Tom Davidoff

Some locals wrote up advice to @gregorrobertson.bsky.social , here is my reply to their advice docs.google.com/document/d/1...

YouTube video by m._cello Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, Wag the dog - I want the credit!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-5...

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy? The enema of my enemy is my enemy?

Question about the Big Beautiful Bill: the Supreme Court has decided that tipping politicians for a job well done is legal, and the bill deletes taxes on tips. So if a rich guy gives a pol a bribe/performance bonus, is that now non-taxable?

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u... !!

Not easy to get fired by Trump for incompetence, but seems like he just waltzed right into it?

nice

Lock for decent cabinet spot, right? Unless Eleanor Olszewski is like RoboMP super genius?

Rep Sara Jacobs (D-CA) introduced formal amendment to limit “use of funds for a makeup studio for the Secretary of Defense”

Nice example of problems with first past the post.

Is anyone doing a same-store-sales analysis of the vote?

This does raise an interesting question: are benches entitled to due process? Can the criminal bench be sent to a foreign prison without a hearing because of its alleged criminality? I would think generally benches *can* be sent abroad, but does the alleged criminality imply human rights?

"NO NEGATIVES" seems like a stretch

"playing the Ref"

I'm off Twitter -- what's the op?

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

Thanks @harvard.edu for taking a stand today. I just gave a token donation to say "good job."

A bearish theory of Trump: he indulges himself in whatever bad stuff until the market screams. So if market isn’t screaming, bad stuff to come. Or, an optimizer (even with bad motives) won’t leave slack in a costly constraint.

3 is fine, but never more.

I had the opportunity to talk to a great civic group this AM on the formerly interesting topic of housing, here are the slides. blogs.ubc.ca/davidoff/fil...

Can you easily plot ABC share against latitude of polling station?

Wouldn't have made a difference, but TEAM will carry this as a legitimate grievance, must have been a lot of people who gave up on the West Side.

Typo: "race champions"

Is that Corvette made all or in part in Canada at least?

The market got sick and tired of winning today.

Just listening to @thestrategists.ca making fun of people who worry about fluoride in water.

Unfortunate, I think that the EU is going soft on retaliation. Trump will lose a lot of support if things worsen. As with law firms and universities, I think bespoke negotiations make things worse for everyone, including 🇺🇸

Do Canadians know about Dukakis in a tank?

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly