Justin Slaughter
@jbsdc.bsky.social
Former CFTC and SEC; now at Paradigm.
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
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These people just want to take credit for everything. Profound idiots. The Trump Zohran thing had nothing to do with ideology or their brand of populism and the one place they expressed policy agreement was on YIMBYism which they’ve spent all year calling neoliberalism pejoratively.
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
These people just want to take credit for everything. Profound idiots. The Trump Zohran thing had nothing to do with ideology or their brand of populism and the one place they expressed policy agreement was on YIMBYism which they’ve spent all year calling neoliberalism pejoratively.
BlueSky has most traffic when Twitter is experiencing server issues from a third party service.
Lesson there, deccentralized tech stack is better.
Lesson there, deccentralized tech stack is better.
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
BlueSky has most traffic when Twitter is experiencing server issues from a third party service.
Lesson there, deccentralized tech stack is better.
Lesson there, deccentralized tech stack is better.
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“It’s not that I’m for austerity, it’s just that I’m against bailing out AI, crypto, private assets/university endowments, and I’m fine with canceled Thanksgiving flights and missed paychecks as long as Republicans take the blame for it.”
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“It’s not that I’m for austerity, it’s just that I’m against bailing out AI, crypto, private assets/university endowments, and I’m fine with canceled Thanksgiving flights and missed paychecks as long as Republicans take the blame for it.”
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Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
Are people mad at the Bluesky ceo for a real reason or an internet madness reason?
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bluesky is a site explicitly founded by cryptocurrency libertarians with the idea that it would be a decentralized platform where users would be free to choose the open-source moderation and algorithmic feed tools they wanted, and by accident acquired a power userbase that hates all of those things.
We’re all just waiting on more data to see how this is unfolding. The next big data is probably a poll at the 15 mark as folks miss their first paycheck.
Really good update — there aren’t even any negotiations going on right now. And neither Thune nor Johnson feels empowered to cut a deal. It’s basically a staring contest.
Weirdest government shutdown ever
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We’re all just waiting on more data to see how this is unfolding. The next big data is probably a poll at the 15 mark as folks miss their first paycheck.
Less dominant in the swing states than I expected. No stations in AZ, none in WI, none in metro Atlanta.
September 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Less dominant in the swing states than I expected. No stations in AZ, none in WI, none in metro Atlanta.
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Harris lost because inflation was 7% for two years under Biden because literally every pundit argued that Trump was caused by neoliberalism and we needed to aggressively try to flood people with money and eliminate unemployment.
Look at these assembled geniuses here reaffirming Ettingermentum’s “outside scoop” ignorance.
August 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Harris lost because inflation was 7% for two years under Biden because literally every pundit argued that Trump was caused by neoliberalism and we needed to aggressively try to flood people with money and eliminate unemployment.
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This from @jbsdc.bsky.social Twitter seems on point
"This fight over the Fed independence is the Dems best chance to effect a rapprochement with the business community"
x.com/JBSDC/status...
"This fight over the Fed independence is the Dems best chance to effect a rapprochement with the business community"
x.com/JBSDC/status...
August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This from @jbsdc.bsky.social Twitter seems on point
"This fight over the Fed independence is the Dems best chance to effect a rapprochement with the business community"
x.com/JBSDC/status...
"This fight over the Fed independence is the Dems best chance to effect a rapprochement with the business community"
x.com/JBSDC/status...
Just going to put this here.
August 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just going to put this here.
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Crypto: [x] scam
AI: [x] scam
Polymarket: [x] scam
Economics: [x] megascam
The replies on this very leftist website re:tech/science/anything zoomer men are into are indistinguishable from Free Republic circa 1999. The worst thing about the left is the Nazis have somehow stolen the utopian vision
AI: [x] scam
Polymarket: [x] scam
Economics: [x] megascam
The replies on this very leftist website re:tech/science/anything zoomer men are into are indistinguishable from Free Republic circa 1999. The worst thing about the left is the Nazis have somehow stolen the utopian vision
July 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Crypto: [x] scam
AI: [x] scam
Polymarket: [x] scam
Economics: [x] megascam
The replies on this very leftist website re:tech/science/anything zoomer men are into are indistinguishable from Free Republic circa 1999. The worst thing about the left is the Nazis have somehow stolen the utopian vision
AI: [x] scam
Polymarket: [x] scam
Economics: [x] megascam
The replies on this very leftist website re:tech/science/anything zoomer men are into are indistinguishable from Free Republic circa 1999. The worst thing about the left is the Nazis have somehow stolen the utopian vision
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Probably worth thinking about the implications of online media gatekeeping shifting from Brooklyn journalists to attracting people succeeding on YouTube/TikTok. Do hot people want higher taxes?
August 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Probably worth thinking about the implications of online media gatekeeping shifting from Brooklyn journalists to attracting people succeeding on YouTube/TikTok. Do hot people want higher taxes?
Trump was and remains an existential threat to liberalism. This is why the number one job of the Biden Admin was to remain popular enough that he couldn’t come back.
The focus on that core mission was lost in favor of a bunch of secondary goals, most of which weakened the Anti Trump coalition.
The focus on that core mission was lost in favor of a bunch of secondary goals, most of which weakened the Anti Trump coalition.
NEW FROM @reuters.com: Top U.S. law firms have sharply scaled back their efforts to challenge the federal government in court, especially on behalf of pro bono clients, in the face of threats from President Trump.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
July 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trump was and remains an existential threat to liberalism. This is why the number one job of the Biden Admin was to remain popular enough that he couldn’t come back.
The focus on that core mission was lost in favor of a bunch of secondary goals, most of which weakened the Anti Trump coalition.
The focus on that core mission was lost in favor of a bunch of secondary goals, most of which weakened the Anti Trump coalition.
I legitimately think there’s tremendous signal in this and we need to study why asking folks to do more job-switching amid inflation seems to hurt Dems so much.
I come back to this article a lot. The conflict required in seeking higher wages in inflationary environments causes people to dislike inflation beyond real wages. So 4% wage growth and 3% inflation is not the same as 2% and 1% in terms of welfare gain. www.christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/3...
July 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I legitimately think there’s tremendous signal in this and we need to study why asking folks to do more job-switching amid inflation seems to hurt Dems so much.
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“I’m pro-full employment but anti-gambling and reckless speculation” is a reasonable personal feeling but not a workable policy worldview in the US. Americans are going to take risk and the more secure their employment prospects the more risk they’re gonna take.
July 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“I’m pro-full employment but anti-gambling and reckless speculation” is a reasonable personal feeling but not a workable policy worldview in the US. Americans are going to take risk and the more secure their employment prospects the more risk they’re gonna take.
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There are lots of fears that even if Dems get back into power in 29, they want be able to repeal the tariffs because they’re a rare source of revenue (and the idea of doing tax increases is anathema).
July 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
There are lots of fears that even if Dems get back into power in 29, they want be able to repeal the tariffs because they’re a rare source of revenue (and the idea of doing tax increases is anathema).
What nobody wants to admit is most of the left has given up on slow progress to gain enough power to remake the social contract and is now counting on a big 1929/2008 style event as the only way back. This has ironically led to a desire for accelerationism, but it could take decades.
I think Democrats are on the wrong side of this issue. At best you get more regulation, but it's going to take some epic economic blowup to change public sentiment on gambling, particularly among young people. They're not like us.
I think betting markets like predictit or poly market are bad and should be illegal
July 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What nobody wants to admit is most of the left has given up on slow progress to gain enough power to remake the social contract and is now counting on a big 1929/2008 style event as the only way back. This has ironically led to a desire for accelerationism, but it could take decades.
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I’m pro crypto & pro gambling, I find it weird those are on the right of political spectrum. I’m liberal and have never voted for a republican in my life, I’m 43 so plenty of chances. Pro choice, pro gun control, pro LBGTQ. I do think Dems have been putting up guard rails on how people should live.
July 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m pro crypto & pro gambling, I find it weird those are on the right of political spectrum. I’m liberal and have never voted for a republican in my life, I’m 43 so plenty of chances. Pro choice, pro gun control, pro LBGTQ. I do think Dems have been putting up guard rails on how people should live.
I completely agree with this, but the number is:
1) probably less than 40% of overall voters (closer to 30-35%) BUT
2) probably a majority of Democrats
1) probably less than 40% of overall voters (closer to 30-35%) BUT
2) probably a majority of Democrats
I think the universe of voters who are:
-anti-crypto
-anti-gambling
-anti-algo
-pro-vax
-pro-choice
-anti-gun
is less than 40% so it’s about thinking about what you can live with.
-anti-crypto
-anti-gambling
-anti-algo
-pro-vax
-pro-choice
-anti-gun
is less than 40% so it’s about thinking about what you can live with.
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I completely agree with this, but the number is:
1) probably less than 40% of overall voters (closer to 30-35%) BUT
2) probably a majority of Democrats
1) probably less than 40% of overall voters (closer to 30-35%) BUT
2) probably a majority of Democrats
Basically back to the pre-election BlueSky numbers in total users, but power users seem to be posting here more. I assume this means this site is destined to eventually become something like political blogs after social media, a niche for the hardcore.
July 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Basically back to the pre-election BlueSky numbers in total users, but power users seem to be posting here more. I assume this means this site is destined to eventually become something like political blogs after social media, a niche for the hardcore.
I’d really like to see more reporting on who Mamdani’s close allies are and who likely gets a spot in City Hall if he wins.
He managed Ross Barkan’s 2018 campaign, so I assume figures around Ross have a good chance of getting spots, but that’s pure supposition.
He managed Ross Barkan’s 2018 campaign, so I assume figures around Ross have a good chance of getting spots, but that’s pure supposition.
July 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’d really like to see more reporting on who Mamdani’s close allies are and who likely gets a spot in City Hall if he wins.
He managed Ross Barkan’s 2018 campaign, so I assume figures around Ross have a good chance of getting spots, but that’s pure supposition.
He managed Ross Barkan’s 2018 campaign, so I assume figures around Ross have a good chance of getting spots, but that’s pure supposition.
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I can’t decide if “bitcoin is up a lot but the US has lost manufacturing jobs under Trump” is a message that Democrats or Republicans would be more eager to tout. Maybe crypto has more salience with voters than manufacturing.
July 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I can’t decide if “bitcoin is up a lot but the US has lost manufacturing jobs under Trump” is a message that Democrats or Republicans would be more eager to tout. Maybe crypto has more salience with voters than manufacturing.
I know this website is not interested in crypto, but I’m still going to tempt fate and flag a few points from my new survey of 4000 users.
- 10% got a crypto account before a bank/venmo/Paypal account
- 42% of owners said crypto was very or extremely important to their 2024 vote
- 10% got a crypto account before a bank/venmo/Paypal account
- 42% of owners said crypto was very or extremely important to their 2024 vote
July 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I know this website is not interested in crypto, but I’m still going to tempt fate and flag a few points from my new survey of 4000 users.
- 10% got a crypto account before a bank/venmo/Paypal account
- 42% of owners said crypto was very or extremely important to their 2024 vote
- 10% got a crypto account before a bank/venmo/Paypal account
- 42% of owners said crypto was very or extremely important to their 2024 vote
Mayoral race isn’t done but Mamdani is the favorite over the soon to be smaller field.
My main questions are:
1) Does he announce mayoralty staff before election?
2) Does he keep Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner?
3) How do red state Dems respond to him?
4) Does he have workable City Council?
My main questions are:
1) Does he announce mayoralty staff before election?
2) Does he keep Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner?
3) How do red state Dems respond to him?
4) Does he have workable City Council?
June 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Mayoral race isn’t done but Mamdani is the favorite over the soon to be smaller field.
My main questions are:
1) Does he announce mayoralty staff before election?
2) Does he keep Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner?
3) How do red state Dems respond to him?
4) Does he have workable City Council?
My main questions are:
1) Does he announce mayoralty staff before election?
2) Does he keep Jessica Tisch as Police Commissioner?
3) How do red state Dems respond to him?
4) Does he have workable City Council?
Realistically, the best hope to stop the reconciliation bill is to slow it done so it doesn’t pass into law (and ideally doesnt pass Senate) before August recess.
The only thing that’s going to stop this bill is time/changing Trump approval levels. Everything else is a distraction.
The only thing that’s going to stop this bill is time/changing Trump approval levels. Everything else is a distraction.
June 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Realistically, the best hope to stop the reconciliation bill is to slow it done so it doesn’t pass into law (and ideally doesnt pass Senate) before August recess.
The only thing that’s going to stop this bill is time/changing Trump approval levels. Everything else is a distraction.
The only thing that’s going to stop this bill is time/changing Trump approval levels. Everything else is a distraction.