I was under the impression the relatively low China 10% tariff number was because it’s on top of already-existing tariffs?

I’d recommend a quiet arm-raise as opposed to a spontaneous yell.

the self shitting ass

in general hexbear seems to be on the hasty side in announcing Western economic doom, that said this level of instability this soon into Drumpf 2 is quite something

is this real if so I need the clip

no one will remember this whole affair by 2026

With its cash dwindling, Cooler Screens shifted its attention to Kroger. Avakian persuaded the supermarket chain to agree to scale up from a small pilot to 500 stores. He told staff at a meeting around this time that the Walgreens deal was falling apart and heading toward litigation, but that its new business with Kroger marked the beginning of a turnaround. Avakian added that a Kroger exec had expressed excitement about their future together and said Kroger “didn’t give a f— about Walgreens,” according to two attendees. (Kroger declined to comment.)

you hate to see legends beefing

at some point it tips from fun slop to mostly boring/bad/insulting slop. but until then a few good moments here and there. I actually like ed and how kinnaman plays him, he seems like a realistically dunderheaded type of murrican and the series seems to take a sort of glee in making him suffer terribly

not a gamer at all by gamer standards but balatro is a second to none time-killer for lengthy bus/subway commutes

Not the worst outcome, don’t see what you have to apologize for tho.

Ime a perceptibly rising amount of ghosting / unreliability is just priced into dating now.

Wow I knew things were getting worse but that’s a staggering figure.

I was thinking of McD’s mainly

The essay is worthy on its own but the collected anecdotes and insights in the book are definitely worthwhile, especially for newcomers/non-leftists who may not have any opinions about say the history of economics but do almost certainly have some experience of a stupid or useless job. There’s a tangible, easy to grasp contradiction in the alleged efficiency of our economic system vs the increased proliferation of these jobs that helps to keep the book persuasive from the jump. I think it’s also helped by positing itself as “a theory” rather than a definitive history, something I had trouble swallowing w/r/t Debt.

I came here to recommend Bullshit Jobs, Debt by contrast I found too sweeping / less convincing (and in any case a much bigger ask for the reader)

Increasingly thinking the Musk/Trump partnership isn’t even going to make it to Inauguration Day.

maybe I’m wrong and this is actually very effective propaganda but it’s very difficult for me to imagine a scenario where any minds are changed by this (again if influencing views is the actual goal and not just Triggering The Libs or whatever). I get the impulse to shake people up but it’s not clear to me the value of pushing violent images in front of random probably lower income people as opposed to yknow messing with actual ghouls in power

I agree with this especially since it seems like already stressed out cash strapped people are the likeliest to be scanning these. I mean if the goal in and of itself is just to piss people off and you think that’s productive/worthy by itself then go for it I guess

I don’t think it’s analogous to the Manson murders but I doubt the corny in-person cheerleading is helping him out, if that’s the intention.

There was a Tarantino Manson movie like 4 years ago.

actual human people are apparently not going to be executed that the following admin would almost certainly accelerate the process to kill. it’s a good thing. it’s not ENOUGH by any means but it is at least the correct direction of travel unlike pretty much every other Biden admin thing other than labour (which was also Not Nearly Enough). it goes without saying he would still get the wall. I can in fact hold both of these thoughts in my head at once just fine.