Brian Judge

YouTube video by thearmed The Armed - Forever Scum (4K)

this should clear things up: youtu.be/_bCSrENlCOk?...

Donald Trump’s Tariff Dealmaker-in-Chief How Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, plans to transform government into a money-making enterprise.

Seems like an important thread to pull.

"And how about we get rid of most of the government enumerators, who gather data for the Census Bureau? (They “literally call to Lincoln, Nebraska, and ask what the price of cargo pants is, as if they don’t have a computer.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

"Eroding the reliability of economic statistics" is the political objective of the cuts.

Right, which is why the framing is so strange. By the same logic, there's no "political interference" at the State Department because no one is changing the methodology of human rights reports. Perhaps true in the most narrow sense, but missing the bigger picture.

Massive budget cuts don't count as "political interference"?

Elon Musk claims 300,000 B200 GPU supercomputer for xAI by next summer; the usual caveats apply Also says the 100,000 H100 data center will be online in a few months

nah just the H100s and B200s www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/elon...

my bond math is terrible but doesn't that work out to something like a ~50% implied cumulative probability of default? (assuming ~3.9% RFR, 12.5% coupon, and 50% recovery)

stock ownership exists on a blockchain rather than a traditional stock certificate

Can We Remake Finance? - Dissent Magazine We have witnessed the destructive effects of financialization. Can the millions held in bank deposits, corporate equities, and bonds be used instead to provide for society’s most pressing needs?

Now unpaywalled: Fred Block on remaking finance.

Can the millions held in bank deposits, corporate equities, and bonds be used instead to provide for society’s most pressing needs?

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/can-...

How To Fix MacBook Kernel Panic After Waking Up: DCP PANIC Kernel panics may be scary, but you don't need to worry if your MacBook is facing the "DCP PANIC – ASSERT!" issue. Just try these fixes.

known issue: www.macobserver.com/mac/macbook-...

Assemblymembers watch the results of a vote during an Assembly floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters Hed: California lawmakers approve $325 billion budget ‘passed on hope’

The California Legislature passed a state budget today that relies more on borrowing than spending cuts to close a projected $12 billion deficit, aiming to push off difficult decisions about priorities even as that gap is only expected to grow in future years. cal.news/4la8P7A

📸 Fred Greaves

If the problem is capitalism, then the solution is to assert democratic control over the economy. If the problem is liberalism, then the problem is the possibility of democratic control itself.

Very humbled to be reviewed by Fred Block alongside @itsmccarthy.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social!

10Y treasury futures price chart from 6pm to midnight 4/8

Absolutely—maybe something like the October '22 BoE intervention (providing long end liquidity while maintaining a moderately hawkish posture). Perhaps unrelated, here's the 10Y top ticking at the stroke of midnight.