Mark Hill
@sluggohill.bsky.social
Retired teacher and labor leader.
Education, econ, politics, finance, F1, futbal, football
Docendo discimus.
Education, econ, politics, finance, F1, futbal, football
Docendo discimus.
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"Half the harm that is done in this world
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
January 1, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"Half the harm that is done in this world
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
is due to people who want to feel important.
They don't mean to do harm,
but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
to think well of themselves."
TS Eliot, 1948
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Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
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"It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be," Daniel Dale writes. https://cnn.it/49bMv9c
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be," Daniel Dale writes. https://cnn.it/49bMv9c
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I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
*Raises hand*
Doesn't Congress need to appropriate funds raised by the United States?
Doesn't Congress need to appropriate funds raised by the United States?
Trump: "We're gonna take some of that tariff money that we've made, we're gonna give it to our farmers who for a little while are going to be hurt until the tariffs kick in to their benefit."
September 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
*Raises hand*
Doesn't Congress need to appropriate funds raised by the United States?
Doesn't Congress need to appropriate funds raised by the United States?
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'Rapture' comes from the Latin 'rapere' meaning "to seize and carry off."
'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.'
We hope neither carries you off today.
'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.'
We hope neither carries you off today.
September 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
'Rapture' comes from the Latin 'rapere' meaning "to seize and carry off."
'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.'
We hope neither carries you off today.
'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.'
We hope neither carries you off today.
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"We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know."
-Daniel Kahneman
-Daniel Kahneman
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know."
-Daniel Kahneman
-Daniel Kahneman
Yeah we're on a bubble here on Bluesky. Engaging these people would 100% improve discourse.
June 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yeah we're on a bubble here on Bluesky. Engaging these people would 100% improve discourse.
The Red Guard wants universities to include correct dogma dogma in their research.
Our higher ed system is a beacon for the world and a key to national scientific advancement - they're attacking it with Maoist zeal.
Our higher ed system is a beacon for the world and a key to national scientific advancement - they're attacking it with Maoist zeal.
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Red Guard wants universities to include correct dogma dogma in their research.
Our higher ed system is a beacon for the world and a key to national scientific advancement - they're attacking it with Maoist zeal.
Our higher ed system is a beacon for the world and a key to national scientific advancement - they're attacking it with Maoist zeal.
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
CJ Robert is concerned about rule of law & partially blames schools "... for shortchanging civics education and leaving students with little understanding of the structure of U.S. government or the role of the courts."
SCOTUS invented presidential immunity which Trump exploits b/c of schools. ✔️
SCOTUS invented presidential immunity which Trump exploits b/c of schools. ✔️
May 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
CJ Robert is concerned about rule of law & partially blames schools "... for shortchanging civics education and leaving students with little understanding of the structure of U.S. government or the role of the courts."
SCOTUS invented presidential immunity which Trump exploits b/c of schools. ✔️
SCOTUS invented presidential immunity which Trump exploits b/c of schools. ✔️
This is flat wrong. @ericlipton.nytimes.com is conflating bribery with corruption. Corruption is a much wider concept that involves unethical behavior, abuse of power, etc. Bribery involves a specific action as a result of some benefit. Trump's memecoin and dinner are prima facie corrupt behavior.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is flat wrong. @ericlipton.nytimes.com is conflating bribery with corruption. Corruption is a much wider concept that involves unethical behavior, abuse of power, etc. Bribery involves a specific action as a result of some benefit. Trump's memecoin and dinner are prima facie corrupt behavior.
Styleneuf-du-Pape
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Styleneuf-du-Pape
The Blamer in Chief
The man who has never accepted responsibility, apologized, or admitted a mistake in his entire life isn’t about to start now.
April 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Blamer in Chief
As rumors (but no evidence) of tariff negotiations leak never forget this cycle:
1. Creates crisis unnecessarily
2. "Solves" self-inflicted crisis
3. Crows about solution to self-inflicted crisis as a win, no matter how unimpressive
1. Creates crisis unnecessarily
2. "Solves" self-inflicted crisis
3. Crows about solution to self-inflicted crisis as a win, no matter how unimpressive
April 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As rumors (but no evidence) of tariff negotiations leak never forget this cycle:
1. Creates crisis unnecessarily
2. "Solves" self-inflicted crisis
3. Crows about solution to self-inflicted crisis as a win, no matter how unimpressive
1. Creates crisis unnecessarily
2. "Solves" self-inflicted crisis
3. Crows about solution to self-inflicted crisis as a win, no matter how unimpressive
Further signaling to Xi that we have no stomach for what we threaten. Meanwhile China continues to dump US Treasuries to amp up the pressure.
April 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Further signaling to Xi that we have no stomach for what we threaten. Meanwhile China continues to dump US Treasuries to amp up the pressure.
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Whether you love or hate tariffs, you can't help but be impressed at the detailed policy planning, the transparency of the policy process, the credibility of Administration announcements, relentless attention to detail, flawless execution, and the thoughtful predictability that business demands.
April 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Whether you love or hate tariffs, you can't help but be impressed at the detailed policy planning, the transparency of the policy process, the credibility of Administration announcements, relentless attention to detail, flawless execution, and the thoughtful predictability that business demands.
This is *chef's kiss*
US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: THIS WAS TRUMP’S INTENTION ALL ALONG.
April 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is *chef's kiss*
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Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.
April 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.
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Good timing here:
ALL TRUMP HAS TO DO IS SNAP HIS FINGERS
I wrote about what we could go back to if Trump just snapped his fingers right now.
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I wrote about what we could go back to if Trump just snapped his fingers right now.
Sub to the Odd Lots newsletter right here: www.bloomberg.com/account/news...
April 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Good timing here:
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REMINDER: we’re at Step 3 in the Trump Market Fraud & Self-Enrichment Scheme:
Step 1: Short the market
Step 2: Announce tariffs
Step 3: Market crashes
Step 4: Buy on the dip
Step 5: Extort favours from countries
Step 6: Scrap tariffs
Step 7: Market rises
Step 8: Sell on the rise, bank the profits.
Step 1: Short the market
Step 2: Announce tariffs
Step 3: Market crashes
Step 4: Buy on the dip
Step 5: Extort favours from countries
Step 6: Scrap tariffs
Step 7: Market rises
Step 8: Sell on the rise, bank the profits.
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
REMINDER: we’re at Step 3 in the Trump Market Fraud & Self-Enrichment Scheme:
Step 1: Short the market
Step 2: Announce tariffs
Step 3: Market crashes
Step 4: Buy on the dip
Step 5: Extort favours from countries
Step 6: Scrap tariffs
Step 7: Market rises
Step 8: Sell on the rise, bank the profits.
Step 1: Short the market
Step 2: Announce tariffs
Step 3: Market crashes
Step 4: Buy on the dip
Step 5: Extort favours from countries
Step 6: Scrap tariffs
Step 7: Market rises
Step 8: Sell on the rise, bank the profits.
Wait so now there's not going to be a Golden Age of unlimited prosperity?
April 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Wait so now there's not going to be a Golden Age of unlimited prosperity?
Brooke Rollins: America's prosperity ended about 100 years ago at the dawn of the progressive era.
Obviously, it's been absolute shit for the USA since 1925. The gaslighting here is strong.
Obviously, it's been absolute shit for the USA since 1925. The gaslighting here is strong.
Brooke Rollins: "We went from a frontier republic of the late 1700s to the world's greatest economic power, until about 100 years ago at the dawn of the progressive era when that ended."
April 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Brooke Rollins: America's prosperity ended about 100 years ago at the dawn of the progressive era.
Obviously, it's been absolute shit for the USA since 1925. The gaslighting here is strong.
Obviously, it's been absolute shit for the USA since 1925. The gaslighting here is strong.
Remember when we spent nearly a year worrying about the inverted yield curve? Well, it's un-inverting now....
April 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Remember when we spent nearly a year worrying about the inverted yield curve? Well, it's un-inverting now....
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China continues trolling the US with new videos. Here’s one - “US sweatshop factory”
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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