

“broken window” economics as geopolitical ‘policy’
I’m sure glad that our money will go to more of these instead of food, healthcare, or shelter


“broken window” economics as geopolitical ‘policy’
I’m sure glad that our money will go to more of these instead of food, healthcare, or shelter


I did #2 except I didn’t exercise, I just sold it to someone else when the pice was up a bit on my small bet. I like to think that circuitously, Elon bought me a few lunches because screw that guy


Some folks like to gamble! More and more people are desperation gambling these days out of doomer mindsets that see 0dtes and kalshi bets as their way out of crushing poverty.
And here and there, it’s possible to look at pricing and conclude it’s pants-on-head bananas. Trading and therefore price action is dominated by algorithms which amplifies hype cycles. Who couldn’t see SpaceX as being overvalued? Other than the assholes at NASDAQ


That only matters if lenders a) don’t believe he can pay the loans back, and b) would not themselves be hurt by calling in loans. With how incestuous the Epstein class is, my cynical bet is that he gets away with far too much for far too long


Short sellers are an important part of the equity ecosystem as it provides downward pressure in price discovery. Lucky gamblers have made, and are making, far more than that with long positions in equity and options.
It’s difficult to say that we don’t need markets at all (e.g. would you plant cotton with no idea what it will sell for at harvest?). It then becomes a slippery slope of abuse and wealth concentration.
If anything this all feels like a failure of regulation and the SEC not going far enough


I don’t think we’re good enough at shitposting… We’re probably mostly theta-gang They said, I got a monthly put position in on spcx’s fall, made my 40% and got out
Too fast. Novichok maybe?


“progress happens one funeral at a time”


I agree, I remember when the pomplemoose guy made patreon, it was a great idea and I think he’s shepherded it pretty well


I think azolla has been floated (hah!) as a scalable way to quickly fix atmospheric carbon. Maybe fish aquaculture for nutrient restoration?


If they didn’t have “stick it to the libs”, they wouldn’t have anything


Yeah, could tell by the headline. Sheehy is a piece of shit. Everyone I’ve met from Montana has been awesome so how do corrupt narcissists like sheehy, daines, and gianforte get elected?
Edit; Obligatory “please don’t Vote Alme”


They recently said they’re going to start selling compute to other LLM companies. This after claiming all the build out was for internal LLM use. Looks to me like you’re right and they’ve given up on devoting their compute to a product


She isn’t wearing headphones. She lives in a world where enough people don’t care about the things she cares about to keep the system going


A person of culture! Kookiburi!


We shouldn’tve meddled, but I can still blame theocratic authoritarians for being theocratic authoritarians who abuse and murder protesters


Can’t wait for the gaslighting marketing option. Google: “remember that you wanted to buy this?”


Fever dream: Trump is a mad king and even Rs hate him and know he’ll die soon so here’s the plan;
I’d visit!