There’s a lot of continuity between Obama’s unwillingness to go hard against banks because it would have “required a violence to the social order, a wrenching of political and economic norms” and Merrick Garland. ( see @ryanlcooper.com theweek.com/articles/950... )

cc @poetryforsupper.bsky.social

capitalism at its best is basically caging the devil in a boiler to drive society’s steam turbines. which can be an amazing source of energy. low carbon too! but never forget you have to keep that motherfucker in the cage.

every day we have a 1:11, a 2:22, a 3:33, a 4:44, a 5:55. 6:66 would be the first transgression.

i’m thinking of opening up an adulting rink.

you know, wages are just lower in less developed countries. mas.to/@meganL/1137...

good piece by @pkrugman.bsky.social. i'd add that our bombed out competitors enjoyed a parallel boom, which seems inconsistent with the thesis he's disputing.

a social media site should amplify negative content during Democratic administrations but deboost it in favor of positive, beautiful, or informative content during Republican administrations.

A good post by Noah Smith on the hazards of formulaic means of describing or comparing the size and strength of economies. www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-do-we-...

"a government that wastes least governs suboptimally… fear of waste shuts down useful experiments… if you learn from mistakes, you have to make mistakes to learn… you need…a surplus… time and resources to train, improve, and innovate." ~Paul Musgrave musgrave.substack.com/p/government...

"The thing about joining a revolution is…eventually the eddies of radicalism and reaction get mixed up. You…think that you’re leading a counter-revolution against radicalism, only to be surprised when your allies…sharpen the guillotine for you." ~Paul Musgrave musgrave.substack.com/p/unleashing...

"anything that isn't rigged in their favor feels like it's broken to them!" @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...

#relatable

fentanyl prime. ht @hilzoy.bsky.social @rincewind.run

remember when we had a massive crisis and responded with aggressive income supports for the working and middle class? what if the crisis was a financial market collapse?

people who deny the sentience of LLMs come back as ChatGPT.

“McKinsey points out…roughly two-thirds of the total return for buyout deals entered in 2010 or later + exited in 2021 or before can be attributed to broader moves in market valuation multiples + leverage, rather than improved operating efficiency.” www.ft.com/content/b75b... ht @smtuffy.bsky.social

it makes me sad when i make a new friend then my friend gets deleted.

all of my acts are official. i should have absolute immunity, citing the US Supreme Court.

a hard thing is that, in order to overcome divide-and-conquer by plutocrats, we will have to find solidarity with groups we think are profoundly wrong on some issues, whose positions and advocacy we think are outright immoral.