Michael Carniol

I guess there are two parties in NYC: the rent is too damn high party and the rent is too damn low party.

I think it’s a Venn diagram of eugenecism, kayfabe, and narcissism.

Personalizing care has been an aim for medical research for a long time, but using it as a tool for price discrimination is a brilliant move for pharma marketing.

No one tell him about the GAO.

It’ll be lies, damned lies, and a bigger beautifuller BLS.

Sure feels like Russia is winning the Cold War.

I meant interest rate policy, but yes that policy uncertainty too.

Policy uncertainty is a raise without a raise. It’s the magic that made the soft landing work.

What we talk about when we talk about distributable cash flows.

Reads like a @stephenking.bsky.social novella.

Kayfabe econmics

I have been saying that “global warming” sounds too pleasant; something like “Torrential thunderstorms 12 months a year” would be more effective.

If only they had admitted him to art school.

Sesame Street muppets dressed in camp and face masks

The word of the day is Orwellian.

It’s OSTK rebranded.

What was that JP Morgan quote about character again?

Late Round Rejects

Calling BBB Big Ugly or Big Awful is not visceral enough. I suggest No Gestapo Left Behind.

“It worked because… at the heart of it, [m]illions of humans living in fragile habitats prone to mechanical and environmental breakdowns and degradation, and with limited natural resources, we’re better off relying on each other than trying to go it alone.”

Never mind that, I want the t-shirt that says EBITDA.

Risk management is about identifying potential points of failure and then introducing systems to monitor and control those points. These systems intentionally entail INefficiency.

I second Starship Troopers

Big Pharma and Higher Ed should be made allies in this war.

Under a progressive tax system, making a transfer payment of the same amount to everyone is, quite obviously, regressive.

"Andor" Who Are You? (TV Episode 2025) ⭐ 9.7 | Action, Adventure, Drama 47m | TV-14

Life imitates art… m.imdb.com/title/tt2060...

Burr and Burr

a close up of a man 's face with the words `` what was will be '' written below it . Alt: Vigo The Impaler from Ghostbusters 2

This portrait reminders me of something…

It’s all gene expression.

Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill.

But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.

1/ A quick🧵

Arrested Development Narrator: This bill will… CAN SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE ME AN AI AGENT THAT CONTRADICTS WHATEVER THEY JUST SAID???