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Interesting πŸ€”

04.03.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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europe_standup.docx The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together A Standup Routine Based on the Project Syndicate column by Dani Rodrik (February 2026) * * * Alright so there’s this article β€” β€œThe World Needs E...

Hey people, stop using Claude to code or write your next paper for you. Be more imaginative. Here is what Claude did when I asked it to turn one of my recent columns into a standup comedy routine. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

04.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s Attacks on SCOTUS Are Personalβ€”But Real Court Reform Should Be a Progressive Priority An analysis of Trump’s unprecedented attacks on the Supreme Court, the Roberts Court’s pro–Big Business record, and why real progressive court reform must become a political priority.

NEW from @shahrzadshams.bsky.social & me @rooseveltinstitute.org:

Donald Trump just called the Supreme Court "fools & lap dogs" and we've already forgotten about it.

What the ancient history of last Tuesday means for progressives rethinking SCOTUS power.
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/trumps-...

04.03.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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a failure of sense making new book alert

Wednesday 'stack - I review a really good new book and talk about what it means to be in a crisis

backofmind.substack.com/p/a-failure-...

04.03.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

UK Bluesky people please come out and tell us all you guys have the Arch for months~

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Chart showing the Bespoke Beige Book Index, which measures the relative frequency of positive and negative words in the Beige Book via natural language processing

Chart showing the Bespoke Beige Book Index, which measures the relative frequency of positive and negative words in the Beige Book via natural language processing

Beige Book sentiment improves, but not by a ton.

04.03.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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National Summary The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

Fed Beige Book: "Some firms continued to pass tariff-related cost increases through to their customers, and others began to do so after having absorbed previous increases." That said, some gains being eaten by firms on consumer price sensitivity.

04.03.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is a good one

04.03.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"A grocery store chain experienced a boost in alcohol salesβ€”temporarily bucking a longer-run downward trendβ€”which it attributed to winter storms and the New England Patriots’ football playoff games." - Boston Fed

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This is pretty insane

$EWY $MU $SNDK $WDC $STX

sherwood.news/markets/inve...

04.03.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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$74k

04.03.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m blaming you when we hear this fact at every PMQs until the numbers change. :)

04.03.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is... surprisingly accurate πŸ€”

04.03.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My current take is something a friend said:

AI multiples everyone by at least 10x, but the base scale supports negative numbers

04.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
Hello, MacBook Neo
YouTube video by Apple Hello, MacBook Neo

Netbooks are back! It's 2009 again.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3SI...

04.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's "too early" to set a specific date for Ukraine's EU accession, says Rob Jetten. "Moving too fast is not the way to move forward."

04.03.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

8 Counterparties Take $0.877 Bln At Fed Reverse Repo Op. (prev $1.203 Bln, 5 Bids)

04.03.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unemployment now higher in UK than in Italy Latest data adds to concern that Britain is losing the labour market flexibility that has underpinned economic growth

You heard it here first

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Unemployment now higher in UK than in Italy

04.03.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Prime Minister Carney meet with an executive of Rio Tinto in Sydney, Australia.

Prime Minister Carney meet with an executive of Rio Tinto in Sydney, Australia.

Canada and Australia are both mining giants. Rio Tinto is one of the largest multinational mining companies. I met with their Chief Executive in Sydney today to discuss the future of Canada’s mining sector β€” how we can grow it to create greater security and prosperity.

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Perplexity has a bit of an attitude today… yeesh.

04.03.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Erling's back, tell a friend.

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#AVFC XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Douglas Luiz, Onana; Bailey, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins

Three changes from Wolves. Watkins preferred is preferred to Abraham again. Bailey in for Sancho, Maatsen in for Digne and Mings for Pau.

04.03.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gulf states in race to secure more US interceptors Washington’s allies in region burn through defensive munitions as they fend off Iranian barrages

Another very good article.

www.ft.com/content/9353... Gulf states in race to secure more US interceptors

04.03.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Marketsβ€”and modern US presidentsβ€”are terrible at assessing geopolitical risk. The VIX (Wall Street's fear index) plunged ahead of the Bush "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003, and remained low even as the military and civilian death toll soared in the ensuing months and years:

04.03.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜He has made the transition from journalist to paid state influencer.’

Fabrizio Romano: journalist or influencer?

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04.03.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Spiking Diesel Prices Are a Warning Signal for the U.S. Economy Spiking prices at the pump are frustrating farmers, long-haul truckers and other big consumers of diesel fuel. In futures markets, diesel-fuel prices climbed 23% in the first two days of the week to $...

(WSJ) - Spiking prices at the pump are frustrating farmers, long-haul truckers and other big consumers of diesel fuel. In futures markets, diesel-fuel prices climbed 23% in the first two days of the week to $3.19 a gallon, the highest since October 2023 ..

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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Iraq's Kirkuk Crude Oil Flows To Turkey's Ceyhan Port Restarted On March 4 After One-day Stoppage - Shipping And Trading Sources

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As another β€œproof of concept” of the SF Fed supply- and demand-driven inflation series:

Professional forecasters view a supply shock occurring when supply-driven inflation is high and a demand shock occurring even demand driven inflation is high

www.frbsf.org/wp-content/u...

04.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil The CIA calls it the β€œstrategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underes...

It's not just oil.

About 100 million people live in Gulf States now "under Iranian attack. Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE are, for all practical purposes, completely dependent on [water] desalination plants .."

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www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Debunking the "Hyperglobalization" Trade Policy Myth Policy is often shaped by narratives, and recently there has been a bipartisan effort to create a narrative that, starting in the early 1990s, globalization and free trade went too far.

My latest blog post: "Debunking the 'Hyperglobalization' Trade Policy Myth." TL;DR:

1. Yes, WTO dispute settlement was stricter than GATT in a few ways, but both involve a mix of diplomacy/law

2. AD/CVD took off in 1980 and WTO rules didn't slow them down, so tariffs have been with us all along

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