"The Biden administration cannot decide whether Israel is blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza because the situation is so âcomplicated.â Yet, there appears to be no corresponding complexity in deciding whether to send more bombs to Israel," writes @premthakker.bsky.socialzeteo.com/p/biden-isra...
The US State Department canât decide if Israel is blocking aid â but itâll send bombs either way.
Pope Francis Excommunicates All Of Worldâs Catholics So He Can Have Quiet Weekend Alone theonion.com/pope-francis...
::Taking off my economist hat and its obsession with efficiency/deadweight loss.:: The best reasons to tax the heck out of the very rich is that large concentrations of economic power are destabilizing and poisonous to democracy.
New Substack post up, for your Friday reading and enjoyment, about the market structure flaws inherent to political betting markets: quantian.substack.com/p/market-pri...
And no, they aren't valuations either
Thanks to a brilliant new analysis from @reillysteel.bsky.social, we know the overall shift has been towards the left, and there are lots of other interesting things going on beneath the surface too
To answer a common question: Yep, the real mega-donors certainly still skew more conservative. Per @reillysteel.bsky.social analysis, the higher up the corporate ladder you go, the more right-leaning people are (but on average, all exec roles are shifting leftwards)
The recent political polarisation of Silicon Valley is really striking. 25 years ago most big tech and VC execs were moderates. Then the whole sector shifted gradually leftwards up until 2020, and now suddenly we have a sharp divide into Democrat-backers and Trump backers.
Just because you masturbate into a cup does not make you the âFather of IVFâ
The Arsenal full-back revolution open.substack.com/pub/billycar...
The tactical impact of Calafiori and Timber. Plus: Don't forget about White; Merino and the evolution of the left side; what Ădegaard's re-entry looks like; the upcoming slate; and a lot more