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Crime, and especially money laundering, is big business and $100 bills are too bulky; crypto is the answer
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...
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Crypto is for Criming
It’s not digital gold — it’s digital Benjamins
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Crime, and especially money laundering, is big business and $100 bills are too bulky; crypto is the answer
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...
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The bottom line from @pkrugman.bsky.social analysis of Trump's tariff proposals . . .
How Trump’s Radical Tariff Plan Could Wreck Our Economy www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/o...
How Trump’s Radical Tariff Plan Could Wreck Our Economy www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/o...
December 6, 2024 at 7:17 PM
The bottom line from @pkrugman.bsky.social analysis of Trump's tariff proposals . . .
How Trump’s Radical Tariff Plan Could Wreck Our Economy www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/o...
How Trump’s Radical Tariff Plan Could Wreck Our Economy www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/o...
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Why do historians so firmly caution against applying modern understanding of homosexuality or other gender identities to the past, but not other social constructs? It’s a deeply complex question, but /u/wyrd_sasster has some fascinating thoughts on the subject!
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November 26, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Why do historians so firmly caution against applying modern understanding of homosexuality or other gender identities to the past, but not other social constructs? It’s a deeply complex question, but /u/wyrd_sasster has some fascinating thoughts on the subject!
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This is good news— and predictable. Threads was insistent on throttling political content, insistent on using a non-linear timeline, and insistent on promoting the same type of mindless engagement bait (“what’s the solution to this math problem?”) that rendered Facebook unusable.
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
This is good news— and predictable. Threads was insistent on throttling political content, insistent on using a non-linear timeline, and insistent on promoting the same type of mindless engagement bait (“what’s the solution to this math problem?”) that rendered Facebook unusable.
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Driving around New Jersey; Robin exclaimed "What is that incredibly ugly car?" First sighting of a Cybertruck in the wild.
November 19, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Driving around New Jersey; Robin exclaimed "What is that incredibly ugly car?" First sighting of a Cybertruck in the wild.
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Mike Tyson can still win if Mike Pence has the courage.
November 16, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Mike Tyson can still win if Mike Pence has the courage.