the problem with entirely skipping the C step in the M-C-M' circuit is this: Sure, thanks to financial innovation, M-M' can yield a lot of M'. But if it becomes a trend, you may find that it can't actually buy all that much.

just deleted an instagram account i never really used. still, it felt good.

i’m not sure whether it’s state-owned media or state-owning media, but whichever of those, that’s what X is now.

i mean, who was born on April 20? just a coincidence? observer.com/2024/04/elon...

an important precedent to set will be impeaching a Supreme Court justice for false and tendentious readings of the Constitution. it’s one of the few checks we have on them, since they arrogated the power of judicial review.

vibes are confected and promoted by pundits. they only shift in right-wing directions. they serve to promote preference falsification. just don’t. will it ever be a vibecession under Trump? (no shade to @kyla.bsky.social of whom i am very fond. it’s just how the vibes of vibes have shaken out.)

it’s not so hard. the Billionaires of the East and West are wicked. they are green and wear pointy hats and weird socks. the Billionaires of the North and South are good. they wear crowns and very puffy dresses.

i’d feel more secure about Amendment 14, Section 1 if they hadn’t substantially nullified Amendment 14, Section 3, with very little pushback or complaint because even though their decision defied the text’s clear intent (Congress is supposed to cure, not find), it seemed advisable politically.

donut holes are all around us, all the time. the making of a donut simply reveals one.

melania is like david bowie incognito today.

shittiest mt rushmore.

“Trump bizarrely orders things he has no power to compel. Here’s what happened when King Canute tried that.”

acceptance of a preemptive pardon is a confession of original sin.

what it is is if you funnel the tariff revenue directly into $TRUMP, it expands to $1T. just never try to sell it.

the price dynamics of $TRUMP / $MELANIA basically track Trump supporters' theory of gender dynamics.

i can respect people who supported the ban. i can respect people who opposed it. i can respect people who want Congress to rescind the ban. what i can't respect are people who supported the ban but now want to see the law ignored.

if you are a feminist the trade is long $MELANIA / short $TRUMP.

i'd really like some $DONJR in my wallet.

you remember how the goose that lays the golden eggs dies when they get greedy and, um, try to clone it?