Large Underpants
@larjunderpants.bsky.social
It's simple we just need a "Generation Home Transfer" tax credit. Raise prices for sellers, lower prices for buyers.
January 29, 2026 at 10:24 PM
It's simple we just need a "Generation Home Transfer" tax credit. Raise prices for sellers, lower prices for buyers.
Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!
January 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!
One thing that a lot of people are getting caught up on is thinking that all the fascist stuff doesn't come from trump himself.
He purposefully surrounds himself with people who are willing to appear more extreme than him so he can swoop in and appear to be the normal one.
He purposefully surrounds himself with people who are willing to appear more extreme than him so he can swoop in and appear to be the normal one.
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
One thing that a lot of people are getting caught up on is thinking that all the fascist stuff doesn't come from trump himself.
He purposefully surrounds himself with people who are willing to appear more extreme than him so he can swoop in and appear to be the normal one.
He purposefully surrounds himself with people who are willing to appear more extreme than him so he can swoop in and appear to be the normal one.
Like basically probably have to do these things:
January 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Like basically probably have to do these things:
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HOW BETTING BECAME POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
In today's New York Times piece, I wrote about how prediction markets validate political events before Congress can respond, and how those market outcomes can end up deciding what's legitimate.
In today's New York Times piece, I wrote about how prediction markets validate political events before Congress can respond, and how those market outcomes can end up deciding what's legitimate.
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
HOW BETTING BECAME POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
In today's New York Times piece, I wrote about how prediction markets validate political events before Congress can respond, and how those market outcomes can end up deciding what's legitimate.
In today's New York Times piece, I wrote about how prediction markets validate political events before Congress can respond, and how those market outcomes can end up deciding what's legitimate.
Kinda think in hindsight the cold war was more a two-party managed world order instead of a great powers conflict. The fall of the USSR was more a harbinger of what was to come for the US.
January 24, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Kinda think in hindsight the cold war was more a two-party managed world order instead of a great powers conflict. The fall of the USSR was more a harbinger of what was to come for the US.
As an aside the Greenland flag is one of the coolest out there 🇬🇱
January 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
As an aside the Greenland flag is one of the coolest out there 🇬🇱
I didn't know this about Mark Carney but apparently he argued for replacing the USD with a "Synthetic Hegemonic Currency" (SHC). Would be some kind of digital currency issued through various central banks.
![On August 23, 2019, Carney delivered a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2019 annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium entitled "The Growing Challenges for Monetary Policy in the current International Monetary and Financial System". Carney said that the "widespread use of the US dollar"—the dominant currency pricing—"in trade invoicing, in place of the currency of either the producer or the importer",[157] has had a "destablilizing" effect on the global economy.[158] About 50 per cent of international trade relies on the US dollar as the "currency of choice". This represents "five times greater than the US's share in world goods imports, and three times its share in world exports".[159] Dominant currency pricing is not problematic when there is "synchronized growth" globally, Carney said. When "the tide is rising in America while receding elsewhere", the system needs to be revamped. Carney cited an article[157] by Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau on the potential role of digital currency area (DCA) in redefining the international monetary system.[159]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rwa2pqui6ftdu5v6b5fwsgnm/bafkreihgwics5v26xshtwnkqz6vhnbkehgvbnfrkiolurhpufjx2uzbb5q@jpeg)
![Speaking just hours after US President Donald Trump posted a tweet blaming Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's policies for creating fears of an economic recession and threatening China with more retaliatory tariffs, Carney urged central banks to collaborate in replacing the US dollar as reserve currency. He cautioned against choosing another new hegemonic reserve currency like the renminbi and suggested instead, a "new Synthetic Hegemonic Currency" (SHC), such as Libra,[158][159][160] which could potentially be provided "through a network of central bank digital currencies", that would decrease the US dollar's "domineering influence" on trade worldwide.[159][160]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rwa2pqui6ftdu5v6b5fwsgnm/bafkreidy4hpol4dnd5mq74gzgbgyg6axyfwcmlrkkuijgkkn5yco6wywg4@jpeg)
January 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I didn't know this about Mark Carney but apparently he argued for replacing the USD with a "Synthetic Hegemonic Currency" (SHC). Would be some kind of digital currency issued through various central banks.
Like obviously this is especially egregious but the nobel prize in general is not good! It incentivizes a culture of prestige-chasing. We must open our hearts and base our actions in the service of humanity.
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Like obviously this is especially egregious but the nobel prize in general is not good! It incentivizes a culture of prestige-chasing. We must open our hearts and base our actions in the service of humanity.
Tbh I think the original food pyramid was mostly right and more Americans need to learn about the superpower called *multigrain*!
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Tbh I think the original food pyramid was mostly right and more Americans need to learn about the superpower called *multigrain*!
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Pretty interesting stuff happening here
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pretty interesting stuff happening here
Probably no greater feeling in the world than firing off a dozen tshirts with the tshirt cannon gatling gun
April 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Probably no greater feeling in the world than firing off a dozen tshirts with the tshirt cannon gatling gun
The problem isn't the media environment. The problem is the presidency is way too powerful. We basically shouldn't have any national elections.
February 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The problem isn't the media environment. The problem is the presidency is way too powerful. We basically shouldn't have any national elections.
Why do we even have the whole administrative state placed under the executive branch? Seems like it would be better to role this up under the legislature and have the agencies be controlled directly by the committees.
February 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Why do we even have the whole administrative state placed under the executive branch? Seems like it would be better to role this up under the legislature and have the agencies be controlled directly by the committees.
Flying in an airplane is probably the most surreal thing any of us will ever do
February 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Flying in an airplane is probably the most surreal thing any of us will ever do