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Barney Frank looked disgusting--nipples protruding--in his blue shirt before Congress. Very very disrespectful.

Every men’s t-shirt now is boxy oversized heavyweight cotton… whatever happened to this kind of t-shirt? We need to return.

the pope wrote a 42,000 word manifesto declaring war on AI. we are so freaking back.

Second, especially to the extent we're talking about Democrat/Republican ratios, there has been a broader realignment of the boundaries between the parties that has turned a lot of professors who might have been Republicans 20-30 years ago into Democrats

Pizza Hut franchises across the country are rolling out "Pizza Hut Classic" remodels to bring back the iconic '80s and '90s dining experience. Franchisees are reviving beloved staples like the red cups, checkered tablecloths, salad bars, and classic Tiffany-style lamps to draw families back into dining rooms. After years of sleek modern redesigns, the old-school dine-in feel is suddenly making a comeback.

I think it’s notable that the price increases are primarily inelastic goods — we need housing, we need healthcare, we need food — while price decreases are almost entirely optional luxury goods This feels worse than the opposite because we can’t tighten our belt out of it

It's pretty obvious why they think that cheap TVs, means good economy. The television was the god of the Boomer. They didn't worship capital G, nor even freedom or American values as they insist. They worshiped the television, cheap television, good economy, right?

Two kinds of people in the world. Those that believe like LKY that US econ dominance is based on being able to hire world's most ambitious, smartest people in a meritocratic space, and those that think if their friend worked at Google instead, US firms would still be dominant.

NEW: AI is reportedly pushing McKinsey & rival consulting firms to rethink pricing, as clients are “questioning the value” of human advice.

Francis Fukuyama on the U.S. as a declining power: American decline is a direct product of Trump's rise since 2016. It is as if Trump had decided to do everything in his power to weaken the United States vis-à-vis China. He has polarized an already polarized country, cut funding for basic scientific research, and attacked American universities which are the best in the world. He and his colleagues have openly stated that their domestic opponents — the Democrats — are a far greater threat to the future of the United States than either China or Russia. There is agreement among America's friends and rivals that the United States has become something of a rogue state that is contributing to global instability and disorder — as well as something of a laughingstock.