@mike_kraft i agree. return on capital is a constraint, not a purpose.
the path to freedom isn't to make hairshirt consumer choices, but to retake for the broad public and deploy state power. cf @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/12/give-me-convenience/
[new draft post] Indirection and the character of capitalism (Part II) https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/04/11/indirection-and-the-character-of-capitalism-part-ii/index.html
days like today i'm so grateful for the thunder.
@John your attack was motivated by the noblest ideals.
“Fresh Kitchen” wasn’t the first thing I thought.
Big pink circle with FK written in it, then “Fresh Kitchen” just beneath.
@LouisIngenthron it’s supposed to be possible to register if you are homeless, but it looks pretty daunting. we treat prisoners and the homeless terribly in this country. one thing they have in common is both groups are substantially disenfranchised.
for which party do the homeless primarily vote?
somehow that's a demo you never see in the crosstabs.
@kentwillard it’s fun that gold and silver now fall on a hot inflation print.
(editing to fix not -> now, i see silver has now recovered!)
@Transportist i was thinking since he’s trading off confusion anyway if bobby jr might not find a johnson to run with.
we found this on the street a couple of days ago.
a scratched-up “Kennedy and Johnson” campaign button.
Would you read an e-book on an Apple Vision Pro?
I’m grateful to @simondlr for his thoughts on approval voting, in a newsletter that is thoughtful and interesting in general. I’ve never seen a squirrel carry her babies from one place to another. I hope I do someday. https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/where-to-start-your-story
if you traveled yesterday to see the eclipse, you were leapin’ and hoppin’ on a moonshadow.
@Alon (it’s only an excerpt from the thread, which is worth reading in full. the original hebrew thread is linked at the end of the english translation.)
@kentwillard usually it’s true that gold usually likes low real rates. real rates right now are not low though. gold has been rising during a period when US long-term nominal rates have been rising, when expectations of cuts have been delayed and diminished. but maybe you are right about the ECB, and my befuddlement comed from a kind of chauvinism about the Fed. (rising gold may reduce the likelihood of cuts, though, at least by the Fed.)
i hate to link a thread over there, but i am glad there are Israelis of note who are sober about their situation.
no doubt former attorney general Michael Ben-Yair will be and has long been considered beyond the pale by many in Israel, precisely because he is not.
“The State of Israel was founded by inspiring and visionary statesmen. It is collapsing due to the evil madness of small and pathless politicians.”
Read the whole thread. https://x.com/benzionsanders/status/1777634382896902388
[tech notebook] Names too on the nose https://tech.interfluidity.com/2024/04/09/names-too-on-the-nose/index.html
Let the right one in.
An image of a mosquito, pressed against a screen, perhaps trying to get in.
totality, motherfuckers. https://social.coop/@dyani/112237339779227832 ht @xerophile