Baptiste Lerak
@baptistelerak.bsky.social
"Strong men create good times."
"Good times create weak men."
"Weak men create hard times" <= You are here
"Hard times create strong men."
"Good times create weak men."
"Weak men create hard times" <= You are here
"Hard times create strong men."
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Wrote about this here. The "anomaly" of the divergence between hard indicators of economic performance and soft indicators of sentiment disappears once if you include higher interest rates, leading to higher mortgage and car payments, in inflation. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wrote about this here. The "anomaly" of the divergence between hard indicators of economic performance and soft indicators of sentiment disappears once if you include higher interest rates, leading to higher mortgage and car payments, in inflation. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Some have mentioned unresolved COVID trauma to explain that phenomenon and I remain skeptical.
Personally, I'm a partisan of the "it's just inflation" theory. Human beings seem to love Ze Price Stabilité more than life itself, and appear willing sacrifice *anything* to achieve it.
Personally, I'm a partisan of the "it's just inflation" theory. Human beings seem to love Ze Price Stabilité more than life itself, and appear willing sacrifice *anything* to achieve it.
The biggest blackpill for me was a poll that found that, despite Trump's abysmal approvals and Dems cleaning house lately, an hypothetical 2024 rematch would still be a tossup. The insane reality is that a majority of US voters really experienced the Biden years as some kind of epochal catastrophe!
“I’m not gonna lie to you about the economy like Biden and trump and say it was great“
“Achtually the economy was great under Biden, the guy we dumped 4 months out from the general here are some charts“
If you think the 100% true fact that the economy was good under Biden is relevant youre dumb
“Achtually the economy was great under Biden, the guy we dumped 4 months out from the general here are some charts“
If you think the 100% true fact that the economy was good under Biden is relevant youre dumb
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Some have mentioned unresolved COVID trauma to explain that phenomenon and I remain skeptical.
Personally, I'm a partisan of the "it's just inflation" theory. Human beings seem to love Ze Price Stabilité more than life itself, and appear willing sacrifice *anything* to achieve it.
Personally, I'm a partisan of the "it's just inflation" theory. Human beings seem to love Ze Price Stabilité more than life itself, and appear willing sacrifice *anything* to achieve it.
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According to today’s WSJ, over half of GDP growth is represented by dumping money into the Mauna Kea volcano. Stopping this may anger the volcano gods, so we must press on.
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
According to today’s WSJ, over half of GDP growth is represented by dumping money into the Mauna Kea volcano. Stopping this may anger the volcano gods, so we must press on.
My all-time favorite relic of the "Appeal to the Dudebros" era remains the changes in Ellie's character design between Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3. You can, huh, really see the priorities shift when they decided they needed to appeal to Gamers™, right?
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My all-time favorite relic of the "Appeal to the Dudebros" era remains the changes in Ellie's character design between Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3. You can, huh, really see the priorities shift when they decided they needed to appeal to Gamers™, right?
The biggest blackpill for me was a poll that found that, despite Trump's abysmal approvals and Dems cleaning house lately, an hypothetical 2024 rematch would still be a tossup. The insane reality is that a majority of US voters really experienced the Biden years as some kind of epochal catastrophe!
“I’m not gonna lie to you about the economy like Biden and trump and say it was great“
“Achtually the economy was great under Biden, the guy we dumped 4 months out from the general here are some charts“
If you think the 100% true fact that the economy was good under Biden is relevant youre dumb
“Achtually the economy was great under Biden, the guy we dumped 4 months out from the general here are some charts“
If you think the 100% true fact that the economy was good under Biden is relevant youre dumb
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The biggest blackpill for me was a poll that found that, despite Trump's abysmal approvals and Dems cleaning house lately, an hypothetical 2024 rematch would still be a tossup. The insane reality is that a majority of US voters really experienced the Biden years as some kind of epochal catastrophe!
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Elon is feeding entire families in Bangladesh who are just pumping out AI slop to halfwits In Oklahoma. It’s actually really funny when you step back and take a look at things
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Elon is feeding entire families in Bangladesh who are just pumping out AI slop to halfwits In Oklahoma. It’s actually really funny when you step back and take a look at things
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incredible things are happening on x, the every-scam app
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
incredible things are happening on x, the every-scam app
This is what second-hand exposure to an aloof artist wife will do to a man.
Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
quite a look for Trump today
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is what second-hand exposure to an aloof artist wife will do to a man.
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Mamdani’s next speech: So this big guy comes up to me with tears in his eyes
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Mamdani’s next speech: So this big guy comes up to me with tears in his eyes
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one thing that anyone who has studied the psychology of conspiracy theories will tell you is that it’s very de-stabilizing when you finally are forced to confront that you were wrong
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
one thing that anyone who has studied the psychology of conspiracy theories will tell you is that it’s very de-stabilizing when you finally are forced to confront that you were wrong
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It’s really cool watching people on this website cry about how anti-technology and progress the world is re: AI and hearing, from the small number of instructors I know in real life, how this stuff is just destroying traditional instruction with no effective mitigation for public education systems.
My students don’t even bother to remove “ChatGPT said…” from their assignments half the time…
We are doomed.
We are doomed.
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It’s really cool watching people on this website cry about how anti-technology and progress the world is re: AI and hearing, from the small number of instructors I know in real life, how this stuff is just destroying traditional instruction with no effective mitigation for public education systems.
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Willingly scarring your body to own the libs. These people are straight up insane. This is Manson Family shit
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Willingly scarring your body to own the libs. These people are straight up insane. This is Manson Family shit
The Swiss Guard on the road to DC after CBP shoots the pope for trespassing on a federal facility:
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Swiss Guard on the road to DC after CBP shoots the pope for trespassing on a federal facility:
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ANUBIS: (presses button with paw) [guilty]
OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry
ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food]
OSIRIS: you already ate
ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad]
OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good
OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry
ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food]
OSIRIS: you already ate
ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad]
OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
ANUBIS: (presses button with paw) [guilty]
OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry
ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food]
OSIRIS: you already ate
ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad]
OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good
OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry
ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food]
OSIRIS: you already ate
ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad]
OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good
After suffering through the abysmal dogshit that was Hazbin Hotel Season 2, I fully support his Holiness time and time again taking a strong stance against the evils plaguing our modern society.
Pope Leo XIV declared Hazbin Hotel is the world's first ontologically evil tv show
(Source: tinyurl.com/2tuzbhej)
(Source: tinyurl.com/2tuzbhej)
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After suffering through the abysmal dogshit that was Hazbin Hotel Season 2, I fully support his Holiness time and time again taking a strong stance against the evils plaguing our modern society.
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if nova's right I may actually die
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
if nova's right I may actually die
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hahahahahaha ha ha ha. ha. 😬
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
hahahahahaha ha ha ha. ha. 😬
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Every backwards rural shithole in the history of the entire world has been a hotbed of reaction but everyone from French radlibs to Chinese communists thinks they’re the ones who are going to turn it around. There is nothing new under the sun.
as a white liberal with Southern roots, quite frankly, I think other white liberals from the South need to get the fuck over their oddly defensive attitude about what should be pretty blindingly obvious.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Every backwards rural shithole in the history of the entire world has been a hotbed of reaction but everyone from French radlibs to Chinese communists thinks they’re the ones who are going to turn it around. There is nothing new under the sun.
Broke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to corporate greed.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Broke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to corporate greed.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Woke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to gamers being greedy and entitled.
Bespoke: The gaming industry is in crisis due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Schumer as McClellan makes a LOT of sense.
…And because they couldn’t achieve that early decisive victory, they’ve been flailing ever since. It’s an analogy that really slaps ngl, just need to find a couple grant, Sherman’s, and Sheridan’s and will be chilling
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Schumer as McClellan makes a LOT of sense.
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the weird thing about Star Trek is you watch TOS and if you forget it's from 1968, it seems downright backwards. But if you took TOS and updated it for 2025 levels of progressiveness, the Republicans would be calling for the production staff and the writers to be executed on live TV
people bitch about woke media but if TOS was on today they would go to a thinly-veiled MAGA planet where the locals worshipped guns and then kirk would hit the orange dictator with a two-fisted karate chop before giving a lecture about how science is real and violence is bad
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
the weird thing about Star Trek is you watch TOS and if you forget it's from 1968, it seems downright backwards. But if you took TOS and updated it for 2025 levels of progressiveness, the Republicans would be calling for the production staff and the writers to be executed on live TV
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"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been. But in this local diner, voters aren't so sure." | The New York Times
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been. But in this local diner, voters aren't so sure." | The New York Times
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?