Alldaysurfer
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The Paulson Institute...
'Nearly half of the best AI researchers and nearly 40% of the ones working in America are from China (based on where they obtained their undergraduate degrees), according to a 2022 report by the Paulson Institute"
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
From The Economist
America is foolishly waving goodbye to thousands of Chinese boffins
Hostile policies and attacks on science are driving them back into China’s arms
www.economist.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The Paulson Institute...
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'Nearly half of the best AI researchers and nearly 40% of the ones working in America are from China (based on where they obtained their undergraduate degrees), according to a 2022 report by the Paulson Institute"
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
From The Economist
America is foolishly waving goodbye to thousands of Chinese boffins
Hostile policies and attacks on science are driving them back into China’s arms
www.economist.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
'Nearly half of the best AI researchers and nearly 40% of the ones working in America are from China (based on where they obtained their undergraduate degrees), according to a 2022 report by the Paulson Institute"
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
From The Economist
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She’s an objectively bad candidate on multiple dimensions
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat
Crockett, one of Congress’ most outspoken Democrats and a frequent target of GOP attacks, jumped into the race on the final day of qualifying in Texas.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
She’s an objectively bad candidate on multiple dimensions
Great post.
Swiss pragmatism remains intact www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: Swiss government set to water down part of UBS capital rules, sources say
The Swiss government is set to soften part of a banking regulation package that could force UBS to add as much as $24 billion in capital, three people familiar with the matter said.
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Great post.
Clearly fails to understand how elections work. It's not about being the most moral campaign. It's about winning.
Win and you can do thing. Run on extremist issues, and you'll find out what that gets you in the end...
Win and you can do thing. Run on extremist issues, and you'll find out what that gets you in the end...
OK. But we (and candidates and campaigns) should still defend human rights, including the rights of trans people. Not because it wins or loses. But because it is ethically right.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Clearly fails to understand how elections work. It's not about being the most moral campaign. It's about winning.
Win and you can do thing. Run on extremist issues, and you'll find out what that gets you in the end...
Win and you can do thing. Run on extremist issues, and you'll find out what that gets you in the end...
NPT is so dead. . .
I am trying to think of who announces/gets outed first...
I am trying to think of who announces/gets outed first...
‘Asked whether Pakistan would be obliged to provide Saudi Arabia with a nuclear umbrella under the pact, the official said: “This is a comprehensive defensive agreement that encompasses all military means.”’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact as regional tensions escalate
Deal with nuclear-armed Pakistan comes as Gulf Arab states worry about US reliability while Saudi official says pact isn’t responding to ‘specific events’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
NPT is so dead. . .
I am trying to think of who announces/gets outed first...
I am trying to think of who announces/gets outed first...
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‘Asked whether Pakistan would be obliged to provide Saudi Arabia with a nuclear umbrella under the pact, the official said: “This is a comprehensive defensive agreement that encompasses all military means.”’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact as regional tensions escalate
Deal with nuclear-armed Pakistan comes as Gulf Arab states worry about US reliability while Saudi official says pact isn’t responding to ‘specific events’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
‘Asked whether Pakistan would be obliged to provide Saudi Arabia with a nuclear umbrella under the pact, the official said: “This is a comprehensive defensive agreement that encompasses all military means.”’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Look at Marco trying to pretend he didn't screw up by agreeing to be a part of this. His stain will never fade. Lol
RFK Jr claims that windmills are "wiping out the whale population" in the Atlantic
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Look at Marco trying to pretend he didn't screw up by agreeing to be a part of this. His stain will never fade. Lol
I understand the rationale, but disagree.
Painting your opponent into a corner prior to the election is not the way out of this mess. Instead, be vague, until you take power....
Painting your opponent into a corner prior to the election is not the way out of this mess. Instead, be vague, until you take power....
To make the stakes clear, potential Dem Presidential candidates should say that if SCOTUS allows this they will fire any Trump Fed appointees in 2028. Because that is the logical endpoint.
To be clear, this is the ball game for Federal Reserve independence. If Trump can decide what constitutes "for cause" basis for firing, then every Fed board member can be fired until he has a Board that is completely acquiescent to his every demand.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...
August 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I understand the rationale, but disagree.
Painting your opponent into a corner prior to the election is not the way out of this mess. Instead, be vague, until you take power....
Painting your opponent into a corner prior to the election is not the way out of this mess. Instead, be vague, until you take power....
100% agree.
I have zero room for ideological wars, people arguing about the finer points of language and their triggers. Tired of people with rich world disorder symptoms forgetting how close they are to losing it all while they quibble about how to reach their vision of a 'perfect world'.
I have zero room for ideological wars, people arguing about the finer points of language and their triggers. Tired of people with rich world disorder symptoms forgetting how close they are to losing it all while they quibble about how to reach their vision of a 'perfect world'.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
100% agree.
I have zero room for ideological wars, people arguing about the finer points of language and their triggers. Tired of people with rich world disorder symptoms forgetting how close they are to losing it all while they quibble about how to reach their vision of a 'perfect world'.
I have zero room for ideological wars, people arguing about the finer points of language and their triggers. Tired of people with rich world disorder symptoms forgetting how close they are to losing it all while they quibble about how to reach their vision of a 'perfect world'.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
How am I supposed to process a person who consistently demanded less government and, when she got it, bemoans the loss?
Maybe I should say it's just indicative of selfish people. Society works so long as it helps me.
How am I supposed to process a person who consistently demanded less government and, when she got it, bemoans the loss?
Maybe I should say it's just indicative of selfish people. Society works so long as it helps me.
Opinion | I’m a Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
How am I supposed to process a person who consistently demanded less government and, when she got it, bemoans the loss?
Maybe I should say it's just indicative of selfish people. Society works so long as it helps me.
How am I supposed to process a person who consistently demanded less government and, when she got it, bemoans the loss?
Maybe I should say it's just indicative of selfish people. Society works so long as it helps me.
This is absolutely correct.
However, having personally examined a prosecutor's case in chief for evidence of genocide as a clerk for a chief judge, knowingly permitting acts at scale could constitute the crime.
However, having personally examined a prosecutor's case in chief for evidence of genocide as a clerk for a chief judge, knowingly permitting acts at scale could constitute the crime.
In a crime where intent matters, it's the main argument, unless people think there's a "lazy genocide" exception
August 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is absolutely correct.
However, having personally examined a prosecutor's case in chief for evidence of genocide as a clerk for a chief judge, knowingly permitting acts at scale could constitute the crime.
However, having personally examined a prosecutor's case in chief for evidence of genocide as a clerk for a chief judge, knowingly permitting acts at scale could constitute the crime.
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In a crime where intent matters, it's the main argument, unless people think there's a "lazy genocide" exception
August 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
In a crime where intent matters, it's the main argument, unless people think there's a "lazy genocide" exception
Funny, the PRC regulated AI (versus the US, which does not). So, regulation helps to grow the industry?
But, that doesn't fit the desired narrative...
But, that doesn't fit the desired narrative...
Interesting contrasts here between how China has adopted AI and how the west has in this Eric Schmidt/Selina Zu NYTimes oped. An Ipsos poll suggested over 3/4 of adults in China believe AI has profoundly changed their daily lives in the past 3 to 5 yrs. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
August 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Funny, the PRC regulated AI (versus the US, which does not). So, regulation helps to grow the industry?
But, that doesn't fit the desired narrative...
But, that doesn't fit the desired narrative...
A continuation of the war is, at this point, a generally positive thing.
Time is on Ukraine/Europe's side--and not on Trump/Russia's. Dragging the war into 2026 will help to ensure a just peace.
Time is on Ukraine/Europe's side--and not on Trump/Russia's. Dragging the war into 2026 will help to ensure a just peace.
"The better way to understand Anchorage is not as the start of something new, but as the culmination of a longer process. As the U.S. dismantles its foreign-policy tools, as this administration fires the people who know how to use them, our ability to act with any agility will diminish"
August 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A continuation of the war is, at this point, a generally positive thing.
Time is on Ukraine/Europe's side--and not on Trump/Russia's. Dragging the war into 2026 will help to ensure a just peace.
Time is on Ukraine/Europe's side--and not on Trump/Russia's. Dragging the war into 2026 will help to ensure a just peace.
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Thread.
1/9
FT: "Donald Trump has called on China to quadruple its imports of American soyabeans to reduce its trade surplus with the US, a day before a crucial truce between the two countries is due to expire."
www.ft.com/content/d698...
FT: "Donald Trump has called on China to quadruple its imports of American soyabeans to reduce its trade surplus with the US, a day before a crucial truce between the two countries is due to expire."
www.ft.com/content/d698...
Donald Trump calls on China to quadruple US soyabean imports as trade truce deadline looms
High Chinese tariffs threaten important market for US farmers
www.ft.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thread.
It's likely a foreign op meant to make America ugly. Look at the source and think about the algos...
If true, then all Americans (left and right) are victims here. But, sure, making it a left/right fight is so much easier
If true, then all Americans (left and right) are victims here. But, sure, making it a left/right fight is so much easier
🧵 Right-wing extremists like Libs of Tiktok and Charlie Kirk totally concocted the Sydney Sweeney "outrage."
The supposed left-wing outrage at Sweeney essentially never happened. Republicans made it up.
And as a former GOP media consultant, I know the "one weird trick."
The supposed left-wing outrage at Sweeney essentially never happened. Republicans made it up.
And as a former GOP media consultant, I know the "one weird trick."
August 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It's likely a foreign op meant to make America ugly. Look at the source and think about the algos...
If true, then all Americans (left and right) are victims here. But, sure, making it a left/right fight is so much easier
If true, then all Americans (left and right) are victims here. But, sure, making it a left/right fight is so much easier
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While generally I think China is in a stronger position on this trade war, the rare earths stuff is completely paper-tiger nonsense that will just shift more of the rare earths supply chain from China: 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies
Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
While generally I think China is in a stronger position on this trade war, the rare earths stuff is completely paper-tiger nonsense that will just shift more of the rare earths supply chain from China: 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
Do you think that Musk knows he's on death ground? If so, what does that mean for free and fair elections?
If you're not thinking of this issue, you're missing the elephant in the room. . .
If you're not thinking of this issue, you're missing the elephant in the room. . .
March 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Do you think that Musk knows he's on death ground? If so, what does that mean for free and fair elections?
If you're not thinking of this issue, you're missing the elephant in the room. . .
If you're not thinking of this issue, you're missing the elephant in the room. . .
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Selling young men who feel like they’re not masculine enough on the idea that they’ll be basically samurai or cowboys or whatever if they put their money in a speculative financial asset that’ll surely make them rich and tough and desirable sounds like such a classic scam holy cow.
Finally read that WSJ article from last week and this confirms everything I suspected.
December 22, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Selling young men who feel like they’re not masculine enough on the idea that they’ll be basically samurai or cowboys or whatever if they put their money in a speculative financial asset that’ll surely make them rich and tough and desirable sounds like such a classic scam holy cow.
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1/6
Warning BRICS nations against replacing the US dollar suggests just how confused the incoming administration is about the global trade and capital system. Maintaining USD dominance is completely inconsistent with stated US trade policies.
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Warning BRICS nations against replacing the US dollar suggests just how confused the incoming administration is about the global trade and capital system. Maintaining USD dominance is completely inconsistent with stated US trade policies.
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump warns BRICS nations against replacing US dollar
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or supporting another currency that would replace the United States dollar or face 100% tariffs.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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Warning BRICS nations against replacing the US dollar suggests just how confused the incoming administration is about the global trade and capital system. Maintaining USD dominance is completely inconsistent with stated US trade policies.
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Warning BRICS nations against replacing the US dollar suggests just how confused the incoming administration is about the global trade and capital system. Maintaining USD dominance is completely inconsistent with stated US trade policies.
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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1/14
While there are indeed a number of things China can do to retaliate against the prospect of a worsening trade conflict with the US, and these are things the US and the world should worry about, this article makes the common mistake of...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
While there are indeed a number of things China can do to retaliate against the prospect of a worsening trade conflict with the US, and these are things the US and the world should worry about, this article makes the common mistake of...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How China Can Hit Back at Trump: Target US Firms, Turn to India, Africa
China wields new powers as it confronts the prospect of another trade conflict with the US, expanding its retaliatory reach in recent years to include tools capable of wreaking havoc on global commerc...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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While there are indeed a number of things China can do to retaliate against the prospect of a worsening trade conflict with the US, and these are things the US and the world should worry about, this article makes the common mistake of...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
While there are indeed a number of things China can do to retaliate against the prospect of a worsening trade conflict with the US, and these are things the US and the world should worry about, this article makes the common mistake of...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...