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Michael K
@rangergonzo.bsky.social
Recovering savant
Economist / historian / philosopher

“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
@natesilver.skystack.xyz I think your latest missive on Vegas is missing the forest (the massive rise of online/mobile gambling) for the trees (lower income gamers getting squeezed on The Strip). How does March Madness weekend stack up? There’s your “tell”.
December 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Is Sleepy Donald the New ‘Sleepy Joe’? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...

#drowsydon strikes again!
@frankabruni.bsky.social gets it. We deserve leadership that is wide awake to the challenges of today’s United States.
Opinion | Is Sleepy Donald the New ‘Sleepy Joe’?
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#drowsydon at it again! Chasing Biden. Or are we in the Andropov / Chernenko phase of our gerontocracy?

Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I found an AI that’s writing pretty good one-liners.
Unfortunately they’re all in assembler.
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I met John Beam a dozen years ago & worked with him to host SF Flamethrowers games at Laney.
A gentleman through & through. A sad day for Oakland.
#JohnBeam #LaneyCollege
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am trying to decide if I love my country or hate venal corrupt governance more.
Fortunately, they are aligned!
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A nation born in Liberty
Will never bow to Tyranny
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Buttoned up” and “Buttoned down” are practically synonyms.

Do we need other buttoning descriptors?
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We have arrived at the place where those on the bottom are struggling to survive with dignity, while those on the top have so much excess savings that the equity risk premium is negative.
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Nothing distinguishes more clearly conditions in a free country from those in a country under arbitrary government than the observance […] of the Rule of Law.”
—F.A.Hayek
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM