Nathan Tankus
@nathantankus.bsky.social
President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (crisesnotes.com)
Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books
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Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books
email: crisesnotes@gmail(dot)com
Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)
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BOMBSHELL: 1951-1970 Federal Reserve Chair Bill Martin Was a Committed Segregationist
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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook was born and raised in Milledgeville Georgia, about a 100 miles away from Atlanta. She also shares a birth year with...
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NEW PIECE: I finally unveil the deep segregationist Georgia relationships of Fed Chair Bill Martin I dug up over the course of researching my (now set aside) book on the Federal Reserve: Picking Losers. Its a labyrinthine story so grab a coffee & Subscribe
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Great zoom-out piece from Nathan today. Perfect for Sunday morning coffee
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What Connects Conventional Wisdom Processors, AI and The Second Trump Administration’s Constitutional Crisis? Part Two
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One of the most important microeconomics textbook writers ever is a man named Hal Varian. Generations o...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great zoom-out piece from Nathan today. Perfect for Sunday morning coffee
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
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What Connects Conventional Wisdom Processors, AI and The Second Trump Administration’s Constitutional Crisis? Part Two
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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He's on the Appropriations Committee. As is Shaheen.
They want their little legacy to be a minibus appropriations bill that Trump will be withholding half the money from in a matter of months
They want their little legacy to be a minibus appropriations bill that Trump will be withholding half the money from in a matter of months
Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
He's on the Appropriations Committee. As is Shaheen.
They want their little legacy to be a minibus appropriations bill that Trump will be withholding half the money from in a matter of months
They want their little legacy to be a minibus appropriations bill that Trump will be withholding half the money from in a matter of months
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
www.crisesnotes.com/what-connect...
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What Connects Conventional Wisdom Processors, AI and The Second Trump Administration’s Constitutional Crisis? Part Two
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One of the most important microeconomics textbook writers ever is a man named Hal Varian. Generations o...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Notes on the Crises
Until Further Notice, Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
www.crisesnotes.com/what-connect...
www.crisesnotes.com/what-connect...
What Connects Conventional Wisdom Processors, AI and The Second Trump Administration’s Constitutional Crisis? Part Two
This is Part Two of a three part series. Find Part one here.
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One of the most important microeconomics textbook writers ever is a man named Hal Varian. Generations o...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I continue my deep dive into the intellectual origins of my "conventional wisdom processor". Here I examine the role of economists at Google, Amazon, Uber etc. in propagating an entirely different notion of markets.
www.crisesnotes.com/what-connect...
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FYI, I haven't posted about this in ten months but I have institutional subscriptions built for @crisesnotes.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
FYI, I haven't posted about this in ten months but I have institutional subscriptions built for @crisesnotes.bsky.social
It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
This is what I suspected when I saw the news.
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This is what I suspected when I saw the news.
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BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.
FYI, I haven't posted about this in ten months but I have institutional subscriptions built for @crisesnotes.bsky.social
It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
FYI, I haven't posted about this in ten months but I have institutional subscriptions built for @crisesnotes.bsky.social
It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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It would help immensely if you requested your academic library or employer to subscribe.
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Has anyone checked on the Cuomosexuals? How are they doing?
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Has anyone checked on the Cuomosexuals? How are they doing?
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“Jessica Tisch got her start at the NYPD in the Kelly-era Intelligence Bureau building dossiers on Muslim extremism.” @awinston.bsky.social
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Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State
In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“Jessica Tisch got her start at the NYPD in the Kelly-era Intelligence Bureau building dossiers on Muslim extremism.” @awinston.bsky.social
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The most idiotic subset of people are the types on Twitter who think China has done or will do anything for Palestine. Even if you put aside the fact that Chinese indifference to MENA is actually in China's material interests, China is a significant partner in Israeli arms trade.
The reason people think China or any other country except for like South Africa or Yemen or Soain is in any way particularly pro Palestine is because the US is the most exceptionally lopsided country on this issue on the planet lol
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The most idiotic subset of people are the types on Twitter who think China has done or will do anything for Palestine. Even if you put aside the fact that Chinese indifference to MENA is actually in China's material interests, China is a significant partner in Israeli arms trade.
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
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I yearn for a political party where not endorsing Mamdani while praising Dick Cheney gets you automatically booted out
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I yearn for a political party where not endorsing Mamdani while praising Dick Cheney gets you automatically booted out
I locked in my call earlier that i think Mamdani wins with 51.5% of the vote, just putting it on bluesky to make it official
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I locked in my call earlier that i think Mamdani wins with 51.5% of the vote, just putting it on bluesky to make it official
Appreciate the shout out from @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social in his new paper
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Appreciate the shout out from @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social in his new paper
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It's baffling to me that the people who believe "Throwing an ever expanding amount of public money at a solution that in 200 years has failed to produce safety for all and also hurts innocent people" get to frame themselves as the "Reasonable" ones who "live in reality"
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Unusually thorough piece about the Flock/Ring pairing. The quotes from Flock CEO vs. those from EFF are a useful contrast for how the same terms are deployed in vastly different ways, with Langley asserting that a privately owned panopticon somehow constitutes safety.
Unusually thorough piece about the Flock/Ring pairing. The quotes from Flock CEO vs. those from EFF are a useful contrast for how the same terms are deployed in vastly different ways, with Langley asserting that a privately owned panopticon somehow constitutes safety.
![Langley says for some critics, such as privacy focused organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which have long criticized Ring and similar technologies, there is no reasonable debate left to hold. “There is a certain part of the country that just doesn’t prioritize safety, and like us, Jamie [Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who recently returned to active leadership of the company] does, and I believe everyone has a right to be safe and people should be held accountable if they commit a crime,” Langley said.
For critics of use of surveillance technology in law enforcement, “There is nothing we can do other than shut down our business,” Langley said. “They live in a world of hypotheticals and I live in a world of realities, and we have to do something about it.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreib2gfimyil5xb2czjbat4b5ck3qri4f2atdsaonmgi6ztr7p6t7iu@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It's baffling to me that the people who believe "Throwing an ever expanding amount of public money at a solution that in 200 years has failed to produce safety for all and also hurts innocent people" get to frame themselves as the "Reasonable" ones who "live in reality"
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🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge in Rhode Island rules from the bench that the Trump admin **must** pay SNAP benefits.
"The court is orally ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely or as soon as possible for the November 1 payments to be made."
Story to come.
"The court is orally ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely or as soon as possible for the November 1 payments to be made."
Story to come.
This directly puts the ball in the Trump administration's court.
There's no longer a question of "can they issue SNAP benefits." They now **must** issue the payments.
So will they? And if so, how much?
These are now policy (and political) questions solely for the Trump administration.
There's no longer a question of "can they issue SNAP benefits." They now **must** issue the payments.
So will they? And if so, how much?
These are now policy (and political) questions solely for the Trump administration.
‼️ On SNAP, very significant here:
A federal judge rules that the Trump admin is "required" to spend the $5.5 billion in contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
But there will still be a gap in benefits; she gave the admin until Nov. 3 to share if/how they will issue payments.
A federal judge rules that the Trump admin is "required" to spend the $5.5 billion in contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
But there will still be a gap in benefits; she gave the admin until Nov. 3 to share if/how they will issue payments.
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge in Rhode Island rules from the bench that the Trump admin **must** pay SNAP benefits.
"The court is orally ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely or as soon as possible for the November 1 payments to be made."
Story to come.
"The court is orally ordering that USDA must distribute the contingency money timely or as soon as possible for the November 1 payments to be made."
Story to come.
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This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews.
In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews.
In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.