Andrew Ross has drawn an analogy between the hierarchical taste cultures (high, middlebrow and popular) familiar to cultural critics, and the demarcation between science and pseudoscience. At a sociological level this is an incisive observation; but at an ontological and epistemological level it is simply mad … Such epistemological agnosticism simply won’t suffice, at least […]
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Miruna-Daniela Ivan The widespread practice of financial institution to re-use securities received as collateral plays a key role in the repurchase agreement (repo) market functioning. By increasing the availability of securities which can be used as collateral, collateral re-use lowers funding costs under normal market conditions, allowing collateral to flow to where it is most … Continue reading Collateral re-use: unveiling the risk of delivery failures and higher volatility in the repo market
Progressives need to learn these lessons from the national populists in order to defeat them, argues Neal Lawson
During the recent inflationary episode, the RBA relentlessly pursued the argument that they had to keep hiking interest rates, and then, had to keep them at elevated levels, well beyond any reasonable assessment of the situation, because wage pressures were set to explode. They claimed their business liaison panel was telling them that wages were…
For more than a decade, economists have been scratching their heads over the productivity puzzle afflicting western economies. The issue has been particularly severe in the UK, where productivity stagnated for over a decade following the financial crisis. Now, we have new data showing that productivity levels have fallen to below pre-COVID levels. Productivity is […]
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The inside scoop on what happened to Musk and what kinds of ticking time bombs he and DOGE may have left inside the federal government.
After weeks of listening, prompting, and pattern-spotting, we’re entering a new phase. The big questions are becoming sharper. The conversation is shifting—from what might be to what must be.
Our early exploration surfaced a wide range of motivations, risks, and hopes for a Drupal Site Template Marketplace. The signal was clear: there’s strong belief in the potential—if we build it in a way that strengthens the ecosystem, not fragments it.
As part of this shift from the breadth of exploration and to the depth of early structure, we’re moving to a biweekly share out cadence. This Share Out #5 update highlights what’s emerging from Slack Prompts #5 and #6, insights from Survey #3 on Governance and Fairness to inform first drafts of the Lean Business Model Canvas and Governance Framework—early scaffolding for what’s to come.
Billionaires want Dems to talk about democracy, tout “abundance,” and play dead. But anti-oligarch politics is the only way to fight Trumpism.
On the reopening of the Frick, modern wealth's bland aesthetics, and the meaning behind our Gilded Age nostalgia.
Barnaby Joyce, a man whose greatest parliamentary achievement is being the reason for the bonk ban, is filthy with his colleagues after he was passed over for the shadow ministry of home affairs. ”I mean who in the so-called Coalition... Read More ›
The Pennsylvania senator has come under fire for skipping votes and town halls — but he had time for a first-class trip to Israel in March.
The post Fetterman Went to Israel on NYC Mental Health Nonprofit’s Dime appeared first on The Intercept.
As Tesla’s sales collapse, Trump’s financial regulators just let Elon Musk’s vehicle company block nearly all shareholder proposals, including on union efforts and climate goals.
Since a joint U.S.–Israel plan put a nonprofit in charge of aid distribution in Gaza, at least nine people have been killed and 47 injured.
The post The Rising Death Toll of the U.S.–Israel Aid Distribution Plan in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was “accessorize.”
I am equal parts holy relic and regional pageant tiara. I am crucifix and courtroom bling. I am a sacrament. I am a statement piece.
I am forged of divine gold sourced from the sacred hills of Medjugorje. I was purchased at a Miami-Dade jewelry store that is really a front for a Medicare fraud scheme. As God intended.
I sit just above the sternum, where Christ’s unblemished mercy meets freckled cleavage. I hang, heavily and blessedly, where divinity schmoozes décolletage on the clavicular altar of Florida’s own Evangelical Barbie.
I repel Stephen Miller. I have felt the breath of Bret Baier. I have grazed Ron DeSantis’s nipples during an awkward hug at a prayer breakfast fundraiser. RFK Jr. has used me to draw fault lines in the finest Colombian snow of West Palm. Lindsey Graham clutches me during thunderstorms.
Claude’s confession did not convince me that it was conscious.
“What kind of nation do we want to be? One where journalists are silenced by outdated laws? Or one where the truth, even when inconvenient, is allowed to breathe?”
Why would a fifty-five-year-old man try such a thing as Skittles POP’d Freeze Dried Candy, you might ask.
I’ll tell you why. The grocery store was out of Nerds Very Berry Gummy Clusters, and a fiend needs his fix. We are in the midst of something like a golden age of candy technological advancement, and you never know when some new morsel capable of leaving your tongue scoured raw by repeated exposure to high-grade dextrose and food starch will hit the market.
But even that knowledge did not prepare me for this.
I have to assume these were discovered by accident, like X-rays, penicillin, and Marilyn Monroe.
As to where I would place the Skittles POP’d Freeze Dried Candy in a ranking of that American icon and two scientific discoveries that have together saved millions (if not billions) of lives, my answer is “above.” Well above.