Derek Ko
@sipofkoko.bsky.social
I'm just a soul whose intentions are goo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ood. Oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood. Utilitarian. YIMBY. Self-appointed director of the Center for Cost-Disease Control. Scout Mindset practitioner.
I'm starting to use Threads like Twitter and I should really just quit Threads. What's up Blue Sky folks?
May 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm starting to use Threads like Twitter and I should really just quit Threads. What's up Blue Sky folks?
New Contrapoints video. This is NOT a drill. You're welcome.
March 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
New Contrapoints video. This is NOT a drill. You're welcome.
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Good job everyone you got the anti-neoliberal coalition you wanted now y'all are in for a fun ride
March 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Good job everyone you got the anti-neoliberal coalition you wanted now y'all are in for a fun ride
Lmao at Sam Hammond trying to make the "effective altruist" case for ending PEPFAR, the most effective altruism that has ever been done.
it’s been funny to see @hamandcheese.bsky.social increasingly unhinged defense of Trump and Elon killing tens of thousands of people
February 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Lmao at Sam Hammond trying to make the "effective altruist" case for ending PEPFAR, the most effective altruism that has ever been done.
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There was significant concern about what would happen if Russia lost the war as that would lead to the collapse of Putin’s regime and the risks that entails.
However, Russia’s economy is so badly overheated that collapse is inevitable shortly after the war ends.
However, Russia’s economy is so badly overheated that collapse is inevitable shortly after the war ends.
Is it good if the sum of your inflation and interest rate is over 30%?
Russian prices up 9.5% in 2024, continue to grow in 2025, statistical data shows
Russian consumer prices grew by 9.52% last year compared to 7.42% in 2023, final statistical data showed on Wednesday, making the 2024 inflation rate the fourth highest in the last 15 years.
www.reuters.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There was significant concern about what would happen if Russia lost the war as that would lead to the collapse of Putin’s regime and the risks that entails.
However, Russia’s economy is so badly overheated that collapse is inevitable shortly after the war ends.
However, Russia’s economy is so badly overheated that collapse is inevitable shortly after the war ends.
I would go further. The actual non-trivial inefficiencies are popular so they never get fixed so what gets fixated on is $20 discrepancies on expense reports for government office pens and 1% of food stamp recipients being nepo babies whose parents pay for everything.
This is sort of the skeleton key to understanding a lot of shit: there 100% is a non-trivial amount of inefficiency and waste in the federal bureaucracy, and most of it is a *direct result* of ‘reforms’ that are meant to assuage the people who complain about “waste and inefficiency in govt”
for decades the federal govt has bent over backwards to limit spending even on totally sensible things like office coffee, all so they can say your tax dollars aren't going to pay for coffee. and it was all for nothing bc elon is tweeting out conspiracy theories about non-existent fraud.
February 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I would go further. The actual non-trivial inefficiencies are popular so they never get fixed so what gets fixated on is $20 discrepancies on expense reports for government office pens and 1% of food stamp recipients being nepo babies whose parents pay for everything.
That Korean yuzu jelly you put in hot water or tea is the sh*t. Winter essential for sure.
February 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That Korean yuzu jelly you put in hot water or tea is the sh*t. Winter essential for sure.
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Any time I hear anything about Elon or what he's up to now
February 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Any time I hear anything about Elon or what he's up to now
Evangelical Protestants honestly make me question whether the Reformation was a mistake. Maybe the Catholics had a point and dumb people shouldn't read the Bible for themselves.
February 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Evangelical Protestants honestly make me question whether the Reformation was a mistake. Maybe the Catholics had a point and dumb people shouldn't read the Bible for themselves.
Just wrote an original song. Haven't done that in a while. It sounds whiny though. bleh.
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Just wrote an original song. Haven't done that in a while. It sounds whiny though. bleh.
What?? I've always agreed to cutting government spending as long as nothing I personally benefit from is cut. Seems more than fair but those old crooks in Washington can't seem to get it done. 😤
"Cutting spending" was difficult because we could not agree what to cut (if anything). The executive simply refusing to send out payments was never a solution to that because it's plainly illegal. It is fundamentally dictatorial.
February 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What?? I've always agreed to cutting government spending as long as nothing I personally benefit from is cut. Seems more than fair but those old crooks in Washington can't seem to get it done. 😤
Libs: "Don't they know from that NPR/NYT piece I consumed that the policy implications of this action are self defeating!??"
Me: "Gurl, no. No they don't. Isn't that obvious?"
Me: "Gurl, no. No they don't. Isn't that obvious?"
Every time I say it people push back but-
Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique
Republican voters vote that way because they believe things that aren’t true. They are not responding to real problems and cannot be reached by nuanced critique
Instructive to understand what made MAGA:
"Americans think that foreign aid gobbles up a massive 25% of the federal budget, polls say. The real figure is closer to 1% ($68bn in 2023, not counting most aid to Ukraine). That’s a very modest 0.25% of GDP"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
"Americans think that foreign aid gobbles up a massive 25% of the federal budget, polls say. The real figure is closer to 1% ($68bn in 2023, not counting most aid to Ukraine). That’s a very modest 0.25% of GDP"
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
February 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Libs: "Don't they know from that NPR/NYT piece I consumed that the policy implications of this action are self defeating!??"
Me: "Gurl, no. No they don't. Isn't that obvious?"
Me: "Gurl, no. No they don't. Isn't that obvious?"
Tbh, while I understand the national security rationale, it's a bit insane that the US President can just impose tariffs by fiat. Pretty sweeping powers to directly affect the US economy.
February 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Tbh, while I understand the national security rationale, it's a bit insane that the US President can just impose tariffs by fiat. Pretty sweeping powers to directly affect the US economy.