Eyes on the prize
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@denewjohn.bsky.social
Prof. Dr. John P. de New -- Economist, Melbourne Institute, Uni Melbourne. GLabor, IZA. CarletonU, UToronto, UMΓΌnchen-LMU. Private posts. #EconSky EN DE FR, #NEVER51, I block anonymous friend requests, trolls, crypto bs, MAGA, pro-terrorist.
Eyes on the prize
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I wouldn't go to a scientific conference in the US. Ever again. The country has gone rogue.
05.08.2025 22:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Physically Demonstrate like crazy. Shut DC down. Shut down House and Senate. Picket red state rep offices in DC. Make it really awkward for every red state rep to show up in public.
05.08.2025 21:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Be the change you want to see in the world.
If you have ideas for constructive ways to act in the wake of POTUS's false claims & attacks on BLS (& the Fed & NCES...), don't wait. Do it.
You are welcome to DM me if you'd like.
EU OFFICIAL: THIS JOINT STATEMENT WITH U.S. ON TRADE DEAL FRAMEWORK WILL NOT BE LEGALLY BINDING
05.08.2025 08:15 β π 14 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1Well empty words I'd say. Hardly any conservatives are defending the country. Rather they are accelerating its demise. US CITIZENS are being kidnapped off the street and sent to El Salvador. Like just what has to happen? Lets not fool ourselves, conservatives are the bad guys (with guns). Plain evil
05.08.2025 21:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0San Antonio data centers are guzzling millions of gallons of water daily while residents are limited to watering their lawns once per week due to drought.
Make it make sense.
Despicable.
Get @grapheneos.org
Just when I think I couldn't dislike Donald any more, he opens his mouth again and proves me wrong.
05.08.2025 21:08 β π 244 π 18 π¬ 12 π 0Jim Mattis did nothing to stop Trump when he had power. He is a coward. Now he snipes from the sidelines.
05.08.2025 13:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ukrainians
Are
Indeed
HEROES.
Highest
Respect.
Canadian View
"Because we're here lads. Nobody else. Just us."
#Never51
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By the way, if your elected officials are still on Xitter, as citizens you can tell them how you feel about this
Elected officials are actually very sensitive not to public opinion strictly speaking, but to people expressing things to them
This is something you can use
Carroll Wright, 1st BLS Commissioner, devoted BLS to βthe fearless publication of the facts without regard to the influence those facts may have upon any partyβs position or any partisanβs views.β
Cited upon Wright & Janet Norwoodβs induction into the Labor Hall of Fame.
www.bls.gov/blog/2015/ho...
NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: βIf we refuse to fight for our democracy, weβre doomed to lose itβ¦ bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.β
05.08.2025 04:00 β π 15918 π 4055 π¬ 312 π 162How long does it usually take to push a stable version through, once released? I am still on 20250719.
05.08.2025 12:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0John 13:35. But where are they, the supposed Christians in USA? I see them failing in the worst way. En masse.
05.08.2025 11:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Gates Foundation will spend $2.5 billion over the next five years on projects related to womenβs health, just as the U.S. government pulls back on science research and international development.
05.08.2025 04:45 β π 56 π 10 π¬ 1 π 3Brainwashed by Russian propaganda:
βUkrainians are fighting for NATO, just because the Western elites told them to.β
Ukrainian soldier:
βI am not a hero. I just do not want my children to see war. So I see it instead.βπ
Data Foundation Pres & CEO @nickhartphd.bsky.social
"From businesses making investment decisions to families choosing where to live, Americans depend on accurate statistical information..."
datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
βIf they decide to do a new kind of data collection and bring in outside vendors, that leaves tremendous corruption exposureβ¦ weakens the dollarβ¦ economic calamityβ¦β
dan Koh, who worked at BLS, sounds the alarm about Trumpβs attack on the jobs factsπ¨
It feels like a scene where the contagion escapes in the clean room of the viral lab and the emergency seal around the room is activated and even the seal is starting to fail. We see you honourable Americans struggling, condemned, yet knowing the contagion is about to escape everywhere.
05.08.2025 04:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Unfortunately America has slipped away already. The changes that have already taken place will likely take a generation at least to fix. And there us another 1.5 years at least of 47's mayhem and chaos.
05.08.2025 04:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Please read this piece.
βThough I am a congenital optimist, for the first time I believe that if the behavior that this administration has exhibited in just its first six months continues and is amplified for its full four years, the America you know will be gone.β
The opposite of Conservatism.
OK, so you Blueskiers are getting a sneak preview before this gets press-released in the morning... it's bombshell news, but completely predictable.
NEW SURVEY!!
Alaska Survey Research
July 29 - August 1, 2025
N = 2,053 adults, 1,958 RV registered voters
MOE = +/- 2.3%
π§΅ 1/9
May Spineless Murkowski disappear from politics. What an amazing failure.
05.08.2025 02:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Sickening
05.08.2025 02:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ππ½ π―
05.08.2025 01:49 β π 2737 π 841 π¬ 75 π 24Every story on Trump and govβt stats should reference his felony conviction for falsifying business records. Seems relevant.
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