J.D. Connor
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2025 New Macy's balloons:
Carol Sturka
The Sex Cardigan
Black market labubu box which opens to reveal a bag full of dirt labeled "PUTO"
Larry Summers
Carol Sturka
The Sex Cardigan
Black market labubu box which opens to reveal a bag full of dirt labeled "PUTO"
Larry Summers
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
2025 New Macy's balloons:
Carol Sturka
The Sex Cardigan
Black market labubu box which opens to reveal a bag full of dirt labeled "PUTO"
Larry Summers
Carol Sturka
The Sex Cardigan
Black market labubu box which opens to reveal a bag full of dirt labeled "PUTO"
Larry Summers
So, was I right? Did deforestation pick up when growth resumed? More or less. It's not a perfect match, but this hideous double chart shows defo tracks growth *until Lula*. The chart below shows defo by admin (wiki) and growth, semi-transparent & flipped upside down, so bigger bars are more growth.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
So, was I right? Did deforestation pick up when growth resumed? More or less. It's not a perfect match, but this hideous double chart shows defo tracks growth *until Lula*. The chart below shows defo by admin (wiki) and growth, semi-transparent & flipped upside down, so bigger bars are more growth.
Since it's late and no one will read this, here's a piece I wrote for The New Republic about the 1992 Earth Summit—a kind of forerunner of COP30—was in Brazil. The follow-up from my time in Belém is just too embarrassing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Since it's late and no one will read this, here's a piece I wrote for The New Republic about the 1992 Earth Summit—a kind of forerunner of COP30—was in Brazil. The follow-up from my time in Belém is just too embarrassing.
Based on the "leaks," do you think it will be Paisley Park? Betty Davis's version of CCR? Reverend Horton Heat?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDVa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDVa...
Born on the Bayou
YouTube video by Betty Davis - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Based on the "leaks," do you think it will be Paisley Park? Betty Davis's version of CCR? Reverend Horton Heat?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDVa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDVa...
If, for some reason, you need a Craig Finn meme but for rightwing wordsalad, igotchew
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If, for some reason, you need a Craig Finn meme but for rightwing wordsalad, igotchew
I'm sure the patience is deep. But the station groups have their own monetary interests. And even billionaires grow tired of setting money on fire if the metrics show them that no one is watching/reading the propaganda.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I'm sure the patience is deep. But the station groups have their own monetary interests. And even billionaires grow tired of setting money on fire if the metrics show them that no one is watching/reading the propaganda.
You can fill your news with rizzed up octogenarians like Dersh, but if the ratings aren't there to sling GLP-1s and keep the station groups happy, the experiment will end quickly.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
You can fill your news with rizzed up octogenarians like Dersh, but if the ratings aren't there to sling GLP-1s and keep the station groups happy, the experiment will end quickly.
The Clay Mathematics Institute is proud to announce a solution to yet another of its Millennium Problems, in this case, the Underpants Gnomes Conjecture
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Clay Mathematics Institute is proud to announce a solution to yet another of its Millennium Problems, in this case, the Underpants Gnomes Conjecture
From a couple years ago, making the kids and the dog bend to my stupid will
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
From a couple years ago, making the kids and the dog bend to my stupid will
The cholla gets all the tourists but the ocatillo has its charms
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The cholla gets all the tourists but the ocatillo has its charms
But those trees! Those trees! Those Truffula Trees! All my life I'd been searching for trees such as these.
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
But those trees! Those trees! Those Truffula Trees! All my life I'd been searching for trees such as these.
The coterie powerful men who were Jeffrey Epstein's friends to the end has nothing on the abuse engineers who continue to serve him beyond the grave, paying themselves millions and claiming not to have known anything about anything.
www.wsj.com/us-news/epst...
www.wsj.com/us-news/epst...
The CPA and the Lawyer Who Served Jeffrey Epstein—and Control His Fortune and Secrets
Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke worked for the convicted sex offender for years. The men deny they knew about Epstein’s crimes.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The coterie powerful men who were Jeffrey Epstein's friends to the end has nothing on the abuse engineers who continue to serve him beyond the grave, paying themselves millions and claiming not to have known anything about anything.
www.wsj.com/us-news/epst...
www.wsj.com/us-news/epst...
“It drove. It drove being driven. It drove driving itself”—American Carpool
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“It drove. It drove being driven. It drove driving itself”—American Carpool
Asking Unicode to consider my proposal for an emoji for “hater”
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Asking Unicode to consider my proposal for an emoji for “hater”
Nothing wrong with being a grinder
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Nothing wrong with being a grinder
And which are you?
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And which are you?
Prizes for first publication in a peer-reviewed journal
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Prizes for first publication in a peer-reviewed journal
As a confirmed sicko and so I don't lose track, I keep an overview spreadsheet of the LoRs I have to write each year. Just crossed 100 🍾🥂🎉
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As a confirmed sicko and so I don't lose track, I keep an overview spreadsheet of the LoRs I have to write each year. Just crossed 100 🍾🥂🎉
Reposted by J.D. Connor
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
So 5 courses is actually 3 courses; all are cotaught. Total classroom time is 8:15, but who knows how much of that Larry is present for. And all the teaching is confined to T/R between 10 and 6.
He is not scheduled to teach in the Spring afaict
He is not scheduled to teach in the Spring afaict
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So 5 courses is actually 3 courses; all are cotaught. Total classroom time is 8:15, but who knows how much of that Larry is present for. And all the teaching is confined to T/R between 10 and 6.
He is not scheduled to teach in the Spring afaict
He is not scheduled to teach in the Spring afaict
And GenEd 1120 Political Economy of Globalization, the "large undergrad class" is also K-School BGP 625 Globalization Past Present Future Challenges. It is cotaught with Robert Lawrence T/R 10:30–11:45; the K-School version, because it is a grad class, has an extra session T4:30–5:45 >
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
And GenEd 1120 Political Economy of Globalization, the "large undergrad class" is also K-School BGP 625 Globalization Past Present Future Challenges. It is cotaught with Robert Lawrence T/R 10:30–11:45; the K-School version, because it is a grad class, has an extra session T4:30–5:45 >
"5" here should be understood as including the crosslists and coteaching
Ec 1420 American Economic Policy is also K-School API 126
and is cotaught with Jeffrey Liebman, T/R 12–1:15
Ec 1499 Macro Stabilization, cotaught with Paul Tucker, R3–5 >
Ec 1420 American Economic Policy is also K-School API 126
and is cotaught with Jeffrey Liebman, T/R 12–1:15
Ec 1499 Macro Stabilization, cotaught with Paul Tucker, R3–5 >
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"5" here should be understood as including the crosslists and coteaching
Ec 1420 American Economic Policy is also K-School API 126
and is cotaught with Jeffrey Liebman, T/R 12–1:15
Ec 1499 Macro Stabilization, cotaught with Paul Tucker, R3–5 >
Ec 1420 American Economic Policy is also K-School API 126
and is cotaught with Jeffrey Liebman, T/R 12–1:15
Ec 1499 Macro Stabilization, cotaught with Paul Tucker, R3–5 >
jasper johns got nothing on ya
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
jasper johns got nothing on ya