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Former tech exec turned advocate for economic justice. Anti-Milton Friedman, pro-progressive economics à la Stiglitz, Raworth, and Graeber. Passionate about justice, rethinking capital's role, and aligning finances with values.
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"free speech" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Free markets" www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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Tax deductions for charitable contributions aren't a good deal for the tax payer with how our system works today www.delta-fund.org/post/the-gen...

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A slow coup is underway—tech billionaires aiming to centralize power. Neoliberalism bred the crisis. Authoritarianism is their answer. Ours must be dignity, equity, and sustainability. Who’s with me? #postneoliberal #collectiveaction

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Peter Turchin's research team built a database of hundreds of societies across 10,000 years to try to find out what causes deep political crises. There are two clear drivers: The first is popular immiseration—when the economic fortunes of broad swaths of a population decline.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Seattle #50501

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Facebook now doing what they wanted to do all along

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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

submitted 51 days ago • 1093 comments

“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.” Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S. MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...

submitted 51 days ago • 104 comments

Two crown tattoos were the only evidence the government presented in Andry’s asylum case before he was sent to a Salvadoran prison. Immigration authorities suspected the tattoo was gang-related, but his lawyer says his parents’ names are below the crowns, and they honor his mom and dad.

submitted 51 days ago • 29 comments

Please pay attention to what is happening. These authoritarian acts must not be tolerated or ignored.

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People don't understand how broadly signal is used in the United States government for the explicit reason that messages can be set to disappear and leave no lasting record for the public. So many shocking details in this story.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

This. Message. Is. Working. Time to throw out the Dem leadership that since Bill Clinton focused on Wall Street instead of the working class. Time to elevate leaders who can return the party to a pro-worker party.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

This is an excellent article on Careless People - well with the read

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

I just finished Careless People and it rings true to me. I didn't work in these policy areas but I did work with many of the people and the descriptions of them resonate. I learned new details of things I saw at the company that were worse than I expected.

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

The fact that this is happening in America is appalling. Read the article and take to heart Jasmine's words that others have it worse. This isn't the America we should want.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

WIRED gives me hope that journalism can serve the public well again. This is a great move that others should follow. And subscribe - I have and found incredibly valuable

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

This is a really important statement from one of the co-founders of Meta (Facebook when he co-founded it)

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

This is... Unbelievable. Another clear autocratic step.

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The pre Civil war south is a good example of an economic zone that didn't have labor or environmental regulations.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

The Democratic Party’s problems are not about being moderate or left. That’s a consultant and pundit red herring The problems are in party organization, the culture of “it’s their turn” nominations, candidate recruitment, gerontocracy, inability to shape media topics, and coming off hella lame

submitted 74 days ago • 262 comments

As a former VP at Meta I can confirm that the leadership are indeed careless people. I look forward to reading this book. From what I have read in coverage, the disregard for real world harms and trading growth opportunities against human rights rings true. I'll let you know more when I've read it.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

I use Signal every day. This is a great guide to the app - give it a try. www.wired.com/story/signal...

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment