"training in Marxist economics tends to give you a) a weird, unrealistic and largely useless theory of economics plus b) a clear understanding of how economics relates to political power. While a training in mainstream neoclassical economics only gives you the first of these."

rent, always rent

economics of the Zohranmarket

backofmind.substack.com

Reactionaries accidentally dropping the perfect name for a fake indie rock band to appear in the background of an early 2010s romcom with Jesse Eisenberg or Michael Cera.

Dan O’Sullivan@osullyville.bsky.social · yesterday

Nope, nice try. Not doing this to myself. You'll have to kill my ass

"So many GOP plans for political dominance rest on the fact that the system has been static for decades...the solution has to be to add dynamism back to the system. The quickest, surest, Constitutional path to that is just to create more stuff." - @jamellebouie.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcXQ...

Broke: Pack the Supreme Court. Woke: Pack ALL of the Courts

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

"Our time will come, and when it does: no amnesty." Great, important piece from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...

Truth Without Reconciliation

Why did Brazil’s democratic institutions hold firm while those in the United States so quickly wilted?

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Big thx to @victorpickard.bsky.social for joining us again to help us make sense of the variously capitalistic, oligarchic & authoritarian U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. The big take-away: robust democracies require robust public media. Now is the time to imagine & build otherwise!

Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 4d ago

✨ MotL 93 is live! ✨ @victorpickard.bsky.social returns to Money on the Left 6 years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. moneyontheleft.org/2026/08/01/d... Please listen & share! 🎧 🙌 * Transcript forthcoming ...

it is very important that we have independent media and I am again tapping the sign for you to find billionaire free, worker run news to support how and when you are able

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...

your apartment, the sport of basketball, and the Republic of Korea are all social constructs. mere recognition of this fact does not actually make the question of whether you are standing in your own apartment, playing basketball, or a Korean national up in the air until settled by op ed editors

there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

the thing implied by calling something a social construct is that it’s optional and we could just stop doing it, which, good luck with that

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d ago

there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5

one thing that infuriates me so much about this shit is that they act as if the women making the allegations are being massively rewarded for their actions when in fact most of what they face for coming forward is being called liars and harassed by assholes like them

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.

matt stoller fully embracing his role as sexual assault denialist

Mamdani accurately said that Prime Minister Netanyahu is charged with war crimes, and people are blaming him for antisemitism. Trump baselessly claimed George Soros was funding Central American migrant caravans, which directly inspired the deadliest antisemitic violence in US history in 2018.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Mamdani: "When I make criticisms of PM Netanyahu, they are criticisms of PM Netanyahu. And what I shared were not even frankly personal assessments, they were objective facts ... it's a city where everyone needs to know that their belonging to it is not conditional on how they feel about the mayor."

This ideology has been far more damaging to the country than anything the DSA is proposing www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Americans have more confidence in higher education than in big tech companies, and the gap is growing rather than shrinking. The higher ed-doomsday pundits need to get on board with the real vibe shift in public trust that is happening right now.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.

I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...

A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.

Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies

“Mamdani convicted Netanyahu without a trial” is one of the weirdest attacks on Mamdani, given that Mamdani’s call is literally for Netanyahu to stand trial for the charges against him.

impeachment is not going to happen — the bar is too high — but it just takes a simple majority and a signature to expand the entire federal judiciary.

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Read more about Benjamin Flowers. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/anti-civil...

We did it lads

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump’s net approval among men is -22, the lowest in either of his terms. (via YouGov)

This website is the news fandom and every fandom includes toxic fans

The only thing inevitable about AI is its failure I would love to put on a cap & gown and give this one-sentence speech to hundreds of CEOs

Futurism@futurism.com · 2w ago

It's a bloodbath.

When Democrats retake the House and start launching subpoenas at Homan and his thugs, remember that he believes any failure to comply with authorities is grounds for having that person immediately killed.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Homan on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."

The are betting on Little House on the Prairie Season 2 on Kalshi. This is a very important market for managing risk and I am glad we now reap such efficiencies.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

In “The Odyssey,” a pointless war 20ish years ago broke the spirit of decency and fellow-feeling that kept society together, and now all that’s left is selfishness and cruelty, but we still have to try to learn and grow, salvage what we can, and move forward. Btw everyone has American accents.

Thinking about how so many people I know said Don’t Look Up was so stupid and over the top and ridiculous but my environmental scientist brother was like “Nope, that’s exactly how it feels”

AGAIN: the #1 predictor of a mass shooter is violence against women. Cops perpetrate VAW at higher % (though exact # unknown ofc) than the gen population. At some point our culture must take seriously the fact that this is a real red flag. It requires hating women less, though.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

I think we can see the playbook for this year's midterms.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Tuberville: "We probably have four or five senators that didn't legally win. They shouldn't be up here."

i think it would be pretty cool and fun to experience life as the type of writer who is default assumed to know what she's talking about when covering one of her areas of expertise. so i guess a man. the type of writer who is a man

when you studiously ignore popular opinions unfavorable to the interests of beltway think-tanks and their tech bro abundance backers, that's willful ygnorance

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Around 70% of Americans oppose AI data center construction. Nearly half of Americans oppose it strongly. Whatever one's personal opinion about AI or data centers themselves, note that the "popularists" aren't making a big push for Democrats to oppose data center construction. I wonder why.