On the upside, the cars were a lot more colorful. Maybe we could simply aim for fewer, more colorful cars.

Doesn’t exactly look like a deadly rioter who could not possibly have been subdued without being shot and killed.

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It’s almost as if the two greatest challenges of our time - economic inequality and climate change - have dropped out of the picture entirely. All the while, things are getting worse on both fronts.

The Bill of Rights, a quaint idea.

As opposed to Swiss?? 🤡🤣🤡🤣

Pure stupidity.

Here’s what I listened to in 2025.

Quite the chart.

They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.

This is terrorism, by which I mean “the unlawful use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or government, with the goal of furthering political, social, or ideological objectives.”

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

The absolute state of this…

As if to confirm the wisdom of the measure… Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Good to see that the @financialtimes.com is not buying the administration’s specious nonsense about the Renee Good killing.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” — George Orwell, 1984

Thatcher's (and Hong Kong's) long shadow: The freeport dream has become an "AI Growth Zone" dream www.porttechnology.org/news/thames-...

Submit or be executed by the state.

Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Given the current price of oil (low) and the costs of extraction and refinement in Venezuela (high) and the future prospect of falling oil demand, why would oil companies want to invest in drilling and pipeline projects there?

Rather than, say, looking something up in a book or using one’s own brain to write, we’re destroying the planet. For what? For whom? Absolute madness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Guys, don’t worry, “economists think these tax breaks might be worth it.”

I just want an “airport experience” in which I can get a beer for less than $15.

😂😂

The fight for their lives, that is.

Sharing my Spotify account with my 10 yr old has yielded some odd results.

Educators need to get serious about the extremely harmful likely effects of using AI in research and writing. If ever there was a time to help students to develop critical skills in these areas, it is now.

@gelliottmorris.com's piece on what Americans actually want from parties is fascinating. It also (re-)produces a classic finding: Almost no one is in the "socially liberal but economically conservative" bucket, but those who are have very popular Substacks www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...

Seems reasonable.

Even more deranged than normal.

Ok, so the new plan is: instead of the government giving money to the big, fat, rich insurance companies, the government will give money to individuals who will in turn give it to the big, fat, rich insurance companies (presumably for an inferior product at a higher price). Both dreadful.

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

If in doubt, blame the ___ Insert: Jews/blacks/immigrants/Catholics/Protestants/women/communists as required. They’ve been at it for centuries.

Trump is wildly unpopular. The Democratic Party leadership should act accordingly.

trump's approval among adults falls below 40% for the first time in his second term: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv... his net rating is -16.4, statistically indistinguishable from his -17.2 rating at this point in his first term: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this

She makes a fair point. I am convinced that Trump and the majority of his cabinet could not pass the citizenship exam.

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This would be a good day to read about the multiple political orders in New York City. Chapter three looks at the egalitarian order, which appears to have the initiative for a change. bookshop.org/p/books/ineq...

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Mamdani is the first NYC mayor to top 1 million votes since John Lindsay did so in 1969.

roses are red big laughs are hearty

At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election. He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City. buff.ly/7kOwKhb

I have calculated a set of county-level benchmarks for following the statewide elections in VA, NJ, GA and PA tonight. This is smarter than just watching votes roll in because it helps account for unreported areas. Will update the spreadsheet as votes come in. Link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

His levels of wealth appear to proportionally related to the levels of his stupidity.

What a world.

RIP

Published my first Op-Ed w/ Professor Ed Goetz on how the national narrative about Minneapolis misses how zoning and market rate housing are necessary but not sufficient to help lower-income renters 🧵 www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...