Peter Thiel is about to turn 59 and a half this year, so he’ll be able to withdraw his more than $5 billion in capital gains tax free because he legally gamed the Roth IRA system. Superrich just have different rules. Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.

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Modi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."

Arundhati Roy on how India's movement started...in BU:) "Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, calling some unemployed young Indians cockroaches, Abhijeet Dipke, a student living in Boston, posted...on Instagram: “What if all cockroaches come together?” Millions responded." thewire.in/rights/cockr...

Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous

Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.

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Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21h ago

Modi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."

In case you needed another reason to avoid food from the U.S. … FDA proposing to expand controversial loophole “to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review.”

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 23h ago

FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"A proposal by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to power data centres in the province will only allow natural gas-powered projects to connect to the grid" The worst petrostates on the planet are scrambling to cement AI slop as a new demand source for fossil fuels

Loving this bravery. This is how to stand up to the erosions of decency in our rapidly devolving world

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The rule of law is under vicious attack in this province and I am not the first, nor will I be the last, to call this out. When an institution is silent in the face of what is happening in this province, that silence is complicity." Another resignation at the Law Society.

I understand that whiny guy is part of the conservative alpha male character - rush limbaugh was fucking whiny too - but trump is off the charts

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · yesterday

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the South African jurist who led the United Nations commission of inquiry that concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Jurist Who Led UN Inquiry Into Genocide in Gaza

South African human rights lawyer Navanethem “Navi” Pillay began her career defending anti-apartheid activists.

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Stelco is laying off 500 Canadian steelworkers. The CEO of their US parent company, Cleveland-Cliffs, is a vocal Trump supporter who has been cheering on the tariffs. This is a MAGA attempt to deindustrialize Canada and harm our productive capacity.

The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law. By attacking the ICC, the US government is threatening justice for victims of abuses from Palestine to Ukraine, Myanmar, and Sudan. Read more:

US Sanctions on ICC Put Global Justice at Risk

The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law.

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um, why is Elon Musk's main law firm doing this?

Semafor@semafor.com · 2d ago

Law firm Quinn Emanuel’s March memo on data-center debt was making the rounds in recent days, laying out worst-case scenarios for the hundreds of billions of dollars being borrowed and spent to fund the AI buildout. It does the one thing professional-services memos never do: It names names.

Global food prices are the highest since 2022, driven by wars and climate; Gaza and Sudan are in famine; El Nino threatens to raise food prices 15+% in 2027 per Goldman Sachs et al; Debt crises loom in countries that already spend more on debt interest than on health or education (half of humanity).

The Future Of Food Prices

YouTube video by Macrodose

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The BC NDP are in trouble, and running out of runway. If that gap doesn't start to close soon, frustrated supporters who see the election as a lost cause may stay with/shift to the Greens as a protest, creating a further downward spiral. www.liaison.ca/polls/bc-con...

With Musk now weighing in on which Canadian provinces should leave Confederation, maybe the Government of Canada and its politicians will finally leave “X”? Because if they didnt leave it because of CSAM, maybe they’ll leave it for national unity?

Jardin #Montréal

Can we break free of neoliberalism — and America? I speak with former clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb about his latest book. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/can-we-bre...

Can We Break Free Of Neoliberalism — And America?

In his latest book, former Clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb talks Canadian sovereignty, inequality, the Yankee menace, the climate crisis, and more.

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The other thing is that, at this point, all these kids' parents can't stand Macron either, so they're probably alright with them missing school, too.

Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 2d ago

One reason social mobilization resonates at such scale in France is that the symbolism, imaginary and celebration of the revolution is so deeply rooted in the nation's political culture and DNA. And a student mobilization is particularly dangerous because they can stay out there a long time. 🤣

Fain wins by a landslide, low voter turnout when you consider how much a federal monitor tried to juice the opposition and the UAW went out of their way to let members know there was an election.

Shawn Fain’s Slate Has Swept the UAW Elections

The message from United Auto Workers members in their recent internal elections, in which President Shawn Fain and his slate are poised to win big, is clear, argues former Fain Chief of Staff Chris Br...

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A reminder that #ICE still has five offices in Canadian cities - Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. The presence of ICE, indeed its very existence as a law enforcement agency, makes us all less safe. We shouldn't have to wait for someone to be shot to do something about it.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d ago

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

happy to hear of this new federal policy release. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ottawa to provide $2B in rebates for homeowners who install heat pumps | CBC News

The federal government is launching a $2-billion rebate program that it says will help homeowners in Canada lower their annual heating costs while reducing emissions when they install heat pumps in th...

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"How do we remove the billionaire class from power? I don’t know. But I do know that there are a lot more of us than them." climatehuman.substack.com/p/were-in-de...

We’re In Deep Shit, But Not Because of El Niño

The real danger is steadily escalating planetary heat. The only way forward is to end billionaires.

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You know who else live-streams their killings? The Islamic State / ISIS. They record and live-stream killings in an attempt to spread their violent propaganda and marshal support. Now, MAGA.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.

Montreal’s ‘anti-insult’ bylaw gives police another weapon against the vulnerable ricochet.media/justice/poli...

Montreal’s ‘anti-insult’ bylaw gives police another weapon against the vulnerable

Montreal city council decided to pass an anti-insult bylaw to protect officers days after a photojournalist was beaten by the Montreal Police

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Drax, the company Canadians subsidize to grind BC forests into pellets to generate electricity in the UK is now branching out into datacentres. Electing a BC Green govt will stop this madness.

Prof Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 5d ago

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights Calling wood “renewable” doesn’t make the CO2 released when it’s burned disappear. If forests take decades or more to recover that carbon, how should we count those emissions? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Radio Rwanda

Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 3d ago

I know everyone’s jaded and exhausted by the continual parade of madness, but this is the president of US openly inciting racist violence against an entire community of immigrants. (w/ alt text)

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d ago

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

it's Adam and Intelligence not Steve and Intelligence

In a political system where companies can be gouged for unlimited cash, inconsistent application of the law is a powerful financial opportunity. At some point some of these companies might realize they are better off under a predictable and impartial legal system rather than a personalist one.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trump admin is suspending a bunch of tech companies (Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini) from participation in the H-1B PERM program, alleging fraud. Some other tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) notably absent from the list.

Ottawa says that it's wrong to imply the US is engaging in foreign interference in Canada like our adversaries, so drops sponsorship of EU DisinfoLab 2026. The US has threatened to annex Canada & Republicans are working to help separatists in Alberta... www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Canada drops sponsorship of conference that cites U.S. as foreign-interference actor

Officials will no longer chair sessions at the event in Lithuania, including one on disinformation in the Arctic

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