John Pfaff
@johnpfaff.bsky.social
Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
I’m enough of an economist to realize a big issue here, but not enough to eyeball its effect.
Most billionaire wealth is not in cash. To tax those assets down to a few millions, how much will those stock, property, etc., assets crater in price, wiping them out (unredistributively) altogether?
Most billionaire wealth is not in cash. To tax those assets down to a few millions, how much will those stock, property, etc., assets crater in price, wiping them out (unredistributively) altogether?
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I’m enough of an economist to realize a big issue here, but not enough to eyeball its effect.
Most billionaire wealth is not in cash. To tax those assets down to a few millions, how much will those stock, property, etc., assets crater in price, wiping them out (unredistributively) altogether?
Most billionaire wealth is not in cash. To tax those assets down to a few millions, how much will those stock, property, etc., assets crater in price, wiping them out (unredistributively) altogether?
I'm sure I could find it, but I'm very glad that as a default Safari is not telling me how much I'm magnifying these pdfs so I can read them.
Just doing the two-finger widening motion for waaaay longer than I used to.
Just doing the two-finger widening motion for waaaay longer than I used to.
a woman in a leather jacket is getting old
Alt: a woman in a leather jacket is getting old
(I'm leaving the AI untouched, but damn--she isn't GETTING old, she's just saying she is. Man.)
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I'm sure I could find it, but I'm very glad that as a default Safari is not telling me how much I'm magnifying these pdfs so I can read them.
Just doing the two-finger widening motion for waaaay longer than I used to.
Just doing the two-finger widening motion for waaaay longer than I used to.
Can Narcan reverse a lethal copium overdose?
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Can Narcan reverse a lethal copium overdose?
Which is apparently to give unto Caesar everything, do everything Caesar asks, and definitely make sure that no one helps that injured person of another group lying by the side of the road?
And Mary Magdalene has entered the chat, but we we can’t reprint her comments here.
And Mary Magdalene has entered the chat, but we we can’t reprint her comments here.
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Which is apparently to give unto Caesar everything, do everything Caesar asks, and definitely make sure that no one helps that injured person of another group lying by the side of the road?
And Mary Magdalene has entered the chat, but we we can’t reprint her comments here.
And Mary Magdalene has entered the chat, but we we can’t reprint her comments here.
Goddell could not have sounded any more bored handing over that trophy.
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Goddell could not have sounded any more bored handing over that trophy.
Reposted by John Pfaff
i would not recommend reading trump’s unhinged post because all he knows how to do is diminish joy, and bad bunny just created so much of it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
i would not recommend reading trump’s unhinged post because all he knows how to do is diminish joy, and bad bunny just created so much of it.
This might be the post of the night.
little ditty, bout joaquin and delfina
Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This might be the post of the night.
Reposted by John Pfaff
Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
Now ads are playing Enya … in ads about prostate cancer screening.
Never has Gen X been more seen … and reminded that it’s old.
Never has Gen X been more seen … and reminded that it’s old.
I can’t tell if I liked that Dunkin’ ad or found the de-aging too creepy.
But I am enjoying that apparently latter-half Gen X is now THE target audience for ads.
Backstreet Boys? Not just Alfonso Ribeiro but Jaleel White? Just the X sweetspot.
But I am enjoying that apparently latter-half Gen X is now THE target audience for ads.
Backstreet Boys? Not just Alfonso Ribeiro but Jaleel White? Just the X sweetspot.
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Now ads are playing Enya … in ads about prostate cancer screening.
Never has Gen X been more seen … and reminded that it’s old.
Never has Gen X been more seen … and reminded that it’s old.
Every point has been kicked. This is turning into the other type of football.
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Every point has been kicked. This is turning into the other type of football.
Ricky Martin!
This isn’t Super Bowl LX, this is def Super Bowl (Gen) X.
This isn’t Super Bowl LX, this is def Super Bowl (Gen) X.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Ricky Martin!
This isn’t Super Bowl LX, this is def Super Bowl (Gen) X.
This isn’t Super Bowl LX, this is def Super Bowl (Gen) X.
I can’t tell if I liked that Dunkin’ ad or found the de-aging too creepy.
But I am enjoying that apparently latter-half Gen X is now THE target audience for ads.
Backstreet Boys? Not just Alfonso Ribeiro but Jaleel White? Just the X sweetspot.
But I am enjoying that apparently latter-half Gen X is now THE target audience for ads.
Backstreet Boys? Not just Alfonso Ribeiro but Jaleel White? Just the X sweetspot.
February 9, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I can’t tell if I liked that Dunkin’ ad or found the de-aging too creepy.
But I am enjoying that apparently latter-half Gen X is now THE target audience for ads.
Backstreet Boys? Not just Alfonso Ribeiro but Jaleel White? Just the X sweetspot.
But I am enjoying that apparently latter-half Gen X is now THE target audience for ads.
Backstreet Boys? Not just Alfonso Ribeiro but Jaleel White? Just the X sweetspot.
Am I right that no flags so far? Is that some sort of record?
February 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Am I right that no flags so far? Is that some sort of record?
The guy w the MAGA look and the American flag blowing off the Hispanic guy moving in next door strikes me as a choice Rocket Mortgage made in that ad.
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The guy w the MAGA look and the American flag blowing off the Hispanic guy moving in next door strikes me as a choice Rocket Mortgage made in that ad.
Do you get credit for two sacks if you tackle the QB AND an O-line guy at the same time? Damn!
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Do you get credit for two sacks if you tackle the QB AND an O-line guy at the same time? Damn!
“Real estate is going to be tough to buy” seems like an apt comment for a Super Bowl in San Fran.
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
“Real estate is going to be tough to buy” seems like an apt comment for a Super Bowl in San Fran.
I just had to explain who the guy in the State Farm car was and why it was funny to my kids.
a man in a suit is laying in the dirt in front of a grave .
Alt: a man in a suit is laying in the dirt in front of a grave .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I just had to explain who the guy in the State Farm car was and why it was funny to my kids.
… and Joe Montana, who forgot he was supposed to be here and just hopped off his couch to get here.
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
… and Joe Montana, who forgot he was supposed to be here and just hopped off his couch to get here.
This is def not an either-or.
Over here, it’s:
“Abolish ICE”
and
“Sure, fine, whatever, ‘Go Seahawks,’ bc hearing me yell ‘Go Pats’ is one of those how-you-know-I’ve-been-kidnapped statements.”
Over here, it’s:
“Abolish ICE”
and
“Sure, fine, whatever, ‘Go Seahawks,’ bc hearing me yell ‘Go Pats’ is one of those how-you-know-I’ve-been-kidnapped statements.”
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is def not an either-or.
Over here, it’s:
“Abolish ICE”
and
“Sure, fine, whatever, ‘Go Seahawks,’ bc hearing me yell ‘Go Pats’ is one of those how-you-know-I’ve-been-kidnapped statements.”
Over here, it’s:
“Abolish ICE”
and
“Sure, fine, whatever, ‘Go Seahawks,’ bc hearing me yell ‘Go Pats’ is one of those how-you-know-I’ve-been-kidnapped statements.”
Bookstores, maybe?
This AI slop only works, profit-wise, as print-on-demand, right?
Which would make a brick-and-mortar store an automatic filter against AI slop.
Ppl joke abt the Butlerian Jihad, but I increasingly wonder if we will really see a mini one, and soon.
This AI slop only works, profit-wise, as print-on-demand, right?
Which would make a brick-and-mortar store an automatic filter against AI slop.
Ppl joke abt the Butlerian Jihad, but I increasingly wonder if we will really see a mini one, and soon.
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Bookstores, maybe?
This AI slop only works, profit-wise, as print-on-demand, right?
Which would make a brick-and-mortar store an automatic filter against AI slop.
Ppl joke abt the Butlerian Jihad, but I increasingly wonder if we will really see a mini one, and soon.
This AI slop only works, profit-wise, as print-on-demand, right?
Which would make a brick-and-mortar store an automatic filter against AI slop.
Ppl joke abt the Butlerian Jihad, but I increasingly wonder if we will really see a mini one, and soon.
Does … does he think immigration is an NBA trade? Like if we take a 5 year old, we have to send a 5 year old over in exchange? And if it’s a really talented 5 year old coming it, it’s like a 5 year old and a moody teenager to be named later?
(I know, I know, it’s all just bad-faith dissembling.)
(I know, I know, it’s all just bad-faith dissembling.)
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Does … does he think immigration is an NBA trade? Like if we take a 5 year old, we have to send a 5 year old over in exchange? And if it’s a really talented 5 year old coming it, it’s like a 5 year old and a moody teenager to be named later?
(I know, I know, it’s all just bad-faith dissembling.)
(I know, I know, it’s all just bad-faith dissembling.)
I agree there is no way to rehab ICE and CBP, and abolition or radical change is needed.
But I also see ppl trying to defend this idea by saying “ICE only began in 2001” (it’s actually 2003), which… is only true-ish.
The ORG CHART of DHS (thus ICE, CBP, etc) began then. But not the concepts.
But I also see ppl trying to defend this idea by saying “ICE only began in 2001” (it’s actually 2003), which… is only true-ish.
The ORG CHART of DHS (thus ICE, CBP, etc) began then. But not the concepts.
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I agree there is no way to rehab ICE and CBP, and abolition or radical change is needed.
But I also see ppl trying to defend this idea by saying “ICE only began in 2001” (it’s actually 2003), which… is only true-ish.
The ORG CHART of DHS (thus ICE, CBP, etc) began then. But not the concepts.
But I also see ppl trying to defend this idea by saying “ICE only began in 2001” (it’s actually 2003), which… is only true-ish.
The ORG CHART of DHS (thus ICE, CBP, etc) began then. But not the concepts.
That’s a Kavanaugh Headline if ever I saw one.
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
That’s a Kavanaugh Headline if ever I saw one.
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Ackman has the proud ignorance and susceptibility to scams that we’d expect from someone who only learned about politics *after* becoming too rich for anyone to correct or challenge his beliefs
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Ackman has the proud ignorance and susceptibility to scams that we’d expect from someone who only learned about politics *after* becoming too rich for anyone to correct or challenge his beliefs
What’s the Google Translate for this? I know I need to translate it into “old man yelling at clouds,” but what am I translating it from?
we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
What’s the Google Translate for this? I know I need to translate it into “old man yelling at clouds,” but what am I translating it from?