I mean Joseon dynasty kings also tilled a rice paddy in an annual ritual. Doesn't make them rice farmers.

Two pencils? That would have taken me through one week of algebra class in middle school.

Tomas was always a right of center guy. Wealthy, steeped in feudal privilege, but never particularly partisan. "I was never a supporter of the estates general."

On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”

Remarkable how new horrors are unveiled on a daily basis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year. Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago. You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/

ADP shows private hiring has essentially ground to a halt overall in recent months led by job losses among small firms

Disappointed

“It was a once-in-a-generation cash injection designed to prioritize extraction-based communities as part of the energy transition, which for the first time in almost a century made Appalachia very competitive. So to have it all taken away is deeply damaging and demoralizing.”

Must we have something like the North Sea Flood of 1953 to create political consensus around fighting climate change?

NYT op-ed from me: Low job gains & low unemployment are causing cognitive dissonance. The cause: immigration policy. If Trump stays the course, job gains may well go lower. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o... But, maybe he acts irresponsibly to get bigger numbers no matter the effect on inflation etc...

“We believe, and I believe experts will agree, that the war is one of the factors contributing to the increase in the price of oil,” says Stiglitz. “And the increase in the price of oil is one of the factors contributing to the weakening of the economy." www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23638...

Even in brain-rot market fundamentalist logic, the problem seems to be the market not delivering what consumers want. Why is that the consumer's fault?

Miran and Bessent need to get their narrative straight. One says reducing the population is deflationary. The other encourages people to move to a red state without mentioning what this would mean for the purchasing power of existing residents there.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.

Amidst rising unemployment & decreasing immigration, professional forecasters are cutting their estimates for US job growth—projections released today expect the American workforce to be 850k people smaller in mid-2026 than they did six months ago

Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.

if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?

The sedentary bandit hypothesis of state formation takes a new turn

I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States

This guy must think that the Black Death was amazing

Coal-based steel, it’s a dead end! US Steel planning a new coal-free furnace to make iron for their electric arc furnace in Arkansas. www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/us-s...

Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people

This fight is missing the forest for the trees. Will is right that the median purchasing power has increased, but people feeling worse off is also justified - not just in vibes but also in improvements to life expectancy that the economy has failed to deliver in recent years.

The sense of entitlement from these people. Jesus.

Real ones also know that the AI industry is already basically getting bailed out (because they’re exempt from the tariffs the rest of us have to pay) www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...

Whoops

10th month in the reign of the degrowth king

Lol sounds like a racist from 1800 talking about the Irish or 1900 talking about Italians in NY.

From #AHAPerspectives in April: "Since the 19th century, US government actions have led to drastic changes in international trade and finance," @nelsonhist.bsky.social writes. "And in all four cases, the result was not recessions but depressions." 🗃️

"And we will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism... Where the more than one million Muslims know that they belong." This is the kind of solidarity we need.

Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS. They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This Day in Labor History: November 4, 1942. Copper miners in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. Worse, these were members of the leftist Mine, Mill. Let's talk about hate strikes and white workers again choosing their racial identity over class identity!

Wow shocked 2 learn Tariffs Not Only Impose Immense Economic Costs but Also Fail to Achieve Their Primary Policy Aims and Foster Political Dysfunction Along the Way

The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself

Cruelty is the point.

My ancestors carried me through this year in ways I cannot even put into words. I feel their love and protection more than ever. This Emmy is for them, and for Gary, Indiana. If you have a moment, please watch this story. It is my heart, my home on screen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Yl...

"Doctor, do you believe in the soul's existence?" "Yes." "Then where is it?" "The soul is a verb... Not a noun." David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

"Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the US on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man’s attorneys said on Tuesday." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.

I see that the Economist has truly gone over the waterfall of stupidity and hit the reefs of illiteracy.

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

I'm no economist but the fact that more than 42 million Americans (1 in 8!) are on SNAP (i.e., food stamps) says that the federal minimum wage is way too low.