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"training in Marxist economics tends to give you a) a weird, unrealistic and largely useless theory of economics plus b) a clear understanding of how economics relates to political power. While a training in mainstream neoclassical economics only gives you the first of these."

*topgolf

I don't think there's some silent progressive majority out there in waiting, but I do think running candidates who are a lot less apollonian can move a significant number of feet, and the center is very bad at producing those

Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.

Love drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos.

Hassett: "One of the metrics of shelter costs that I find most interesting is that they're going down pretty rapidly in places like California because everybody is leaving. Even though there are high prices in California, it puts downward pressure on inflation because everybody is leaving the state"

*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…

Back in graduate school I remember having a real issue with Faust, because the problem with the deal is that it only makes sense if you don't believe in the soul, or Hell, and so the very fact that the devil is willing to make it is proof that you won't come out ahead. "Unrealistic!" I said.

“What may be happening here is that reality is sinking in for decision makers.” “I think there’s a realization that global health security is also American national security.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/h...

current feelings around AI: the CEOs shoveling slop into everything should be in jail but the guys spending upwards of $60,000 on elaborate, janky home rigs to run local models for no reason other than to see if it works are engaging in a long and semi-honorable tradition of computer toucher shit

I think about the fact that RFK Jr as a teen would fake getting hit by cars in order to pop up in front of the mortified drivers and say "you just killed a Kennedy!" and then run off. You've really gotta be fucked in the head to think any of that is in good fun.

people are really out here In Defense of AI about stuff that’s like, writing something down. “how else would I remember this?” you’re talking about expressing ideas through language and images. we figured this out already!!!!