Biggest propaganda triumph of the last 20 years is that anyone—ANYONE—professes that the Biden years were worse that the Trump years. "Are you better off than you were four years ago??" Yeah, I HAVE TOILET PAPER, FOR INSTANCE.

MAMMA MIA

Just want to say that I am also willing to accept $400K/month to write stuff that I would be writing anyway.

Things going smoothly over on Twitter

this is such a great blog www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/m...

America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny

Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.

good blog, truly cannot wait to become a hermit nymag.com/intelligence...

The Online AI Guys Are Starting to Go Mad

AI influencers are falling for hoaxes and scams as they wait impatiently for superintelligence to arrive.

RFK may have been an ineffective proponent of it, but “I should be president because my uncle was 60 years ago and so I can bring back smallpox” is a message whose time will come.

crypto types might sincerely be the world's most embarrassing people www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/t...

The Unraveling of a Crypto Dream

Brock Pierce arrived in Puerto Rico seven years ago, promising to use crypto magic to revitalize the local economy. Now he’s mired in legal disputes and fighting with his business partners.

there were so many good blogs with sharply defined beats, and it felt like Doing A Post was a way of engaging in a big lively convo involving lots of smart and funny people. now there are 7 shops left and those convos have migrated to social media and are character limited and largely dumb as shit

i miss the blog era!