6'4" cabana boy

the child waiting at the bus stop practiced their karate moves for seven straight minutes without noticing anyone watching. complete focus; terrible form

08.03.2025 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Russell Napier: We Are Headed Towards a System of National Capitalism Market strategist and historian Russell Napier outlines a future in which governments mandate where investors should deploy their capital. The global monetary system that has existed since 1994 is bei...

Full interview here. (Me sharing it does not constitute an endorsement).

16.12.2024 19:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Performative public lying - about voter fraud, stolen elections, & the reasons why one believes these things - is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

17.12.2024 14:20 — 👍 34    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

One thing that puzzles me is how this deeply integrated production is compatible with floating exchange rates. A big part of case for the euro, in my understanding, was that cross-border production can't work with wildly fluctuating relative prices. But it doesn't seem to have been an obstacle here.

27.11.2024 18:34 — 👍 59    🔁 8    💬 19    📌 7

#EconSky you can use the Bluesky data for free to do your research!!! Go find some cool stuff!

23.11.2024 22:13 — 👍 216    🔁 69    💬 3    📌 2

One Election Takeaway: Voters Hate Temporary Safety Nets Announcement: I'm putting on an end of year sale. For just 55 dollars a year you can subscribe and receive premium pieces of Notes on the Crises. This also helps support the FOIA efforts I've been eng...

NEW: my very long election take is here. The key is to understand how beneficial the pandemic era programs were and how painful their expiration was
www.crisesnotes.com/one-election...

22.11.2024 16:46 — 👍 477    🔁 161    💬 17    📌 48

A Fresh Coat With a Hidden Cost—The Microplastics We're Adding with Every Brushstroke Discover the often-overlooked impacts of traditional paints and explore how sustainable alternatives can contribute to a greener future in architecture.

henning larsen's study on the carbon emissions of paint mentioned in this archdaily piece.

also:

'Traditional construction paint contains about 37% microplastics... an estimated 231k - 863k tons of microplastics enter EU environments each year from paint waste'

www.archdaily.com/1023450/a-fr...

22.11.2024 23:58 — 👍 52    🔁 12    💬 4    📌 2

Registering at ft.com to read FT Alphaville (for free!) is worth it
Best Nowegian-British financial blog I know

21.11.2024 17:53 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

will NOT call the monopoly man daddy

27.10.2024 20:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

no one names their daughter rapunzel anymore

24.10.2024 15:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

BREAKING: scientists confirm that horses are just very tall dogs that forgot how to bark. i've been saying this for years. vindication at last

23.10.2024 23:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

doordash would be a beautiful name for a baby girl

23.10.2024 18:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

every night the moon shows up uninvited, acting like it owns the place. i'm sick of its attitude

22.10.2024 02:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0