This is like walking into a sportsbook and putting $50,000 on the Jets to win the next Super Bowl. I'm honestly speechless.

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Caterpillar Inc. has acquired self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, sometimes called the "Tesla of agriculture." Climate tech startups like Monarch have struggled to commercialize their carbon-cutting solutions. Scoop with @cocojournalist.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com:

I have been in DC since Sunday night and I have yet to see a single other person wearing seersucker. It's absolutely disgraceful and you should all be ashamed of yourselves.

maybe the fines are too damn low

The massive Orban defeat should prompt Dems to align themselves more firmly with anti-fascist and pro-democracy forces abroad. There's a powerful link to be drawn between the celebrations in Budapest and the confrontations with ICE in Minneapolis. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2090...

This was a solid overview that highlights so much of what has gone wrong with attempts at commercializing battery technology and supply chain projects in the West. The common thread? Venture capital. 🔌💡 christopherchico.substack.com/p/why-14-wes...

ProPublica demonstrates once again it is probably the most important journalistic institution in America today. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I guess after Noem got shitcanned there was no further work for them

Coming to Bill’s defense here. Grunge is in fact terrible and honestly so is most of the post-Grunge that defined GenX’s college years. Millennials OTOH were rescued from an Emo existence when Indie Rock/Pop blew up. Mr. Brightside saved our souls. GenX is stuck staring into a Black Hole Sun.

"The Pope should stay out of politics" I scream, as I memoryhole the Pope who reigned for the first 20 years of my life and sided with America and the West against the Evil Empire

Wake up babe it’s seppuku hour on the Hill

A clear PR stunt from a "Doordasher from Arkansas" who was also a Doordasher from Nevada when they lobbied for the company last year waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/u... about.doordash.com/en-us/news/d...

In case y'all haven't thought this through, Russ Vought will have OMB doing this in January 2029 if they're successfully forced from power. With a pardon promised for all participants in records destruction. And any agents of justice will need to assume a torched paper trail.

it's happening "PhD degree in Climatology or Atmospheric Sciences" "Deep knowledge of the mortgage business"

the most prescient economics tweet of our time

None of the major handicappers will have the cajones to mark GA-SEN "likely D" before the end of this campaign, but it will be.

This full segment is remarkable...and emotional. It really does feel like Leo sees his ultimate calling as a foil against Trumpism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVDZ...

I have lived in Atlanta for 12 years and have been to Church Bar once, very reluctantly, and have otherwise refused to patronize it because I find their anti-religious iconography highly offensive. This is somehow worse.

One of my hot takes is the Dems should abandon most of its federal workforce development programs and just use policy to increase the ROI of sectors it wants to grow. Mostly via tax credits. If employers are making enough money, they'll find a way to reskill/upskill to meet workforce needs.

Hey everyone remember when he said "two Corinthians"? That was a sign.

I got crap on this website around this time last year for arguing progressives should get comfy allying with the Catholic Church to build a successful popular movement against Trumpism. And frankly at the time I didn't even have "Trump goes ALL CAPS against the Pope" on my bingo card.

Oh look, it's one of Atlanta's anti-police training center ringleaders who cheered on terrorizing councilmembers and construction contractors.

Notable that 2026 is the 500th anniversary of Mohacs, the Ottoman victory that wiped Hungary from Europe's map for a century and a half.

It's always messy and hard to discern early light from false dawn, but the past 4 years in Europe: - Mobilized behind Ukraine, and dusted the cobwebs off its defense industrial base - Admitted Sweden and Finland to NATO - Began a rapid and permanent shift away from Russian gas (1/2)

Polls matter. Electoral margins matter. Breadth and depth of victory matter. Expectations matter. This is likely a very different story in a close election with a narrow Magyar win.

Lord I have seen what you have done for others

A win for Europe. A win for the West. Onwards!

Whether or not it’s actually true I’m gonna go with “Vance flipped Hungary from a Tisza win to a Tisza supermajority” and you’ll never convince me otherwise

And there it is *HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION ON TRACK TO WIN SUPERMAJORITY IN ELECTION

3 possibilities: 1. Blockade was planned before the Islamabad negotiations, and the failed negotiations were meant to give cover for escalation. 2. The negotiations were mostly successful, and the blockade is performative so Trump can say his “domination” move won the day. 3. They’re flailing.

*stares in CPA* You guys have no fucking idea how many times my clients slide up to me wanting to do something nakedly illegal and I have to fire their asses for even suggesting it. Happens all the time. I lose one or so a year on it

One hour until polls close. May the wings of liberty once again lift Hungary from tyranny’s grip, and unshackle Europe in its fight against Russian imperialism.

I also suspect part of the issue here is they went into this war both without clear objectives and *the ability* to set clear objectives because of the man at the top, his court of scheming viziers, and influential outside friends. (1/2)

This would have been a logical response 3-4 weeks ago, but we decided we were going to mitigate oil price impacts by letting their ships out. Doing it now honestly makes everything worse. Whatever trickle of ships (and hope) we saw with the “ceasefire” is gone, and this pisses off more US allies.

Interdicting ships that have already paid the baksheesh. Brilliant tactic, commandant.

We're getting $200 oil, huh

Let he who hasn't failed miserably at negotiating a peace in half a day with a sworn adversary throw the first stone

Unless you've worked on "deals" inside the administration I don't think you can fully appreciate how much these people prioritize "Uncle Sam gets a cut" in any matter that ends up in deal negotiations. Whatever you've inferred from the outside, trust me, it's more primal & ingrained than you know.

Okay I'm ready to do this. Put me in coach.

"It’s also one of the most obvious pain points now. A pound of lean ground beef cost $8.20, on average, in the US in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from $7.48 a year earlier and $5.68 in 2016." Trump take borger. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The funniest part of working in the Trump Administration was seeing the clear disdain for the opinions of academics and derision of PhDs, and then listening to all the senior politicals refer to "Dr. Navarro" as though his PhD insulated him from being a complete f***ing moron

Something I've been noodling on the past couple days...what if our little expedition here and the ongoing negotiations in Pakistan so extensively distracts Trump and team that we can't help Orban in his attempted ratf***ing tomorrow/next week

That sound you hear is $5 gas over Memorial Day weekend