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I am usually a reliable audience for analysis about esoteric macroeconomic imbalances, but I have to confess I find everything about Argentina completely uninteresting -- the constant failings make for exciting reporting, but it's useless for knowledge-building since its always an exception
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I am usually a reliable audience for analysis about esoteric macroeconomic imbalances, but I have to confess I find everything about Argentina completely uninteresting -- the constant failings make for exciting reporting, but it's useless for knowledge-building since its always an exception
It’s called an Aella diagram nowadays, actually
sometimes you've just got to appreciate the beauty of EU policy making.
Who else could have created the second worst sankey diagram of all time
Who else could have created the second worst sankey diagram of all time
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It’s called an Aella diagram nowadays, actually
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someone write a screenplay about the waifubot prompts and the DOD prompts at xAI getting mixed up
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
someone write a screenplay about the waifubot prompts and the DOD prompts at xAI getting mixed up
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Climate austerity from the left is an ideological undercurrent that must be destroyed at nearly any cost because it is one of the most regressive and inegalitarian positions you can take. The social and health returns on adequate AC alone are gigantic relative to the environmental footprint.
The fact that Le Pen(!) of all people is calling for AC is not a good look for the political future of France
Le Monde is calling it hell but they're still saying air conditioning is not a solution
July 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Climate austerity from the left is an ideological undercurrent that must be destroyed at nearly any cost because it is one of the most regressive and inegalitarian positions you can take. The social and health returns on adequate AC alone are gigantic relative to the environmental footprint.
Israeli drones over Teheran & bombing the Iranian state tv life on air. that’s it. The regime is wholly impotent. Might not be finished tomorrow or in a few years - nobody knows - but they cant make destroying isreal the sole purpose of their state and then simply collapse upon contact immediately
June 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Israeli drones over Teheran & bombing the Iranian state tv life on air. that’s it. The regime is wholly impotent. Might not be finished tomorrow or in a few years - nobody knows - but they cant make destroying isreal the sole purpose of their state and then simply collapse upon contact immediately
It’s remarkable how delusional much of the public is about, well,,, most things.
I’ve never been more convinced that the German baby boomers would’ve been utterly incapable of accomplishing what the post war generation has. I hope mine is less stupid, but,,,
I’ve never been more convinced that the German baby boomers would’ve been utterly incapable of accomplishing what the post war generation has. I hope mine is less stupid, but,,,
Watching the morning politics shows in the UK and media commentary in Germany in relation to the Israel-Iran War it is fascinating how even several years after Februay 2022 and October 2023 so much of European debate still struggles to face the language of war
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It’s remarkable how delusional much of the public is about, well,,, most things.
I’ve never been more convinced that the German baby boomers would’ve been utterly incapable of accomplishing what the post war generation has. I hope mine is less stupid, but,,,
I’ve never been more convinced that the German baby boomers would’ve been utterly incapable of accomplishing what the post war generation has. I hope mine is less stupid, but,,,
it’s super funny how the Palestinians killed the soviet union (through the oil crisis) and have now also dismanteled the „axis of resistance“
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
it’s super funny how the Palestinians killed the soviet union (through the oil crisis) and have now also dismanteled the „axis of resistance“
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fascinating to me how people keep inventing *new* anti-semitic myths.
Because Israel was founded by a bunch of Russian terrorists and is thus more sympathetic to the average white person than the Arabs they colonised and have been committing genocide against for 80 years?
June 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
fascinating to me how people keep inventing *new* anti-semitic myths.
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“French President Emmanuel Macron says that the information France had on the Iranian nuclear program was most concerning, adding that the program was close to a critical stage.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
France’s Macron: Iran nuclear program was close to a critical stage
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www.timesofisrael.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“French President Emmanuel Macron says that the information France had on the Iranian nuclear program was most concerning, adding that the program was close to a critical stage.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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The Iranians just handed the excuse the Israelis were looking for to escalate further.
Any speculation about de-escalation is downright delusional
Any speculation about de-escalation is downright delusional
Important signal. “A senior Israeli security official tells Channel 12 that Israel has warned Iran that if it targets Israeli population centers with ballistic missiles, Israel will target…regime leaders and state infrastructure such as oil refineries.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jun...
Israelis ordered to stay close to shelters as country braces for Iran response to IDF strikes
Hanegbi: Military force alone can’t destroy Iran’s nuke program; only Trump can compel Iran to abandon it; Iran’s political leaders won’t be targeted * Houthi missile lands in southern West Bank Pales...
www.timesofisrael.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Iranians just handed the excuse the Israelis were looking for to escalate further.
Any speculation about de-escalation is downright delusional
Any speculation about de-escalation is downright delusional
I don’t think Bibi is the kinda guy who’s conductive to peace in the Middle East but you do have to hand it to him if even Hezbollah isn’t willing to die for Iran now
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I don’t think Bibi is the kinda guy who’s conductive to peace in the Middle East but you do have to hand it to him if even Hezbollah isn’t willing to die for Iran now
a pretty good opportuinty for a revolution in iran if there’s ever been one.
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
a pretty good opportuinty for a revolution in iran if there’s ever been one.
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it was not just that “woke art” was bad art, it was also that the people who made it themselves often held its values privately in contempt. neil gaiman was the guy who came up with the “it’s about being a good guy, not political correctness” quote people toss around, but….
June 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
it was not just that “woke art” was bad art, it was also that the people who made it themselves often held its values privately in contempt. neil gaiman was the guy who came up with the “it’s about being a good guy, not political correctness” quote people toss around, but….
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I genuinely think this particular aesthetic trend (Good Art Is Didactic And Also Assumes You Are Very Stupid) is a non-trivial source of anti-woke backlash, like unironically. It is really really annoying, and I think it has provided wedges by which anti-wokes can radicalise nerds.
Reading a fiction book rn which is *so* obnoxiously didactic bc the author is *so* anxious you might draw the wrong political conclusion that it's making me anti-woke. Catch me on the Tim pool podcast
June 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I genuinely think this particular aesthetic trend (Good Art Is Didactic And Also Assumes You Are Very Stupid) is a non-trivial source of anti-woke backlash, like unironically. It is really really annoying, and I think it has provided wedges by which anti-wokes can radicalise nerds.
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he is unintentionally the funniest person to ever be president
Q: Have you uncovered evidence that anything was signed without Biden's knowledge?
TRUMP: I don't think Biden would know
Q: I'm asking if you've uncovered any information
TRUMP: No. But I've uncovered the human mind. I was in a debate with the human mind.
TRUMP: I don't think Biden would know
Q: I'm asking if you've uncovered any information
TRUMP: No. But I've uncovered the human mind. I was in a debate with the human mind.
June 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
he is unintentionally the funniest person to ever be president
Ahahaha
RUSSIA'S LAVROV: GERMANY'S DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN WAR IS ALREADY EVIDENT
May 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ahahaha
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
Der Spiegel ist jetzt auch gesichert rechtsextrem
Der Spiegel ist jetzt auch gesichert rechtsextrem
(S+) Afghanistan: Insiderberichte über Sicherheitslücken bei Aufnahmeprogrammen
Fake-Pässe, Lügengeschichten: Seit Jahren berichten Insider von Sicherheitslücken bei Aufnahmeprogrammen für gefährdete Afghanen. Interne Akten untermauern Vorwürfe gegen das Auswärtige Amt unter Mini...
www.spiegel.de
May 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
Der Spiegel ist jetzt auch gesichert rechtsextrem
Der Spiegel ist jetzt auch gesichert rechtsextrem
Crossed the Atlantic again and it was awesome.
May 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Crossed the Atlantic again and it was awesome.
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I see we are bringing back the Trump 1 classic of every Euro leader he talks with having to explain that the EU is a package deal and he cannot get bilateral agreements
GERMAN MERZ: EXPLAINED TO TRUMP EU MEMBERS CAN'T HAVE 1:1 TRADE DEALS
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I see we are bringing back the Trump 1 classic of every Euro leader he talks with having to explain that the EU is a package deal and he cannot get bilateral agreements
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NEW: TIME publishes interview with Trump.
This is a REAL section of the transcript.
It is impossible to read this and not conclude that Trump is suffering profound, cognitive decay.
This is a REAL section of the transcript.
It is impossible to read this and not conclude that Trump is suffering profound, cognitive decay.
April 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEW: TIME publishes interview with Trump.
This is a REAL section of the transcript.
It is impossible to read this and not conclude that Trump is suffering profound, cognitive decay.
This is a REAL section of the transcript.
It is impossible to read this and not conclude that Trump is suffering profound, cognitive decay.
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Management that has contempt for its 'stupid shareholders' will get the beatings it deserves
April 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Management that has contempt for its 'stupid shareholders' will get the beatings it deserves
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Just sayin’
Bagging the tariffs, doing an accord & kicking an already falling dollar down the stairs to the 1.30, 125, 6.50 would probably be a reasonable face-saving mechanism for all concerned, also because it would ease the talk on threats to Fed independence.
April 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just sayin’
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actually, right now
they also tried in 2017-2019, but then clamped down when things got out of hand
the hard part of consumer credit is the rampant fraud
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
they also tried in 2017-2019, but then clamped down when things got out of hand
the hard part of consumer credit is the rampant fraud
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
Chinese banks' consumer loan rates are so low that people are taking on unsecured loans to repay mortgages
The country is awash in capital
www.scmp.com/business/ban...
The country is awash in capital
www.scmp.com/business/ban...
April 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
actually, right now
they also tried in 2017-2019, but then clamped down when things got out of hand
the hard part of consumer credit is the rampant fraud
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
they also tried in 2017-2019, but then clamped down when things got out of hand
the hard part of consumer credit is the rampant fraud
bsky.app/profile/nosu...
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It’s so easy that China hasn’t been able to do it for nearly 3 decades
There is a simple reason why China is in the stronger position compared to the US in this trade war: It is much easier to create demand domestically in the short run than it is to rebuild the workshop of the world.
April 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s so easy that China hasn’t been able to do it for nearly 3 decades