Refreshingly sound analysis from a former bond trader: if only Andy Burnham and the Labour government would listen. vincegomez.com/articles/the...

“We [men] can only see food when it moves” is a hilarious bit. (Just don’t try it if you are actually married — and want to stay that way.)

Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice? This line up would have been the punch line of jokes even in the early 1990s. Lol, and lmao. (Morris Day and the Time said “no way!” to this apparently as well.)

Bagel Quality Across America

On this day in 1870, the Battle of Eccles Hill was fought near Frelighsburg and Saint-Armand, Quebec as part of the Fenian Raids. The Fenian Brotherhood, led by John O'Neill, were defeated by the Canadian home guard and volunteers. 📸 MIssisquoi Historical Society Collections

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

“A seriously stacked sandwich from Quebec made with smoked beef brisket layered between slices of light rye bread and drizzled with tangy yellow mustard.” Montreal smoked meat sandwich named among world’s best sandwiches

I don’t know if you guys have heard of the Melian Dialogue before. But I can’t believe nobody has ever thought to write about this thing before. othermeans.substack.com/p/american-m...

Worth noting this is really just damage control: Cloudfare's stock price zoomed up ahead of earnings on 5/7, and at earnings they announced these cuts, which sent the stock down 20%. So now the CEO's been running around trying to convince people ackshully it was smart to fire 1/5th of the company.

a hero of our time

Alouette time! Pre-season, but wouldn’t be able to make any other games for awhile.

Anon reviewer told us to cite more of my work:

Burrito taxi here, X is all on getting rich on the SpaceX IPO, and it hit me: WE MAKE THE BURRITOS IN SPACE Since launch costs will go to zero and energy is free in space and resources are free in space (I'm told), just have Orbital Burrito Centers that send down burritos direct on demand

Enjoyed this simple (laudatory) framework of the intersect between AI, capital markets and the energy shock.

Not exactly breaking news, but I just glanced at the AI spending boom. My feeling was that this is a sectoral boom, but the investment numbers were chunkier than I expected. open.substack.com/pub/bondecon...

The Montreal Victoire win their first PWHL title, beating the Ottawa Charge 4-0 in Game 4 of the Walter Cup Finals.

The Fed rate cut debate is over; the rate hike debate has begun www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

Anthropic achieved this by a $5 billion *quarterly* revenue increase (130% QoQ revenue growth!) For reverence, Nvidia is a $5 trillion company and they were only able to achieve a $5bn quarterly revenue increase in *OCTOBER 2025*, six months ago.

Does Trump have the juice to bankrupt FIFA?

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This is illuminating.

UK CPI came in lower than expectations, slightly helpful for Gilts:

“And when I die don’t bury me at all, Just cover my bones with alcohol. Put a bottle of booze at my head and feet, And pray the Lord my soul to keep.” Yes, the Story of Money podcast is finally tackling the Bretton Woods conference, with @edconway.bsky.social our guide www.ft.com/content/99c8...

Don't scare them this early, but the brits are about to have no idea what to do with the spectacular weather on their long weekend

Football season is now upon us. Alouettes home exhibition game Friday.

"If Americans don't like kings, how come 'The Lion King' is so popular on Broadway? Huh? Explain that to me."

I saw this screenshot on IG and think of it every time I see one of these posts 🤣🤣🤣

After the nerve-wracking game 7, local grocery store added reserved parking for Carolina (at the far end of the lot).

almost good i would say

Can the Elder Gods sleep just a bit longer? We have a lot on our plate right now.

For years I thought the "Suez Crisis" was the "Sewers Crisis", like a blocked sewer or something, and I couldn't understand what Egypt had to do with any of it.

The children yearn for a fire mission

‘There’s a deer trapped in an escalator’: muntjac rescued from Norwich M&S

Can’t a woman have hobbies?

Yes! Also the head of state doesn’t even have to change bsky.app/profile/smtu...

General Tso is an example of someone who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.

Is a food stockpile that doesn’t accept food really a food stockpile?

The true size of Japan compared to South Korea

Lol. Although the NATO allies apparently have more expertise in mine-clearing (the US dumped that on them, and they face greater risks from Russia using mines (and even old WWII mines)), no way to start mine-clearing until the coast of the Gulf is pacified. This is 100% a Trump problem.

“Leeroy Jenkins” is closer to T+5 settlement than it is to the present day

The St Louis Fed is hiring economists. The deadline is soon, thus apply quickly! rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/St-L... #EconSky

The neutral real interest rate—also called r*, or r-star—is the theoretical rate that would prevail when maximum employment and 2% inflation are reached. How do economists estimate this “unobservable” rate? https://bit.ly/4wkI72a #EconSky

My local grocery store is having fun with the playoffs. They painted a spot “reserved for Sabres fans” at the far end of the parking lot. www.msn.com/en-ca/sports...

They’ll make it up on volume.

Even the NY Times disrespects Poilievre. Lol, lmao.

Oi. @robinwigglesworth.ft.com maybe less smartarsery and more time avoiding clusterfucks like the music round.

People should read more European history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%...