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Economist Jeff Ferry argues it is "utter nonsense" to say #Trump's first-term tariffs hurt the economy. "Yes, you can still have a growing economy with tariffs," responds trade expert Scott Lincicome. "You're just not growing as quickly." FULL EPISODE: buff.ly/4gTtREA

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Carefully done study clearly shows X and TikTok pushing pro-AfD content to Germans whose own selections of who to follow are neutral. In other words, heavy pro-AfD thumb on the scale by Elon Musk and CCP. www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-g...

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Whack-a-Mole: "How Trump’s First Trade War With China Gave Rise to New Targets" https://buff.ly/4i8E7dj

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

They screwed this all up.

submitted 4 days ago • 43 comments

Next Friday! 😊

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The case for Democrats to start holding televised, primetime opposition hearings featuring civil servants fired by Trump & Musk, Americans hurt by baseless cuts, and scholars on authoritarian regimes. quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

The curmudgeon philosopher @radiofreetom.bsky.social nails it yet again, www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 5 days ago • 200 comments

This is the most “unintentional Dril tweet” ever posted

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

"Launched in Italy during COVID by Prime Minister Conte, the 'Superbonus' scheme subsidized 110% of housing renovation costs.... The proponents of the Superbonus [were] advocates of Monetary Monetary Theory so deficits were considered only an illusory barrier to government spending."

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2288 comments

Jeffries and Schumer are just profoundly not up to what’s happening and what’s coming. I’m sorry but it’s just true

submitted 6 days ago • 45 comments

Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.

submitted 6 days ago • 266 comments

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

submitted 6 days ago • 272 comments

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

submitted 7 days ago • 478 comments

If I wanted to learn the fundamentals of ML so that I can better lead a team of ML engineers, what resources, blogs, or books would you recommend I check out ? PS- I’m already a software engineering manager and I have no ML experience.

submitted 7 days ago • 23 comments

💼 Hiring Update👩‍💼 One of my amazing engineers is transitioning to being an Engineering Manager! This leaves an opening for a Senior Backend Java Engineer on my team. The role isn't open quite yet, but I want to get the ball rolling. Descriptions below, please drop your LinkedIn links 🙌

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

He or she who joined SCOTUS’s opinion in Trump v. US should really contemplate what they’ve done

submitted 7 days ago • 72 comments

l'etat c'est moi

submitted 7 days ago • 644 comments

everything is a conspiracy if, like david sacks, you are a fucking idiot

submitted 7 days ago • 285 comments

"Silveira argued the U.S. imposes a $360-per-tonne tariff on sugar imports outside preferential quotas, equating to an 81.2% tax considering current market prices - far higher than Brazil's 18% ethanol tariff." https://buff.ly/4b3Mk01

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

"Amazon Warehouse Workers Reject Union Bid in North Carolina" "Upstart union’s drive in Raleigh suburb fails by 3-to-1 margin"

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The last time an international border was changed in North America was when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Federation. It was primarily to do away with tariffs (by NF on CDN goods, 25% 🔔) and to reduce cost of living 🔔! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

How Neanderthals Kept Our Ancestors Warm nautil.us/how-neandert...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

rip (yay)

submitted 8 days ago • 18 comments

If the legitimate press just permanently stopped attending these events and were replaced by propaganda outlets, that would be both optically clarifying and improve actual journalism.

submitted 8 days ago • 74 comments

"SharkNinja CEO says Trump's tariffs won’t mean its air fryers and ice cream makers will be made in the USA. It'll shuffle the supply chain to dodge those fees instead" https://buff.ly/3ECFAdv

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Next week's speaker at the Seattle JUG is the one and only @venkats.bsky.social! He is going to speak about "Scaling Java Applications using Virtual Threads". I can't recommend the event enough! www.meetup.com/seajug/event...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Do you know all 97 Things you need to know about Java? OK, there might be more than 97 Things. But in this video, you can learn half a dozen things you should know youtu.be/RzaNJzz5jW8?...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

google maps opened in india is like idk man, call it whatever

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Like you, I am joining Blue Sky because this community believes that even in these dark days, the sky’s the limit. We’re not cowering to tyranny. Onward.

submitted 11 days ago • 536 comments

New from me at @cato.org: I explore the disturbing implications of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation of San Francisco radio station KCBS over its coverage of a Jan. 26 federal immigration raid. /1

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

Hehehe, it's funny because it's true.

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments