Sarah Wise

misssarahwise.bsky.social

10 October 2026 01:15

Super-nasty anti-migrant cartoon from 1892 – ‘Fun’ magazine showing a German migrant being dumped as rubbish, the accusation being they brought ‘dirt’ and cholera, and undercut wages

Sarah Wise

misssarahwise.bsky.social

10 October 2026 01:14

And from nearly 50 years earlier, ‘A Shower of German Paupers, or Bad Weather for John Bull’ in the Penny Satirist magazine, 14 March 1840

Bill McBride

calculatedrisk.bsky.social

09 October 2026 19:26

Note that existing home sales are counted when the sale closes, so the recent surge in mortgage rates wasn't the reason for weak sales in September (contracts mostly signed in July and August). The negative impact is coming and might break the cycle low of 3.85 million SAAR back in October 2023

Nathan Cofnas

nathancofnas.bsky.social

19 August 2026 03:30

J. K. Rowling, who is smeared for sex realism, calls me a bad word for applying the same logic to race

Antonio Antoine

aasmith.bsky.social

15 August 2026 03:34

#gischat