Tuesday, March 31, 2026

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

›
 I know we've been banging this drum for a long time and I realize that I keep promising to move on, but the disconnect between market ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Introducing the Trump Pressure Index

›
From Axios :  How it works: Maximilian Uleer, a strategist at Deutsche Bank, came up with a "pressure index" that considers the ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

I've started a new drinking game where I take a shot whenever a tech bro uses the term "Kardashev scale."

›
(Though to be honest, it's less of a game and more of a coping mechanism.) There’s a great quote from an actual authority on the histor...
1 comment:
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Yes, I know I said we'd drop the subject, but that was before I knew the Onion was going to pick it up.

›
[Click here for our last post in this thread ] You should really click through on this one. theonion.com/markets-surg... [image or embed] —...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Today in 11-year-old hyperloop news

›
I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so I thought we could look back at the world before "the fifth mode" changed everything. (Make sure...
1 comment:
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Another angle on housing costs

›
This is the long absent Joseph. I was talking to Mark and one element of the emerging crisis of affordably housing we discussed was eviction...
1 comment:
Monday, March 23, 2026

"[I]sn't necessarily a systemic catastrophe" is not the most comforting of phrases.

›
 As Neil Young once said about one of his albums, don't listen to this in the morning. It'll ruin your whole day.  Patrick Boyle is ...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Yes, I am about to unironically post a Joe Rogan interview with Ben Affleck.

›
I have to admit, I’ve always been a bit mystified by Ben Affleck, movie star. Not that he’s a bad actor by any means, but his performances t...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

I read the Financial Times because of its sharp insights, witty prose, and the fact that they have writers with names like Robin Wigglesworth

›
More on the approaching SpaceX IPO scam. The definitive explainer remains the Patrick Boyle video that we discussed Monday , but if you pref...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Blah blah Ginger blah blah blah

›
The following quote comes from the distinguished computer scientist  Yann LeCun , but I've heard others in the field say virtually the s...
2 comments:
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

MAHAspital

›
Pretty good Saturday Night Live sketch. Rather typically, it starts out very strong, then falls into familiar bad habits, putting a hat on a...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Patrick Boyle lays out the ugly details of Elon Musk’s ultimate scam (perhaps in both senses of the word).

›
From the video description: SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation for what could be the largest IPO in history. In this video, we ...
Friday, March 13, 2026

When it comes to agentic AI, a Newhart Airline is the best is the best case scenario.

›
In a previous post , I discussed the idea of a steam airplane (an impressive technology that still represented a soon to be abandoned dead e...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Old Sheldon

›
This is an extraordinary speech by Sheldon Whitehouse on the Senate floor a few days ago. It is largely free of rhetorical flourishes, is of...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Strategic Airpower

›
We've recommended military historian and blogger Bret Devereaux before -- he's an exceptional writer and pretty much anything he pos...