Trump wants you to sit in traffic.

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Bro the tariffs are good. Yes it will make inflation worse. Yes that means the fed won’t lower rates. Yes that means interest payments on our debt will balloon. But once Bill Cletus in Oklahoma learns how to build GPUs and we discover rare earth metals in America, the economy is

“The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they’re fine." - David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist, JPMorgan

I'm open to people changing their mind and I don't normally think we should grave dance on their worst takes if they do so but...imma need some sort of mea culpa from the entire vc/tech trump contingent.

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The definition of money well spent. Ask any scientist you know, and they're getting targeted ads from other global universities. And you know what? The pitch is becoming very compelling. nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opi…

i know i'm beating a dead horse but fwiw it was incredibly easy to see the at scale delusion of silicon valley leading up to the election.

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According to Redfin, the hottest neighborhood in the country is Clinton Hill in Brooklyn, which is 20x denser than Charlotte, and is served by two subway lines and within walking distance to multiple parks. But there’s “no demand” for neighborhoods like this.

Imagine China defeated the US in war and forced us to sign a treaty that would ensure a century of Chinese dominion in science and tech. I wonder what they would they put in that treaty. Clearly, they'd want to gut our manufacturing base. Maybe they'd force US manufacturers to

Me talking to people from the UWS, UES, and Park Slope that are looking to move

Congestion pricing is incredible and it doesn't even count the money that is being raised for MTA improvements.

Perfect tweet. No notes.

There are too many AI unicorns for them all to make it. The market will narrow, and only a few will endure. Sophie Bakalar shares her take on who might rise above the noise in this morning's FORTUNE Term Sheet with Allie Garfunkel.

the united states—the most powerful country in the world—has now become the most dysfunctional, kleptocratic, and unfree political system of the advanced industrial democracies by far linkedin.com/pulse/what-act…

Fixed it: --> last year, the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal **combined** --> every $1 of research funded by NIH generates $2.56 in economic activity --> more than 1.1M foreign students come to the U.S. each year

The best version of NYC’s future does not include cars (or at least has as few as possible) curbed.com/article/post-c…

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