Ajay Kundaria
@akundaria.bsky.social
Seeking and learning to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno.
Formerly: Chief Counsel to Sen. Klobuchar, Obama Administration official, Democratic campaign staffer.
Speaking for no one but myself.
Formerly: Chief Counsel to Sen. Klobuchar, Obama Administration official, Democratic campaign staffer.
Speaking for no one but myself.
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Ajay Kundaria
@akundaria.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic
Arthur Brooks is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the host of the How to Build a Happy Life podcast.
www.theatlantic.com
A little too on point: after heading an organization focused on hollowing out U.S. state capacity and redistributing wealth upwards, Arthur Brooks now writes one column over and over again, advising people that their happiness rests on settling for less.
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This is where the NYT’s engagement farming was always going to bring us.
We learned that most fresh blood stains vanish with cold water and inexpensive household cleaning products, and that acting fast is a crucial part of the process. Here's what to do: nyti.ms/4hAYz7O
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is where the NYT’s engagement farming was always going to bring us.
I haven't even seen One Battle After Another yet but I do love how happy @thehighsign.bsky.social sounds talking about it on The Slate Culture Gabfest.
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I haven't even seen One Battle After Another yet but I do love how happy @thehighsign.bsky.social sounds talking about it on The Slate Culture Gabfest.
Reposted by Ajay Kundaria
Reposted by Ajay Kundaria
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
Who's up for an intellectual feast?
July 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Who's up for an intellectual feast?
I, for one, am looking forward to subscribing to the independent publications The New New Yorker, Vanity Fairest, and HotWired.
Bezos rumored to be buying Condé Nast, which would include Vogue, Teen Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest, and Ars Technica.
Wired and Teen Vogue have done some of the best reporting in the Trump era. Ars Technica one of a handful of good remaining tech pubs.
Wired and Teen Vogue have done some of the best reporting in the Trump era. Ars Technica one of a handful of good remaining tech pubs.
Bezos to buy Vogue as a gift to new wife? Insiders link deal to Sanchez’s cover shoot, could cost him billions
Rumors are swirling that Jeff Bezos might acquire Condé Nast, Vogue's parent company, as a wedding gift for Lauren Sanchez. This speculation is fueled by Sanchez's recent Vogue cover, hand-picked atti...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I, for one, am looking forward to subscribing to the independent publications The New New Yorker, Vanity Fairest, and HotWired.
Lest anyone think this is a new obsession on the right, see Leon Kass's views (from 1994!) on licking ice cream cones.
June 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Lest anyone think this is a new obsession on the right, see Leon Kass's views (from 1994!) on licking ice cream cones.
So cyberpunk.
Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies and saboteurs https://on.ft.com/3GeLFhq
Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies and saboteurs
FSB agents offer money on messaging apps for ‘quests’ to photograph targets and plant bombs
on.ft.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So cyberpunk.
It’s like if “The Red Wheelbarrow” ended with a plea to respect private property.
June 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It’s like if “The Red Wheelbarrow” ended with a plea to respect private property.
Sometimes there’s a kindred spirit in the comments.
The wisdom of Conor Sen - Marginal REVOLUTION
30-year yields down 25bps since the House passed One Big Beautiful Bill. It’s weird to me how this isn’t the consensus view. And OBBB + tariffs is tighter net fiscal policy than we would’ve gotten wit...
marginalrevolution.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sometimes there’s a kindred spirit in the comments.
As I was saying.
"We are currently clean on OPSEC" is a line for the ages.
April 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As I was saying.
Shorter David Brooks
March 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Shorter David Brooks
So was the icon for "Houthis PC Small Group" a Roman bust or an AI-generated image of a Mitteleuropan palace?
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So was the icon for "Houthis PC Small Group" a Roman bust or an AI-generated image of a Mitteleuropan palace?
I want to see the Hallmark movie about the Big City Woman who moves back to the Virtuous Northeastern Coastal Town but who can't actually get together with the Plaid-Wearing Blue Collar Man of her Unlikely Dreams because of tariffs/Medicaid cuts/a shortfall in aggregate demand.
March 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I want to see the Hallmark movie about the Big City Woman who moves back to the Virtuous Northeastern Coastal Town but who can't actually get together with the Plaid-Wearing Blue Collar Man of her Unlikely Dreams because of tariffs/Medicaid cuts/a shortfall in aggregate demand.
Wonkbloggers: It's too hard for even millionaires to find good housing and decent child care in Noe Valley. We need liberals to deregulate.
NatCons: After the deportations, every white family will be able to move into the houses vacated by immigrants and their kids can go to "nice schools".
NatCons: After the deportations, every white family will be able to move into the houses vacated by immigrants and their kids can go to "nice schools".
March 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wonkbloggers: It's too hard for even millionaires to find good housing and decent child care in Noe Valley. We need liberals to deregulate.
NatCons: After the deportations, every white family will be able to move into the houses vacated by immigrants and their kids can go to "nice schools".
NatCons: After the deportations, every white family will be able to move into the houses vacated by immigrants and their kids can go to "nice schools".
Proud to have started my career at @kekerllp.bsky.social
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Proud to have started my career at @kekerllp.bsky.social
The thing to remember is that there is a subset of people who love the Trump Years because it gives them an excuse to frequently quote the only line from Thucydides that they've ever read.
March 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The thing to remember is that there is a subset of people who love the Trump Years because it gives them an excuse to frequently quote the only line from Thucydides that they've ever read.
When you don't want to think about the consequences of the "ideas" that you laundered out of petrodollars. #AEIwisdom
My Mom’s Guide to the Art of Living
Learning how to experience things more fully is a key to greater happiness.
www.theatlantic.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
When you don't want to think about the consequences of the "ideas" that you laundered out of petrodollars. #AEIwisdom
I will take Tyler Cowen’s thoughts on AI seriously when he thinks it’s capable of running a planned economy.
Why I think AI take-off is relatively slow - Marginal REVOLUTION
I’ve already covered much of this in my podcast with Dwarkesh, but I thought it would be useful to write it all out in one place. I’ll assume you already know the current state of the debate. Here g...
marginalrevolution.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I will take Tyler Cowen’s thoughts on AI seriously when he thinks it’s capable of running a planned economy.
Somebody made Fetch happen.
February 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Somebody made Fetch happen.
That feeling when your long, "Straussian" ride on the alt-right tiger has left you in uncomfortable company.
The Afrikaner exception - Marginal REVOLUTION
The White House just issued an executive order on South Africa that includes admitting Afrikaner South Africans as refugees to the United States Here is one of many reports. Let me first say that I a...
marginalrevolution.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
That feeling when your long, "Straussian" ride on the alt-right tiger has left you in uncomfortable company.
Without taking a position on the merits of Senate term limits, not having them means that you too few opportunities for new senators to discover the joys of Senate procedure.
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Without taking a position on the merits of Senate term limits, not having them means that you too few opportunities for new senators to discover the joys of Senate procedure.
Isn't the national debt our sovereign wealth fund?
February 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Isn't the national debt our sovereign wealth fund?