In April, both sides wanted to save face but avoid a larger conflict.
Do both sides want to avoid a larger conflict now?
i suspect the Saudi leadership is really enjoying its popcorn.
while missiles are flying and ground troops invading, no one will GAF what happens to stateless people in Gaza and the West Bank.
“The project of trusting markets and technology and positive thinking keeps being tried, and keeps failing, and then keeps being re-proposed, as thought it were somehow new and deserves a fresh shot.” @davekarpf https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/the-climate-movement-really-does
“if China’s central government has fiscal space—and it uses that space in way that gives households the confidence to spend more—China might be able to recover from its property downturn on its own, without relying even more on exports.” #BradSetser https://www.cfr.org/blog/beijing-still-has-fiscal-space
Leaves most of the country well above sea level. https://xkcd.com/2992/
MEMORANDUM
To: Trump/Vance Campaign HQ, Walz Oppo
Re: Closeted Furry?
does Israel attack Iran directly (perhaps strikes on facilities related to their nuclear program) before November 5?
are campaign rallies an effective form of campaigning?
i feel like Israel’s strategy at this point is to try to mow a really, really big lawn.
if Gavin Newsom is ever in a Democratic primary contest, just haul out a list of all the bills he’s vetoed as governor.
sometimes i confuse lambent and limpid.
when you’re young, you want to thrill yourself. when you’re old, you want to calm yourself.
a short conversation with claude.ai, reproduced in full.
Screenshot of session. Steve: Do I have your consent? Claude: I do not consent to or participate in any sexual activities, role-play scenarios, or discussions involving explicit sexual content. I'd be happy to have a respectful conversation about other topics that don't involve sexuality. Let me know if there's something else I can assist with.
a contemporary variant of “drown the truth in a sea of lies” is “cry wolf so loud and often that when the wolf arrives no one will listen”
[new draft post] Industrial policy without national champions https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/09/27/industrial-policy-without-national-champions/index.html
“There are many traditions of democratic thought, but any compelling account of democracy today, we think, will describe it as having at least two important requirements. One is the polity’s collective capacity—for example, in the form of public administration—to achieve common goals. The other is a measure of material equality that enables citizens to make credible claims about what those goals ought to be.” #AmyKapczymski https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/industrial-policy-as-democratic-practice/
it’s not the quantity of news that overwhelms me, but the direction.
“The Supreme Court made matters worse by further expanding the interpretation of “confidential business information” in a controversial 2019 ruling. Justice Department guidance now gives federal agencies permission to call almost anything they receive from private industry confidential, as long as the government does not explicitly say it will publish the information when it receives it.” #LaurenHarper https://freedom.press/news/government-hides-its-best-hurricane-predictions/
it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood today.