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Econ prof, views 100% my own.
We fight to win. That means we lose. And lose and lose and lose… until we’re ready.
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We fight to win. That means we lose. And lose and lose and lose… until we’re ready.
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Increasingly it's clearer to a lot of people what i have been saying for a while: people use "inflation" and "prices" to talk about their own difficulty making ends meet or affording big ticket items once "inflation" became a big media news story. It's not actually about CPI or even increases.
New YouGov polling shows more people say inflation is their #1 issue now than said the same at any point in 2023-2024 today.yougov.com/politics/art...
January 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Increasingly it's clearer to a lot of people what i have been saying for a while: people use "inflation" and "prices" to talk about their own difficulty making ends meet or affording big ticket items once "inflation" became a big media news story. It's not actually about CPI or even increases.
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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we have been way too tolerant of cowards: we should be demanding that far more people in power who claim to be against the murderous evil of MAGA meet the standard currently being demonstrated by Jerome Fucking Powell
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
we have been way too tolerant of cowards: we should be demanding that far more people in power who claim to be against the murderous evil of MAGA meet the standard currently being demonstrated by Jerome Fucking Powell
They were only down 15 at the half and Bears fans were writing the epitaph on the season. Like you guys have never seen the Packers do this first half second half BS against a decent team in the playoffs in the past 15 years.
Folks unfamiliar with the Packers may not realize this moment is ripe for an all-time collapse
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 AM
They were only down 15 at the half and Bears fans were writing the epitaph on the season. Like you guys have never seen the Packers do this first half second half BS against a decent team in the playoffs in the past 15 years.
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Folks unfamiliar with the Packers may not realize this moment is ripe for an all-time collapse
January 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Folks unfamiliar with the Packers may not realize this moment is ripe for an all-time collapse
Folks unfamiliar with the Packers may not realize this moment is ripe for an all-time collapse
January 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Folks unfamiliar with the Packers may not realize this moment is ripe for an all-time collapse
Ike on opportunity cost #TeachEcon
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
January 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Ike on opportunity cost #TeachEcon
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The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
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Every single university in the country should be deleting or locking its accounts now. It’s negligence to be posting photos of students, faculty, or staff on the site.
Even more broadly, large organisations need to think very carefully whether they should be encouraging employees and customers to engage with them in any way on a platform where there is industrial scale production and distribution of CSAM and where the owner has shown no interest in tackling it.
The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Every single university in the country should be deleting or locking its accounts now. It’s negligence to be posting photos of students, faculty, or staff on the site.
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Trump's posting claiming he'll raid GSE cash to buy $200 billion in mortgages, if implemented and if legal, is akin to the Fed engaging in another round of quantitative easing. For reference, Fed currently owns about $2T in MBS. NY Fed data said total mortgage borrowing is just over $13 trillion.
January 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Trump's posting claiming he'll raid GSE cash to buy $200 billion in mortgages, if implemented and if legal, is akin to the Fed engaging in another round of quantitative easing. For reference, Fed currently owns about $2T in MBS. NY Fed data said total mortgage borrowing is just over $13 trillion.
Age of Empires mentioned
Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires
Bowen: Trump risks pushing world back to age of empires
Donald Trump wants and needs quick victories. Taking Maduro is the decisive win he has craved, writes Jeremy Bowen.
www.bbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Age of Empires mentioned
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Factual descriptions of what is happening will make you sound crazy.
"After shooting a young mom, federal immigration agents next went to a high school to brawl with students and teachers."
What
"After shooting a young mom, federal immigration agents next went to a high school to brawl with students and teachers."
What
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Factual descriptions of what is happening will make you sound crazy.
"After shooting a young mom, federal immigration agents next went to a high school to brawl with students and teachers."
What
"After shooting a young mom, federal immigration agents next went to a high school to brawl with students and teachers."
What
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
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Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
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Darren Michael won a $500,0000 settlement for wrongful termination by Austin Peay State University after he shared a story that included a quote about gun violence by Charlie Kirk after his assassination his murder. Senator Maria Blackburn instigated the dismissal. clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...
APSU to pay $500,000 to professor fired, then reinstated over Charlie Kirk post - ClarksvilleNow.com
Austin Peay State University will pay one of its professors $500,000 after initially firing him for a social media post in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.
clarksvillenow.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Darren Michael won a $500,0000 settlement for wrongful termination by Austin Peay State University after he shared a story that included a quote about gun violence by Charlie Kirk after his assassination his murder. Senator Maria Blackburn instigated the dismissal. clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...
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The tariff impact hasn’t been larger due to delays and exceptions, meaning the actual rate is only half the announced rate, from Gita Gopinath and Brent Neiman www.nber.org/papers/w34620
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The tariff impact hasn’t been larger due to delays and exceptions, meaning the actual rate is only half the announced rate, from Gita Gopinath and Brent Neiman www.nber.org/papers/w34620
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This chart documents one of humanity’s greatest achievements, in my view.
We just lived through the fastest population growth in human history.
It would have been impressive if food supplies had merely kept pace — but on every continent, they grew even faster than the population.
We just lived through the fastest population growth in human history.
It would have been impressive if food supplies had merely kept pace — but on every continent, they grew even faster than the population.
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 PM
This chart documents one of humanity’s greatest achievements, in my view.
We just lived through the fastest population growth in human history.
It would have been impressive if food supplies had merely kept pace — but on every continent, they grew even faster than the population.
We just lived through the fastest population growth in human history.
It would have been impressive if food supplies had merely kept pace — but on every continent, they grew even faster than the population.
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Some very small percentage of the kids who get measles today will die in ~10 years of an irreversible degenerative neurological condition called SSPE. It has an approximately 100% fatality rate.
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Some very small percentage of the kids who get measles today will die in ~10 years of an irreversible degenerative neurological condition called SSPE. It has an approximately 100% fatality rate.
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Wow
Wow, Stackoverflow is cooked.
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Wow
One way you could characterize this government as Neo-Confederate is that they're obsessed and dazzled by daring tactical maneuvers with little attention paid to good long-term strategy.
CNN: The leadership of the House Armed Services Committee is set to be briefed tonight by Trump administration officials. What questions do you have?
GOP REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: The questions I would have is how brilliantly they carried out the operation
GOP REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: The questions I would have is how brilliantly they carried out the operation
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
One way you could characterize this government as Neo-Confederate is that they're obsessed and dazzled by daring tactical maneuvers with little attention paid to good long-term strategy.