I just released v1.0 of my #Unredacter software. It can be used to remove lazy censorship from PDF documents, like those in some of the #Epstein files. You can find it here: www.ingenthron.us/Unredacter-v... Free for all to use for all purposes (credit is appreciated, though). #uspol

Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here. www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...

PREACH IT TECH JESUS

"...the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship" gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

#econsky #finsky 2 posts to read in thread.

The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries. In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas. www.iza.org/publications... 🧵 thread—>

A Naval officer on the "warrior dividend" - "When there's bad news coming, the mess decks always serve steak and lobster. Without fail."

“.. From Maryland to Missouri, at least fourteen states are home to towns or counties that have implemented moratoriums: a complete pause on data center development.” @techpolicypress.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social techpolicy.press/the-real-rac...

"A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries" www.statnews.com/american-sci...

LOL “He doesn’t seem to be worried about his professional reputation,” says Carroll, the Johns Hopkins economist who worked with Hassett at the Fed. www.barrons.com/articles/kev...

New Howard Marks memo. Those are always fun. #econsky #finsky www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/mem...

People will soon pay a premium for certified human-only created art, music, lit, etc. Duh. Bummer that we'll have to.

when your 20 year old space company is valued at 800 billion dollars and you're still blowing out shares to keep the lights on (and pay employees), you don't have a real company. hth this bubble popping will be spectacular

A helpful and informative read from @claudia-sahm.bsky.social . So go get helped and informed. #econsky #finsky www.imf.org/en/publicati...

I have participated in the 'Fed Chair sweepstakes' like any good Fed watcher. It matters. But **absolutely pivotal** for next year is the Supreme Court decision on Lisa Cook. If the President can remove members of the Board without review, it's game over for Fed independence.

Technical analysis is the phrenology of the investing cosmos.

This morning from Torsten Sløk - #econsky #finsky www.apolloacademy.com/top-5-risks-...

Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."

Official government statistics that come from independent statistical agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Those folks tell the truth. The problem, of course, is that every word that comes out of the White House, almost every word... is a lie."

‘We now have confirmation, with the OECD saying in a new report that, without AI capex, U.S. economic growth declined in the first half of 2025. People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.’ paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...

Nvidia is spending $1.3 billion to rent its own chips back from CoreWeave, a company in which it owns a $4 billion stake. There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement: (1) It's accounting fraud. (2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.

in terms of focussing on "affordability," this is one of the worst things you could do as the Transportation Department.

Every major importer and retailer should follow suit. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

$RVT declares a banger of a Q4 distro: Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT) declares $0.54/share Payable Dec. 24; for shareholders of record Dec. 11; ex-div Dec. 11.

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

With divs and interest I don't need to live on, Added to RVT, EDD, USA, KYN, BCX, PFFR, UTG, UTF, AOD, BGY.

What could possibly go wrong, you ask? bsky.app/profile/mcop...

I'm thankful. youtu.be/H_dxFpPdHC8?...

Blackrock does not buy homes. Blackstone does. Jesus.

CHART: Bitcoin ETFs shed $58B, dropping faster than BTC protos.com/chart-bitcoi...

If there's ever been a big flashing light that signals 'Exit All Grifts' it's a sharp sustained downturn for Bitcoin.

To cut rates, you'd need to forecast inflation falling to 2% very soon (not likely) or an employment recession (possible). The other possibility is that the neutral rate is lower than the models suggest (currently 1.5%). But even a neutral rate of 0.75% would suggest holding rates steady.

Is the problem the economic "messaging" or the economic "outcomes"

"...spending on AI related construction, and increased consumer spending in part from recent stock market gains, are likely the only two significant factors keeping the economy out of recession." #econsky #finsky bonddad.blogspot.com/2025/11/scen...

Jettisoned my $KRP this morning and added the proceeds to $USA.

"aggressive accounting" is a fun euphemism

The DALLAS FED survey commentary is as dire as ever: “.. We don't know if it's the shutdown or just that demand has dropped, but our orders have dropped in half.” @bobburgess.bsky.social www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...

Concerned lawmakers with very complicated questions like, ‘Why exactly would you start a war in Venezuela?’

“Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist who blasted Summers and others for sexism in a widely shared and highly critical 2020 blog post, sounded vindicated. “Okay, so maybe I wasn’t too mean to him…” she said on social media after the emails were made public last week.” www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...

Being decent was too profitable.

Yeah, nah. www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-mi...

Feel like management of The Bitcoin is going have to do some layoffs in light of this quarter’s results

a lotta yall still dont get it coin holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single modem so if you have 1 Laserjet and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new “PC Load Letters”

This is a Trump policy as well and he has far more power, yet everyone pretends he’s never said it because him doing it would end the world www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...

The mainstream media will never acknowledge that the right ultimately wants the worst for America and this the motivation for their actions. In short, mainstream press won’t tell the truth.

“Gaslighting the people and trying to tell them that prices have come down is not helping. It’s actually infuriating people because people know what they’re paying..." prospect.org/2025/11/17/a...

Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based

It's Liberation Day for the homebuilder supply chain -- they're being liberated of their profits and gross margins: