Henry Snow
@henrysnow.bsky.social
Labor + naval historian | they/them | political economy, maritime work, ships and shipbuilders | CONTROL SCIENCE out with Verso 5/26/26 | currently an adjunct at UConn
words at buttondown.com/anotherway
words at buttondown.com/anotherway
years ago my father-in-law was like "I trust Powell because he's a Deadhead." he was right
We know Powell is a Deadhead but has anyone ever asked him if he plays D&D.
A: we see signs of the unemployment rate stabilizing. We may be seeing the beginning of the resolution between those two things. The LORE [sickosyes.png] is that when GDP and the labor market data conflict, the labor market data is more reliable.
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM
years ago my father-in-law was like "I trust Powell because he's a Deadhead." he was right
A lot of the academic literature on US naval shipbuilding is time specific-- 1922-45, or steam, or colonial... I don't know if I should be doing the sweeping multi-century thing again right away after these two books are done but I probably can't help myself
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A lot of the academic literature on US naval shipbuilding is time specific-- 1922-45, or steam, or colonial... I don't know if I should be doing the sweeping multi-century thing again right away after these two books are done but I probably can't help myself
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More: Nobody is sitting here unaware of the possibility of higher productivity. We've been talking about it for five or six years. We are well aware. That's all in our models. If it's a question of better models, bring 'em on, we'll take 'em.
This is all just a brutal demolition of Hassett.
This is all just a brutal demolition of Hassett.
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM
More: Nobody is sitting here unaware of the possibility of higher productivity. We've been talking about it for five or six years. We are well aware. That's all in our models. If it's a question of better models, bring 'em on, we'll take 'em.
This is all just a brutal demolition of Hassett.
This is all just a brutal demolition of Hassett.
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We are about an hour away from the first Fed meeting of the year. They won't cut and no updated economic projections, so this *should* be pretty boring.
Links below will work @ 2:00p ET
Statement: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Presser (2:30p): www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypoli...
Links below will work @ 2:00p ET
Statement: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Presser (2:30p): www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypoli...
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
We are about an hour away from the first Fed meeting of the year. They won't cut and no updated economic projections, so this *should* be pretty boring.
Links below will work @ 2:00p ET
Statement: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Presser (2:30p): www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypoli...
Links below will work @ 2:00p ET
Statement: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Presser (2:30p): www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypoli...
eternal president franklin delano roosevelt
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
eternal president franklin delano roosevelt
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As innumerable scholars of the law (& history) of money & banking have shown, a) banks, chartered by the govt, *lend out more money than they have*; thus they loan money into existence, essentially (under governmental license) & b) they earn, in essence, a profit from this - interest on those loans
January 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
As innumerable scholars of the law (& history) of money & banking have shown, a) banks, chartered by the govt, *lend out more money than they have*; thus they loan money into existence, essentially (under governmental license) & b) they earn, in essence, a profit from this - interest on those loans
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'And while I don't believe in phrenology...I do'
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
'And while I don't believe in phrenology...I do'
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MEE cites sources which say that Trump gave Netanyahu a one month deadline to reach a security agreement with Syria— but Netanyahu refuses to budge on the issue of Israeli withdrawal from Mt. Hermon
Trump gives Netanyahu a month for Syria security deal, say sources
The US is increasing pressure on Israel to finalise the agreement, but sources say the Israeli prime minister refuses to shift on his Mount Hermon red line
www.middleeasteye.net
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
MEE cites sources which say that Trump gave Netanyahu a one month deadline to reach a security agreement with Syria— but Netanyahu refuses to budge on the issue of Israeli withdrawal from Mt. Hermon
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I wrote about how studying Marx, the Black Radical tradition, and the Cappadocian Fathers led me to rediscover my faith, forgive the woman who killed my mother, embrace prison abolition, and champion the idea that none are saved unless *all* are saved!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I wrote about how studying Marx, the Black Radical tradition, and the Cappadocian Fathers led me to rediscover my faith, forgive the woman who killed my mother, embrace prison abolition, and champion the idea that none are saved unless *all* are saved!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/forgiving-my...
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The February issue is here! Feat:
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The February issue is here! Feat:
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
- A dispatch by @kevjg.bsky.social from a DHS protest
- Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy
- @catholicclod.bsky.social on universalism and forgiveness
- James Chappel on Charles Murray and Christianity
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2026-...
For Commonweal, I wrote about the changing relationship between neoliberalism and Christianity-- from Mises's early 20th-century declaration that capitalism could not coexist with "a living Christianity" to the uneasy relationship MAGA has with both
www.commonwealmagazine.org/champions-ap...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/champions-ap...
Champions of Apathy
Catholic teaching prioritizes people over markets. Neoliberals would rather change the Church than change the economy.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
For Commonweal, I wrote about the changing relationship between neoliberalism and Christianity-- from Mises's early 20th-century declaration that capitalism could not coexist with "a living Christianity" to the uneasy relationship MAGA has with both
www.commonwealmagazine.org/champions-ap...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/champions-ap...
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The 1930s.
"what happens if the USD loses safe harbour status but everyone else doesn't want to put in the work to make an alternative work?"
Once again, I ask how the math of other currencies replacing the dollar is going to go so long as neither 🇪🇺 nor 🇨🇳 is willing to do any of the things required to actually replace the dollar:
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bsky.app/profile/mcop...
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The 1930s.
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"Musk, for example, has expressed a desire to 'destroy the woke mind virus.' As Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue in a forthcoming book, it does not require a great logical leap to suspect that he sees Neuralink as part of a way to do so."
Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"Musk, for example, has expressed a desire to 'destroy the woke mind virus.' As Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff argue in a forthcoming book, it does not require a great logical leap to suspect that he sees Neuralink as part of a way to do so."
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Here's what you need to know ahead of Tesla's fourth quarter earnings call:
-lol nothing matters
-magic is real, if you believe it in your heart
-knowledge is a burden
-chaos reigns!
-repeated blows to the head can help anyone understand modern markets
-don't stop believing, hold on to that feeling
-lol nothing matters
-magic is real, if you believe it in your heart
-knowledge is a burden
-chaos reigns!
-repeated blows to the head can help anyone understand modern markets
-don't stop believing, hold on to that feeling
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Here's what you need to know ahead of Tesla's fourth quarter earnings call:
-lol nothing matters
-magic is real, if you believe it in your heart
-knowledge is a burden
-chaos reigns!
-repeated blows to the head can help anyone understand modern markets
-don't stop believing, hold on to that feeling
-lol nothing matters
-magic is real, if you believe it in your heart
-knowledge is a burden
-chaos reigns!
-repeated blows to the head can help anyone understand modern markets
-don't stop believing, hold on to that feeling
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“When they say the Second Amendment protects the First, they mean their right to kill non-white people with impunity guards their right to say anything they please without so much as the tiniest social sanction.” www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-buy-a-g...
Don't Buy a Gun
Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“When they say the Second Amendment protects the First, they mean their right to kill non-white people with impunity guards their right to say anything they please without so much as the tiniest social sanction.” www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-buy-a-g...
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“Whatever its value as social history, We the People is highly misleading as legal history and jeopardizes today’s urgent project of preserving our republic and protecting its surviving strands of democracy.” —@tribelaw.bsky.social
Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’? | Laurence H. Tribe
The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past.
www.nybooks.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
“Whatever its value as social history, We the People is highly misleading as legal history and jeopardizes today’s urgent project of preserving our republic and protecting its surviving strands of democracy.” —@tribelaw.bsky.social
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We need something akin to the FDA for tech.
the strongest AI critique is that the tech is widely used and fairly powerful, and therefore a democratic public should own and/or control the means of building and deploying it
if your position is that the tech is worthless, will go away on its own, is inherently bad, etc etc, you are going to die on that hill. there are absolutely bad actors in the space and you are passing over the bad actors to stake a losing position about the code
January 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
We need something akin to the FDA for tech.
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"Anti Imperialism is a commitment to confronting empire" is an incredible thing to say after basically proposing that Britain's reaction to American and Russian expansionism should be to do nothing
The answer is “no”.
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"Anti Imperialism is a commitment to confronting empire" is an incredible thing to say after basically proposing that Britain's reaction to American and Russian expansionism should be to do nothing
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Matt Goodwin? The columnist for the magazine available only in departure lounges for private jets?
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Matt Goodwin? The columnist for the magazine available only in departure lounges for private jets?
the news that a UK academic who studied the far right is now a far right parliamentary candidate has inspired me to try to become one of my own research subjects. taking offers for positions as First Lord of the Admiralty, Resident Commissioner of His Majesty's Royal Dockyard, and/or barrel-maker
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
the news that a UK academic who studied the far right is now a far right parliamentary candidate has inspired me to try to become one of my own research subjects. taking offers for positions as First Lord of the Admiralty, Resident Commissioner of His Majesty's Royal Dockyard, and/or barrel-maker
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standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 AM
standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
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Interesting paper on the new causal macroeconomics: researchers randomly give different people different pieces of economic information to shift their expectations, then track how those treatments affect behavior (e.g. household spending, firms’ pricing, hiring, and investment).
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Interesting paper on the new causal macroeconomics: researchers randomly give different people different pieces of economic information to shift their expectations, then track how those treatments affect behavior (e.g. household spending, firms’ pricing, hiring, and investment).
standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 AM
standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...