Confession: I no longer list my construction or restaurant jobs on my LinkedIn page.
Scott LincicomeNew @nberpubs: "Time Travel on Professional Profiles" www.nber.org/papers/w3554... 👀
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Steve Cicala
Профиль VivelyVontobel Foundation Professor of Sustainable Economics University of Zurich Tufts University (on leave) https://www.stevecicala.com http://goingelectric.substack.com
You know, I don't think it's a great time to go all-in with onshoring a perfectly tradeable good whose main input is electricity. There's just no good reason for European AI models to be trained using EU electricity. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...
Europe Is Caught Between Low Gas Reserves and Rising Prices From Iran Warwww.nytimes.comSomerville, MA has also been experiencing the madness of conflating use facilitation with harm reduction. The upshot is that parks and public spaces have been forfeited to a small group of people who need help and are not getting it in the name of “compassion.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Cities That Said Yes to DrugsPolicies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”www.theatlantic.comIf he spent so much time at Daedalus that the photo of the article describing his life has him sitting there, he probably spent it pretty well.
NPRRoss McElwee's documentaries have always been personal. After his son died, he wondered if it was all worth it.
Cutting jokes about politicians at the *Mark Twain* prize ceremony of all places. Cummings joked that Trump missed the evening’s festivities because he got “caught in sex traffic,” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Comedian’s Trump joke at Kennedy Center show was cut from Netflix specialWhitney Cummings said she was told that her biting joke at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony would be cut from the special, released this week.www.washingtonpost.comI think if you’re so obsessed with race that you’re “taken out of” the *Odyssey*, you might be telling on yourself a little bit. Like not being able to enjoy a meal because of the skin tone of another guest across the restaurant. Perhaps we aren’t learning about the chef?
Dom ErvolinaIt appears The Odyssey will not be capturing the coveted mediocre white man demographic filmmakers so desperately crave
The ads in Switzerland during the World Cup final are just making fun of Trump. youtu.be/1WoLrJcDwBM?...
Golf-Kick – Galaxus TV Spot (extended)YouTube video by Galaxusyoutu.be
I also think much of the rather quiet response in the streets is owed to these people believing this justice will surely be meted out. In spite of Jan 6, it’s just inconceivable that they’ll get away with this mind boggling criminality. So we wait..
Micahevelyn normielib is real and she is coming to a primary near you I cannot count the number of conversations I’ve had with normal offline liberals that would be TOS violations over here
I simultaneously believe AI will be transformative, and that there will be relatively little producer surplus to be captured by the multiple firms offering reasonably good substitutes. I think the "AGI race" framing that has driven this investment boom is a genuine mania. They'll lose their shirts.
Dean BakerIt's very cute that, while stock investors think the AI companies will be the most profitable businesses in the history of the world, bond investors aren't convinced they can stay out of bankruptcy www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...
The pilot fish found a new shark for whom he could betray all his principles.
Dan DiamondLindsey Graham has passed away after a brief illness, his office told me tonight. The longtime senator and staunch Trump ally had just returned from Ukraine. Will have more in a story soon.
If the upshot of this scandal is a more deeply tainted FIFA and athletes joyously mocking Trump on the biggest possible stage, I’d say thanks for the own-goal, Mr. President.
James NaltonBelgium players mocking the US and Trump's meddling in the World Cup by doing the Trump dance after scoring the 4th goal against the USMNT
