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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 46m

Also what the recovery from those looked like! 1929 was the main example during the dot come boom but 1987 made people less likely to doom about the aftermath of any crash.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 8h

The analogy here is maybe the defense industry recession in 1990-91, which was very bad in places like LA with a high concentration and really messed up a generation of well educated engineers. If they were young enough they landed somewhere in the dot com boom, but it was pretty bleak for a while.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think he's lying in the sense that I think he sincerely believes that there are ongoing negotiations.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 2d

Based on his bio,auditioning for a judgeship so this exchange is to his professional advantage.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 3d

It's interesting that many/most historical role models (and social examples) for successful female athletes have been in individual sports, like tennis, track and field, etc.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 3d

This is true in many cultures and religions, not just the Anglo-Christian West.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 3d

The problem isn't the payout -- that pencils out. It's the rent control restrictions after the fact that are the issue.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 4d

bsky.app/profile/cono...

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 5d

If I’m a Dem in Congress I’m asking my constituents to log into healthcare.gov and tell me how much their premium is going up next year and I’m posting that on social media all day long.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 4d

Too classy and well produced to be plausible

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 5d

I'm going to push back. I think if you look globally "running on democracy" has a bad track record. The best you can do is run on corruption in an abysmal economy, and we aren't there yet though the trajectory isn't good.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 5d

Restaurant closures. Not housing because unlike the rust belt, LA is fundamentally a perfect environment to live in.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 6d

Per my LinkedIn feed, USPTO has RIFs announced that are at least per them connected to the shutdown.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 6d

Great interview and highly informative. Was not aware of how much of a downward trend there has been in the convention business.

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 6d

It's really time to start asking these people: okay, great, so which world-class conventions and trade shows are you hoping to get, what is their current attendance, and how are you planning on luring them to LA?

And, more importantly, how many hotel room nights have they promised to book?

But city officials have been trying to approve a plan to upgrade the convention center for at least a decade, and the council overwhelmingly approved the project, on an 11-2 vote. Beyond the Olympics, they see construction jobs and
the opportunity to draw more large events downtown. "I think finally the city reached a point where, you know, we simply just need to expand it and make it state of the art, 21st century, make it the future of what Los Angeles should be," said Assemblymember Mark González, who
represents the downtown. Clara Karger, Bass' press secretary, said the mayor's office "will work in partnership with the City Council to implement cost-saving measures, efficiency improvements, and streamlined approvals to ensure on time
completion."

The project spurred a rare alliance between business and labor interests. When Bass approved the final plans last week, she said the project "is more than just a building, it is about revitalizing the heart of our city and bringing
good-paying jobs and tourism straight to downtown." And as the project's backers point out, there is a risk to Los Angeles in not
renovating the facility. "When you're going to attract the globe to Los Angeles, and they come and see the convention center in its current form versus what we are excited to be able to show them, suddenly you're changing the reputational future of being able to bring people back for a world-class convention," said Nella McOsker, the president of the Central City Association of Los Angeles, a backer of the
project.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 6d

YouTube and NBCU extended their negotiation deadline today. If YT gets what it wants on ingestion (still a big if), that's a real threat to Netflix.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 7d

They've had this on Canada-US flights for a while now.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 7d

Don't ask questions that will make faculty feel bad.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 8d

I think the "you are just remembering you were a kid" is a copout to excuse bad times. Also, I feel like a lot of people have no memory of Cold War era fear of nuclear peril and how much of a relief glasnost was.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 9d

He's going to take his talents to Beyoğlu.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 10d

Well at least he hasn't ordered the military to Barkan Cross, yet.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 10d

There was a lot of prewritten narrative when it looked like WB was headed to disaster and before the rest of their slate performed above expectations. In that view it was going to be the capstone of a series of flops and there's still a kind of narrative momentum still left from that.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 10d

This is the way.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 11d

It depends on what you mean by "the market." If it is all potentially traceable assets than left tail risks, which are by definition low probability are being priced in by the allocation to very low risk assets, e.g. hedge against long tail risks in stocks by investing in other assets.

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 11d

Where is the money going? General treasury funds? Exchange stabilization funds? Debt payments? White House renovations?

Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 11d

Often using the API gets away from this problem but then you have to use an open source tool to do the research part. Or DeepSeek R1 (I use SambaNova). Of course I also have a couple local models who have no guardrails whatsoever which will do any kind of research and provide any kind of report.

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Bahrad Sokhansanj @bahrad.bsky.social · 12d

Counterpoint: the United States was clearly founded on the basic principle that the ruling executive can unilatetally raise taxes without consulting the representatives of the people.