Brian Adams
@duckdevil.bsky.social
Finance PhD, full professor @ University of Portland, college sports enthusiast (Go Ducks), happy cohabitant with my dogs and family.
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While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
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I’m no Humpy but I do have an unusually powerful “Rally Time” video.
October 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’m no Humpy but I do have an unusually powerful “Rally Time” video.
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We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.
For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:
For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
www.propublica.org
October 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.
For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:
For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:
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This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
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MORGAN STANLEY: “.. it’s difficult to ignore the market’s reliance on AI capex. In market-pricing terms, we believe we’re closer to the seventh inning than the first, and several developments indicate we may be entering the later phases of the boom.” 👀
[Shalett]
[Shalett]
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
MORGAN STANLEY: “.. it’s difficult to ignore the market’s reliance on AI capex. In market-pricing terms, we believe we’re closer to the seventh inning than the first, and several developments indicate we may be entering the later phases of the boom.” 👀
[Shalett]
[Shalett]
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American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (1977) HQ 0815007
YouTube video by Clara0815007
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September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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We didn’t talk about anything that happened lately, it was mainly just talking about what we do for work and he was respectful and I was too. He gendered me and my friend right, I showed interest in his talk about tariffs and auto parts, and then we clanked beers and yelled for our team.
September 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We didn’t talk about anything that happened lately, it was mainly just talking about what we do for work and he was respectful and I was too. He gendered me and my friend right, I showed interest in his talk about tariffs and auto parts, and then we clanked beers and yelled for our team.
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💔 Fred Guttenberg whose daughter died in the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
September 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
💔 Fred Guttenberg whose daughter died in the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
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An October 1942 FBI leaflet asking the residents of Buffalo to report any "possible violation[s] of our national security statutes" or anything suspicious to the Buffalo Field Office. It concluded, however, with the paragraph below.
Seemed relevant today somehow.
Seemed relevant today somehow.
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
An October 1942 FBI leaflet asking the residents of Buffalo to report any "possible violation[s] of our national security statutes" or anything suspicious to the Buffalo Field Office. It concluded, however, with the paragraph below.
Seemed relevant today somehow.
Seemed relevant today somehow.
Ska bass > Reggae bass > Disco bass
September 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ska bass > Reggae bass > Disco bass
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@flavorflav.bsky.social and crew with an important Public Service Announcement:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PublicEnemyVEVO
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September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@flavorflav.bsky.social and crew with an important Public Service Announcement:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
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It’s ‘Left of west and coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck
September 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It’s ‘Left of west and coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck
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Again: Faith leaders *themselves* have long also criticized "thoughts and prayers" rhetoric — including leader's Leavitt's own Catholic tradition.
Here are some examples from the past 24 hours, including a statement from Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Catholic nuns) on the shooting.
Here are some examples from the past 24 hours, including a statement from Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Catholic nuns) on the shooting.
August 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Again: Faith leaders *themselves* have long also criticized "thoughts and prayers" rhetoric — including leader's Leavitt's own Catholic tradition.
Here are some examples from the past 24 hours, including a statement from Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Catholic nuns) on the shooting.
Here are some examples from the past 24 hours, including a statement from Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Catholic nuns) on the shooting.
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i named a cat after Jack White and right now i couldn’t be more proud
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
i named a cat after Jack White and right now i couldn’t be more proud
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
August 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations
The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
wapo.st
August 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.
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Sparks mascot gets demolished by one of the dancers doing backflips during a timeout, I do hope they are ok
July 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sparks mascot gets demolished by one of the dancers doing backflips during a timeout, I do hope they are ok
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everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling the Beastie Boys
July 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling the Beastie Boys
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This analogy doesn’t even work because the early internet was distributed and chaotic, with a bunch of organic development, while LLMs run through a couple of specific gatekeepers with widely known ideological commitments, who are already facing political pressure.
Whenever someone gets mad at me for questioning the net usefulness of AI and says something like “you’re like the people who didn’t want to use the internet”—with love, I was born in 1997, and my life growing up online is all the evidence I need that we should handle AI differently than we are now
July 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This analogy doesn’t even work because the early internet was distributed and chaotic, with a bunch of organic development, while LLMs run through a couple of specific gatekeepers with widely known ideological commitments, who are already facing political pressure.