The problem with Nellie Bowles’s weekly #TGIF column is that there are too many spectacular gems to keep track of. Nellie! You really should be ashamed of yourself! I am getting dizzy here!! thefp.com/p/tgif-my-jean…

Rumor has it that Lululemon claimed in court that the Kirkland versions at Costco* that are at least as good….

That this norm is degrading and political violence is increasing is terrible and the point of this thread is that it’s also un-American.

I’ve said it before, but it’s truly amazing that somebody like Ben who is a self avowed orgy elitist and paintball-hobo hunting enthusiast GETS America and what makes her great better then so many of our political and institutional leadership ever will

This is how people on the other side of the victim of targeted political violence should respond to such an act. We can disagree with each others ideas but should all agree that violent expression of that disagreement must always be condemned

What a spectacular synopsis of the mass hysteria and insanity that has slowly overtaken our society!!

From a “I want to contribute to the discourse of my homeland” perspective, calling out members of your tribe for their foibles is more effective then critiquing those who you have nothing in common with. Three cheers for Seth and his fortitude for upsetting his friends and family

On this week’s Central Air, my co-hosts argue that we actually need to CONCEAL the Epstein files. For the usual reasons that the government doesn’t just tell the public every interesting thing it learns. centralairpodcast.com/p/conceal-the-…

Another great episode of Central Air with Josh Barro Megan McArdle & Ben Dreyfuss. By far the best part is the end where the three of them discuss a tiny subset of reasons why the US is oh so much better than our EU cousins. Great job guys! I look forward to next week!

I just had a foreign colleague wish me a “Happy Thanksgiving” (on Sat). My first thought was “what is this thanksgiving he speaks of?” Then “oh right, he thinks it’s still thanksgiving time. He doesn’t get Americans at all. We are so over thanksgiving and all about Christmas!”

The genius who came up with one of the greatest ideas in the history of the automobile: the arrow that tells you which side of your car the fuel tank is on. on.wsj.com/4sp3Pjy

I will always remember when race car and crazysoap entrepreneur Warren B. Mosler told me in 2004 that this was the greatest automotive technology innovation “in the past 30 years”.

“When they start killing thousands of people and now you are telling me about hanging. We’ll see how that works out for them. It’s not going to work out good.”

Interesting use of quotes around the word Terrorists since there are reports of Hamas and Hezbollah members doing much of the killing….seems like one of the more truthful things the regime has said in recent days.

THERE COULD BE A HAWK THERE! Nellie Bowles is such a gem! Lady, I don’t know what reaction you were looking for with this story, but I GUFFAWed loudly enough to wake the dogs when I read it! thefp.com/p/tgif-bored-o…

Hahaha!

This by David Oks is one of the best, most insightful essays on AI-driven labor displacement that I’ve read. People like to point to ATM as evidence that tech doesn’t displace labor. The ATM didn’t reduce bank teller employment—> true. But the iPhone did. David makes

Fascinating Analysis!

Denis Alimov, FSB Alfa veteran and senior operative of Russia's new and "most secretive" assassination unit, walked into El Dorado Airport in Bogotá on Feb 24 looking like a tourist heading to Cartagena. He walked out in handcuffs. He was undone by Google Translate. 🧵New

People are expensive, machines are cheap….