eigerjoch
@eigerjoch.bsky.social
mostly economist articles, photos of mountains and American politics
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Who had “Europe deploys a tripwire force to Greenland before Ukraine” on their 2026 bingo card?
January 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Who had “Europe deploys a tripwire force to Greenland before Ukraine” on their 2026 bingo card?
Quote of the day from @matt-levine.bsky.social
“There are idiots everywhere. If you are fundamentally in the business of finding ways to trade with uninformed people, there is no sense limiting yourself to the stock market.”
“There are idiots everywhere. If you are fundamentally in the business of finding ways to trade with uninformed people, there is no sense limiting yourself to the stock market.”
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Quote of the day from @matt-levine.bsky.social
“There are idiots everywhere. If you are fundamentally in the business of finding ways to trade with uninformed people, there is no sense limiting yourself to the stock market.”
“There are idiots everywhere. If you are fundamentally in the business of finding ways to trade with uninformed people, there is no sense limiting yourself to the stock market.”
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A US early-warning radar of one sort or another has been on Greenland for nearly 70 years—without the need for US sovereignty. Greenland is also covered by Article Five & US could protect it v Russia or China. Conflating Greenland's military importance with the issue of US ownership is dishonest.
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A US early-warning radar of one sort or another has been on Greenland for nearly 70 years—without the need for US sovereignty. Greenland is also covered by Article Five & US could protect it v Russia or China. Conflating Greenland's military importance with the issue of US ownership is dishonest.
I am trying to think of what the right thing to do would be even *if* the current US admin wasn’t composed of sociopaths and morons. Suppose it was decent, normal humans who wanted to help Iranians. Air power alone would never do it, would it? Almost no historical examples where that worked?
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I am trying to think of what the right thing to do would be even *if* the current US admin wasn’t composed of sociopaths and morons. Suppose it was decent, normal humans who wanted to help Iranians. Air power alone would never do it, would it? Almost no historical examples where that worked?
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The gofundme for that factory worker who called Trump a pedophile protector is at like $300k. Funniest possible outcome of this is everyone rushing to do the same thing in the hopes of getting paid
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The gofundme for that factory worker who called Trump a pedophile protector is at like $300k. Funniest possible outcome of this is everyone rushing to do the same thing in the hopes of getting paid
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
No, because supply of the crap isn’t the problem
No, because supply of the crap isn’t the problem
The likely impact of Maduro’s seizure on the global cocai...
US action in Venezuela cannot disrupt supply, drugs experts say
observer.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
No, because supply of the crap isn’t the problem
No, because supply of the crap isn’t the problem
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Train in the Snow or The Locomotive - 1875
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8645
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8645
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Train in the Snow or The Locomotive - 1875
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8645
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8645
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the thing is these are good things for their own sake but they do not actually work to increase the birthrate, as the European experience largely shows. pretty much nothing increases the birthrate that we've found so far, whether good welfare state stuff or natalist nationalism and anti-choice shit.
leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
the thing is these are good things for their own sake but they do not actually work to increase the birthrate, as the European experience largely shows. pretty much nothing increases the birthrate that we've found so far, whether good welfare state stuff or natalist nationalism and anti-choice shit.
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Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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Here's my unbelievably hot take: I actually think it's fine if there's not as many people. Yes, some things will have to be restructured, but human populations have gone through boom and bust cycles many times.
population decline starts within our lifetimes, and pretty much all contemporary societies are structured around assumptions of a growing, or at least replacement-level population
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Here's my unbelievably hot take: I actually think it's fine if there's not as many people. Yes, some things will have to be restructured, but human populations have gone through boom and bust cycles many times.
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I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
A thing where I understand the logic but nonetheless find it barking mad, is that paying off a loan, in CRA world = baaaaaaaad. The message it sends to anyone not financially literate is ‘ooooh nooo you need to get into more debt!’ which is bonkers .
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A thing where I understand the logic but nonetheless find it barking mad, is that paying off a loan, in CRA world = baaaaaaaad. The message it sends to anyone not financially literate is ‘ooooh nooo you need to get into more debt!’ which is bonkers .
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Categories of folks I’m contemplating insta-blocking:
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Categories of folks I’m contemplating insta-blocking:
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
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'Strand Theatre, 1982' by Philip Le Bas
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
'Strand Theatre, 1982' by Philip Le Bas
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
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Sentiment check: r/wallstreetbets is absolutely libbing out, indistinguishable from Bsky.
January 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Sentiment check: r/wallstreetbets is absolutely libbing out, indistinguishable from Bsky.
Has anyone checked in with the ‘this is a TERRIBLE choice <between a fascist moron and a centre left decent normal human> I REFUSE to choose I am writing in hayek/kermit the frog/reagan’ crowd lately
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Has anyone checked in with the ‘this is a TERRIBLE choice <between a fascist moron and a centre left decent normal human> I REFUSE to choose I am writing in hayek/kermit the frog/reagan’ crowd lately
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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So I was early for a film the other day, and it being cold (British variant:) I saw this tea shop on Leicester sq and thought sure why not
Purchased this, it does in fact taste like vanilla and caramel and now I may have to become regular habitué:)
So I was early for a film the other day, and it being cold (British variant:) I saw this tea shop on Leicester sq and thought sure why not
Purchased this, it does in fact taste like vanilla and caramel and now I may have to become regular habitué:)
Packaged Teas
TWG Tea
twgtea.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
twgtea.com/en/packaged-...
So I was early for a film the other day, and it being cold (British variant:) I saw this tea shop on Leicester sq and thought sure why not
Purchased this, it does in fact taste like vanilla and caramel and now I may have to become regular habitué:)
So I was early for a film the other day, and it being cold (British variant:) I saw this tea shop on Leicester sq and thought sure why not
Purchased this, it does in fact taste like vanilla and caramel and now I may have to become regular habitué:)
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It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
A weapon that could help red squirrels in their Battle of Britain
economist.com/britain/2026...
This is a much better plan than killing the poor greys (not as if their ancestors were stood in manhattan harbour with paws in air asking to come! They were brought here!)
economist.com/britain/2026...
This is a much better plan than killing the poor greys (not as if their ancestors were stood in manhattan harbour with paws in air asking to come! They were brought here!)
A weapon that could help red squirrels in their Battle of Britain
Their allies think the key to victory is strategic deployment of hazelnut butter
economist.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
A weapon that could help red squirrels in their Battle of Britain
economist.com/britain/2026...
This is a much better plan than killing the poor greys (not as if their ancestors were stood in manhattan harbour with paws in air asking to come! They were brought here!)
economist.com/britain/2026...
This is a much better plan than killing the poor greys (not as if their ancestors were stood in manhattan harbour with paws in air asking to come! They were brought here!)
economist.com/culture/2026...
“They are identical in form: the host(s) and guest(s) spend around an hour congratulating each other on their kindness, funniness and general wonderfulness. They are light on facts about the world and heavy on personal trivia.”
“They are identical in form: the host(s) and guest(s) spend around an hour congratulating each other on their kindness, funniness and general wonderfulness. They are light on facts about the world and heavy on personal trivia.”
Do self-congratulating celebrities need more plaudits?
The Golden Globes honour podcasts where stars praise each other
economist.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
economist.com/culture/2026...
“They are identical in form: the host(s) and guest(s) spend around an hour congratulating each other on their kindness, funniness and general wonderfulness. They are light on facts about the world and heavy on personal trivia.”
“They are identical in form: the host(s) and guest(s) spend around an hour congratulating each other on their kindness, funniness and general wonderfulness. They are light on facts about the world and heavy on personal trivia.”
Yup, if it’s freedom from some grotty specimen expecting you to act like a drudge all day and then cook his dinner
In the 1920s, automat cafeterias were among the first public places where women could dine alone. Automat (1927) captures that new urban freedom—and the reflective loneliness that came with it. Is this what it feels like to be free?
January 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Yup, if it’s freedom from some grotty specimen expecting you to act like a drudge all day and then cook his dinner