About possible end runs around the debt ceiling. I have no inside information, but my guess is that premium bonds are a more likely route than the platinum coin. Why? Because nobody understands premium bonds, while people think — wrongly — that they understand the coin 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 3, 2023
If it stopped there, it would be as if Treasury was paying its bills by printing money. But Fed would almost surely remove the newly created monetary base by selling bonds. (That's "sterilization" when we do foreign exchange intervention). 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 3, 2023
Depressing to see the WaPo report as fact — not even a "some economists say" — the claim that minting the coin would be inflationary 1/ https://t.co/k7lQNbFmIl
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 4, 2023
An important aspect of the crisis is that the hostage-takers' demands are so politically toxic that the people making them are simultaneously denying them, which is allowing Biden an opportunity to indulge in a little snark.
I hear House Republicans out on TV saying they would never vote to cut veterans’ benefits.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 2, 2023
In case there’s any confusion, I made a little chart that could help them out. pic.twitter.com/SVvamK3KC2
Biden has lived up to his two main promises to voters, observes @jbview ..no kidding. most accomplished president in decades https://t.co/w580NRYVcK via @opinion
— Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 25, 2023
Speaking of old guys who are still goddamn sharp.
Not the odds, but the stakes. @DanRather: "A horse race confers an equivalence upon all candidates. The only detail that matters is who is going to win — not all that might be lost. To view America through that lens today is an exercise in the absurd." https://t.co/WpFEMxQrZu
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 30, 2023
"Polarization becomes a way to talk about politics without talking about politics at all..."
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 30, 2023
That's it exactly. Explains why "we're so polarized" is so popular with the press. From an interview @PaulHRosenberg did with scholar @kreissdaniel.https://t.co/etVmaf5BJN pic.twitter.com/S67UoHlsto
I've always felt the Kennedys (with the possible exception of Ted) were overrated, but they still deserve better than this clown.
Crypto does have a biodiverse ecosystem just like a septic tank. https://t.co/S76Ns3220f
— Stephen Diehl (@smdiehl) May 3, 2023
This is just plain nuts on multiple levels. I could make "it sounded better in Russian" jokes, but this is just pathetic - and if he were capable of knowing why, it would even be despicable. https://t.co/HZt6rdMhrc
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2023
Because when Putin tells us something about the war, we know that it’s always completely accurate with no hidden agenda. pic.twitter.com/mGHx4l5CDW
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 4, 2023
While on the subject of Ukraine...
Maybe Kaitlan Collins can ask what interviewers like Farage won’t when Trump claims he will end the war in 24 hours - Exactly how? Cause it’s clear to me he means to cut off aid to force a surrender: “A lot of it has to do with the money .. with the military that we’re giving.” pic.twitter.com/K2wUXApDy5
— Ron FilipkowskiπΊπΈ (@RonFilipkowski) May 3, 2023
good stuff from @owillis on how weird it is that Trump tossing a reporter's phone didn't make news for more than a month https://t.co/q9F4SvU7Kr pic.twitter.com/Ex51Tnt2qm
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2023
NYT pitchbot should start charging a licensing fee.
Donald Trump is on trial for rape. Here’s why that’s good news for Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/9P4KnbH79E
— A.J. Bauer (@ajbauer) April 29, 2023
The very fact that CPAC meets in Hungary makes further comment superfluous, but we won't let that stop us.
Our foreign and trade policy with respect to Hungary should reflect the fact that their government is actively seeking to tamper with our election. And it should reflect that for the next 5.5 years at a minimum. https://t.co/Pz3aekEWDN
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 4, 2023
The kids are alright (and that bothers certain people).
To be fair, they can still be good citizens as long as their teachers don't encourage that sort of thing.I wonder why Republicans are losing Gen Z voters by landslide numbers. pic.twitter.com/zPGNSnlvdc
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 30, 2023
Texas outlawed action civics so now it's against the law for students to participate in hands-on civics projects or interact with elected officials. It's all part of an effort on the right to limit what citizenship means https://t.co/TgJ4wHKYN4
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) May 1, 2023
Holy shit. The Texas Senate just passed a bill to give Greg Abbott’s handpicked Sec. of State the power to overturn elections in the 3rd biggest county in the U.S.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 2, 2023
Republicans weaponizing 2020 election lies to rig elections. This is a HUGE story. pic.twitter.com/FyTBalEttM
SCOTUS Tweets
Roy Wood Jr, "Do you understand how rich you have to be to buy a supreme court -- a black one, on top of that! There's only two in stock. And he owns half the inventory. We can all see Clarence Thomas, but he belongs to billionaire Harlan Crowe. And that's what an NFT is." pic.twitter.com/5EwzwciScQ
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 30, 2023
Another twist to the Clarence Thomas story: accepting unreported private school tuition from a billionaire would be problematic even if Thomas were operating on a judges salary. But Ginni Thomas was pulling in big bucks from right wing groups.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 4, 2023
This tweet was from this afternoon, three hours before tonight’s Thomas ethics story https://t.co/aufxv7gMMn
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 5, 2023
“Alfonse Capone has long been passionate about the importance of quality policing and giving back to the brave men of the Chicago Police Department. It is unfortunate that anyone would cast his payments to patrolmen in a partisan light.” https://t.co/w0mMatTEtI
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 4, 2023
In case you’ve forgotten who Paoletta is, a helpful visual aid: https://t.co/OlHwVGwpIw pic.twitter.com/ADWLEFSmDG
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 4, 2023
Why don't we play a game of solitaire...
Many people who used to work for Clarence Thomas have come forward to confirm that he is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being they’ve ever known in their life.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 5, 2023
While we're on the subject of Republican ratfcking: https://t.co/mReJ1O2Qq2
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 4, 2023
Briefly checking in on the Tucker defenestration.
This text is emblematic of Carlson’s rhetorical strategy on his every show: overtly pushes hate, racism, encouraging brutality, but then he rhetorically stands back from it, as if to say, but of course, I am a good person and am not advocating this very thing I relentlessly push. pic.twitter.com/ylzgd8DlCq
— πΌππ‘ππππππππ πΏπππππ (@maxapotter) May 3, 2023
This is not how white men fight https://t.co/qJNvgGVbJ8
— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) May 4, 2023
Meanwhile in Muskworld.
$TSLA $TSLAQ The Realization.
— Zero Shorts (@zeroshorts) April 29, 2023
"What if Tesla Is…Just a Car Company?
Rather than looking like one of the world’s fast-growing tech giants, which is how it was valued by investors, it now looks more like a car company." https://t.co/4i9RJTu77F
"Now more than a year later, there still are no signed agreements and little apparent progress. In fact, the authority’s board hasn’t heard from The Boring Co. since December, when it sent a draft development agreement to the tunneling firm." $TSLAhttps://t.co/vWmg4f6Ch4
— Suspected Saboteur (@ShortingIsFun) April 30, 2023
BREAKING: Twitter CEO Elon Musk is hit with more devastating news as an electronic privacy expert declares that Musk will likely be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission over his Twitter Blue stunt because Musk used “deceptive marketing” when he pretended that celebrities… pic.twitter.com/frj88UmAtl
— Omar Rivero (@OmarRiverosays) April 29, 2023
On the eve of #PressFreedom day Elon Musk has threatened to re-assign @NPR's twitter account and their audience of 8.8million followers to "another company" or "individual." https://t.co/f3aoc4B3vr
— The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) May 3, 2023
The Las Vegas Loop is the kind of clownery that you can only expect from a city that has three different unconnected monorails and whose top mobility priority is getting people lost in casinoshttps://t.co/wX4Or5aAeS
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 4, 2023
Elon Musk went from being the Henry Ford of our generation (admired carmaker, brilliant salesman) to being the Henry Ford of our generation (conspiracy theorist, Nazi-enabler)
— Frank Lesser (@sadmonsters) May 3, 2023
On a more general note, important threads from possibly the most important journalist on the EV beat.
I know this is what people want to hear, but the author hand-waves away an entire universe of supply chain and affordability issues with little more than "things will work themselves out, trust me." https://t.co/ZAfZJgClix
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 4, 2023
Could we stop pretending that the road tripping experience in an $80k EV is any more important than, say, how many Gs the Corvette can pull on a skidpad?
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) April 30, 2023
This is a niche wealthy person hobby issue, not a decisive factor in the future of the panet.
None of these things mean anything to people outside the economic and cultural elite. Plenty of people ignore all of these things, they're just the kind of people Paul and his ilk never engage with. https://t.co/f8yHrMZq0B
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 3, 2023
If you're looking for a situation where the smugly condescending elite are pushing their interests onto the fundamentally uninterested masses, look past all the "woke" stuff and look at the things Paul is talking about. I say this as someone who doesn't hate EVs, fake meat, or AI
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 3, 2023
“It’s like a spork — not the best fork, not the best spoon."
— Shannon Osaka (@shannonosaka) May 4, 2023
But it CAN be the best way to get some hesitant folks to convert to plug-in driving. I wrote about my favorite EV gateway drug, the plug-in hybrid. https://t.co/X2JqIyVLD3
Great thread on the tech behind the tech.
πHere's a story about a battery.π
— Ed Conway (@EdConwaySky) April 30, 2023
It may not look like much.
Looks a lot like, well, a battery.
But this is no normal battery. It's a little bit of history. pic.twitter.com/jFwHGbFoj4
We need to talk more about framing.
This piece is a good example of how decent reporting can be undone by ludicrous framing.
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) May 4, 2023
“A small group of non-experts say caffeine is bad and should be regulated, while basically all experts think they’re nuts” should not be framed as a open question about health. https://t.co/1K7tBAVPh2
More on regurgitative AI.
“You might not believe me, but this is AI generated” no I believe you babe https://t.co/bMY28fcVEt pic.twitter.com/wPDAqCSjLr
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) May 1, 2023
Zero is also a reasonable value for the chance that contemporary AIs have feelings and can suffer and can experience joy. https://t.co/dACALZCVvx
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) May 1, 2023
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) May 5, 2023
All kidding aside.
Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) is reading about AI, neuroscience, and what it means to be human and has generously shared his carefully curated reading list.
— Ε½eljko ObrenoviΔ (@zeljko_obren) May 2, 2023
To help navigate this list of 369 books, I've created a simple searchable visual index herehttps://t.co/SXQ2mPXdpS https://t.co/Z8Ui2EDAhN pic.twitter.com/HlgYRlL5Ci
Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”
— Simon Willison (@simonw) May 4, 2023
The most interesting thing I've read recently about LLMs - a purportedly leaked document from a researcher at Google talking about the huge strategic impact open source models are havinghttps://t.co/q2lsjTHKGS
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