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Patrick Chovanec
prchovanec
US real (inflation-adjusted) GDP in Q3 grew +33.1% on an annualized basis, compared to Q2 (following a -31.4% drop in Q2). On a straight q/q basis, real GDP fell -9.0%
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Michael Pettis
michaelxpettis
The fall in consumer lending in China in the past two months has been incredibly steep. If this continues, the growth in consumer debt that allowed Chinese consumption to grow
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A.M. โ
generallydone
Veganism is the defense of living beings. To be pro-life is inherently not vegan. Hereโs why:https://twitter.com/margaritaevna95/status/1283472098913026048 I've said this once, and I'll say it again. We donโt fight against the
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Sim Kern
sim_kern
Wow, it is honestly terrifying how many "good liberals" have fallen for big oil's ploy to blame yourselves for climate change, rather than them--to the extent that they're advocating eugenics
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mo
soopdweller
reminder that BBMA noms are based on actual industry metrics within a certain time period, not on opinions, and that many white American artists get huuuuuuuge boosts to their metrics
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Jesse Peltan
JessePeltan
1. Celebrate #EarthDay by making your own quiet, energy efficient #Bitcoin space heater. You need:- @braiins_systems- some @Noctua_at fans- an older ASIC miner 2. 25-40% of your heating
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Paul Saladino, MD
CarnivoreMD
When will we learn that we cannot hide from coronavirus? It's not a question of if you are exposed but when, and when that happens, how metabolically healthy you are.
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Michael Pettis
michaelxpettis
1/7Good piece by Robin Harding, but I am even less impressed by Abenomics than he is. I do however think it has important lessons for China. Like China today โ
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KATA - ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐
KATATHEGREAT
LISTEN UP:The game is designedTo keep you trapped INTERNALLYHere's how you break out of their box==T H R E A D== The game is consumer vs creatorThey both trigger feedback
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Ali El Idrissi
alielidr
A Little Story About Stuff and Life On #EarthDay 1/ Humanity lives at credit and consumes resources equivalent to that ofย 1.7 planets a year, vs 1.4 a decade ago
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jae anne ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
dulcedejae
Christianity (and spirituality more broadly) has often focused strongly on asceticism, and you can see why. For most of history, deprivation was the norm for the vast majority of the
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Thomas-Ryan Lawakua Cleek
LawakuaKamahele
There is no such thing as a "good tourist," especially in Hawaii. Tourism as an industry is the prostitution of our natural environment and traditional culture. There is no way
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Mike Fitz
FitzIke
Friendly reminder that mass consumption fuels the extinction and climate crises. Instead of flooding stores today, please buy nothing. Thatโs the best present you can give to the Earth and
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Nate Silver
NateSilver538
I don't think it should be underestimated how much the CARES Act and the fairly generous stimulus it provided has blunted the economic impact of COVID-19 for the average American.
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Dr Charlie Gardner
CharlieJGardner
Important piece from @GeorgeMonbiot - of course climate change is driven by overconsumption in the rich world, not overpopulation in the majority worldBut he makes another, often forgotten point... (1/n)https://www.theguardian.com/commentis
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Elon James White wears a Mask
elonjames
I just skimmed the hellscape known as Facebook a little while ago & I...I literally donโt understand my fellow Americans. This whole thing about โWe gotta live life! We canโt
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