John Treat

Gaming Money with Raúl Carrillo | MR Online Money on the Left speaks with Raúl Carrillo, assistant professor of Law at Boston College, about gaming money. In this episode, we explore how companies like Microsoft, Sony, and Roblox are not only h...

@raulcarrillo.bsky.social's got a new interview up with @moneyontheleft.bsky.social on his recent, incredible paper on video game money. Real "we're going to the quantum realm", mind-blowing shit.

Can't recommend enough

mronline.org/2025/03/13/g...

The Silicon Valley Consensus & AI Capex (Part 1) On overbuilding AI infrastructure and its energy supply

really excellent deep dive into the politics & economics of AI hysteria & capex overbuild from @edwardongwesojr.com

thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-silico...

No, thank you. You, @nathantankus.bsky.social and others in the #modernmoneynetwork are doing what future historians will recognize as some of the best and most important work of the early 21stC.

All tyrannies fall; our task is to thwart their rise, and minimize the harm they do in the meantime.

"Whereas properly decentralized architectures can promote resiliency and local autonomy, overly-centralized architectures create legal and operational vulnerabilities that increase the risk and severity of constitutional crises and institutional compromise." 2/2

Brilliant paper from @rohangrey.bsky.social. Must read.

"[I]f political independence requires budgetary independence, and budgetary independence requires being able to actually spend money, then political independence is, in turn, at least partly a function of payment system design...." 1/

🚨🚨 New Paper🚨🚨

As promised yesterday, here is a draft (non-cite) version of my new paper, 'Digitizing the Fisc', onthe constitutional implication of Trump's BFS-DOGE takeover.

rohangrey.net/files/Grey-D...

law review editors please email rohan@rohangrey.net. It's late but worth the wait!

Would you believe @rohangrey.bsky.social's paper even has stuff on this and why its become so important?

"Over time, however, the reconciliation process, along with intermediary continuing resolutions, have become the primary means through which general budget policy is negotiated and implemented"

Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.

No words.

newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

Can the Trump Administration Arbitrarily Take Money from Anyone’s Bank Account? Federal Government’s Mugging of New York City for FEMA Funds Suggests Yes Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Forty Two. A version of this article is simultaneously appe...

NEW PIECE- with a version in @rollingstone.com . Can the Trump Administration arbitrarily Take money from Anyone's bank account? The Federal Government debiting 80.5 million dollars from New York City government's central bank account suggests yes.

www.crisesnotes.com/can-the-trum...

NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.

As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:

“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

The Tragic Arc of Baathism An edited version of this essay was published by Unherd. As well as the most persistent, the Syrian Revolution has been the most total of revolutions. Starting in  early 2011 and culminating unexpe…

I wrote this on the three stages of the Baath Party in Syria and Iraq, and its final, belated collapse. qunfuz.com/2025/03/11/t...

Divided on Dams Exploring future of Maine’s deteriorating dams as they face growing threats from climate change and fall out of favor for public investment.

A thread🧵In recent weeks, we have published a variety of in-depth articles, including:

1. A multi-part series on the future of Maine's deteriorating dams as they face growing threats from climate change and fall out of favor for public investment: themainemonitor.org/divided-on-d...

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As birthing units close, where do midwives fit in? As hospitals close their birthing units, independent midwives are reluctant to provide care in areas without a safety net.

“I just knew I wanted something different than the hospital,” said Potter-Rivera. This story is the second in a series exploring maternity care in Maine. Read the full story: themainemonitor.org/birthing-uni...

Trade Unions for Energy Democracy Working Paper 15 - RLS-NYC Why Hydrogen? Interest in hydrogen as a technology to support decarbonization rests on several factors. Hydrogen is a useful and flexible “energy carrier,” allowing it to play potentially a wide range...

Sounds about right. Here's my take from 2020:

A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...

It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument

www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...

I spent some time reading Elon’s tweets this morning (one of my least favorite activities) and it’s hard to overstate how much he and his allies have constructed an alternate reality for their audience to believe in. In their world, Elon is a superhero fighting government fraud, like fanfiction

What a beautiful tribute. Thanks for everything you do.

My Aunt Frieda Tankus- Co-founding Vice President of Disabled In Action (DIA) This is an “Off Topic” piece of Notes on the Crises. Off topic pieces will always be colored blue.  Readers are encouraged to ignore them if they are only interested in my day-to-day analysis and repo...

Introducing a new type of Notes on the Crises piece: the Off Topic one. This will be kept to weekends. First up is a very personal topic, my Aunt Frieda Tankus who was Co-Founding Vice President of Disabled in Action with her childhood best friend Judy Heumann www.crisesnotes.com/my-aunt-frie...

US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration

US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is so incredibly relieving. I think i am not even doing a saturday piece. (Will get into why i have more confidence in this than i did in court injunctions on tuesday monday)

How do you understand both "capitalism" and "infinite malleability" in such a way that this holds true within a finite biophysical system?

I’m working on updates the Capitol Riot Map—an interactive visualization of the more than 1,500 individuals connected to January 6th.

I’ve spent more than 3-years and devoted hundreds of hours to this project, and there’s still more work to be done. Details on how to support this project below👇🏼

Money & Solidarity in Latin America w/ Andrés Arauz Money on the Left is joined by Andrés Arauz, recent candidate for the Ecuadorian presidency, heterodox economist, and outspoken advocate for the creation of the “Sur.” The Sur is a complementary cu…

"Just by democratizing the payment system—something that we did out of the mainstream or the media's radar—we were able to make major changes."

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

More bad news for the Muskrat.
This is going to be a huge hit to his already ruined social media site.
I love this for him.

Confronting the Death Drive in Trump’s America Liberalism cannot beat back threats of political violence, nihilism, or fascism by appealing to reason alone.

"the American New Deal used large-scale public employment and public arts initiatives that directly connected millions of people with financial opportunities, meaningful roles in which to provide care for their neighbors and communities, and a sense of shared purpose..."

jacobin.com/2024/10/deat...

It's true that bluesky isn't great for news and commentary about Palestine. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But we have to keep trying because it's crucial to talk about Palestine precisely where it feels unwelcome.

Ever wanted to see the world through someone else’s eyes?