Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
if you are troubled by vice they've invented a device.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
if you are troubled by vice they've invented a device.
insiders generally tell us it’s more “veep” than “house of cards”.
l’affaire lizza/nuzzi reminds us that the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
l’affaire lizza/nuzzi reminds us that the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
insiders generally tell us it’s more “veep” than “house of cards”.
l’affaire lizza/nuzzi reminds us that the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
l’affaire lizza/nuzzi reminds us that the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is castigating the “two party toxic political system”.
Is she going to join, in some fashion, team electoral reform?
Is she going to join, in some fashion, team electoral reform?
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is castigating the “two party toxic political system”.
Is she going to join, in some fashion, team electoral reform?
Is she going to join, in some fashion, team electoral reform?
nuzzigate / lizzagate / pizzagate?
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
nuzzigate / lizzagate / pizzagate?
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Between the inanity of "67" and the crude appeal of "69" we find the prospect of a genuine revitalization: the Spirit of '68.
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Between the inanity of "67" and the crude appeal of "69" we find the prospect of a genuine revitalization: the Spirit of '68.
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Work smarter not harder.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Work smarter not harder.
The best thing you’ll read about the great $140,000 poverty debate, and the fallaciousness of reasoning endemic to the kind of people who get off on calling out other people’s fallacies. by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
ht @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social @hilzoy.bsky.social
ht @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social @hilzoy.bsky.social
at the 'stack, I continue to worry around some of my issues with Data Guyism ... backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vi...
ways of vibing
treatments and responses in the real world
backofmind.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The best thing you’ll read about the great $140,000 poverty debate, and the fallaciousness of reasoning endemic to the kind of people who get off on calling out other people’s fallacies. by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
ht @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social @hilzoy.bsky.social
ht @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social @hilzoy.bsky.social
i’m so jealous of how you’re free of envy.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
i’m so jealous of how you’re free of envy.
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Six trends that make electoral and party system reform more likely -- you won't believe #5.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-next-e...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-next-e...
The next era could come sooner than you think
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the possibility of renewal
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Six trends that make electoral and party system reform more likely -- you won't believe #5.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-next-e...
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-next-e...
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There are so many examples of this, though. I joked a few days ago that if Sergey Brin hadn’t cheated on his wife, making Nicole Shanahan a billionaire divorcee, we might not have Trump II.
Despite his own sins, Trump is almost a divine revelation of the petty corruption of others.
Despite his own sins, Trump is almost a divine revelation of the petty corruption of others.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
There are so many examples of this, though. I joked a few days ago that if Sergey Brin hadn’t cheated on his wife, making Nicole Shanahan a billionaire divorcee, we might not have Trump II.
Despite his own sins, Trump is almost a divine revelation of the petty corruption of others.
Despite his own sins, Trump is almost a divine revelation of the petty corruption of others.
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I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
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But my new idea goes to the heart of it. If the delta between combined statewide vote share and percentage of representatives elected is more than (10%? 20%?) then the second place party gets to draw the districts for the next election.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
But my new idea goes to the heart of it. If the delta between combined statewide vote share and percentage of representatives elected is more than (10%? 20%?) then the second place party gets to draw the districts for the next election.
China is the center. Everywhere else is the periphery.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
China is the center. Everywhere else is the periphery.
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California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
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a guy in a neighboring apartment saw the solution from his overhead view & ran down to direct the buses, solving the problem
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
a guy in a neighboring apartment saw the solution from his overhead view & ran down to direct the buses, solving the problem
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
”It went well and it was first and foremost fun”, summarizes audience member Helgeland.”
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
only democracy can make the world safe for technocracy.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
only democracy can make the world safe for technocracy.
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This is what the discourse on subsidies does not get. Cheap capital system-wide is China’s killer advantage. A bit like what was long Silicon Valley’s advantage in SW, but applied to entire industrial sectors. So cheap as to be disposable: the rate of waste is crazy, but allows quick tech evolution
there's an old stereotype of china as outcompeting america because of masses of cheap labor. but as michael pettis puts it, contemporary chinese firms don't act as if labor is free. they act as if capital is free
“Yang Jiemin, VP of the state-owned company behind the port, said its highly automated operations require 60% fewer workers than traditional ports. It underscores one advantage Chinese companies have in deploying AI versus the U.S.: no independent labor unions.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r... (🎁🔗)
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This is what the discourse on subsidies does not get. Cheap capital system-wide is China’s killer advantage. A bit like what was long Silicon Valley’s advantage in SW, but applied to entire industrial sectors. So cheap as to be disposable: the rate of waste is crazy, but allows quick tech evolution
Reposted by Steve Randy Waldman
there's an old stereotype of china as outcompeting america because of masses of cheap labor. but as michael pettis puts it, contemporary chinese firms don't act as if labor is free. they act as if capital is free
“Yang Jiemin, VP of the state-owned company behind the port, said its highly automated operations require 60% fewer workers than traditional ports. It underscores one advantage Chinese companies have in deploying AI versus the U.S.: no independent labor unions.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-r... (🎁🔗)
Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
there's an old stereotype of china as outcompeting america because of masses of cheap labor. but as michael pettis puts it, contemporary chinese firms don't act as if labor is free. they act as if capital is free
expiation. lustration. ablution.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
expiation. lustration. ablution.
pretty dumb of the United States to abandon its (however notional) commitment to universalism in favor of chauvinism at precisely the moment when a chauvinistic world order would render it an also-ran.
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
pretty dumb of the United States to abandon its (however notional) commitment to universalism in favor of chauvinism at precisely the moment when a chauvinistic world order would render it an also-ran.
almost 150 years ago we invented the phone.
the latest innovation has been to uninvent it, by inventing the phone tree, customer service center, etc.
i now drive miles to talk to people whom, thirty years ago, i’d have conveniently phoned. it’s increasingly the only way to talk to a capable human.
the latest innovation has been to uninvent it, by inventing the phone tree, customer service center, etc.
i now drive miles to talk to people whom, thirty years ago, i’d have conveniently phoned. it’s increasingly the only way to talk to a capable human.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
almost 150 years ago we invented the phone.
the latest innovation has been to uninvent it, by inventing the phone tree, customer service center, etc.
i now drive miles to talk to people whom, thirty years ago, i’d have conveniently phoned. it’s increasingly the only way to talk to a capable human.
the latest innovation has been to uninvent it, by inventing the phone tree, customer service center, etc.
i now drive miles to talk to people whom, thirty years ago, i’d have conveniently phoned. it’s increasingly the only way to talk to a capable human.
let’s prompt a GPT to structure the SPV!
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
let’s prompt a GPT to structure the SPV!
the present is different than the past, but that doesn’t render it superior. its shape derives from path dependence and lock-in much more than it is the result of some ill-defined collective “revealed preference”.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the present is different than the past, but that doesn’t render it superior. its shape derives from path dependence and lock-in much more than it is the result of some ill-defined collective “revealed preference”.
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Barbaric
The administration just announced the end of TPS status designation for Burma, which will affect anyone from Burma in the U.S. with TPS status right now.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21069.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Barbaric
the nordics aren’t “left of liberalism”.
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
the nordics aren’t “left of liberalism”.