Rational Human
@rationalhum.bsky.social
Armchair expertise without credentials in history, economics, world affairs, and anything to do with India. Academic training in Physics.
A stomach-churning, uniquely American tragedy. Happened in the Heritage subdivision of Whitestown. Couldn't have been more representative
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address
Maria Florinda Rios Perez, a 32-year-old immigrant from Guatemala, died in her husband's arms, her brother said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A stomach-churning, uniquely American tragedy. Happened in the Heritage subdivision of Whitestown. Couldn't have been more representative
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Real, or from The Onion? You decide
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Real, or from The Onion? You decide
Masks, military uniforms, semi-automatic weapons - all to round up day laborers. Supremacist fantasy being played out in real life.
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Masks, military uniforms, semi-automatic weapons - all to round up day laborers. Supremacist fantasy being played out in real life.
The Economist, always a reliable cheerleader for neocolonialism, can't make up its mind between fawning alliterations for Israel's misadventure
June 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Economist, always a reliable cheerleader for neocolonialism, can't make up its mind between fawning alliterations for Israel's misadventure
You raise tariffs by 34% after an initial increase of 20%. The opposite side responds with a 34% increase. And that is supposed to be a punch
April 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You raise tariffs by 34% after an initial increase of 20%. The opposite side responds with a 34% increase. And that is supposed to be a punch
Interesting summary. @aditixp.bsky.social
What's that, you want a round-up of papers presented at the @oxfordcsae.bsky.social conference last week?
www.cgdev.org/blog/what-ec...
www.cgdev.org/blog/what-ec...
March 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interesting summary. @aditixp.bsky.social
Exactly
'Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades'
@thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
@thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Exactly
Really cuddly characters, the whole lot of them
Elon ... King of the Incels !
February 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Really cuddly characters, the whole lot of them
WTF?
I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”
February 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
WTF?
Since he has none of these attributes, he should be the first one to be fired
February 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Since he has none of these attributes, he should be the first one to be fired
Mireuk Daebul (Maitreya Buddha) at Bongeunsa temple, Seoul. As seen on December 2, 2024.
December 16, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Mireuk Daebul (Maitreya Buddha) at Bongeunsa temple, Seoul. As seen on December 2, 2024.
Reposted by Rational Human
ABC (Disney), Washington Post (Bezos), Meta (Zuckerberg), LA Times (Soon-Shiong)... all bending the knee to Trump, all obeying in advance, all sucking up to the Dictator-in-Waiting.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
December 15, 2024 at 3:29 AM
ABC (Disney), Washington Post (Bezos), Meta (Zuckerberg), LA Times (Soon-Shiong)... all bending the knee to Trump, all obeying in advance, all sucking up to the Dictator-in-Waiting.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
This is (part of) how democracies die. This is the Orban, Putin, Netanyahu and Modi playbooks.
@aditixp.bsky.social
Sadly, this only confirms what we always suspected, but didn't have the energy to verify
Sadly, this only confirms what we always suspected, but didn't have the energy to verify
Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
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In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
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December 7, 2024 at 1:07 AM
@aditixp.bsky.social
Sadly, this only confirms what we always suspected, but didn't have the energy to verify
Sadly, this only confirms what we always suspected, but didn't have the energy to verify
My #DOGE suggestion: cut the $7,500 federal tax credit for Tesla vehicles. Tesla is on track to sell 1.6 million cars in 2024, so that'll save $12 billion right there.
November 25, 2024 at 11:05 PM
My #DOGE suggestion: cut the $7,500 federal tax credit for Tesla vehicles. Tesla is on track to sell 1.6 million cars in 2024, so that'll save $12 billion right there.
Watching the India Australia test in Perth. Australia 22 for 4, chasing 534.
Gilchrist on comms asks Shastri and Warner if reaction times become longer with age. They agree, and vindicate my theory of why Sehwag, Yuvraj , Dhoni etc weren't half the players they used to be later in their careers.
Gilchrist on comms asks Shastri and Warner if reaction times become longer with age. They agree, and vindicate my theory of why Sehwag, Yuvraj , Dhoni etc weren't half the players they used to be later in their careers.
November 25, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Watching the India Australia test in Perth. Australia 22 for 4, chasing 534.
Gilchrist on comms asks Shastri and Warner if reaction times become longer with age. They agree, and vindicate my theory of why Sehwag, Yuvraj , Dhoni etc weren't half the players they used to be later in their careers.
Gilchrist on comms asks Shastri and Warner if reaction times become longer with age. They agree, and vindicate my theory of why Sehwag, Yuvraj , Dhoni etc weren't half the players they used to be later in their careers.
This could get interesting.
Adani raised about $3 billion from US markets (via syndicated loans and bonds), which explains the SEC interest. Orders of magnitude: solar contracts with after-tax profits of $2 billion over 20 years. Bribes of $265 million, or 13.25% of profits, but payable up front.
Adani raised about $3 billion from US markets (via syndicated loans and bonds), which explains the SEC interest. Orders of magnitude: solar contracts with after-tax profits of $2 billion over 20 years. Bribes of $265 million, or 13.25% of profits, but payable up front.
Gautam Adani US Indictment: Who are the seven others charged with defrauding American investors? newsth.live/z3av7X
Gautam Adani US Indictment: Names of 7 others accused in the US fraud case
Gautam Adani and others indicted by SEC for fraud, bribery, and corruption in solar energy project scandal.
newsth.live
November 21, 2024 at 10:04 PM
This could get interesting.
Adani raised about $3 billion from US markets (via syndicated loans and bonds), which explains the SEC interest. Orders of magnitude: solar contracts with after-tax profits of $2 billion over 20 years. Bribes of $265 million, or 13.25% of profits, but payable up front.
Adani raised about $3 billion from US markets (via syndicated loans and bonds), which explains the SEC interest. Orders of magnitude: solar contracts with after-tax profits of $2 billion over 20 years. Bribes of $265 million, or 13.25% of profits, but payable up front.
I read that the Netherlands and France will honor the warrant. Other countries are scrambling to come up with an appropriate response. The US, of course, won't do anything.
ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Move by international criminal court puts Netanyahu at risk of detention if he travels to certain other countries
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the county’s former defence…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I read that the Netherlands and France will honor the warrant. Other countries are scrambling to come up with an appropriate response. The US, of course, won't do anything.
@aditixp.bsky.social, we were talking about this
This place has now become big enough to do what Muskland used to do — give me a sense of what smart people are thinking and, importantly, what they don't know. For example, it turns out that many aren't aware that it's well established that most people don't connect wage growth with inflation 1/
November 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
@aditixp.bsky.social, we were talking about this
@aditixp.bsky.social, you will find this useful
Oh, forgot to include the "policy didn't cause inflation" chart 5/
November 20, 2024 at 11:19 PM
@aditixp.bsky.social, you will find this useful