It's amazing seeing rightoids blackpill themselves in EXACTLY the same way tankies did in '22.

Isn't this because retirees are moving to Florida? It's what I would expect even with a population increase, and doesn't indicate demographic headwinds.

Chart is Births - Deaths
More important is Births + In-migration - Out-migration - Deaths

For all their anti-Indian rhetoric, this stuff is almost lifted verbatim from what BJP influencers tweeted about JNU protests a few years ago.

I can almost guarantee that this guy isn't married. Everything about his post screams "burnt out associate".

What will happen instead is he'll forward the resume to every other junior banker in his bullpen at 10:30 PM, and keep making snide "olive oil" jokes for the next week.

I can almost guarantee that it'll pan out well for the olive oil kid because it'll be looked upon positively by a bank/ group with better culture.

This is investment banking recruitment in a nutshell. Summer Analyst candidate puts down olive oil to distinguish themselves from the herd. Some hardo associate (not the hiring manager) takes out his frustration with grunt work on this candidate with a fun resume.

You'll be missed!

Might do the same TBH for a few weeks. Yesterday reminded me a lot of pre-Elon twitter, and not in a good way.

This has led them to adopt a position vaguely revolving old cliches and lefty notions around the idea that only US and its allies are a hazard to int law and peace, that once you constrained the "imperialist core" the other nations will be able to work it out peacefully within the UN system

My read:

1) Yesterday's priority was removing Maduro
2) Next priority is organizing a structural transition to a more stable & globally integrated economy (& away from rogue state cronyism)

If the regime doesn't comply with steps needed for 2, the US reserves all options for further intervention.

I don't want to debate journalistic ethics (or legality for that matter - longer conversation).

But this would have risked causing additional US military casualties. Don't believe that any mainstream US outlet would ever want to risk doing that.

This is why it's the only social media I use (besides LinkedIn). The user base is generally well-adjusted people who don't post all day (unless you're procrastinating tedious work like I am).

TradFi being better-positioned to navigate an economic downturn and a shift in the political winds vs Silicon Valley is kind of interesting (Dimon vs these guys).

Maybe 10 years ago, I ran into a friend who'd brought her young kids to a conference we were covering, and she had to tell everyone not to take pics of them. Took me a second to figure out why. That should be SOP. Take that picture of your perfect angel baby and send to friends/family. Don't post.

It's a 10-yr bandaid, but one that could allow a lot of places to develop manufacturing and service economies that would, in turn, enable increased infrastructure investment down the line.

Pakistan's success with solar (high level of decentralized solar usage) should be replicated across developing global south countries. Makes up for limited state capacity (ie limited ability to expand the grid to meet higher demand).