Nachtfalke
@nachtfalke.bsky.social
...It's dangerous to go alone! Take this: ☕
Current lunch-break read: "Moby Dick", by Youknowwho.
Current gaming-table read: "Claymore", by Norihiro Yagi.
Current lunch-break read: "Moby Dick", by Youknowwho.
Current gaming-table read: "Claymore", by Norihiro Yagi.
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“.. Three years into the generative-ai wave, demand for the technology looks surprisingly flimsy.
“.. the employment-weighted share of Americans using ai at work has fallen by a percentage point, and now sits at 11% ..”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
“.. the employment-weighted share of Americans using ai at work has fallen by a percentage point, and now sits at 11% ..”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“.. Three years into the generative-ai wave, demand for the technology looks surprisingly flimsy.
“.. the employment-weighted share of Americans using ai at work has fallen by a percentage point, and now sits at 11% ..”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
“.. the employment-weighted share of Americans using ai at work has fallen by a percentage point, and now sits at 11% ..”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Sought and found asylum in the UK
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sought and found asylum in the UK
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"If political journalists are invariably going on about how a policy plays with the electorate, rather than whether the policy works, don’t be surprised if politicians begin to worry less about whether policies will actually work."
New post: Expertise, Government, the Media and Covid
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/expe...
The Covid inquiry shows not just political failure on a deadly scale, but of media failure to transmit expertise and to hold to account politicians that let tens of thousands die unnecessarily.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/11/expe...
The Covid inquiry shows not just political failure on a deadly scale, but of media failure to transmit expertise and to hold to account politicians that let tens of thousands die unnecessarily.
Expertise, Government, the Media and Covid
It is now generally (although not universally) accepted that those of us who campaigned vigorously against the government’s auster...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"If political journalists are invariably going on about how a policy plays with the electorate, rather than whether the policy works, don’t be surprised if politicians begin to worry less about whether policies will actually work."
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If Toyota put half the effort into electrification they did into lobbying they might not be having their milkshake drunk in Southeast Asia by Chinese EVs
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If Toyota put half the effort into electrification they did into lobbying they might not be having their milkshake drunk in Southeast Asia by Chinese EVs
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Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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The Cloudflare outage has meant I can't do only ~25% of my job and I would like to submit a complaint
a man is holding a plate of pizza and wearing a shirt that says schitts creek
ALT: a man is holding a plate of pizza and wearing a shirt that says schitts creek
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Cloudflare outage has meant I can't do only ~25% of my job and I would like to submit a complaint
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As we all crawl through the Cloudflare slowdown, it is a powerful reminder that the international economy is not flat but built around key chokepoints. And those chokepoints are sites of vulnerability as well as opportunity.
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy [Farrell, Henry, Newman, Abraham] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
www.amazon.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As we all crawl through the Cloudflare slowdown, it is a powerful reminder that the international economy is not flat but built around key chokepoints. And those chokepoints are sites of vulnerability as well as opportunity.
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
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Somehow, the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal returned.
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Somehow, the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal returned.
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Sir, a second Bill Clinton blowjob scandal has entered the lore
Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters
![From:
Mark L. Epstein
Sent:
3/21/2018 2:54:13 PM
To:
'jeffrey E.' [jeevacation@gmail.com]
RE: hey
Subject:
High
I'd rather be in Donni Dee's shoes.
Importance:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10:43 AM
To: Mark L. Epstein
Subject: Re: hey
you mean DONNI TEE
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
You and your boy Donnie can make a remake of the movie Get Hard.
Sent via tin can and string.
On Mar 21, 2018, at 09:37, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
and i thought- I had tsuris
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:32 AM, Mark L. Epstein
Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?
wrote:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 2:15 PM
To:
Subject: Re: hey
All good. Bannon with me
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:49 PM Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
How are you doing?
A while back you mentioned that you were prediabetic. Has anything changed with that?
What is your boy Donald up to now?
please note
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November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Sir, a second Bill Clinton blowjob scandal has entered the lore
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Great playlist of instrumental country from Marissa
I can't write while listening to songs with lyrics so today's Don't Rock the Inbox subscriber playlist is instrumental country and roots tunes!
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...
Put a Record On: An Instrumental Country Playlist for Writing (or whatever else you do)
As someone who listens to music all the time, and writes about music and musicians for a living, there is one curious time when I am extremely picky about what I listen to: when I am actually writing....
www.dontrocktheinbox.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Great playlist of instrumental country from Marissa
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Lo oyes? El sonido de cascos se aproxima en la niebla.
El Caballo Blanco de Vallebajo, edición totalmente en español, llega ya a El Refugio de Ryhope! Puedes hacer tu reserva para llevarte un descuento y los extras de la versión coleccionista de regalo! 🐎
www.elrefugioeditorial.com/el-caballo-b...
El Caballo Blanco de Vallebajo, edición totalmente en español, llega ya a El Refugio de Ryhope! Puedes hacer tu reserva para llevarte un descuento y los extras de la versión coleccionista de regalo! 🐎
www.elrefugioeditorial.com/el-caballo-b...
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Lo oyes? El sonido de cascos se aproxima en la niebla.
El Caballo Blanco de Vallebajo, edición totalmente en español, llega ya a El Refugio de Ryhope! Puedes hacer tu reserva para llevarte un descuento y los extras de la versión coleccionista de regalo! 🐎
www.elrefugioeditorial.com/el-caballo-b...
El Caballo Blanco de Vallebajo, edición totalmente en español, llega ya a El Refugio de Ryhope! Puedes hacer tu reserva para llevarte un descuento y los extras de la versión coleccionista de regalo! 🐎
www.elrefugioeditorial.com/el-caballo-b...
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YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@profgalloway.com Come on, internet daddy! Where is your emergency podcast when we need it?! 😢🏳️
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@profgalloway.com Come on, internet daddy! Where is your emergency podcast when we need it?! 😢🏳️
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
@kylekulinskishow.bsky.social EU guy here, with your channel for years, and don't consider US politics a laughing matter. -- However, when news about the shutdown deal hit news over here, this morning, I only had one thought in my mind: "The Legless Man's head is going to explode live on YT."
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
@kylekulinskishow.bsky.social EU guy here, with your channel for years, and don't consider US politics a laughing matter. -- However, when news about the shutdown deal hit news over here, this morning, I only had one thought in my mind: "The Legless Man's head is going to explode live on YT."
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Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
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Saba has a new contender for favorite Halloween song of the year:
This House is Not Haunted (at 15:50-ish)
Listen and join me in loving it a lot...
@cineastbenrowe.bsky.social @ravenlore-jason.bsky.social @hillarymonahan.bsky.social
#excathedra
youtu.be/251xcgyXX3c
This House is Not Haunted (at 15:50-ish)
Listen and join me in loving it a lot...
@cineastbenrowe.bsky.social @ravenlore-jason.bsky.social @hillarymonahan.bsky.social
#excathedra
youtu.be/251xcgyXX3c
A Halloween Party Playlist that's actually good 🎃 | Original Upbeat Halloween Music | Fun and Spooky
YouTube video by Holiday Sweater
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Saba has a new contender for favorite Halloween song of the year:
This House is Not Haunted (at 15:50-ish)
Listen and join me in loving it a lot...
@cineastbenrowe.bsky.social @ravenlore-jason.bsky.social @hillarymonahan.bsky.social
#excathedra
youtu.be/251xcgyXX3c
This House is Not Haunted (at 15:50-ish)
Listen and join me in loving it a lot...
@cineastbenrowe.bsky.social @ravenlore-jason.bsky.social @hillarymonahan.bsky.social
#excathedra
youtu.be/251xcgyXX3c
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My Dad is Dracula (and a Gold Rush Era Prospector) ⛏️
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My Dad is Dracula (and a Gold Rush Era Prospector) ⛏️
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Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
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The Unavoidable Thriller: Government Shutdown, Now with 100% More Drama!
House Speaker Johnson alerts to potential lengthy shutdowns due to unresolved disputes, risking federal service disruptions and employee impacts. Bipartisan cooperation is critical to avoid crisis.
House Speaker Johnson alerts to potential lengthy shutdowns due to unresolved disputes, risking federal service disruptions and employee impacts. Bipartisan cooperation is critical to avoid crisis.
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Unavoidable Thriller: Government Shutdown, Now with 100% More Drama!
House Speaker Johnson alerts to potential lengthy shutdowns due to unresolved disputes, risking federal service disruptions and employee impacts. Bipartisan cooperation is critical to avoid crisis.
House Speaker Johnson alerts to potential lengthy shutdowns due to unresolved disputes, risking federal service disruptions and employee impacts. Bipartisan cooperation is critical to avoid crisis.
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Vuelve Pol&Pop. Empezamos la séptima temporada hablando con @xanlopez.xyz sobre “El fin de la paciencia”. Sobre la confluencia de la crisis política y la crisis climática.
Como siempre, en @elsaltodiario.com:
www.elsaltodiario.com/pol-pop-podc...
Como siempre, en @elsaltodiario.com:
www.elsaltodiario.com/pol-pop-podc...
El fin de la paciencia, con Xan López. Una novedad radical
La crisis climática supone un límite abrupto a la proverbial paciencia inscrita en nuestros deseos de emancipación, pero nuestra tradición política apenas se ha enterado.
www.elsaltodiario.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Vuelve Pol&Pop. Empezamos la séptima temporada hablando con @xanlopez.xyz sobre “El fin de la paciencia”. Sobre la confluencia de la crisis política y la crisis climática.
Como siempre, en @elsaltodiario.com:
www.elsaltodiario.com/pol-pop-podc...
Como siempre, en @elsaltodiario.com:
www.elsaltodiario.com/pol-pop-podc...
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Paul Tudor Jones has said that stocks could surge sharply before a “blow-off” top, comparing today’s setup to 1999’s tech bubble.
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Paul Tudor Jones has said that stocks could surge sharply before a “blow-off” top, comparing today’s setup to 1999’s tech bubble.
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I think we can all agree too many people had pinned all their hopes and dreams on Bill Burr
October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I think we can all agree too many people had pinned all their hopes and dreams on Bill Burr
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Am Donnerstag (25. September) ist Historiker Götz Aly zurück bei Jung & Naiv. Wir sprechen über den Aufstieg Hitlers in der Weimarer Demokratie. Ab 15 Uhr LIVE youtu.be/86Ljg_-KeIo
September 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Am Donnerstag (25. September) ist Historiker Götz Aly zurück bei Jung & Naiv. Wir sprechen über den Aufstieg Hitlers in der Weimarer Demokratie. Ab 15 Uhr LIVE youtu.be/86Ljg_-KeIo