Bryan Rasmussen
@bryanras.bsky.social
Math, coding, trading, etc.
As a Philadelphia resident, I highly approve of the Micah Parsons trade.
August 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As a Philadelphia resident, I highly approve of the Micah Parsons trade.
Republican emails are so poorly written that Gmail often flags them as spam.
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FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”
FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.
arstechnica.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Republican emails are so poorly written that Gmail often flags them as spam.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
People conflate crime with homelessness and dirty streets.
August 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
People conflate crime with homelessness and dirty streets.
This is why tariffs are bad.
July 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is why tariffs are bad.
Humanity is so, so lucky that enriching uranium is expensive and tricky.
June 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Humanity is so, so lucky that enriching uranium is expensive and tricky.
Started watching the latest season of Black Mirror, and the most unrealistic part was the idea that a welder in his thirties would have difficulty making an $800/month payment.
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Started watching the latest season of Black Mirror, and the most unrealistic part was the idea that a welder in his thirties would have difficulty making an $800/month payment.
This is better than the Ackman / Icahn CNBC fight.
June 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is better than the Ackman / Icahn CNBC fight.
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Most food is transported by boat, so food miles are a relatively small part of the carbon footprint of most diets
April 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Most food is transported by boat, so food miles are a relatively small part of the carbon footprint of most diets
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This country needs an unequivocal, full-throated condemnation of pandering protectionism. Let this be the moment that liberates the Democratic Party from the populists tying them to the same mercantilist, regressive, costly command-and-control economic policies that so often drive Trump’s agenda.
Opinion | Why are Democrats pulling their punches on Trump’s disastrous trade war?
The party is blowing its chance to mount an offensive against protectionism.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This country needs an unequivocal, full-throated condemnation of pandering protectionism. Let this be the moment that liberates the Democratic Party from the populists tying them to the same mercantilist, regressive, costly command-and-control economic policies that so often drive Trump’s agenda.
Glad to see the US isn’t the only country being run by economic illiterates beholden to dying industries. finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-chin...
EU, China will look into setting minimum prices on electric vehicles, EU says
The European Union and China have agreed to look into setting minimum prices of Chinese-made electric vehicles instead of tariffs imposed by the EU last year, a European Commission spokesperson said o...
finance.yahoo.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Glad to see the US isn’t the only country being run by economic illiterates beholden to dying industries. finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-chin...
Imagine your kid’s baseball team really sucks. They lose constantly, so to get them to improve, you spot them 5 runs at the start of every game. Would that improve the team? Anyway, that’s how tariffs work.
April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Imagine your kid’s baseball team really sucks. They lose constantly, so to get them to improve, you spot them 5 runs at the start of every game. Would that improve the team? Anyway, that’s how tariffs work.
I have never in my life rooted so hard for both sides of a dispute to lose.
March 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I have never in my life rooted so hard for both sides of a dispute to lose.
When I think about saving endangered species, I usually have in mind the black rhino or giant panda, not measles or polio.
February 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When I think about saving endangered species, I usually have in mind the black rhino or giant panda, not measles or polio.
South Africa, Libya, Ukraine gave up their nukes. Saddam gave up his program. All those countries were overthrown/destroyed. What’s the lesson for Iran, North Korea, Japan, Taiwan?
February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
South Africa, Libya, Ukraine gave up their nukes. Saddam gave up his program. All those countries were overthrown/destroyed. What’s the lesson for Iran, North Korea, Japan, Taiwan?
Boss: Good news, you get to keep your job!
SD employee: What’s the catch?
Boss: You have to drive a cybertruck.
Employee: I quit.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
SD employee: What’s the catch?
Boss: You have to drive a cybertruck.
Employee: I quit.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Boss: Good news, you get to keep your job!
SD employee: What’s the catch?
Boss: You have to drive a cybertruck.
Employee: I quit.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
SD employee: What’s the catch?
Boss: You have to drive a cybertruck.
Employee: I quit.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
You know how stores add sales tax to the price when they ring it up? They should do that with tariffs, too.
January 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You know how stores add sales tax to the price when they ring it up? They should do that with tariffs, too.
Why can’t we do to supermarket tomatoes what we did to supermarket apples?
January 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Why can’t we do to supermarket tomatoes what we did to supermarket apples?
I’m skeptical of most simple indicators, BUT when good economic news causes stocks to crash, it usually indicates volatility over the next few months.
January 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m skeptical of most simple indicators, BUT when good economic news causes stocks to crash, it usually indicates volatility over the next few months.
Is this supposed to be a good thing? Happy that the child is healthy, but people should be long retired by the time they become great-grandparents.
With the birth of his first great grandchild, Joe Biden is now the first great-grandfather to serve as president in US history
January 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Is this supposed to be a good thing? Happy that the child is healthy, but people should be long retired by the time they become great-grandparents.
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Think of the time being wasted by diplomats and experts in Europe and Latin America, as they start planning how to counter American attacks on Panama or Greenland. Time that could be spent thinking about a unified response to Russia and China.
January 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Think of the time being wasted by diplomats and experts in Europe and Latin America, as they start planning how to counter American attacks on Panama or Greenland. Time that could be spent thinking about a unified response to Russia and China.
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NYTimes is reporting Biden will block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel. I believe this decision will have substantial negative consequences to U.S. economic dynamism, industrial capacity & diplomatic power for years to come. What I wrote here holds true: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
The US Steel deal is a test of friendshoring—and the US is failing
If Washington won’t allow this transaction—involving a buyer from a G7 country—then what foreign buyer would it see as a permissible owner?
www.atlanticcouncil.org
January 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
NYTimes is reporting Biden will block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel. I believe this decision will have substantial negative consequences to U.S. economic dynamism, industrial capacity & diplomatic power for years to come. What I wrote here holds true: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
I just saw a meteor break up and form a line of shooting stars. It was awesome!
January 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I just saw a meteor break up and form a line of shooting stars. It was awesome!
It is possible for several things to be true at once.
1. Intelligence is multi-dimensional, so a single number cannot capture it.
2. Success depends on many factors.
3. Some people are really dumb.
1. Intelligence is multi-dimensional, so a single number cannot capture it.
2. Success depends on many factors.
3. Some people are really dumb.
December 27, 2024 at 6:36 PM
It is possible for several things to be true at once.
1. Intelligence is multi-dimensional, so a single number cannot capture it.
2. Success depends on many factors.
3. Some people are really dumb.
1. Intelligence is multi-dimensional, so a single number cannot capture it.
2. Success depends on many factors.
3. Some people are really dumb.
Reposted by Bryan Rasmussen
Ocean container carrier Hapag-Lloyd announced two surcharges ahead of a potential strike by unionized longshore workers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports in January. They go into effect day of Trump inauguration www.freightwaves.com/news/hapag-l...
Hapag-Lloyd US port strike surcharges to go into effect same day as Trump inauguration
Liner operator Hapag-Lloyd announced new surcharges ahead of a possible January strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association at East and Gulf Coast ports.
www.freightwaves.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Ocean container carrier Hapag-Lloyd announced two surcharges ahead of a potential strike by unionized longshore workers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports in January. They go into effect day of Trump inauguration www.freightwaves.com/news/hapag-l...