Timely piece on how dramatically the dominant (world bank) views on economic management have changed... www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/why-the-wo...

counterpoint: we need smart people with good values to remain in the fight, not abandon the field.

Lemon Pound Cake earworm is quite serious. I've agreed not to sing it out loud.

Dessert tonight uses Monty's Surprise, a heritage apple rediscovered out the back of Whanganui. Here's the backstory.... www.heritagefoodcrops.org.nz/montys-surpr...

Commercial risk management in action.

anyone who ever got whooped by Gran know that old lady strength is real

I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it

I hope the war's impact on "fertiliser" is waking some people up to the (non) sustainability of industrial farming.

Crazy crazy story. Times of Israel reporter ( English language Israeli news site ) gets escalating death threats to change story that’s at center of big polymarket bet. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

Good to see some practical training/embedding here alongside the tech.... www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...

Sane. Surely is much better to cut a deal with Iran.

Too technical for many, but there are real gems in here. Ironic that that hollowing out this empirical field aimed at the public benefits from better macroeconomic policy coincides with private firms piling into empirical economics via AI, personalized pricing etc.

Happy St David's day to all who celebrate, or are just perhaps in need of something different to think about.

A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them. I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran. So here goes nothing. 🧵

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

I don't do recipes much but "an inch of ginger" is my kind of spec.

Well worth 60 seconds of your time! 😂😂

“.. Slater’s closest political ally was vice-president JD Vance, who has expressed sympathy for tougher scrutiny of corporate power. But he has not publicly intervened on her behalf.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/19f8...

Much hilarity here regarding 3G switch off. Wife has not upgraded. Can still send/receive texts and do wifi calling. Can't receive calls or voicemail over moble network but does get txt notification of missed calls.

Daughter is trying to buy a house, but every time she finds something suitable the builders report exposes it's expensive faults. No consolation, but Janet Yellen's husband George explained why this keeps happening back in 1970... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mar...

Sir Kier looks quite toasted to me... www.ft.com/content/5bba...

Guess what happens when regenerative dairy farmers get the chance to go organic... www.farmersweekly.co.nz/news/south-i...

My wife and I were on a beach in the Wellington area and found this at a car park, in the grass. It is approximately the size of a person's hand,made of bone, and intricately carved. I've masked the lower half,as only the legitimate owner will be able to fully describe it. Please share this...(1)

Looking at a basic loaf of white in the supermarket there is mostly wheat flour, water, and a bit of soy flour (then things present in trace amounts like Baker's yeast), but whatever in the past year has been affecting the bread but not flour price is also an aspect of the market not affecting cake.

Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Amazing thread about an experiment in pedagogy that engaged students in crafting and carrying out assignments and work in an age of AI and LLMs 👇

More to come... Yes there will be after this inquiry. #nzpol

Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -

Tidal is my streaming service - it works really well & seems to have the highest payment rate to artists - so it also has lots of artists 😀

Adelaide Writers Week is officially cancelled, with all remaining board members stepping down. This is a travesty. Not only did they refuse to reverse course and save the festival, they “apologised” to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah… and then once again tried to justify their decision by citing Bondi.

Lots to agree with here....

Who remembers ham steaks?

This one’s my favourite: youtu.be/ysUjYAi0WcQ?...

Arrested Development.... tidal.com/browse/album...

You know that AI “coat fence” story that went viral yesterday? Well this story is real

i also like that they promote repair culture. imo, even when people buy quality things, they are too quick to ditch and replace when things look shabby another video from IG thishouse5000 (pls bluesky let us attach multiple videos to a post)

+1

Merry Christmas, everyone!

HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files: Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996. The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Economics does force people to confront their values. But this pathology is uniquely USian.

Students! Have you written a poem about math or a mathematical concept? There is a contest, and it is free to enter. Deadline January 20th: www.ams.org/learning-car...

News to me: this is a 1-way screw. Install only, can't be unscrewed.

I agree with the problem definition and obviously the solution needs to be cloud-based but what we really need is for the smart contracts people to block chain shame so the prediction markets can gamify it

I was disappointed with several elements of The @economist.com recent articles on minimum wages. To their credit, they've published my response. Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter 1/N

Can anyone help me complete this ancient Nordic oath about the term on which governance is accepted.... "We, who are just as good as you, allow you,who are no better than us to...provided that you don't...in which case all best are off"

Sounds like the K road street party is getting going... I'll wander up soon.

To give you an idea of how "AI" has fucked up the holiday season, their insane demand for RAM chips that's barely even being used has caused a production drought for every other application. Meaning right now you can buy a cheap PC, yank the RAM, and sell it on eBay for twice what the PC costs.