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@surplusmurderbot.bsky.social

Mediocre economist who had delusions of grandeur about becoming a mediocre data scientist.

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

"This is what you get when you elect Republicans." Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly. Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time. Fucking say it!

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Heather
@heat86.bsky.social

One of my favorite games to play as an adult is: Did I take Tylenol 30 minutes ago or did I just think about taking Tylenol 30 minutes ago...

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@surplusmurderbot.bsky.social

Honestly, the more social media companies that demand ID verification, the better. I’ll never give mine, so it’ll be a good way for me to start reducing my crippling addictions.

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Ed Zitron
@edzitron.com

I think that one of the problems of LLMs is that the real world was never meant to be exposed to SaaS. Real people are not conditioned to be sold awkward, half-functional software that sucks unless you spend hours tweaking it, at which point it sort of works and you're meant to love it

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Peterson Institute for International Economics
@piie.com

There's optimism about big data from lots of sources constructing alternative indicators, David Wilcox say, but what isn’t widely appreciated is that the value of those alternative indicators depends greatly on being able to rely on BEA, BLS & Census data as foundation on which they will be built.

politico.com‘You’re Asking Me to Contemplate the Nuclear Scenario’A former Federal Reserve official gets candid about Trump’s firing of the BLS chief.

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Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social

Me three months ago:

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social

My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good

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Catherynne M. Valente
@catvalente.bsky.social

Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?” phraseology, which is from Homer’s Iliad, proving we have never, ever changed as a species, only less fancily inclined. “What nonsense has escaped the barrier of your teeth now?”

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

FYI, this works Gen X, too. I know we’re often forgotten about, but we also had a President Bush in high school, a war in the gulf, and current (1990) and looming (dot com) recessions. Our music was better, though.

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sarah jeong
@sarahjeong.bsky.social

yeah grown ass men with sausage fingers are also out there painting tiny dolls using nail art brushes so they can play house* with their friends. american men have plenty of manual dexterity *warhammer 40k

nikomo@nikomo.fi

My favorite part is that there's adult men, in America, that do iPhone repair, and they often do repair tasks much more intricate than what assembly requires. Like nobody even thought about this for a second.

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NY Times Pitchbot
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

I can't top this one.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.

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Lee Morgenbesser
@lmorgenbesser.bsky.social

With his arrest, ICE now meets all five criteria for being classified as a secret police force. Things will get much worse from here. theconversation.com/how-ice-is-b...

theconversation.comHow ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administrationThe US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meets most criteria that have defined secret police forces in authoritarian regimes. And the worst may be yet to come.
Marco Foster@marcofoster.bsky.social

HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center