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Meanwhile China has 90% of downstream vibranium refining capacity

“That’s one of those irregular verbs, isn’t it? *I* restore orderly functioning in FX markets, *you* are manipulating your currency, *China* is using predatory mercantilism to deindustrialize the planet”

Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Japanese Yen (JPY) $5bn-$10bn Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

-Milk -Bread -Froot Loops -$5bn-$10 billion Japanese yen (JPY)

Most NESW places I’ve been: N: St Petersburg, Russia E: Nuku’alofa, Tonga S: Hobart, Australia W: Alofi, Niue

Loving this could-never-happen-here NYT story about a strange foreign country where people ignore the rise of authoritarianism to chase bling and Insta likes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...

This Country Is Ravaged by War, but Its Rich Feel ‘Positive Vibes Only’The lifestyles of the wealthy in Myanmar — nightclubs, caviar and trips abroad — have been largely untouched by years of deadly conflict.www.nytimes.com

The hilarious meta aspect of this story about used EV prices in the US rising is how long they take to reach the obvious (but repugnant to The Discourse) conclusion, that people really like the EVs that US carmakers don’t want to sell them www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/u...

EV prices aren't following the 'law of used cars,' analyst says — what it means for buyers and sellersThe prices for used electric vehicles have risen this year, which is unusual, experts said. Affordability and high gas prices help explain why, they said.www.cnbc.com

Your regular reminder that GM’s best-selling model line globally is not the Silverado 1500 but the Wuling Hongguan Mini EV, a Chinese electric car that costs less than $10,000

It’s so perfect that the company is named after a terrifying parasite that an amoral company wants to unleash on the world for military-industrial complex reasons. openai.com/index/huggin...

TIL that the word “loanword” is a loanword, from German “lehnwoht”

Need some instant @dieworkwear.bsky.social commentary on Infantino’s footwear choices

ENGvFRA now only the second-best news of the night out of Miami apnews.com/article/tate...

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristian Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals Service tells APInfluencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, according to U.S. Marshals Service.apnews.com

Hong Kong neighbours fail to hook up

Would really love to know how they arrived at this figure of $1tr a year to create a non-China critical minerals supply chain, which seems off by several orders of magnitude. The entire global fossil fuels sector takes in less than $1tr/yr of investments! www.ft.com/content/c6c1...

Cutting China reliance would cost the west $23tn, research suggestsStudy highlights challenge facing US and EU as they try to reduce Beijing’s dominance over strategic supply chainswww.ft.com

I have mostly had a congenial time on Bluesky, but worried now that it’s all going to go to hell around strongly held opinions on that red card 😀

It is incredibly confounding. We are seeing signs of climate change that are palpably, searingly obvious to everyone, but everyone in power seems intent on downplaying the link, or making out it is about “woke air conditioner attitudes” or some such nonsense.

So do we call it a bonk run? Bonking crisis? So many exciting possibilities

Noseybonk Thumbs UpAlt: GIF of Noseybonk, an unintentionally nightmarish costumed character from 1970s British kids’ TVstatic.klipy.com

If 42 is the answer, what is the question? #goldcoastmarathon

This wonderful @liamdenning.bsky.social piece about the $25,000 bare-bones EV with hand cranked windows that is trying to crack the overpriced US auto market. But I can’t help but think about my $28,000 EV with sunroof, massage seats and SAE2 driver assist that US drivers aren’t allowed to own.