“Americans who voted for Trump because of the putatively high price of eggs [have] now precipitated a political crisis in Scandinavia.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa... ht @sharonk.bsky.social @prchovanec.bsky.social

This time everybody wants to be his friend.

unsurprisingly i guess, my sense is Redbook is shaping its algorithm to present China as great, Chinese people as welcoming, the US as a bit of a catastrophe morally + economically, but good Americans as welcome, especially those who express gratitude for hospitality, refugees from more than TikTok.

When the Supreme Corruption narrowed the definition of bribery to the most explicit quid-pro-quos, did you think eventually people wouldn't be driving truckloads of cash through the space they opened? Can media who play these games credibly do "news"? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/01/cbs-...

"It's a win-win-win. Ron DeSantis gets something to brag about; Republican business owners aren't much affected; and undocumented workers are even more scared and docile. What's not to like?" @kdrum.bsky.social on Florida's immigration dickishness jabberwocking.com/florida-crac...

someone asked on redbook about Americans’ view of Elon Musk (and his mom), and it’s fun to see the infosphere clash, the Americans mostly dissing him while Chinese people note that he is widely admired there. xhslink.com/a/8xIo5fp1I343

what if China does to the next American election what Elon Musk did to the last one?

i love it when i click on a thing and get a message like the thing you clicked on does not exist. like what does existence even mean?

in magic, words structure reality, so the easiest thing to transform a chemist into is a chemise.

An interesting piece presenting parallels between the Luigi story and the Abe assassination in Japan. unseen-japan.com/luigi-mangio... ht @glynmoody.bsky.social

@poetryforsupper.bsky.social you have an impersonator? see poetry4supper.bsky.social

it’s touching to see Donald Trump make such an effort to prove Gary Gensler right.

if a President issues a shitcoin, even though it may bear all the hallmarks of a classic pump and dump, one must consider the possibility it’s intended as a durable means of deniable bribery.

so many people into eugenics wouldn't make their own cut.

"Multimember proportional elections can be implemented at the state level without going through the federal government." @sjshancoxli.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...

[Zuckerberg] “not only did his big set of moderation changes to please Trump, but did so only after he was told by the incoming administration to act… he reportedly made sure to share his plans with top Trump aides to get their approval first.” @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/a...

cynicism is not a sufficient epistemology.

don’t initial here for ordinary matters.

there’s something sadly emblematic about this as a (nearly) last (non) act. what do Yoda say? do or do not.