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The federal minimum wage is $7.25. The cost of Panera Turkey & Cheddar Sandwich is $10.29. It is not a radical idea that an hour of work is worth more than a turkey sandwich.

Did you even read what you wrote ? “Oracle like data provider “. Are you suggesting a crypto like oracle that outputs employment data, every month, on the same day , be REQUIRED FOR EVERY BUSINESS ? Who is gonna pay for the implementations? And of course there are gov

Amazing. Expects to find bias. Finds none. Which is what you would expect if BLS is doing their job well. Reverses course and claims BLS lack of bias means their forecasts have no “signal” and that is bad? Incoherent. Ends with gratuitous call for better methods.

Classic Chamath tweet: I know nothing about this subject, as evidenced by the fact that I had to ask to Grok to confirm my conspiracy theory (which it refuted). But I'm sure there's a simple solution that all the people who are experts on this subject have missed.

Can someone explain to me how you “bring down drug prices 1000%?”

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the The New York Times is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

Wounded Ukrainian soldier "Tanker" escaped Russian encirclement on an e-bike dropped by drone after 5 days alone behind enemy lines, The Telegraph. Rescue team had to calculate the right time of day and weather conditions to make it. 1/

When I observed that lifesaving programs got slashed by DOGE many Republicans told me, quite reasonably, "if you think an agency is important you should speak up against it doing wildly unpopular and partisan things, so when the other side is in power they don't just end it".

John Fetterman becoming conservative after suffering brain damage feels a little too on the nose.

📍 SF BAY AREA ugh. These kittens keep having great meet-and-greets and then the adoption falls through by no fault of their own. It's so sad, they're so sweet and they just want to go home Please come meet Cannoli, Pudding, Big Fudge, and Custard! petfinder.com/search/pets-fo…

Instead of success, their $20M deal with Amazon feels more like capitulation from NYT in the face of an accelerationist right wing government that will let AI companies run unregulated to stay ahead against China. Tldr post-IP AI economy.

Thanks to immigration, meritocracy, and diversity. 🇺🇸

And founders who need to kiss new rightwing VC asses.

The face of reckless opportunism.

100% of my ride share drivers on a Vegas work trip a month before the election told me they were all voting for Trump. I wonder how they're doing.

Citizenship as a legal status not tied to ethnicity was the cornerstone of Roman civilization. Roman state policy aimed for steady constant expansion of the citizen body. Manumitted slaves were always granted citizenship (Manumission rates were ~10%). Extension of (1/2)

Turns out when you terrify the crap out of legal immigrants, they don’t want to come here. The consequences for the U.S. economy will be dramatic. Labor force growth will slow to a crawl, which will be a significant drag on the overall economy.

Silicon Valley reinvents the cult compound. “What do cultish and fundamentalist religions often do? They get people to ignore their common sense about problems in the here and now in order to focus their attention on some fantastical future.” 🎁Link: nytimes.com/2025/08/04/tec…

We have been living in a fascist country since January. The rest of the country will sooner or later catch up with this fact.