Aaron Schwartzbaum

Roberts Raids

A whopping 38% of Russia’s refining capacity is now offline, according to The Economist.

Gasoline output fell by 1 million tons in September which has created a 20% domestic shortfall.

Repairs may take months because of sanctions limiting access to parts and tech.

Has been a minute, #philly, but we have something for ya... don't miss our spookiest pun-off yet.

philadelphia.heliumcomedy.com/shows/314520

cc @farfarraway.bsky.social

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

oh my god, it's political violins

hi, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you need to be calling this administration "the most corrupt in US history" every time you appear in public, no matter the question/topic.

that's a long way to spell "venezuela"

this is straight out of monty python

won't be the last disintegrative thing to happen under this administration

sounds like there's труба in paradise

democrats need to start landing some hits on the press (and supreme court, but i digress) as they campaign

random thing that rankles me: arguments that "rural areas feed cities." rural areas *sell food* to cities. it's a transaction, not charity.

upholding the constitution by convincing whole swaths of the country that the union is a shitty deal

a real head-turning thread:

"writ large" doesn't mean "in general"

Whither Strong? Exploring Conceptions of Russian Power - Foreign Policy Research Institute Why does Russia play such an important role in geopolitics? If it's because of 'strength'... what does strength even mean? And why do conceptions of Russia's

On the latest @bearmarketbrief.bsky.social podcast, @seva.bsky.social dropped by to talk about why #Russia gets to play such an outside role in global politics. If it's "strength," what does "strong" mean?

www.fpri.org/multimedia/2...

Can't really blame the founding fathers for it: our political system is deficiently designed for representing dense populations.

philly delegation should block all transportation funding to the districts blocking septa funding until a compromise is reached

CNBC: Do you think Jay Powell should stick around?

MIKE JOHNSON: My opinion is that we should reduce interest rates. The American economy is hot.

CNBC: But if it's too hot, you don't want to cut rates.

insufficiently venous
excessively venal

transshipment? you mean trans folks are shipping things?

slacker

DUNE AND DUNER

THE DUNE ABIDES

there's so much talk about arms control, but what are we doing about the proliferation of legs?

grok will help tesla drivers see things they might nazi

it unambiguously has

DUNE, WHERE'S MY CAR?

she can go faulkner-self