Thank you for addressing this.

Well, he may not be much of a leader, but he's a powerful emetic.

Deception's his MO,eg,"S.A.C. Capital Advisors 'pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in 2013 and paid $1.8 billion in penalties' and was required to stop handling investments for outsiders. Cohen "escaped criminal indictment himself despite being the living, breathing heart of S.A.C. Capital.'"

Had, as part of a study abroad thing, to take an art history class taught by a guy who knew nothing about it. I'm endlessly grateful for the time I spent looking at art and learning some context for it. (And I still like saying "Sir Sloshua.")

Thank you for this, all of it but especially the thought about doubling down.

His name is Ahmed el Ahmed, and it's important for readers to know that, because there's an AI-generated disinformation campaign calling him "Edward Crabtree." time.com/7340729/ahme...

I think that's terrific. I especially like the last line, its pause.

Fully digitized, with built-in AI plot summaries?

"To lift a Joycean neologism from the incandescent Ulysses, the self-indulgent VSI is ‘arruginated’ (from the Italian ‘arrugginire’, a term implying a condition of rustiness)." He includes a footnote attesting to the authority of the Gabler ed. That kind of thing will get you to 200 pages fast.

Tougher still if not focused only or mainly on power? eg Bob Boone, at age 41, had an OPS almost 100 pts higher than he'd had in 6 years, his highest in a decade. I appreciate the podcast's emphasis on disparities between actual and expected stats.

Ditto. Was 10th grade for me. Felt I had to look up and then read every text it alluded to.

Disgusting

So long had life together been that now
the second of January fell again
on Tuesday, making her astonished brow
lift like a windshield wiper in the rain,
so that her misty sadness cleared, and showed
a cloudless distance waiting up the road.
(J. Brodsky, trans. R. Wilbur)

Brilliantly argued article. It prompted me to send another donation to Emily's List; but it seems necessary never to miss an opportunity to foster girls' and women's political participation.

Thanks so much for doing this

He had a very active role in race crimes. newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/how...