I mean, he’s been weeping for two thousand years.

Ray Madoff is on Ezra Klein’s podcast, talking about the US’s rigged tax code.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

Boy do I have a schism for you

@dgrand.bsky.social likely of interest.

Today in how the Dems can lose the election

I very strongly agree with this.

Probably, one can develop a complicated Bayesian explanation for this.

But the most obvious explanation is that climate denialists aren’t Bayesian.

Gross

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

The only person I know who liked this album is me.

The only person I’ve ever met that liked this album is me.

No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

People rightly rag on NYT headlines but "No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In" is pretty good

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

This is correct

Mm. I genuinely disagree but this is a distraction from your main point, which I agree with. 💩 in 💩 out.

Also just realized you’re the guy who made the only tv show I’ve ever enjoyed.

He’s not a businessman. He is a reality tv show star.

Indeed

Thx TWAIL I quickly gathered. It’s the speech I can’t decode.

Could I ask, what’s your interpretation of this speech?

Sorry can someone ELI5?

Toughest grammar I’ll parse all week

Remembering Robert Trivers Robert Trivers, who died on March 12, 2026, was arguably the most important evolutionary theorist since Darwin.

"I’ll miss you, Robert. You asshole."

robertc12.substack.com/p/rememberin...

IRL LOL

The best pizza "in" New Haven is the NY style pizza in its suburbs.

(Which is usually excellent.)

Accidentally sending a powerful message

a man in a suit is standing in a living room . ALT: a man in a suit is standing in a living room .

So many experimental economics papers bury - or outright don't include - a description of the experimental manipulation.

Not good.

In other experimental fields (medicine, psych, etc.), a complete description of the manipulation is (rightly IMO) expected.

Trained grok prob

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The analogy that comes to mind is to fuel load reduction.

The ratio of “people who understand” to “people who like” will be low on this one.