"oppression of women" (green) and "low taxes" (magenta)

Language matters.

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women still have to deal with the pink tax, wage gap that widens over span of career, lack of medical studies that work for girls' & women's health, safety, ergonomic & industrial design that favors men, algorithmic bias against women, lack of representation in media, femicide and more.

Fessing up that was my first q 😂

(It’s from @theonion.com, and yes, it’s perfect.)

The brilliant @justinwolfers.bsky.social doesn't address it here, but this arithmetic also works in reverse. Drive out immigrants & watch as consumer demand drops, biz startups lag, innovation slumps, tax revenue wanes, and growth stalls.
"Welcome the stranger" is enlightened self-interest.

Another day, another scam 🚨
SSA won’t email you a benefits PDF
IRS won’t send account info as an attachment
If you get one → delete it.
Need info? Go straight to the official site and log in.

Occurs to me that the last two years can be read as a period of jock ascendence in the eternal jock-nerd struggle for dominance. And it’s offering a pretty good reminder of the value nerds offer.

Karma, meet Congress.

nope nothing to see here

I told my mom later that she'd chosen a poor time to censor it, because I had managed to get through all the Crime but not the Punishment. She was unamused.

Had*

Found Helter Skelter sitting around the house and started reading it. Maybe age 9 or so? 11? At some point, after I'd gotten through the murders but before the trial, it vanished. Found it years later, buried at the back of a closet, when we were getting ready to move. My mom has hidden it away.

"Pot, this is Kettle. Come in, Pot.... "

It's giving "Goooooooooooollllllllllll"

The Black List Launches Adaptation List In 20th Anniversary Celebration; 61 Novels Primed For Film & TV Projects Last night at the Deadline-hosted celebration of the Black List 20th anniversary, founder Franklin Leonard told attendees that there was more to come. Now that more to come is here. Just one day after...

Still working my way through this list. Every one a banger.
deadline.com/2024/12/blac...

Was in Berkeley tonight for La Belle et la Bete, a Philip Glass opera staged against projections of the JCocteau film. Wild.

Even though I'm an economist, I wish there was more focus on the human suffering from this war and less focus on the economic consequences. Hundreds of little girls are dead, and we're worried about oil prices.

A+ trolling. No notes.

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Oh but the evening light... 🥰🥰

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(I mean, the range goes from indifferent to nope, but still.)

Actual economic indicator. ⬇️⬇️

We went to a concert at the SF Conservatory of Music 2 nights ago and the soprano, who was still a student, was just brilliant. Gorgeous voice and a witty performer.

Bathroom sign in English, Spanish, and presumably Klingon.

Committed to the bit.

Man, beer sales. 😔

(via B of A) $TAP

Suzanne Farrin, diamond in the square YouTube video by Sō Percussion

"What exactly is percussion music?" 🤯
youtu.be/80mBA3YdLIo?...

#SoPercussion

FOR SCIENCE 🥰