Henry Snow
@henrysnow.bsky.social
Labor + economic historian | they/them political economy, ships, and shipbuilders CONTROL SCIENCE out with Verso May 12! currently an adjunct at UConn newsletter/blog: buttondown.com/anotherway
Y'all don't need me to tell you this but @nicktimiraos.bsky.social is an excellent reporter and does excellent economic and monetary policy analysis *in addition to* his very good sourcing inside the Federal Reserve.
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 58m agoAs evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.
"training in Marxist economics tends to give you a) a weird, unrealistic and largely useless theory of economics plus b) a clear understanding of how economics relates to political power. While a training in mainstream neoclassical economics only gives you the first of these."
rent, always rent
economics of the Zohranmarket
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brilliant, this will bypass transportation costs and get goods to the important moon people market
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
I fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
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of the current wave of academic job postings in (especially US) history, a sizable proportion are clearly marked "conservatives only" but tell me again about how the woke left controls academia
the US government, which produces dollars, does not need to extract them at a maritime tollbooth halfway around the world! this is like the Pokemon Company suggesting they could get more Pokemon cards by robbing Target!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump on Strait of Hormuz tolls: "If anybody is gonna charge, we'll charge. We have total control." (Trump moments ago said he's negotiating with Iran to reopen the strait ... )
that's why you should subscribe to my buttondown newsletter instead
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · yesterdaygetting tired of people on the left still launching substack newsletters after all the reporting on that company in recent years
Morton Salt Girl is actually Tom Bombadil’s wife Goldenberry
Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d agoBet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
Shameless plug since Abdul’s team hasn’t uploaded it here— posted on July 24th
Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast@statsboyandi.bsky.social · 2d agoOne reason I’m not terribly worried about the Michigan race is this is a very easy slam dunk for Public Health expert El-Sayed to make the general election about. And if he can’t hit that? Well that’s on him.
despite some overmixing it was a success and I will definitely make it again
Henry Snow@henrysnow.bsky.social · 3d agoI won't know until tomorrow (it absolutely must sit, insists the recipe author, for at least a day) but my orange and olive oil cake seems to have come out wonderfully judging from the taste tests that naturally occur within cake production
unconvinced by the "screen time" analysis here-- school isn't a place where children are denied screens, it's a place where they are increasingly forced to use them for hours at a time!
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoIt’s nearly time for your kid to go back to school — but what if they don’t want to? If so, it may help to know it’s more common than you might realize. Read more analysis: https://cnn.it/4bnE5NY
the absolute lack of slack anywhere is probably a central cause of the divergence between economic data and perceptions of the economy
Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d agoI think it’s hard to argue either that lockdowns were bad policy or that learning loss wasn’t real. We just have a society that makes no allowances for emergencies and affords no chance of making up. A lot of people are very mad about the effects of that without having any inclination to change it.
there's a reason EP Thompson is such an influence on my work
My new paper "The Modal Catuṣkoṭi" coherently translates Mahayana Buddhist philosophy's structure into formal modal logic across all relevant systems. It's the first peer-reviewed comparative-philosophy article with central model-theoretic results Lean-verified. scholarworks.sjsu.edu/comparativep...
The Modal Catuṣkoṭi: Formalizing Emptiness in Classical Modal Logic
Nāgārjuna’s arguments in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā rely extensively on modus tollens, yet this inference is invalid in the paraconsistent frameworks typically used to formalize the catuṣkoṭi. We develo...
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There’s *some* truth to the vibecession narrative, but also aggregate economic data can hide the ways that specific parts of the economy are going very poorly
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d agoENTRY-LEVEL JOBS ARE VANISHING: NO-EXPERIENCE HIRING PLUNGES 73% IN JUST 4 YEARS
In my review of Dave Zirin's new biography of Howard Zinn, I finally settle the question of whether Zinn was good or bad in a way that will be convincing to everyone, because we all know how to be normal about this guy newrepublic.com/article/2137...
Did Howard Zinn Tell Too Simple a Story About American History?
As a new biography makes clear, “A People’s History of the United States” arose from a life of deep and admirable commitment, but it has many gaps.
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this is bad but also not even particularly high on the list of evil things GM did in the 30s and 40s, which also includes poisoning everyone with leaded gasoline, giving leaded gasoline tech to the Nazis (enabling the blitzkrieg, despite warnings), and fueling the development of right-wing economics
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d agoIs everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
I won't know until tomorrow (it absolutely must sit, insists the recipe author, for at least a day) but my orange and olive oil cake seems to have come out wonderfully judging from the taste tests that naturally occur within cake production
other interesting parallels, too. Fascinated by the stat that only 60% of “debut” novelists don’t publish a second book. I’ve long joked that scholarly orgs should give ONLY book prizes rather than/alongside first book prizes. (Guess how much I would love to write a second book.)
Rebecca Colesworthy@rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 3d agoreading the bookforum review of Middlemen and I expect that the scholarly publishing equivalent of the agent is the freelance developmental editor. if conglomeration drove the rise of the agent, austerity drove the rise of the latter—the editor who actually edits, helps w/ the proposal, etc.
I am about to start freelance developmental editing (monographs, primarily) and I'll have a site up for it soon: for reasonable rates you can get help developing a compelling narrative across your whole book, starting at any stage in the process!
Because I’m a masochist I looked into this a bit…and it’s a chain of dentistry operations that all offer no-waiting IV sedation. They’re all owned & operated by the same Florida LLC, none of them take insurance – but they do offer same-day financing through a SF-based fintech partner.
Dael Norwood@dael.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother day in the K-shaped economy, another reminder which part of the graph I’m on: getting promoted vertical video ads for this Florida dentist, who *only* *pulls* *teeth* (“ASK DR YANKEM”)
Here's my look at QUEEN'S PERIL by E.K. Johnston, the second novel in her trilogy about Padmé/Queen Amidala. This one takes place before and during THE PHANTOM MENACE. Not nearly as good as QUEEN'S SHADOW, but it's got its high points and is definitely a "teen girls rock!" novel.
Star Wars: Reading “Queen’s Peril” by E.K. Johnston (Queen Trilogy 2)
On E.K. Johnston’s Queen’s Peril, the second novel in a YA trilogy that recovers the story of Padmé for a feminist-minded audience and retells portions of The Phantom Menace from the Qu…
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Reupping after someone asked me Abdul is on record as in opposition to military assistance to Israel, Egypt, Pakistan, India, and the UAE Is on the record in support of military assistance to Ukraine.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 2w agoI asked him about military assistance to India last year and Abdul's spox, unprompted, told me he supports targeted military assistance to countries like Ukraine.
With five days left and two polls showing him up by 10+ points, Abdul El Sayed has a new ad with AOC being pushed today
@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026! www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
Submissions to the New England Review of Boats will close tomorrow at midnight!! See below and please get in touch if you want to contribute!
Dennis Hogan@dennismhogan.bsky.social · 3w agoOfficial editorial communication: The New England Review of Boats, a handmade regional zine about the vessels and people who go down to the sea for adventure, work, or pleasure--seeks submissions for its inaugural issue.
I'm slow to this, but here is a beautiful piece on the dynamics of the AI buildout and how they could flip into reverse. Wish I had written it tbh www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-second...
The Second Derivative: Why No One Understands the AI Boom
The market misremembers 2008. That same blind spot sits at the center of the AI boom.
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