Food prices are rising in lockstep with consolidation in the food industry. Note how coffee and cocoa prices are well off historic highs. Have prices fallen? Not even. Food is more expensive because corporations and private equity want to maximise profit. It's not difficult to grasp. #econsky

Sean Brodrick@seanbrodrick.bsky.social · last wk.

Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33% more expensive in U.S. cities since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. In the 7 1/2 years before that, prices rose 6.4%. So, while the economy is strong, blue collar folks see their lives getting worse. #EconSky t.ly/6AoA4

Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7 km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change. Streets for people are good for business.

The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab Barcelona

In this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong?  What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj...

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Country of whipped dogs. Happy Independence Day.

There is no proponent. There is no route. And there certainly aren't any companies pledging the 1.5 million barrels per day that would apparently flow down the project. It's a test of our willingness to play along with her charade, not national unity. #cdnpoli thehub.ca/2026/06/29/a...

Alberta’s pipeline proposal has become a critical test of Confederation

Is Alberta's pipeline fight actually a fight over the future of Canada? The stakes just got a lot higher than energy policy.

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Two-thirds of EU citizens back UK rejoining bloc, survey finds

Two-thirds of EU citizens back UK rejoining bloc, survey finds

Even voters for far-right and Eurosceptic parties back closer relations, polling says Two-thirds of EU citizens would back Britain rejoining the bloc, while most UK voters say Brexit has been bad for the issues they care about and want closer ties, including levels of integration – such as free movement – long seen as toxic, a survey has found. Ten years after the Brexit referendum, the polling by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a thinktank, found 66% of respondents across 15 countries felt UK membership was a very good, good or “neither a good nor a bad” idea. Continue reading...

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Gaza has the highest child amputees in the world. Zionist screaming matches can’t hide the fact.

Trump admin is literally on TV like "Iran has a right to exist"

Republicans are going to spend hundreds of billions that we don’t have to fund Trump’s endless war and line the pockets of the military industrial complex, which now includes members of Trump’s family. Nothing for you, but a fortune for war.

“They’re campaigning so hard against him, because he is a normal person.”

Graham Platner supporters celebrate after their candidate’s primary victory

Graham Platner wins Democratic nomination for Senate in Maine, overcoming scrutiny of his past. Supporters believe he will defeat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

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Hahahaha. They tried to show Trump on the Jumbotron during the anthem si people wouldn’t boo but the boos were IMMEDIATELY AND SO LOUD, they came off the image after a second.

well that was some crystal clear audio right there

UPDATE: as expected, narcissist-in-chief Trump booed hard during the anthem

This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

Screwworm seems like the right vibe for 2026. Good job writers.

Look, it sucks that the right is repealing the 20th century. But it just means we'll have to enact the 21st century

#cdnpoli #canadasky 🇨🇦🦋

Donald Trump may have finally done what years of warnings from Paris and Brussels could not: Convince Europe’s free-market holdouts that relying on American technology is a vulnerability. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

As AI firms bid up the price of land and energy, the dollars people earn will go less far. Eventually humans could, like horses in the age of the car, become uneconomical

Prepare for an AI jobs apocalypse

It is not here yet. But governments should lay a safety-net

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88 profitable corporations paid $0 taxes last year. Meanwhile, capital gains breaks keep protecting the wealthy while workers pay in full. @itep.org  @amyhanauer.bsky.social breaks down the three biggest problems with the US tax code. #econsky full #mostlyeconomics ep: https://bit.ly/4tVbbuW

Both Iran and China have defeated Trump. Canada is up next.

China exported more electric vehicles and plug-in vehicles than gasoline or diesel cars for the first time in April, as automakers expanded aggressively overseas to offset subdued demand in the domestic market. on.wsj.com/48QrMbz

China Exports More EVs Than Traditional Cars for First Time in April

China exported more electric vehicles and plug-in vehicles than gasoline or diesel cars for the first time in April, as automakers expanded aggressively overseas to offset subdued demand in the domestic market.

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Never forget, the “Alberta Separatist Movement” is a relatively small number of unhinged conspiracy nuts being fed a steady diet of Russian and US-made disinformation, normalized by media mostly following the wrong story, and boosted by political opportunists who think (wrongly) they can control it.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Both Russian and pro-Trump U.S. actors are amplifying and spreading misinformation about Alberta separatism in the hope of fraying Canadian unity and sowing distrust.” An overt attack on Canadian sovereignty, meant specifically to manipulate Canadians. That’s what’s fuelling Alberta separation.

"That 2.9 million voting-age Albertans have had their personal information circulating in the Maple MAGAsphere poses a massive public safety risk and exposes the October 19 referendum process even further to foreign influence from the global far right...

May Vibes 🌱

Missing from the headline and lede: “Russia has been running what CSIS describes as a combination of espionage, attempted sabotage and disinformation” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

China, India among countries active in foreign interference and spying in Canada, CSIS says

The agency also identified Russia, Iran and Pakistan as nations that engage in meddling

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Russia is targeting Canada with disinformation, Senate report warns www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Russia is targeting Canada with disinformation, Senate report warns

Efforts are an attempt to undermine the NATO alliance and destabilize Western democracies, committee says

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Debt surges; wealthy collect interest. #econsky

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.

Brazil's democracy is so much stronger than America's and it's been around for about half an hour.

Kanna Banana 🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇷@kanna-banana.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Breaking: Brazil bans betting companies like kalshi and polymarket from operating in the country decision effective may 4th forbids betting on politics, sports and entertainment

Pope Leo's right hand is Cardinal Czerny. I knew him in Riverdale. He used to come to our punk shows to discuss grassroots activism. We met in a biker bar. He married my wife and I and was sent to El Salvador to defy the death squads after they murdered the Jesuit leaders. He is the real deal.