It will be regrettable but necessary.

@LesterB99 I don’t love the word either, but the piece is good, and that’s the title Palley chose. Usually I object to the word genocide because it imports normative opprobrium associated with extermination to much lesser crimes. Restrictions of language in education and govt may be unpleasant and may hinder cultural transmission in minority communities, but it’s not extermination. But this, my usual critique of the word, applies less to Israel/Palestine. People are being killed.

@admitsWrongIfProven sure. there’s been lots of acquiescence to immigration restrictionism, and Republicans are very supportive of Israel and its current, abominable government.

@admitsWrongIfProven i don’t think he’s claiming German democracy was “never restored” even until today. he’s pointing out democracy ended until the military defeat of the Nazis. Gerrymandering is a longstanding practice + problem in the US, but not to the level where control of government at every level has not been competitive, despite a divided or even opposed public. now that’s increasingly the case at state & local levels, and the fear is that it could soon be at the Federal level.

“Israel’s genocide, US assistance, and consequences thereof” by #ThomasPalley https://thomaspalley.com/?p=2386

@jik shouldn’t they be called “continuing irresolution”, really?

it’s not a survey article. it’s a panopsis.

comedy is dead so it would just be angry magazine.

with great power comes great responsibility, but unfortunately not the other way around.

@otfrom besides, who doesn't like a puzzle a few years from now?

@buermann yes. that has been my experience. but of course i must write it and keep it current, lest my demons be provoked.

the dogs of war
pull tirelessly
you so want to relax your grip.
watch them fly, frolic, fight
why not?
you know why not.
do everything and all you can
to never let them slip.

Every cool thing you implement imposes a quiet burden of documentation debt.

"it’s very hard for people — certainly for economists — to give up the idea that there exists something called 'real GDP' or 'real income' that behaves like a physical quantity." @jwmason https://jwmason.org/slackwire/thirteen-questions-about-money/

For parents who may send kids to expensive colleges someday, what is the effective marginal tax rate embedded in the tacit sliding scales in the effective tuition those colleges charge?

#economics

@Arianity Thanks! I’ll see if I can’t tighten thise margins a bit more on mobile.

@ouguoc you were very nice about the design early on!

and i'm attached, even though i admit it's less readable.

maybe i'll keep it on the blog, but conform to hegemonic ergonomics in the newsletter.

(thanks a ton for reading it regardless!)

@gl33p (great point! thanks!)

Help?

I am working on making my drafts blog subscribable as a newsletter. The design conceit of the drafts blog is it's styled as a typewritten page. I can't decide whether to do something analogous in the newsletter design, or use a "standard" layout, which might be more readable.

I'd really love some feedback! Here's a sample of a "typewritten" post: https://drafts.interfluidity.com/misc/drafts-layout-typewriter.html

Here's the same post in "default" layout: https://drafts.interfluidity.com/misc/drafts-layout-default.html

Which is better?