Sudarshan Gupta
@sudarshangupta.bsky.social
Building Susteon (www.susteon.com).
Climate. Basketball. Positive Vibes (or trying my best).
Go Heels.📍Raleigh, NC
Climate. Basketball. Positive Vibes (or trying my best).
Go Heels.📍Raleigh, NC
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If you remember how stupid they are, it makes it a bit easier.
I'd be curious if someone did an analysis on how many of employees that work at Tesla, X, xAI, SpaceX, Boring Company and Neuralink are immigrants...I'd bet over 30%.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'd be curious if someone did an analysis on how many of employees that work at Tesla, X, xAI, SpaceX, Boring Company and Neuralink are immigrants...I'd bet over 30%.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
I'm no Carville fan, but I'm glad he's coming around...hopefully he can bring more of the establishment with him.
I'm no Carville fan, but I'm glad he's coming around...hopefully he can bring more of the establishment with him.
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
I'm no Carville fan, but I'm glad he's coming around...hopefully he can bring more of the establishment with him.
I'm no Carville fan, but I'm glad he's coming around...hopefully he can bring more of the establishment with him.
The irony is many of the folks who were yelling about the absurdity of “degrowthers” are the ones who voted for a guy literally leading to degrowth
"On an earnings call this month, the company, one of the big four meatpackers in the United States, said it expected operating losses between $400 million and $600 million on beef in the next fiscal year."
Trump take borger
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...
Trump take borger
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...
Tyson Foods to Shut Major Beef Facility in Nebraska
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The irony is many of the folks who were yelling about the absurdity of “degrowthers” are the ones who voted for a guy literally leading to degrowth
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"Your long-term memory is not a filing cabinet. It’s not a library where knowledge sits on neat shelves, waiting to be retrieved. Instead, your brain stores knowledge more like...a restaurant."
This is such an insightful post.
"Your long-term memory is not a filing cabinet. It’s not a library where knowledge sits on neat shelves, waiting to be retrieved. Instead, your brain stores knowledge more like...a restaurant."
This is such an insightful post.
How learning works
The guide to learning that actually sticks
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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"Your long-term memory is not a filing cabinet. It’s not a library where knowledge sits on neat shelves, waiting to be retrieved. Instead, your brain stores knowledge more like...a restaurant."
This is such an insightful post.
"Your long-term memory is not a filing cabinet. It’s not a library where knowledge sits on neat shelves, waiting to be retrieved. Instead, your brain stores knowledge more like...a restaurant."
This is such an insightful post.
This is so great. Bid on some hilarious / funky items to support public radio (it includes a Bob Ross original)!
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Kudos to @lastweektonight.com
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Kudos to @lastweektonight.com
Last Week Tonight
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November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is so great. Bid on some hilarious / funky items to support public radio (it includes a Bob Ross original)!
e.givesmart.com/events/LYw/i/
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com
e.givesmart.com/events/LYw/i/
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com
So Pluribus is about AI right?
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So Pluribus is about AI right?
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My favorite comment on the FT story
I think what a lot of centrists don't understand is to most, moderation = feckless. You believe in nothing. My guess is most people will vote for authenticity over full alignment on beliefs. Unfortunately dems, in the spirit of "moderation" have demonstrated this. Best idea should always win.
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think what a lot of centrists don't understand is to most, moderation = feckless. You believe in nothing. My guess is most people will vote for authenticity over full alignment on beliefs. Unfortunately dems, in the spirit of "moderation" have demonstrated this. Best idea should always win.
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Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/
Dhoom machale!
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Dhoom machale!
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Pundits say the problem is that Democrats fail to represent the people—but the real problem is that our political system fails to represent the people.
The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pundits say the problem is that Democrats fail to represent the people—but the real problem is that our political system fails to represent the people.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Rosalía’s Thrilling New Avant-Pop Swerve: Singing in 13 Languages
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Instead of all the polling centrist nonsense, here's an idea...Be charismatic/personable as a leader and stop hiring folks that are feckless. Thats it. You can do all the polling you want, but policy positions aren't that important these days.
underrated aspect of the whole "we must chase polls" discussion is that such people, almost by definition, will be cringing and timid
The selection of Garland as AG and his failure to act was about ten bajillion times more consequential than any campaign strategy decision
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Instead of all the polling centrist nonsense, here's an idea...Be charismatic/personable as a leader and stop hiring folks that are feckless. Thats it. You can do all the polling you want, but policy positions aren't that important these days.
I think it really is this simple.
HOW VOTERS PICK A CANDIDATE:
-they observe the social environment (largely through media)
-they decide what role they want to play in that environment (respected? savvy? oppositional?)
-they pick the candidate they think fulfills that role
-they reverse-engineer an explanation for their pick
-they observe the social environment (largely through media)
-they decide what role they want to play in that environment (respected? savvy? oppositional?)
-they pick the candidate they think fulfills that role
-they reverse-engineer an explanation for their pick
Feeling like that chimpanzee that hanged himself rn
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I think it really is this simple.
Great article on the challenges of carbon removal and the struggles of building it into a viable business / industry…something we’ve struggled with at Susteon. I liken it to your weekly garbage pickup, it needs public funds to thrive/survive, otherwise we’re all just living in a very stinky world.
The carbon removal hype phase is over, and the clearing-out cycle is coming.
What happens next will depend on the role governments opt to play.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/24/1...
What happens next will depend on the role governments opt to play.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/24/1...
What’s next for carbon removal?
Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really scale up the sector.
www.technologyreview.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great article on the challenges of carbon removal and the struggles of building it into a viable business / industry…something we’ve struggled with at Susteon. I liken it to your weekly garbage pickup, it needs public funds to thrive/survive, otherwise we’re all just living in a very stinky world.
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"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
In his recent podcast, @ezraklein.bsky.social talks about how he’s working on a piece about Hilary and the “deplorables” comment…I swear to god if he doesn’t mention republicans calling democrats straight up “terrorists and criminals”…straight up cooked. The double standard in media is absurd
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In his recent podcast, @ezraklein.bsky.social talks about how he’s working on a piece about Hilary and the “deplorables” comment…I swear to god if he doesn’t mention republicans calling democrats straight up “terrorists and criminals”…straight up cooked. The double standard in media is absurd
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'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy urges people to participate in the No Kings protest on October 18
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy urges people to participate in the No Kings protest on October 18
Wtf is the Bhargava Gita?? Do you mean Bhagvad??
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Binary thinking is not always destructive,” Mark Edmundson writes. “But when all thought is binary, we are in trouble.”
“Binary thinking is not always destructive,” Mark Edmundson writes. “But when all thought is binary, we are in trouble.”
Opinion | What Ted Lasso, the Bhargava Gita and Derrida Can Teach Us About Ourselves
Our culture is amok with binaries. We have two major parties, just two, and they are forever opposed.
nyti.ms
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Wtf is the Bhargava Gita?? Do you mean Bhagvad??
With Mamdani, the Left Finally Has Its Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
This might be the best distillation of the general electorate and how people vote that I’ve read in a long time.
This might be the best distillation of the general electorate and how people vote that I’ve read in a long time.
Opinion | With Mamdani, the Left Finally Has Its Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
With Mamdani, the Left Finally Has Its Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...
This might be the best distillation of the general electorate and how people vote that I’ve read in a long time.
This might be the best distillation of the general electorate and how people vote that I’ve read in a long time.
ocean waves. ocean waves. ocean waves.
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ocean waves. ocean waves. ocean waves.
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This shouldn't need to be said, but coal is failing in the year 2025 because it is more expensive than alternative solutions. You can't polish this lump.
September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This shouldn't need to be said, but coal is failing in the year 2025 because it is more expensive than alternative solutions. You can't polish this lump.