Iceland has a Law Rock where, a thousand years ago, people would gather every summer to listen to a guy—the Lawspeaker—recite a third of the existing laws aloud
Guy sitting next to me at airport is watching chainsaw videos without headphones wtf is wrong with people
just watched Cure (1997) for the first time highly recommend
This notion that the Knicks won is mostly an online phenomenon; people frying their brains on social media. The "title" certainly isn't based in material conditions, it's a vibes-championship.
Velodus✨@velodus.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis really is incredible.
guy standing next to me at the bar kept calling Wemby a baguette lol
"[Jose] Alvarado is the only native New Yorker on the team and wears the number five on his jersey, a number he said he chose in part as a nod to the five boroughs." gothamist.com/news/from-ny...
From NYCHA to the Garden, the Knicks' Jose Alvarado is living a New Yorker's dream
Perhaps no player sends a clearer message to New York kids that making it to the NBA is achievable.
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Imagine making enemies of the Pope and Bad bunny…. reality Stranger than fiction
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo agoUS President Donald Trump has derided the two as 'terrible' due to their outspoken opposition to his policies, including his harsh immigration crackdown. ft.trib.al/4dkwjAD
“In interviews, a dozen drivers who’ve worked for other DSPs in three states describe them as Potemkin businesses that enforce Amazon’s extreme rules, constant surveillance and grueling quotas that in some urban areas can reach 30 stops an hour.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What Trump Delivered for Amazon
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
bloomberg.com
The Social Security Trustee's report is going to come out on Tuesday and folks expect to see the reserve depletion date move up a bit...maybe into 2032 meaning the next president will inherit the task of updated OASI for the first time since 1983....1/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
“Will Social Security Run Out?” Is the Wrong Question: How Lawmakers Can Protect Beneficiaries and Strengthen OASI
Is Social Security really in crisis? This report examines the OASI Trust Fund, lessons from 1983, and policy options to secure benefits for the future.
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absolutely hilarious that Wemby smiled for the kid’s selfie but the kid fumbled and didn’t get Wemby in the frame
I’ve been listening to Greg Grandin’s THE END OF THE MYTH (2019) on audiobook. Highly recommend. (I know it’s not exactly a little-known book)
I hope people will read the article. It is thoughtful & laments what AI is doing to university education. The snippet in the post below is only one part of a much broader discussion (I don’t share his view in that one part, but it’s worth reading it in context, which I just did).
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 2mo agoA Princeton professor thinks students would be better off learning from Claude than from him. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Feeling good today 😎 This is all very validating considering I’m just a labor economist that decided he wanted to do work on the history of economics. I’m happy to be a part of this community and have my work recognized.
Created this tutorial for anyone interested in learning how building costs and rents work: rentrentier.com/housing-fina...
Interactive Social Housing Finance Tutorial
My favorite thing about the belief that developers regularly make huge profits is that it suggests an immediate and obvious solution to the housing crisis: you! That's right, you can simply build affo...
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just transported a box of 40 books via the Q train to the Strand to sell and damn that was a more intense workout than I was expecting
![By Barak Ravid
05/28/2026 10:13:16 [AXS]
(Axios)
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give it his final approval, two U.S. officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: The signing of the MOU would be the most significant diplomatic breakthrough since the war started, but a final agreement that tackles Trump's nuclear demands would still require further intensive negotiations.
Behind the scenes: U.S. officials said the deal terms were mostly agreed as of Tuesday, but both sides still needed to get approval from senior leadership.
• The U.S. officials claimed the Iranians later came back and said they had the necessary approvals and were prepared to sign. Iran has not confirmed that.
• The U.S. negotiators briefed Trump on the details of the final deal and he asked to take a few days to think about it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreicu4oyzn22yimj6ie46jwh3o7nvjea4wdrpwugl6hb5m5vpe7pcqi)
“This is CNN history, in which talking points are repeated exactly as delivered by the press secretary and backroom details often include how many espresso pods someone pushed into a backpack or whether someone has salt-and-pepper hair.” ouch, @quinnslobodian.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Damming the Big Ocean | Quinn Slobodian
Edward Fishman's Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.
nybooks.com
Highly recommend this recent essay, "AI as Social Technology," by Henry Farrell (@himself.bsky.social) and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
AI as Social Technology
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