Patrick
@patrick4872.bsky.social
Longtime lurker on the old app, now here. Liberal. Interested in economics, finance, politics, and cooking. Likes learning new things. Seed oil enthusiast.
Many relatives. Pre 2010s kept quiet, assumed HW Bush types in charge. Unclear why. Last get together heard many things, repeatables being putting Rep politicians, ICE employees in Alligator Alcatraz, stripping some voters of that ability. Vet friends have, ugh, spiciest opinions.
The average wine mom (who is the exact person who votes in Dem primaries) is regularly saying things that are against the terms of service of every social media platform but also 1A protected speech, they will see one clip of Newsom buddying up to Steve Bannon and then ask both to face the wall
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Many relatives. Pre 2010s kept quiet, assumed HW Bush types in charge. Unclear why. Last get together heard many things, repeatables being putting Rep politicians, ICE employees in Alligator Alcatraz, stripping some voters of that ability. Vet friends have, ugh, spiciest opinions.
Extraordinary document unearthed in treasure hunt, from originalism’s latest dig. Treasure hunts to unearthing documents for interpretation, very rigorous. Definitely not scriptural exegesis.
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Extraordinary document unearthed in treasure hunt, from originalism’s latest dig. Treasure hunts to unearthing documents for interpretation, very rigorous. Definitely not scriptural exegesis.
Yes, it’s important to deal with the world as it is. Not how you wish. It’s a path to opportunities that make changing an unjust world plausible rather than impossible.
If you have a choice between Harvard and a community college, you should go to Harvard
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Yes, it’s important to deal with the world as it is. Not how you wish. It’s a path to opportunities that make changing an unjust world plausible rather than impossible.
Fortunately there are lots of democracies with high-speed trains to learn from. Maybe see what they are doing right since what the US, UK are doing doesn’t work?
Yes, China has impressive high-speed trains. That is no reason for the West to adopt iron-fisted rule
Are liberal values a luxury the West cannot afford?
Yes, China has impressive high-speed trains. That is no reason for the West to adopt iron-fisted rule
econ.st
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Fortunately there are lots of democracies with high-speed trains to learn from. Maybe see what they are doing right since what the US, UK are doing doesn’t work?
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I'm happy to have Yankee adopted as a demonym for the entire country because it furthers my goal of eradicating Dixie cultural identity
'yankee' having a completely different meaning in different parts of the US is a bit of a problem, also its origins are obscure, but otherwise its fine
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I'm happy to have Yankee adopted as a demonym for the entire country because it furthers my goal of eradicating Dixie cultural identity
Solved the “how will you pay for it”. Just need someone to come up with clever political framing to sell it to the masses.
15% tariffs are no big deal which is why Dems can add a 15% VAT in 2029
Fed's Miran: The world is coming around to the idea that tariffs are more benign than thought.
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Solved the “how will you pay for it”. Just need someone to come up with clever political framing to sell it to the masses.
Schrödinger’s immigrant lives a cushy life on welfare and takes jobs hard working Americans.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Schrödinger’s immigrant lives a cushy life on welfare and takes jobs hard working Americans.
Penchant for trolling overwhelmed by cowardice.
The American vice president deleted a post commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The Americans really are hitting some very deep lows.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Penchant for trolling overwhelmed by cowardice.
Back after a hiatus. What’ve I missed?
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Back after a hiatus. What’ve I missed?
Sigh, this again. Municipal and school budgets are separate accounting entities. Starting from incorrect premises only weakens understanding and sabotages goals.
They should invent a city that doesn't spend 60% of its budget on cops
December 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sigh, this again. Municipal and school budgets are separate accounting entities. Starting from incorrect premises only weakens understanding and sabotages goals.
Yes, the admins policy making has not actually been haphazard and economically illiterate as its common feature.
Yeah, Trump and Co always always have well designed plans and pull them off perfectly
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Yes, the admins policy making has not actually been haphazard and economically illiterate as its common feature.
Republicans not understanding healthcare economics. At all. As sure as death and taxes.
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Republicans not understanding healthcare economics. At all. As sure as death and taxes.
Or the UK.
People look at what Ron DeSantis did fucking with Medicaid coverage for trans healthcare in Florida, and instead of considering that it's what Republicans would do nationally if we had M4A, they just pull the "mOvE tO a BlUe StAtE yOu'lL bE fInE" card.
It baffles me how many *other trans people* don't recognize M4A as a threat to our access to healthcare
We can do single-payer healthcare here when we don't need to worry about the GOP deciding what gets paid for
Multi-payer with a subsidized public option is universal but it's "neoliberal" 🙄
We can do single-payer healthcare here when we don't need to worry about the GOP deciding what gets paid for
Multi-payer with a subsidized public option is universal but it's "neoliberal" 🙄
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Or the UK.
Always amused too by self reported IQs often ending in 0 or 5.
Mentioning your IQ is one of the biggest red flags out there. No normal intelligent person even knows their IQ.
No, that can't be right. He says that he has a high IQ, like all good racist idiots working in tech.
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Always amused too by self reported IQs often ending in 0 or 5.
Mamdani could walk on water, only to be attacked for not being able to swim.
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Mamdani could walk on water, only to be attacked for not being able to swim.
Correct, and confusion around this is what leads to anger over rising prices of non tradable services politically placed on tradable goods.
We really need to calculate (very approximate, inherently somewhat abstract) separate CPIs for labor, goods, and capital in the past.
Ppl don't realize how wildly different the basket of stuff *available*, let alone *affordable*, is today.
Middle class ppl had servants, but not antibiotics.
Ppl don't realize how wildly different the basket of stuff *available*, let alone *affordable*, is today.
Middle class ppl had servants, but not antibiotics.
I went over the 'grain wage' conversions, which are more relevant here: bsky.app/profile/bret...
In calories, a modern minimum wage worker has something like 17 times Cratchit's buying power.
In calories, a modern minimum wage worker has something like 17 times Cratchit's buying power.
December 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Correct, and confusion around this is what leads to anger over rising prices of non tradable services politically placed on tradable goods.
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I’m really basking in this bc during the primary, I got a lot of heat from centrist YIMBY types calling me overly credulous/deluded for saying Zohran would be a good mayor and would support building more housing
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’m really basking in this bc during the primary, I got a lot of heat from centrist YIMBY types calling me overly credulous/deluded for saying Zohran would be a good mayor and would support building more housing
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
never have I been happier to have been vindicated
The Four Horsemen of housing, childcare, higher education, and healthcare.
But the really important point (even if you think the numbers are too high) is that every problematic issue (childcare, housing, healthcare, higher education) IS A NONTRADEABLE, and yet we are subjected to endless blah-blah about trade as the problem. Below is from Bessent’s WSJ op-ed).
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Four Horsemen of housing, childcare, higher education, and healthcare.
Can confirm.
blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Can confirm.
Issue is more who Dersh is yearning for tbh.
ah yes, the people yearn for the dersh
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Issue is more who Dersh is yearning for tbh.
Trump signaling intention to try induce recession.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump signaling intention to try induce recession.
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Republican infighting doesn’t excite me anymore. Every civil war ends with the party getting more psychotic and no less powerful
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Republican infighting doesn’t excite me anymore. Every civil war ends with the party getting more psychotic and no less powerful
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Anti-capitalism / anti-market conspiracy theories are an underrated cause of both MAGA & the extremely disorganized left-of-center response to it.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Anti-capitalism / anti-market conspiracy theories are an underrated cause of both MAGA & the extremely disorganized left-of-center response to it.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
Yes, Marx, economic analysis but literary instead of quantitatively. Let’s his followers argue over interpretation of the scriptures, avoiding at base it’s bad Ricardo and accounting mistaken for, well, the whole economy.
I continue to be amazed by how many people have a fundamentally literary understanding of the world.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Yes, Marx, economic analysis but literary instead of quantitatively. Let’s his followers argue over interpretation of the scriptures, avoiding at base it’s bad Ricardo and accounting mistaken for, well, the whole economy.
Me, as a child when my grandmother takes me to meet mayor Wellington Webb. Only the president did it because he’s losing his marbles.
I do honestly think trump is senile enough that the mayor of New York is sort of instinctively an impressive person to him that he wants to please, despite being the fucking president
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Me, as a child when my grandmother takes me to meet mayor Wellington Webb. Only the president did it because he’s losing his marbles.