Transverse Slice
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Wanted for crimes against arithmetic.
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Ok, last time I’ll post about it here. The Geolocation feature is back on Twitter, and apparently for good this time. I also believe this is the right take:
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Ok, last time I’ll post about it here. The Geolocation feature is back on Twitter, and apparently for good this time. I also believe this is the right take:
So Twitter fully rolled out their Location feature last night. Was live for maybe an hour. Got pulled. Probably because this started happening to many of the largest U.S. politics themed rage bait accounts on there.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
So Twitter fully rolled out their Location feature last night. Was live for maybe an hour. Got pulled. Probably because this started happening to many of the largest U.S. politics themed rage bait accounts on there.
Here comes the Dutch tender.
Personally, I thought they would have waited for lower prices.
Regardless, as I like to say, I can hold my own in insurance, but would get worried if I found myself on the other side of a transaction from the White Mountains boys.
Personally, I thought they would have waited for lower prices.
Regardless, as I like to say, I can hold my own in insurance, but would get worried if I found myself on the other side of a transaction from the White Mountains boys.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here comes the Dutch tender.
Personally, I thought they would have waited for lower prices.
Regardless, as I like to say, I can hold my own in insurance, but would get worried if I found myself on the other side of a transaction from the White Mountains boys.
Personally, I thought they would have waited for lower prices.
Regardless, as I like to say, I can hold my own in insurance, but would get worried if I found myself on the other side of a transaction from the White Mountains boys.
$670M at pixel.
About $380M in (GAAP) equity - about $270M in working capital.
About $380M in (GAAP) equity - about $270M in working capital.
$NPK
Market cap now is ~$770M
Market cap now is ~$770M
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
$670M at pixel.
About $380M in (GAAP) equity - about $270M in working capital.
About $380M in (GAAP) equity - about $270M in working capital.
More improvement.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
More improvement.
Iain Banks' Culture series is of course great fun.
Not quite utopian (sci-)fiction, but since the young'ns are unlikely to have heard of him, let me recommend Stapledon's, "Last and First Men", as well as "Starmaker" (you will be absolutely astonished to learn that they were written in the 30s...
Not quite utopian (sci-)fiction, but since the young'ns are unlikely to have heard of him, let me recommend Stapledon's, "Last and First Men", as well as "Starmaker" (you will be absolutely astonished to learn that they were written in the 30s...
You know, I want to read more utopian fiction. Something has changed in me. What are some of your favourite reads imagining a future where we all survive this, and build something together?
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Iain Banks' Culture series is of course great fun.
Not quite utopian (sci-)fiction, but since the young'ns are unlikely to have heard of him, let me recommend Stapledon's, "Last and First Men", as well as "Starmaker" (you will be absolutely astonished to learn that they were written in the 30s...
Not quite utopian (sci-)fiction, but since the young'ns are unlikely to have heard of him, let me recommend Stapledon's, "Last and First Men", as well as "Starmaker" (you will be absolutely astonished to learn that they were written in the 30s...
"It was the day my grandmother exploded."
I will never be able to live down the fact that it has taken me, a self professed Iain Banks stan, till today to get around to reading The Crow Road.
I will never be able to live down the fact that it has taken me, a self professed Iain Banks stan, till today to get around to reading The Crow Road.
a woman is dancing in front of a group of people and says " and i 've been hooked ever since
ALT: a woman is dancing in front of a group of people and says " and i 've been hooked ever since
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"It was the day my grandmother exploded."
I will never be able to live down the fact that it has taken me, a self professed Iain Banks stan, till today to get around to reading The Crow Road.
I will never be able to live down the fact that it has taken me, a self professed Iain Banks stan, till today to get around to reading The Crow Road.
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I can’t even
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I can’t even
Propublica doing god’s work.
(Unfortunately, we are squarely an EM now.)
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
(Unfortunately, we are squarely an EM now.)
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Propublica doing god’s work.
(Unfortunately, we are squarely an EM now.)
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
(Unfortunately, we are squarely an EM now.)
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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3/ Another thing that remains unchanged after a decade and a half - Mark Zuckerberg is extremely uninterested in AI safety, ie why DeepMind refused to sell out to Facebook
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
3/ Another thing that remains unchanged after a decade and a half - Mark Zuckerberg is extremely uninterested in AI safety, ie why DeepMind refused to sell out to Facebook
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Post of the day.
People who got lucky by companies making disastrous acquisitions during the dotcom bubble continue to haunt us
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Post of the day.
$NPK
Market cap now is ~$770M
Market cap now is ~$770M
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
$NPK
Market cap now is ~$770M
Market cap now is ~$770M
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Gently (very gently) taps the sign and suggests looking at the capital structure of this entity and then the market cap.
Fwiw, if you think Havener and gang know what they are doing at $PSA👇
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Gently (very gently) taps the sign and suggests looking at the capital structure of this entity and then the market cap.
Improvement, but still very far away from being able to do 2000m at this pace.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Improvement, but still very far away from being able to do 2000m at this pace.
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“Blueskyism” is pitching in to help people. $25K in a few hours! Please consider joining, or donating elsewhere :)
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“Blueskyism” is pitching in to help people. $25K in a few hours! Please consider joining, or donating elsewhere :)
Question: where do you want SNAP recipients to buy groceries?
We do agree that we want them to buy groceries, right?
Maybe we also agree that we want them to buy groceries at the most affordable (say measured by lower prices for equivalent items) grocer?
Anyway, carry on.
We do agree that we want them to buy groceries, right?
Maybe we also agree that we want them to buy groceries at the most affordable (say measured by lower prices for equivalent items) grocer?
Anyway, carry on.
November 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Question: where do you want SNAP recipients to buy groceries?
We do agree that we want them to buy groceries, right?
Maybe we also agree that we want them to buy groceries at the most affordable (say measured by lower prices for equivalent items) grocer?
Anyway, carry on.
We do agree that we want them to buy groceries, right?
Maybe we also agree that we want them to buy groceries at the most affordable (say measured by lower prices for equivalent items) grocer?
Anyway, carry on.
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This is wild. Thread nobody will read on our innumerate and illiterate news sources. In 2020 the GAO released a report on Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries ***who work***. This is the source for many of the claims you see about these programs (Walmart etc) - Bernie was one who requested rept
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is wild. Thread nobody will read on our innumerate and illiterate news sources. In 2020 the GAO released a report on Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries ***who work***. This is the source for many of the claims you see about these programs (Walmart etc) - Bernie was one who requested rept
Auto-insurance soft market confirmed.
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Auto-insurance soft market confirmed.
October 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Chinese regulators showing a greater understanding of the issues at stake (who has the right of coinage?) than the Trump admin on.ft.com/4hoxu7K
Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in
Regulators raise concerns about the rise of privately controlled currencies
on.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Chinese regulators showing a greater understanding of the issues at stake (who has the right of coinage?) than the Trump admin on.ft.com/4hoxu7K
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Here's my latest, arguing that the ever-swelling US bailout of Argentina is bad economics, bad politics, and bad diplomacy.
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-milei/
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-milei/
What do Americans get for Trump's $40B bet on Argentina?
A massive bailout ahead of the country's legislative elections reveals the high stakes Washington has placed on President Milei's survival
responsiblestatecraft.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here's my latest, arguing that the ever-swelling US bailout of Argentina is bad economics, bad politics, and bad diplomacy.
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-milei/
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-milei/
Gawd, I want to have a better handle on the futures exchanges ecosystem so bad.
October 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Gawd, I want to have a better handle on the futures exchanges ecosystem so bad.