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Thousands of people in the center of Rio chanting obscene and justified anti Neymar slogans is the vibe right now
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To put this in simpler terms: AIPAC is now such a political liability for candidates that it is ending its direct campaign contributions, but doubling down on dark money and other fundraising more difficult to tie back to it.
SCOOP: AIPAC will no longer endorse congressional candidates or earmark donations to congressional campaigns. The group's super PAC, United Democracy Project, will continue to operate and it will urge members to donate directly to pro-Israel candidates. jewishinsider.com/2026/10/ai…
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This is the most likely AI apocalypse scenario, imo.
"Speculative data center debt is being repackaged and sold to pension and retirement funds, university endowments, and other institutional investors in a manner eerily reminiscent of the subprime bubble."
ourfinancialsecurity.org/res…
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Default insurance ("credit default swap") sales on hyperscaler debt are going through the roof. In other words, those holding debt are concerned about the growing risks of the AI companies defaulting on it. (Source: FT, full story below.)
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“The Festival rediscovered and magnified by overcoming the conflict between everyday life and festivity and enabling these terms to harmonize…such is the final clause of the revolutionary plan.” -Henri Lefebvre
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For decades economic development has relied on tax breaks and subsidies for the largest corporations, a trickle-down approach that too often falls short.
@NYCMayor and @NYCEDC are charting a new path.
In the first deal of its kind in NYC history, the public is investing $30 million in a quantum lab - in exchange for three board seats and 15% of the revenue generated from technology it creates.
And if any firm coming out of the lab merges, gets acquired, or IPOs, the city gets a payout.
When public dollars are invested, the public should share in the wealth and innovation those investments create.
nytimes.com/2026/10/14/nyreg…
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Rodrigo Nunes @Equatormag provides one the best, broadly applicable descriptions of the rise of far right politics (in Brazil) that you will read. equator.org/articles/brazil-…
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What happened to class, labor and inequality after the fall of the Soviet Union?
My new book revisits Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s transitions — from Soviet rule and the 1991 revolutions to neoliberal restructuring and the rise of the far right in times of war.
Out in March!
the mcgill university department of art history and communication studies is looking to hire an early career tenure-track scholar who is currently based outside of canada and interested in relocating mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com…
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“It is simple enough, and true enough, to say that Annie was unlike anyone I’d ever met, then or since.” Robert Baird remembers Annie Dillard, who died last week, at 81. newyorker.com/culture/postsc…
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I made connections.forum, a personals list for people on Are.na. Meet through what you collect and create—for friendship, collaboration, romance, or just someone new to talk to.
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i was at a library in east tennessee & saw a dozen kids lined up in front of a table advertising free books paid for by dolly parton. i went, huh, actually?, looked it up, & discovered dolly's nonprofit spent, on $94 million in expenses, $51m on books and $35m mailing them
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Precedent-setting moment in news media. The editor of the second most important opinion page in the country greenlights the use of AI for drafting pieces, no disclosure necessary.
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for our annual @indyweek Fall Arts issue, I spoke with Bill Thelen about Lump, the Raleigh “independent, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist artist’s space” he’s closing after thirty years. Long live Lump! indyweek.com/news/culture/lu…
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Sad to see that 4Columns is no more — such a reliably interesting venue for criticism, had hoped to write for them some day mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/r…
