[new draft post] UBI and labor supply https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/07/22/ubi-and-labor-supply/index.html

@gooser3000 please discuss with your tax advisor.

This post is a $2000 value, yours free.

“The cloud is many things, but most of all, it's a trap.” @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/22/degoogled/ ht @spinbackwards @mhkohne

@admitsWrongIfProven there’s a lot of stranded merch no doubt.

you wake up and they’ve canceled the apocalypse.

running a better candidate is rigging the election.

when the fly escapes the spider, it’s a coup.

it’s cool to be hot and it’s hot to be cool and i am so confused.

@kentwillard until last night, i hadn’t given any since 2020. but i’ve kept a tradition, either $27 or $127 in homage to Sanders 2016.

sociopaths are easy to deal with if you keep in mind one, simple rule: the less sociopathic behavior pays off, the less sociopaths will behave sociopathically.

I just donated $127 to the Harris campaign. https://x.com/joebiden/status/1815089164372815910

@realcaseyrollins @mcg just in this place, the number in the link that indicates how many posts are unshown. i haven’t noticed 88s anywhere else.

@realcaseyrollins @mcg not one time. as i say, there’s risk of confirmation bias, i’ve made no systematic study of the frequency of different numbers. but confirmation bias or not, i’ve seen lots of 88s.

toads will be violated.

(Waiting for the “Let’s go Camden” chants.)

What was that slogan? Make America Grey Again?

@mcg no. it is not always 88. but in my experience it is 88 much more often than any other number. there's a danger that since i took note of this and entertained the hypothesis that 88 was favored, i've succumbed to confirmation bias. could be. i've conducted no systematic examination. nevertheless, this has been my observation.

i know this comes off as unhinged conspiracism. it might be!

but in my experience this number is 88 more often than any other number, too often to just be random or accurate in my view.

given that this is Elon Musk's joint, i can't help but wonder if it's his special brand of deniable bufoonery shining through.

(the numbers 14 and 88 have a certain currency among a certain crowd.)

More winning!

Sleepy Joe Biden was going to be the oldest major party nominee in US history, but the unstoppable Donald Trump has snatched that trophy from his grasp!

He’s gonna win so much, he may even get tired of winning. And need a nap.

( riffing on https://x.com/bakari_sellers/status/1815091513220608250 )