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economist, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³, policy research. this is for display purposes only. 🧸 contact: robertmarchini1993 at gmail. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ they/them. new jersey resident. https://skymarchini.net/

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cmon man what are we doing

07.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good night bluesky dot app website πŸŒ™βœ¨πŸ’€

07.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are technocrats doing good work in China, and they are ignored by party failsons who were balls deep in a hooker last night instead of reading the briefing materials

07.03.2026 06:20 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think a very large number of americans imagine the rest of the world as being either Neuschwannstein, Tokyo, or some biome-appropriate version of a Maasai village. Iran, being middle-eastern, is presumably a collection of Maasai villages full of dusty bedouin jihadis with bad teeth and AK-47s.

07.03.2026 06:14 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Policymakers run around all day pulling these levers, after reaching consensus that they should pull the lever by getting blackout drunk with the businessmen bribing them

The β€œfix economy” levers broke when Deng died

07.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The Chinese economy is basically a series of levers that all say β€œeconomic suicide” on them, but pulling one of the levers pops one of the other levers up.

07.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that doesn’t seem very good

07.03.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa won't run for re-election.

07.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 2008 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 47

This is the kind of guy Randy Fine is

thespacecoastrocket.com/state-rep-ra...

07.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1

horrors of the world and chill?

01.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they are waiting for US forces to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic remains strangled as the war rages.

"We recommend that before making any decision, the Americans remember the fire of the American supertanker Bridgeton in 1987"

07.03.2026 05:54 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10
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BREAKING Explosion heard over Dubai airport on Saturday followed by a cloud of smoke in the air, a witness told AFP, as Iran presses attacks across the Gulf.

The Flightradar24 tracking website shows planes circulating above the airport in an apparent holding pattern

07.03.2026 05:47 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 7

Every time I see this graph I become temporarily obsessed by figuring out how to make it easier to read.

07.03.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Daddy’s back and he’s whipping me at the pump

07.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Demands Iran Relent While US Aims to Calm Energy Markets President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the US has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely.

President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the US has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely

07.03.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Can we get drunk first at the gay bar

07.03.2026 06:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Not now, Chinese economy, I’m a bit busy

07.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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China Plans $44 Billion in Bonds to Boost Capital at Top Banks China will issue special sovereign bonds to recapitalize some of its largest banks, marking an expansion of Beijing’s efforts to fortify the nation’s $69 trillion financial system against a cooling ec...

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Bloomberg: "China will issue 300 billion yuan of special sovereign bonds to recapitalize some of its largest banks, marking an expansion of Beijing’s efforts to fortify the nation’s financial system against a cooling economy and market volatility."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 05:52 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

NEW JOISSEYYY FOR LYFEE

07.03.2026 05:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

by the way, I posted the same joke (and onion article) link on the other site and people there are telling me that the "no it won't" side ended up being correct you dumb librul, as if ISIS wasn't a thing as a result of the iraq war idk i'm losing my mind

07.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

thiis would fix me (I need to get up by 715am so i am in bedbye time)

07.03.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm too busy stocking up on canned food & shotgun shells

07.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if i don't make jokes i'll lose my mind

07.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TITS OUT
FOR THE CRISIS

TITS OUT FOR THE CRISIS

07.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

supply chain guys, 2019: maybe we'll have a renaissance of globalization after trump leaves

supply chain guys, 2021: whew at least covid is over

supply chain guys, 2022-present: GEOPOLITICS IS BACK AND IT'S GOT A STEEL CHAIR

07.03.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

at this point the only asset left in INDOPACOM is gonna be a bunch of M2s left in a conex because no one can find the key or remember what's in the box

07.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

fortunately our large adult president is well known for staying the course

07.03.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Well, we've been wrong every other time he did stupid shit like this so you might as well listen to the very smart thinkers egging him on

07.03.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reminder that northern canada is extremely desolate but also filled with genuinely absurd fantasy terrain

07.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 729 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 18
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Oh we now we’re posting

06.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3