Bingeing TikTok reels may be hazardous to your well-being. 71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety. Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform!

Can't blame him at all.

Is the AI hype cycle losing steam?

Well....

So much for Bitcoin being a "store of value", equivalent to or better than gold.

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There must be some mistake. There are 654 threads in which Trump's name isn't mentioned. That has to be evidence of a coverup.

Two Economies by Jaci Turner There are two economies in this country, though we pretend there is only one. One lives on television screens— all arrows green and climbing, a chorus of smiling anchors calling it a boom, a miracle, the best we’ve ever had. 🧵

"The Epstein case is ultimately not an issue about Donald Trump and the United States but rather about all the Donald Trumps of the Western world—right-wing, nationalist, illiberal, populist political leaders with ties to Russia who are threatening the security and integrity of Western democracy."

“A typical SRO rent in 1924 was $230 per month—in today’s dollars.” It feels like we need about 1 million of these spread across major metro areas.

A challenge with price controls is that they're time inconsistent—they're easier to impose when they're appropriate than to remove whenever their costs outweigh their benefits. In fact, NYC rent control itself traces its roots to "emergency" measures enacted during WWI & WWII.

I, too, was skeptical of the rumor that Donald Trump sucked Bill Clinton's dick. Surely he would see that as debasing, right? But then I rewatch any video of Trump and Putin and think, oh yeah, wait, Trump *loves* groveling before someone he perceives as more powerful. So I have a new theory...

It will be interesting to see the DOJ yearly stats for 2025 in cases brought for drugs, financial fraud, terrorism, child porn, organized crime, political corruption, etc. They'll be WAY down in every category, I'll bet.

I agree, but I'm not sure that JD would feel differently if the helper were named Bill or Chuck or Jim Bob. Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between racism and classism. JD, I think, has an unhealthy attachment to both.

There is no denying it - prices were trending down until Trump assumed office, then they began increasing Tariffs are making most goods more expensive for Americans

OPERATION ROUGH RIDER OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR "What are Grindr Handles near DC for $800 Alex?"

I came across this summary that pulls together some of the recent findings on the links between commonplace (including ostensibly "harmless") pathogens and long-term harm to human health. The war on infectious diseases is far from over!

Brexit reduced UK GDP by 6-8% ... investment was reduced by 12-18%, employment by 3-4% and productivity by 3-4% ... a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources....

This is a good article about the application if international law to the destruction of boats in the Caribbean and on the West Coast.

They've been here less than 24 hours and they're already acting like assh*les.

Confusion to the enemy! 🍻

There were signs.

See, AI really is good for some things. 🤣

"If the $32 billion legal marijuana industry is illegal under federal law but still exists, what’s to stop the estimated $28.3 billion hemp sector from continuing on despite federal prohibition?" This is an unfunded mandate. Unless a state enacts a similar ban, I doubt that it will be enforced.

Two things I can't wait for should he file this lawsuit: • Deposition. It should be fun to see what he says he was doing minute by minute on J6. • Damages. Watching him try to prove damages should also be entertaining. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.

Adriana Kugler, who abruptly stepped down from her role as a Fed governor, repeatedly violated the central bank’s trading rules. New disclosures show trades in individual stocks, like Apple, Southwest Airlines and Cava, many of which took place during the blackout period ahead of policy meetings.

Not right now, Kitten. The walls are closing in on daddy.

The Epstein files are on my desk for review but also they don’t exist but also it’s a Democrat Hoax but also I’m going to investigate Democrats for being in the made up hoax files. Help me understand, please.

Dumbest. President. Ever.

Interesting that FoxNews is branding this as wallet relief. I don't think they consistently called it "wallet burden" when Trump first imposed these tariffs. It's probably just my failing memory, though.

Econ prof. Donald Boudreaux explains why people, not countries, engage in trade and commerce and why trade deficits do not drain Americans of wealth.

This ranks among the three of four most impressive photos I've seen in my lifetime - an incredible feat of astrophotography. Check out the the alt-text here and if you still want to know more, head over to x.com/BlackGryph0n and take a look. They even have a video on how the photo was made.

Dan has it right. Immigrants improve the economy. Yes, JD, even "illegal" immigrants. It goes further, though. Immigrants don't just produce more, they consume as well, which means even more production to fill that demand. The impact on government finances is minimal.

FACT CHECK: mass deportations actually 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 the price of housing by shrinking the construction workforce and amount of housing built. The best way to lower the cost of housing is simply making it easier to build housing by repealing NIMBY regulations. This isn't hard to understand, JD.

The main perpetual reasons for China’s “foreign policy struggles”: reckless and at times rude in Chinese, timid and tongue-twisted in English while behaving like a complete assh*le to everyone. Why is it so hard for China to behave (or even feign) as a normal and friendly country?🤦🏻‍♂️

"The reality, as Singapore’s efforts show, is that America’s trading partners are actively searching for non-US alternatives.... If Trump’s pullback is indeed creating a global vacuum, China will be delighted to fill it." We'll be lucky if it only takes us a generation to recover from this.

If there's one thing that the Trump crime family excels at, it's filling their pockets with other people’s money.

"It seems like Donald Trump and Republicans have learned pretty much nothing from the Biden experience, which was not a super successful one. In fact, Donald Trump seems hell bent on raising prices wherever he can." @crampell.bsky.social breaks it down in Receipts: bit.ly/4nVN0cy?utm_...

BREAKING: tax increases reduce aggregate demand.

Exempting stuff from tariffs now further undercuts the Administration's argument to SCOTUS that the trade deficit itself presents such an urgent emergency that it must be countered by the president. The trade deficit doesn't care if the imports are bananas or not.

"Impromptu meetings" between banks and the NY Fed rarely signal good news for the economy.

Lindsey isn't looking as carefree and happy as she did when she started her new gig a couple of months ago. I'll bet she's learned that this on-the-job training program is a lot harder than she thought it would be.

China's real estate bust isn't over.

Michelle is throwing truth bombs again.

It's hard to get good help - or any help at all - at DOJ. nobody wants their name attached to this.

Pam Bondi had shut down the Epstein cases - which is why Congress could finally vote on releasing files. Trump is ordering new investigations in an effort to BLOCK the release by making it an active case.

Just sent an email to my MAGA congressman asking whether he's planning on voting in favor of character and decency next week. Can't wait to see what the reply says.

Cool! Now let's see the AUMF and those Epstein files.

Trump is underwater by almost 40 points (!) on Epstein.