Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Yes, happened to me trying to get a refund on light bulbs that arrived smashed. I suspect it’s a loss-prevention-by-red-tape mechanism: if I make it difficult/costly enough on someone to impose losses on me, they’ll do less. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I think it’s time to close the long-term capital gains tax preference. 080
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 20/02/2026He who fights with #Reviewer2 should look to it that he himself does not become a #Reviewer2. And if you gaze long into a reviewer’s comments, the reviewer’s comments also gaze into you. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 12/10/2025It’s a mild to moderate form of Tony Hsieh syndrome. 000
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 27/09/20251.0: I thought the ends justify a tolerating a little inurement, but maybe this has gone too far. 2.0: you call that inurement? I’ll raise you an inurement. 110
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Romanticizing “noblesse oblige” is an implicit acknowledgement of just how bad things are. 000
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I am pretty sure there was a jump in car widths in the early 2000’s due to the introduction of side-impact air bags and crumple zones. 020
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Any of Shakespeare’s comedies. But adding Tom Clancy’s to the histories could be awesome. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Ask who you can contact if law enforcement asks you to disclose information that you worry might violate FERPA. In a public forum if possible. 000
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 17/08/2025This is history of real estate prices on Manhattan’s west side since 1960s: 1) gay men move in, make neighborhood safe. 2) prices go up. 3) families move to newly safe neighborhood. 4) prices go up. 5) neighborhood now unaffordable for young gay men. Find new neighborhood. repeat. 061
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I guess there are two parties in NYC: the rent is too damn high party and the rent is too damn low party. 050
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 07/08/2025I think it’s a Venn diagram of eugenecism, kayfabe, and narcissism. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Personalizing care has been an aim for medical research for a long time, but using it as a tool for price discrimination is a brilliant move for pharma marketing. 020
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 03/08/2025It’ll be lies, damned lies, and a bigger beautifuller BLS. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Sure feels like Russia is winning the Cold War. 020
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I meant interest rate policy, but yes that policy uncertainty too. 110
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Policy uncertainty is a raise without a raise. It’s the magic that made the soft landing work. 120
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 31/07/2025What we talk about when we talk about distributable cash flows. 000
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Reads like a @stephenking.bsky.social novella. 030
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I have been saying that “global warming” sounds too pleasant; something like “Torrential thunderstorms 12 months a year” would be more effective. 120
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 20/07/2025If only they had admitted him to art school. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025What was that JP Morgan quote about character again? 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Calling BBB Big Ugly or Big Awful is not visceral enough. I suggest No Gestapo Left Behind. 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 25/06/2025“It worked because… at the heart of it, [m]illions of humans living in fragile habitats prone to mechanical and environmental breakdowns and degradation, and with limited natural resources, we’re better off relying on each other than trying to go it alone.” 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Never mind that, I want the t-shirt that says EBITDA. 130
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Risk management is about identifying potential points of failure and then introducing systems to monitor and control those points. These systems intentionally entail INefficiency. 040
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Big Pharma and Higher Ed should be made allies in this war. 030
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Under a progressive tax system, making a transfer payment of the same amount to everyone is, quite obviously, regressive. 030
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Life imitates art… m.imdb.com/title/tt2060...m.imdb.com"Andor" Who Are You? (TV Episode 2025) ⭐ 9.7 | Action, Adventure, Drama47m | TV-14 010
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 04/06/2025This portrait reminders me of something…media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words `` what was will be '' written below it .Alt: Vigo The Impaler from Ghostbusters 2 000
Reposted by Michael CarniolChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill. But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about. 1/ A quick🧵 761239571
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Arrested Development Narrator: This bill will… CAN SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE ME AN AI AGENT THAT CONTRADICTS WHATEVER THEY JUST SAID??? 000
Reposted by Michael CarniolCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼 540245616023
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 09/05/2025bookshop.org/p/books/frec...bookshop.orgFreckleface StrawberryCheck out Freckleface Strawberry - <p><b>Acclaimed actress Julianne Moore and </b><b>award-winning artist LeUyen Pham's adorable picture book encourages young readers to celebrate the uniqueness in th... 0140
Michael Carniol @michaelcarniol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025In other words, “Do you think you fell out of a coconut tree?” 010
Reposted by Michael CarniolAndrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Ask us biomedical scientists if you have questions. Not conspiracy theorists. Not wellness grifters. And read the article I wrote below on HOW & WHY we know everything involved in research, development, & manufacture of vaccines: Can’t say the same for unregulated supplements! 🧵news.immunologic.orgWe know EXACTLY what’s in vaccines – because we put it thereVaccine scientists and regulatory agencies know exactly what is in vaccines and why, no matter what anti-vaccine activists try to claim. 212029