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measureformeasure.bsky.social
Measure for Measure
@measureformeasure.bsky.social
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Armchair science, public policy, and manga. After 2016, too much politics.
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@mattyglesias.bsky.social : Regarding Dems who caved on the #shutdown: it was all about the #filibuster.
Because this is really all on some level about the filibuster, I want to say in an earnest way that I think debate about which party is “helped” by supermajority rules is a bit childish. Both sides would get to pass some high-polling items that the opposition party objects to, and both sides would also have to admit to their base that some of the stuff they’ve been promising isn’t actually viable. I think that would be a win for the country, not a zero-sum transfer from one party to the other — politics would be a little less dysfunctional and insane. Senators hate this, though, because the filibuster really does give individual members more leverage and make things less leadership driven, which helps make being a senator more fun than being a House member. Is that a good reason to blink at a critical moment in American history? I’m skeptical.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Less bang for inventing easy technology.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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NYT Oct 29, 2024. The warnings were accurate.
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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@joshtpm.bsky.social From today's Bloomberg. Bad economic numbers, soaring stock market.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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@bloomberglp.bsky.social Bloomberg's interest rate utility has been broken for months now. You can still look them up, but the front page doesn't connect to interest rates well.

eg 10 year bonds flat due to broken utility: same for other bonds worldwide.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I decided to reply to poor Elon.
October 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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The billionaires who underwrite Republican campaigns are protected by #CitizensUnited, whose authors maintained that money is speech. But they are invariably characterized as, "Reclusive" and don't want to speak to the press. #TimothyMellon

Piece of work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy...
In 2020, during a rare and brief interview with The New York Times, Mr. Timothy Mellon declined to answer questions about his political giving. [] “I’ll contribute to him or Biden or whoever I want to,” he said, referring to Mr. Trump and his rival, Joseph R. Biden Jr. “I don’t have to say why.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Elon Musk (83 followers) wants to know why I've been ignoring him.
October 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Oh look I have a new friend on X. Elon followed me and I followed him back. Elon_4345 that is: 78 followers. He wants to chat.
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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White House, 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Zero arrests in NYC during No Kings 2.
@nypdnews.bsky.social
The majority of the No Kings protests have dispersed at this time and all traffic closures have been lifted. We had more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Laughing anime characters with carrot eyes.
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Make plans for this weekend.
No thrones. No crowns. No Kings. Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
October 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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From substack: "This only happens to you once."
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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@joshtpm.bsky.social on Supreme Court reform:
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Trump goons tear down free speech statue.

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-ep...
September 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Trump has ongoing #tradewar with Switzerland of all places: current #tariffs on Swiss goods are 39%.

Swiss Army knife manufacturer scratches head. They employ over 1100 workers making a high quality product. But... I can't see point of training US workers to do this. It's not exactly high tech.
NYT: Victorinox is one of Switzerland’s most visible employers, with 1,100 workers crafting high-quality knives, overseeing new designs and running calculations on how to deal with the tariffs. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/business/swiss-army-knife-trump-tariffs.html
September 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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We need more of this.
Sign saying, "See and ICE agen in Alameda County report them to this phone number 510... ".
September 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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If the Atlantic circulatory system breaks down, Europe could have ice age level winters.
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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From Bloomberg. Text included for completeness; I'm a little dubious.
Trump's approval declining among supporters, especially younger supporters.
August 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Barrels are hard to draw simply.
August 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Trump approval on the issues. #sdmb
August 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Meh, a chart of currencies and bitcoin since the beginning of the year. #sdmb
August 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Tracking the terms of the FOMC members. #sdmb
August 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Tariffs are taxes, falling on the poor and middle class. On net, Republican tax policies hurt every income group other than the top 10% (and the top 0.1% do *really* well).

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/understand...
August 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM