This felt like a Zeppelin dadjoke lob, but then the possibilities were so overwhelming I couldn’t pick one. Far more importantly, this is great news!

@ninaecon.bsky.social once again explaining what harms may (and have) come when misunderstanding inflation leads to misguided policy

Missed them in May—got ‘em tonight

Next PPES Philosophy and Money working group: Simmel on October 25

TripTik was THE BEST

L'Estasi di Santa Teresa. Her words describe it best: penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyc...

Matthew Broderick, _Biloxi Blues_: “Oh, yeah, I’m a cracker. Whole family’s crackers.” Kevin Klein, _I Love You to Death_: “Monopoly!” (Plus every other line in _I Love You to Death_)

“More than this I will not ask Faced with mysteries dark and vast Statements just seem vain at last…”

We need the Ass_Deans to come over to this site. In the meantime, thank you McSweeney’s for this public service

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