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Feels like the US economy is like Wile E Coyote running over the cliff right now, and the EU starting a massive trade war + selling US debt or whatever it takes might be the thing that makes it look down
January 20, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Feels like the US economy is like Wile E Coyote running over the cliff right now, and the EU starting a massive trade war + selling US debt or whatever it takes might be the thing that makes it look down
The Saudis and Israelis and Russians buy US Senators and Representatives by the dozen, surely the EU could do the same? I'm sure we could club together to buy a couple Supreme Court judges and a Ted Cruz or Chuck Schumer or two, it's got to be cheaper than aircraft carriers
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The Saudis and Israelis and Russians buy US Senators and Representatives by the dozen, surely the EU could do the same? I'm sure we could club together to buy a couple Supreme Court judges and a Ted Cruz or Chuck Schumer or two, it's got to be cheaper than aircraft carriers
"Make Heaven Crowded": a classic Italian giallo from 1973. Starring Helmut Berger, Claudia Cardinale and John Saxon.
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
"Make Heaven Crowded": a classic Italian giallo from 1973. Starring Helmut Berger, Claudia Cardinale and John Saxon.
Why are they called Republicans and not, I dunno, Royalists
January 20, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Why are they called Republicans and not, I dunno, Royalists
Frameworks (Django, React, etc) were a way to allow humans to build maintainable, reusable code quickly. They're an inefficient abstraction for AI written code. Likewise dynamic languages like PHP/Ruby/Python (JS/TS will persist because browser, for now).
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Frameworks (Django, React, etc) were a way to allow humans to build maintainable, reusable code quickly. They're an inefficient abstraction for AI written code. Likewise dynamic languages like PHP/Ruby/Python (JS/TS will persist because browser, for now).
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“…neither rhyme nor reason.”
We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance.
By me.
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/neither-rh...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/neit...
“…neither rhyme nor reason.”
We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance.
By me.
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/neither-rh...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/neit...
![What, if anything, is Trumpism?
There is not really any rhyme: there is no consistency or predictability in what he does. His actions in situation [A] will tell you little or nothing about what he may do in situation [B].
There are, at a general level, certain themes: he is indifferent to norms, he is cunning, he likes leverage, he will renege on deals, he has a sense for ratings, he will often back down. But these are tactics and improvisations: they say little or nothing about which subjects he will engage with next.
And nor is there is much reason: little or nothing he does makes sense, at least for the reasons he gives – or for the reasons his partisan supporters come up with to justify his actions and inactions.
It would be fair to say there is neither rhyme nor reason.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nx2kxyxako6sobj4g4pdkl6s/bafkreiht5hm2c5ywad6s6pn3zttwxw2hxnvdvmhokkfoyz4o6zmy3p6myi@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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“…neither rhyme nor reason.”
We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance.
By me.
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/neither-rh...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/neit...
“…neither rhyme nor reason.”
We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance.
By me.
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/neither-rh...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/neit...
Honestly the whole thing about the Peace Prize, Board of Peace etc is nuts, but this is window-dressing. Trump's handlers genuinely want to build an empire in the West, this is their best shot at doing so, he's just the convenient figurehead to bring the rubes along.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Honestly the whole thing about the Peace Prize, Board of Peace etc is nuts, but this is window-dressing. Trump's handlers genuinely want to build an empire in the West, this is their best shot at doing so, he's just the convenient figurehead to bring the rubes along.
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Craftwork is hiring: we're looking for a design-minded product engineer with experience in local services. This is a contract role for the next 2-3mo.
Relevant Stack: Next.js, Tailwind, Typescript, PostHog, Google Ads.
www.ycombinator.com/companies/cr...
Relevant Stack: Next.js, Tailwind, Typescript, PostHog, Google Ads.
www.ycombinator.com/companies/cr...
Design Engineer at Craftwork | Y Combinator
Position Overview
We’re looking for a freelance, design-minded engineer to help us improve conversion across our marketing site and customer funnel — without compromising our brand or visual quality.
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www.ycombinator.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Craftwork is hiring: we're looking for a design-minded product engineer with experience in local services. This is a contract role for the next 2-3mo.
Relevant Stack: Next.js, Tailwind, Typescript, PostHog, Google Ads.
www.ycombinator.com/companies/cr...
Relevant Stack: Next.js, Tailwind, Typescript, PostHog, Google Ads.
www.ycombinator.com/companies/cr...
Much of the antagonism against AI is driven by ordinary working people who have had to deal with chaotic disruption for over a decade: financial crisis, politics, pandemic and now...this.
AI hustlers/boosters are mostly privileged SV types who are absolutely incapable of understanding this.
AI hustlers/boosters are mostly privileged SV types who are absolutely incapable of understanding this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Much of the antagonism against AI is driven by ordinary working people who have had to deal with chaotic disruption for over a decade: financial crisis, politics, pandemic and now...this.
AI hustlers/boosters are mostly privileged SV types who are absolutely incapable of understanding this.
AI hustlers/boosters are mostly privileged SV types who are absolutely incapable of understanding this.
People who dole out praise for someone's AI prompted slop - art, code, music, whatever - are the same credulous idiots who call Musk a genius for the hard work of his engineers
An adult has spent their entire life knowing, deep down, that the way to get better at something is to do that something.
And then they start using genAI and this very fundamental part of being human becomes confusing and inscrutable to them.
And then they start using genAI and this very fundamental part of being human becomes confusing and inscrutable to them.
January 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
People who dole out praise for someone's AI prompted slop - art, code, music, whatever - are the same credulous idiots who call Musk a genius for the hard work of his engineers
Finally, Ben Shapiro has found someone he can make wet
But he didn't get an invitation to Ben Shapiro's podcast.
Gavin Newsom sought Ben Shapiro out for Newsom's podcast, then got bulldozed on his own turf.
It's far, far more pathetic than going on Shapiro's podcast.
Gavin Newsom sought Ben Shapiro out for Newsom's podcast, then got bulldozed on his own turf.
It's far, far more pathetic than going on Shapiro's podcast.
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Finally, Ben Shapiro has found someone he can make wet
This is perhaps why AWS announced their European only cloud service the other day: they are hedging on a complete severance of transatlantic ties
🇪🇺🇬🇱 Europe will break all economic ties with the US if it tries to seize Greenland, — FT
📍The French Finance Minister warned his American counterpart about this. He stressed: any step towards seizing the island would be tantamount to crossing a "red line".
📍The French Finance Minister warned his American counterpart about this. He stressed: any step towards seizing the island would be tantamount to crossing a "red line".
January 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This is perhaps why AWS announced their European only cloud service the other day: they are hedging on a complete severance of transatlantic ties
Doesn't this just make him an elongated Joe Rogan in a wig
Newsom says whatever he thinks the guy in front of him wants to hear and yes that also means all those funny meme social media posts y'all love.
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Doesn't this just make him an elongated Joe Rogan in a wig
Listening to documentary on Anna Karina, the New Wave actress, and it's like "having just moved to Paris and working odd jobs she got herself a little apartment off the Champs-Elysées".
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Listening to documentary on Anna Karina, the New Wave actress, and it's like "having just moved to Paris and working odd jobs she got herself a little apartment off the Champs-Elysées".
"Why write code when Claude can do it for you?" "Why learn a foreign language when Google translate exists?"
Why walk when you can take an Uber everywhere?
Why walk when you can take an Uber everywhere?
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
"Why write code when Claude can do it for you?" "Why learn a foreign language when Google translate exists?"
Why walk when you can take an Uber everywhere?
Why walk when you can take an Uber everywhere?
I wonder how Robert Heinlein would feel if (like his character in Door into Summer) he woke up in 2026 to find a throwaway invented word in one of his novels was the cause of a political crisis in the UK
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I wonder how Robert Heinlein would feel if (like his character in Door into Summer) he woke up in 2026 to find a throwaway invented word in one of his novels was the cause of a political crisis in the UK
My impression of the US political system is that it's a very messy, chaotic beast and most of the time that's not a good thing (compared to European peers) but if you have a mad president who wants to rule the country like a tyrant that messy, chaotic beast might be the thing that saves you
You can (and we do) walk through all the procedural and legal and practical ways to stop this, but some people simply don't want to ever reach "we win" as the scenario's outcome. They'll fly into a rage at any answer that doesn't boil down to he's an omnipotent unstoppable god, resistance is futile.
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
My impression of the US political system is that it's a very messy, chaotic beast and most of the time that's not a good thing (compared to European peers) but if you have a mad president who wants to rule the country like a tyrant that messy, chaotic beast might be the thing that saves you
One thing I can say about Gas Town is that it reminded me how irritating the author is
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
One thing I can say about Gas Town is that it reminded me how irritating the author is
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I’m not going to share a link, but within 24hrs of being published my illustration has been fed into AI and used to generate a video of this dinosaur, and frankly I just need this world to stop.
Seriously, what is the fucking point?
Seriously, what is the fucking point?
Introducing Xenovenator espinosai, a new troodontid dinosaur with some fascinating cranial anatomy. I had the honour of being approached to create the illustration for this week’s official announcement. (1/3) #SciArt
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I’m not going to share a link, but within 24hrs of being published my illustration has been fed into AI and used to generate a video of this dinosaur, and frankly I just need this world to stop.
Seriously, what is the fucking point?
Seriously, what is the fucking point?
Anyone planning to launch an AI startup: the labs will just co-opt your idea into their own stack, don't bother.
Cowork is a user-friendly version of Anthropic's Claude Code AI-powered tool that's built for file management and basic computing tasks. Here's what it's like to use it. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic’s Claude Cowork Is an AI Agent That Actually Works
Cowork is a user-friendly version of Anthropic's Claude Code AI-powered tool that's built for file management and basic computing tasks. Here's what it's like to use it.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Anyone planning to launch an AI startup: the labs will just co-opt your idea into their own stack, don't bother.
"Clear, irrefutable evidence"
"Mr Jenrick, you don't smoke, do you sir? My wife gave up smoking, she used to smoke Rothmans, can smell it a mile away. I wondered, why your office smells of Rothmans. You know who smokes Rothmans? Mr Farage. Officer, you can take him away now."
"Mr Jenrick, you don't smoke, do you sir? My wife gave up smoking, she used to smoke Rothmans, can smell it a mile away. I wondered, why your office smells of Rothmans. You know who smokes Rothmans? Mr Farage. Officer, you can take him away now."
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 AM
"Clear, irrefutable evidence"
"Mr Jenrick, you don't smoke, do you sir? My wife gave up smoking, she used to smoke Rothmans, can smell it a mile away. I wondered, why your office smells of Rothmans. You know who smokes Rothmans? Mr Farage. Officer, you can take him away now."
"Mr Jenrick, you don't smoke, do you sir? My wife gave up smoking, she used to smoke Rothmans, can smell it a mile away. I wondered, why your office smells of Rothmans. You know who smokes Rothmans? Mr Farage. Officer, you can take him away now."
Let's take the vibe coders at their word. You can build a full SAAS in a weekend, near-zero effort, no more cost than a Claude subscription.
Um...and? What's your moat? Why should I pay for your SAAS when I can just ask Claude to copy what you've done?
The real winner? Anthropic.
Um...and? What's your moat? Why should I pay for your SAAS when I can just ask Claude to copy what you've done?
The real winner? Anthropic.
January 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Let's take the vibe coders at their word. You can build a full SAAS in a weekend, near-zero effort, no more cost than a Claude subscription.
Um...and? What's your moat? Why should I pay for your SAAS when I can just ask Claude to copy what you've done?
The real winner? Anthropic.
Um...and? What's your moat? Why should I pay for your SAAS when I can just ask Claude to copy what you've done?
The real winner? Anthropic.
Oh cool a death's head insignia which paramilitary death squad has used that historically I have no idea
Their challenge coin is a laughing skeleton wearing a crown, with vultures on it's shoulders.
Looks less like something you'd give "law enforcement" and more like something you'd give to the death squad of a king.
Looks less like something you'd give "law enforcement" and more like something you'd give to the death squad of a king.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Oh cool a death's head insignia which paramilitary death squad has used that historically I have no idea