Jonathan Marek

@tatefrazier @HoodxBear Until tomorrow

California has the highest winning percentage in ACC Tournament history

@MummaLabs Hi Ben- I hope you are well too. Thoughtful debate is hard on X, so I won’t respond by point. Now that this is happening… we’re going to see. Trade as a weapon in an intl power game is zero sum thinking. Trade (dom&intl) grows the pie. We should all want that.

Hi Jonathan - it's been a while; hope you are doing well! The argument for tariffs is more complex than "avocados", as I'm sure you'd agree! Broadly, you'd have 2 claims on how tariffs help the US: 1 - tariffs encourage production of goods to come back into the US. 2 - tariffs are a way to peacefully wield our power and gain concessions that benefit Americans. On (1) it may not benefit those of us in the tech sector, but plenty of people do benefit from bringing various manufacturing/production jobs back into the US (e.g. the various auto production facilities for BMW, Toyota, etc), which supports the national interests both in terms of providing jobs, as well as from a national defense perspective. On (2) it's abundantly clear that Mexico and the rest of Central America have taken advantage of us and enabled a pipeline of migrants to our border, thanks to the treasonous actions of the Biden Administration. This needs to be shut down and punished, and I'll gladly pay more (or shop differently) in order to accomplish that. It's also worth noting that due to the asymmetrical trade, these tariffs will put a lot of pressure on both Canada and Mexico (link below). Given the desirability of the US market, tariffs should be quite effective on both these points. While academics will claim "tariffs don't work", and urban elites will glom on to that, most citizens will intuitively grasp that the benefits come from beyond a narrow-scoped economic ideal that academics are certainly working from. Far from being the "stupid uneducated Magats" that many (not saying you, of course) deem them, I think most Americans understand that international politics is a power game and that tariffs are a tool to use toward other goals as described above. Things like this are why Trump has his highest net approval rating (positive for the first time) even after 10+ years of constant demonization by the press and the left (but I repeat myself). Sorry for the essay and hope this is received well - it just felt like a good opportunity to explain the mindset. There's a broader point here around actually having a President/Government work for the American people rather than wield power against it, but that's a story for another time. x.com/joma_gc/status…

I get avocados. They get money (not a “subsidy”). I want avocados. I don’t want to pay more money. I don’t understand the problem we’re “solving”.

People had several extra kids and then watched them die.

@emmma_camp_ Agreed. I’m hopeful on the changes new president Jon Levin is bringing to my alma mater!

Ah, nice. That is the correct response when the disrupters are non-students.

@Gena_I_Gorlin When 3 boys were little, my wife would bake cookies and they’d walk over. Firefighters LOVED unscheduled and with cookies.

Turns out you can just take your children to a fire station, unscheduled, and everyone will love them and offer them affordances

@FutureJurvetson The Y2K of Gen Z?

1 in 44 chance of a 8-megaton blast by meteorite 💥 (Hiroshima was 0.015 megatons for comparison). JWST will try to get a better read on its trajectory and size. If needed, deflection has to occur in 2028, not on final approach like in the movies.

@NerdBrutality I’m thinking of this as Tavita and Zach beating Jared Goff. #BeatCal

@heelscentral Stanford fan here. Are you still a satisfied UNC fan?

At least Stanford doesn’t have any fans to flood my mentions I guess

@FBGreatMoments Saw it live! Oh the glory days

Still one of the greatest catches I've ever seen 🤯

@OhioStateFB I feel like Michigan would have used the correct grammar

Jobs Not Finished.

@SharpFootball Yeah, Justin. That’s what must give.

the Texans went 1-5 vs other playoff teams this year the Chargers went 2-5 vs other playoff teams this year something must give this afternoon PREVIEW Chargers at Texans: sharpfootballanalysis.com/fantasy/charge…

@pitdesi It was so good (and inexpensive) back in the day, a couple locations ago. Still great food. Cool to see their success.

A frequent East Bay stop for me: Vik’s chaat corner. It started out as a small counter in a wholesale grocery warehouse, then became so popular that it got its own large space You can’t go wrong on the menu, just order a bunch of things

All four teams suck. I think Michigan and NIU should play for the Natty

@3YearLetterman In his autobiography, President Franklin says he drank a dram of seed oil every morning, and he famously lived to 107 years old

Can we please stop trying to ban shit? If I want to take a shot of seed oil and chase it with high fructose syrup, I don’t need some ass clown in Washington telling me I can’t

QB ranking in this game: 1. Cam Skattebo 2. ASU punter 3. Sam Leavitt 4. Arch Manning 5. Quinn Ewers

@buitengebieden Ohio State and Michigan have something to learn

A Termite line (top) and an Ant line (bottom), each protected by its column of soldiers who face each other without attacking..

@channeltree Nice to see the spirit of the Pac12 living on

ACC Largest Circle of Suck: 16

Each conference's Circle of Suck after this weekend's CFB games! Circle of Suck™️ (n.) — A sequence of teams such that each team has lost to the previous in the sequence, forming a circle of transitive sucking! 🧵 (1/5)

@GoMightyCard Still can’t believe that worked. Mosley was incredible - but that adjustment and catch!

Okay, let’s talk about that game-tying touchdown. 1. It’s tied! 2. Crazy, crazy play call. 3. Amazing that Lamson even threw that ball. 4. Amazing that Mosley caught it. 5. Amazing all around. Wow.

@on3 “Hugh Freeze for the defense”

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is suing the NCAA over his eligibility and NIL. Pavia is seeking a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, which is preventing him from playing the 2025-26 season based on his attendance at junior college during the 2020-21 seasons. on3.com/nil/news/vande…