens to central banks under pressure? : Planet Money

President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to look at other examples of political pressure on central banks, to see what it might mean for us and fo...

www.npr.org

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 3

every writer-parent has their own version of this arc

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 3

ps www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books

There is more to the hippos and cows and chickens and dogs and mice than meets the eye.

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Dinosaurs in Trucks Because Hey, Why Not" is among my least favorite but also she earned the right to phone it in

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 3

"ignore the market for 30-year bonds at your peril"!!!! (emphasis mine)

Allison Schrager on the bond market finally making sense again, maybe www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... @opinion.bloomberg.com

Could Bond Markets Finally Be Making Sense Again?

Rising long-term yields around the world show that the basic laws of macroeconomics still apply: Higher risks result in higher rates.

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mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · Sep 2

"A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper."
~𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴~ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...

Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man

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NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social · Aug 30

On Monday, President Trump attempted to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Cook has countered with a lawsuit against Trump. On our latest episode, we look inside the Federal Reserve Board, and what it might mean for the economy if Trump gets more control.

Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed : Planet Money

The Federal Reserve has been under intense pressure from President Donald Trump as he pushes for more control over the historically independent agency. The Fed is tasked with keeping inflation and…

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