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Too economist to be a historian. Too historian to be an economist. More coffee, please.

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- Reportera de Telemadrid: ¿Ha crecido la inseguridad?
- Señora: Bastante. Cada vez hay más fascistas en la calle.

No todas las heroínas llevan capa 👏👏👏👏

13.03.2026 17:13 👍 642 🔁 258 💬 20 📌 20
Congressman Keith Self • • Follow
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The Sharia-Free America Caucus has grown to 48 members spanning 22 states-and we're j... See more
DEFEND
SHARIA-FREE AMERICA CAUCUS
Co-Chairs: Keith Self (TX-03) & Chip Roy (TX-21)
Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06)
Andrew Clyde (GA-09)
Pat Fallon (TX-04)
Russ Fulcher (ID-01)
August Pfluger (TX-11)
Mary Miller (IL-15)
Craig Goldman (TX-12)
Tracey Mann (KS-01)
Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)
Andy Harris (MD-01)
Pete Sessions (TX-17)
Eric Burlison (MO-07)
Brandon Gill (TX-26)
Mike Ezell (MS-04)
Michael Cloud (TX-27)
Addison McDowell (NC-06)
Brian Babin (TX-36)
Mark Harris (NC-08)
Wesley Hunt (TX-38)
Pat Harrigan (NC-10)
Eli Crane (AZ-02)
Michael Rulli (OH-06)
Andy Biggs (AZ-05)
Josh Brecheen (OK-02)
Paul Gosar (AZ-09)
Scott Perry (PA-10)
Nick Begich (AK-at-large)
Mike Kelly (PA-16)
Barry Moore (AL-01)
Sheri Biggs (SC-03)
Aaron Bean (FL-04)
Ralph Norman (SC-05)
John Rutherford (L-05)
Andy Ogles (TN-05)
Randy Fine (FL-06)
John Rose (TN-06)
Cory Mills (FL-07)
Mike Kennedy (UT-03)
Mike Haridopolos (FL-08)
John McGuire (VA-05)
Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13)
Ben Cline (VA-06)
Byron Donalds (FL-19)
Morgan Griffith (VA-09)
Buddy Carter (GA-01)

Riley Moore (WV-02)

Congressman Keith Self • • Follow X 1d• The Sharia-Free America Caucus has grown to 48 members spanning 22 states-and we're j... See more DEFEND SHARIA-FREE AMERICA CAUCUS Co-Chairs: Keith Self (TX-03) & Chip Roy (TX-21) Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06) Andrew Clyde (GA-09) Pat Fallon (TX-04) Russ Fulcher (ID-01) August Pfluger (TX-11) Mary Miller (IL-15) Craig Goldman (TX-12) Tracey Mann (KS-01) Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) Andy Harris (MD-01) Pete Sessions (TX-17) Eric Burlison (MO-07) Brandon Gill (TX-26) Mike Ezell (MS-04) Michael Cloud (TX-27) Addison McDowell (NC-06) Brian Babin (TX-36) Mark Harris (NC-08) Wesley Hunt (TX-38) Pat Harrigan (NC-10) Eli Crane (AZ-02) Michael Rulli (OH-06) Andy Biggs (AZ-05) Josh Brecheen (OK-02) Paul Gosar (AZ-09) Scott Perry (PA-10) Nick Begich (AK-at-large) Mike Kelly (PA-16) Barry Moore (AL-01) Sheri Biggs (SC-03) Aaron Bean (FL-04) Ralph Norman (SC-05) John Rutherford (L-05) Andy Ogles (TN-05) Randy Fine (FL-06) John Rose (TN-06) Cory Mills (FL-07) Mike Kennedy (UT-03) Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) John McGuire (VA-05) Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) Ben Cline (VA-06) Byron Donalds (FL-19) Morgan Griffith (VA-09) Buddy Carter (GA-01) Riley Moore (WV-02)

In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.

13.03.2026 14:43 👍 2512 🔁 1103 💬 172 📌 129
Two Liga F card envelopes from Panini

Two Liga F card envelopes from Panini

I projected my childhood nostalgia by buying football cards to my daughter. At one point she asked, “why don’t they do it for women, too?,” and I replied something like “Unfair, right?” But of course they do! Shame on me, and she’ll be getting plenty of these, too

13.03.2026 14:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative.

The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

After a series of fatal strikes involving civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress directed the Pentagon to reduce civilian casualties as part of a 2019 law. During the Biden administration, the Defense Department created the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response initiative. The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90% by Hegseth – work with military commanders on target planning, and making sure that targets are actually military sites. The teams help come up with "no strike" lists, including religious and cultural sites and schools

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children.

This is learned today:

Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%.
www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

12.03.2026 02:05 👍 4004 🔁 2055 💬 130 📌 132
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Cool, cool, cool

13.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

WTF

13.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I don't know, man

13.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Sigh

13.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Starting a thread with posts I'll randomly repost every 3-4 hours, because they'll surely apply to something going on

13.03.2026 08:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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America's status as the top destination for global talent is being shattered.

The Administration only just published (!) what happened last summer to international student visa issuances. It's grim.

From the indispensable @karinfischer.bsky.social @chronicle.com —> chronicle.com/newsletter/l...

11.03.2026 16:20 👍 322 🔁 165 💬 1 📌 15
Ridiculous image proposing taking oil by land instead of Strait of Hormuz, but proposing using the Paw Patrol.

Ridiculous image proposing taking oil by land instead of Strait of Hormuz, but proposing using the Paw Patrol.

Do it

12.03.2026 14:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Pitch an unnecessary sequel

Cretaceous Park

12.03.2026 08:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sometimes football is very unfair, and today I benefited from it

10.03.2026 22:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

See the online appendix S27

10.03.2026 16:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I kid you not: the war in Iran is nowhere among the leading news at Fox News website (they do have a tab about it).
They currently lead with “Family pleads for help as American hostage goes missing from Iranian prison.”
Parallel reality. Hiding the conflict is also revealing.

10.03.2026 16:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Then, eventually, they get to know Starmer

10.03.2026 12:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
La cuenta de RTVE Noticias en Bluesky (@rtvenoticias.rtve.es) está marcada como "General Spam"

La cuenta de RTVE Noticias en Bluesky (@rtvenoticias.rtve.es) está marcada como "General Spam"

¿¿¿???

10.03.2026 12:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Karmele Marchante: “He dado mucho consuelo y muchos ‘lexatines’ en los baños de la tele” Hace 10 años, la periodista y activista feminista se alejó de la televisión y del universo ‘Sálvame’ dando un portazo. Ahora está de vuelta, pero da por cerrada su etapa en los programas de cotilleos. “A la prensa del corazón le falta conciencia de género porque es más cutre”, asegura

P. ¿Cuál fue el trabajo más machista en el que estuvo?

R. Cuando estaba en Televisión Española tenía un jefe de producción que era lo más misógino del mundo. Todas se iban a llorar al baño y yo las consolaba. Te hablo de directoras de programas

10.03.2026 09:32 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

¡Felicidades!

10.03.2026 09:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hillary Clinton out fundraised Trump 2016 among billionaires. Trump 2024 greatly out fundraised Harris among billionaires. This switch explains a good amount of what’s going on.

09.03.2026 16:30 👍 35 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0

The top 100 GOP donors gave over half of all GOP funds in the 2024 cycle

09.03.2026 16:30 👍 85 🔁 39 💬 2 📌 1
International Spanish Potato Omelette Day, March 9, an icon of our

International Spanish Potato Omelette Day, March 9, an icon of our

An important national holiday in Spain. Traditionally, it’s celebrated by publicly executing those who cook it without onion.

09.03.2026 14:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A classic omitted-variable bias, the omitted variable being “Having_eyes_and_a_brain”

09.03.2026 14:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The omitted variable in the model being “Paying_Attention”

09.03.2026 14:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Just read the abstract 🫠 via Alexander Magazinov. I don't believe he is on Bluesky.

09.03.2026 11:00 👍 120 🔁 25 💬 15 📌 50

Counterpoint: no

09.03.2026 13:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Another advantage of the humanities for politics and life in general is that you are familiar with the Hydra

09.03.2026 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

09.03.2026 02:40 👍 2566 🔁 1148 💬 166 📌 148
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Así han sido los tres años de investigación sobre Julio Iglesias El proceso periodístico de elDiario.es en colaboración con Univision Noticias nació por una pista espontánea de un hombre, está basado en múltiples entrevistas y recogió testimonios desde 2023 siguien...

Así han sido los tres años de investigación sobre Julio Iglesias. Los detalles de un trabajo cuidadoso y exhaustivo hecho con el debido escepticismo desde el principio. Todo empezó con el mensaje espontáneo de un hombre www.eldiario.es/1_c5cea0?utm...

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