Ben Curry
@benjamincurry.bsky.social
Knower of things, good worder
Present obsessions: 🇺🇦, aphorisms, the Fed, street photography, well-balanced portfolios, Bluesky discourse, język polski, soup dumplings
Present obsessions: 🇺🇦, aphorisms, the Fed, street photography, well-balanced portfolios, Bluesky discourse, język polski, soup dumplings
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Roses are red
Sunflowers are tall
Sweep the midterms
Then impeach them all
Sunflowers are tall
Sweep the midterms
Then impeach them all
February 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Roses are red
Sunflowers are tall
Sweep the midterms
Then impeach them all
Sunflowers are tall
Sweep the midterms
Then impeach them all
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
REPORTERS: It's time to bring accountability to the IT cro... Ahem, AI crowd. Every time evidence-free assertions of the impending AI-ification of all jobs are made, ask them about IRL real-world scenarios such as these in follow-up questions
I work in procurement and our vendors have been rolling out AI systems and... it has been a disaster. The AI gets everything wrong and I have to navigate a labyrinthian telephone menu to get to a human to fix it.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
REPORTERS: It's time to bring accountability to the IT cro... Ahem, AI crowd. Every time evidence-free assertions of the impending AI-ification of all jobs are made, ask them about IRL real-world scenarios such as these in follow-up questions
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Thank you, Minnesota, you are all such heros
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio
Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...
www.mpr.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Thank you, Minnesota, you are all such heros
Another case of the kids dodging the grifts of their elders—and they're better off for it
"I know several teens, including my own college-age kid, who are vehemently AI. They choose not to use AI for environmental reasons, for ethical reasons, for creative reasons, or just because they want to use their own thinking. What do we tell those students? Do we have to force them to use AI?
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Another case of the kids dodging the grifts of their elders—and they're better off for it
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you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
"Failure is success if we learn from it.”
—Malcolm Forbes
—Malcolm Forbes
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
"Failure is success if we learn from it.”
—Malcolm Forbes
—Malcolm Forbes
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social FWIW Ed is even less forgiving than Gary....
Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social FWIW Ed is even less forgiving than Gary....
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Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Keep being sent this completely nonsensical hogslop. It has multiple egregious lies, which is appropriate because he’s a fraud. Back in September 2024 he falsified a bunch of benchmarks to hype up his open source model. Article is total dogshit. I should annotate it venturebeat.com/ai/reflectio...
R-star, or the “neutral interest rate,” was coined 1898 when Swedish economist Knut Wicksell wrote: “There is a certain rate of interest on loans which is neutral in respect to commodity prices and tends neither to raise nor to lower them.”
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
R-star, or the “neutral interest rate,” was coined 1898 when Swedish economist Knut Wicksell wrote: “There is a certain rate of interest on loans which is neutral in respect to commodity prices and tends neither to raise nor to lower them.”
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This is a phenomenal explainer by @rajakorman.bsky.social of the obstacles for China to globalize the yuan, and what would need to change for it to do so. Highly recommend.
What must happen for the world to stack RMB
For dollar wannabe renminbi, liability currency status > reserve currency status
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This is a phenomenal explainer by @rajakorman.bsky.social of the obstacles for China to globalize the yuan, and what would need to change for it to do so. Highly recommend.
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Supreme Court:
February 20th to be the first opinion day amid tariff wait.
Also sets February 24th and 25th as days for opinions.
February 20th to be the first opinion day amid tariff wait.
Also sets February 24th and 25th as days for opinions.
February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Supreme Court:
February 20th to be the first opinion day amid tariff wait.
Also sets February 24th and 25th as days for opinions.
February 20th to be the first opinion day amid tariff wait.
Also sets February 24th and 25th as days for opinions.
FT: “.. officials in the commerce department and US trade representative’s office believed the tariffs were hurting consumers by raising prices ..” 🤡
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/f2ef...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/f2ef...
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Deeper sentiment after today's UST auction (from @fullcarry.net)
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Deeper sentiment after today's UST auction (from @fullcarry.net)
The low-information swing voters are how we beat Trump
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The low-information swing voters are how we beat Trump
Repeat THIS 1,000 times a day until November
this is why its super important for democratic politicians and liberals to *make noise* about things. most people do not follow politics, certainly not like we junkies do. when you make a ton of noise about stuff it bleeds over into normie world and shapes opinions.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
February 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Repeat THIS 1,000 times a day until November
BBRG: Silver’s conductivity makes it essential to photovoltaic modules, where thin printed contacts boost electrical output. About 196 million ounces was used by solar manufacturers last year. That’s equivalent to every gram used in jewelry, and represents about 17% of the global market. #$SLV
Silver’s Surge Suggests a Brighter Future for Solar
Did we just pass peak solar?
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
BBRG: Silver’s conductivity makes it essential to photovoltaic modules, where thin printed contacts boost electrical output. About 196 million ounces was used by solar manufacturers last year. That’s equivalent to every gram used in jewelry, and represents about 17% of the global market. #$SLV
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another visualization
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
another visualization
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A few charts on these benchmark revisions. Starting with the big picture: These revisions dramatically lower the rate of job growth over the past two years. In total, payroll employment is more than 1 million jobs lower than previously reported. #NumbersDay
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A few charts on these benchmark revisions. Starting with the big picture: These revisions dramatically lower the rate of job growth over the past two years. In total, payroll employment is more than 1 million jobs lower than previously reported. #NumbersDay
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"This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and all other individuals and families."
(The other group is the rest of us.)
(The other group is the rest of us.)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and all other individuals and families."
(The other group is the rest of us.)
(The other group is the rest of us.)
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New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
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Reposted by Ben Curry
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM