OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I never thought I'd be rooting for that posturing prat Rees Mogg. But how do you argue with a loud person who never lets you speak? 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Even your most loyal supporters are on to you by now, Donny. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they say "misalignment" they mean "going rogue", "running amok", "ethical breakdown". Don't take the bait. We should not be misdirected into using their mealy-mouth vocab. 011
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Reminder: this doofus is the leader of the free world. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is where we're headed, perhaps... flaminghydra.com/my-kidnapped...flaminghydra.comMy Kidnapped ClitorisThe Day My Clitoris Disappeared I had no idea the Senate had passed the Second Comstock Act until four of my most important primary sources disappeared from the life sciences library. My favorite l... 010
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Borrow in yen, buy Treasuries, repo them for the basis trade = a lot of leverage? ft.pressreader.com/article/2817...ft.pressreader.comBetting on the yen | Financial Times USIn early September, the top foreign exchange experts at Japan’s biggest banks started taking calls from investors and regulators with two big questions: how big is the yen carry trade, and how... 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Germany. Far right. Hard left. This feels familiar. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Is it just me, or are three out of four posts written in some kind of code that only other bsky users understand? 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Question for historians: What happens to national debtors if they go to war with nations to whom they are indebted? eg If the US and China went to war, would the US Treasury still pay interest and principal on Treasuries held by China, or would they just default? 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Periodic reminder from an incurable pedant: Argumentum ad hominem is an argument calculated to appeal to the individual being addressed rather than to impartial reason. The clue is in the "ad", which is a Latin preposition meaning "to". 1/ 100
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is good greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenst...greghadfield.medium.comTony Greenstein: The most important half-hour of my lifeBelow is the text of the closing speech Tony Greenstein prepared for the end of his trial at Kingston Crown Court. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Infuriating how vague pundits' forecasts invariably are. "... in various ways..." and "ownership of Treasuries is required or incentivised". What ways? Required how? 020
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Maybe the Grauniad should rename this section? "What to watch... or maybe not". 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026And if you're in the UK you can see the man interviewed on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukThe Great Philosophers - Series 1: 14. Frege, Russell and Modern LogicBryan Magee discusses the work of German philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) and English philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) with Prof Sir Alfred J Ayer. 020
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A better name for it: Operation Apoplectic Impotence 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I would appreciate an analysis from @dieworkwear.bsky.social 000
Reposted by OliverCorlettSludge @sludge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Sludge stories uncover how corporate interests bankroll Democratic groups to push the party away from progressives. We're kicking off a matching drive — from now through Aug. 31, every new subscription to Sludge will be matched at full-year value by a reader who supports this journalism. 294
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026From the (unpublished) memoirs of someone in the Natal Mounted Police: "Some [horses] made for the stables and their riders were absolomed by the stable roof". Any idea what "absolomed" was slang for and where it came from? 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I would buy it but I don't want to pay the shipping. 010
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026When Netflix, or any other platform, describes a movie as "gritty", what exactly do they mean? It feels almost like a euphemism of some kind. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Opening up new opportunities to make highly leveraged bets? What say you @peark.es , basis-trade expert? 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Isn't the whole point of escrow that the account it is not controlled by either of two parties in interest? 010
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Things just ain't bin the same since Sam the Lion died 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Interesting discussion on what to do with Thames Water. One commenter suggests just letting it go bust and not giving any regulatory breaks. The debt would surely trade down to a level where it actually becomes attractive as a nationalisation buyout. www.ft.com/content/2789...ft.comNationalising Thames Water can be easier than it looksThe UK’s next PM faces some hard decisions. Bringing the failing utility into state ownership isn’t one of them 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Every time there's a piece in the FT about Palantir, someone from Palantir writes a letter to refute it. I wonder how much Palantir is spending on "PR" (aka propaganda). On the NHS contract, people are missing the main point: Why are we giving huge contracts to US rather than UK companies? 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 26/06/2026August 8th, 1974. The day Nixon resigned. Any remaining support he had in congress began to leak away about three months before the midterms. Feels good to remember that every so often. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Pedant's note of the day: "Transpire" is not a synonym for "happen". (Inevitably, however, it is becoming one through (mis)usage). 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026 INTERVIEWER: Does this mean that you continually refine and experiment? WAUGH: Experiment? God forbid! Look at the results of experiment in the case of a writer like Joyce. He started off writing very well, then you can watch him going mad with vanity. He ends up a lunatic. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Because that's where the money is. "Build it and they will come" won't magically transfer venture money from Silicon Valley to Dublin, will it? If so, how does that work? 010
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We knew this. Nobody but Palantir was ever going to win the NHS England contract. Here's corroboration. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Marked to market, Tether has lost about $2.2bn on its Au and BTC holdings since 3/31/26, when it had equity of $8.2bn. If there were a run on USDT it might not be pretty. No FDIC this time, only DJT. 021
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's time it was made illegal to possess such detailed data on individuals, but alas it'll never happen. Data brokers are now selling info on people that intelligence agencies couldn't get without warrants. Makes no sense. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Yes. The hunting of Trump's perceived enemies continues. Does anyone doubt this is "weaponization"? And yet nobody is talking about it. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Maybe investors will just go back to stockpicking again. 000
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Hey, it's Thursday, this is all wrong, Donald, you're supposed to make this announcement on Mondays. 010
OliverCorlett @olivercorlett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Do not despair, little people, Vinod Khosla, the man who wanted to deprive Californians of their historic right of access to the beach, has a plan for your life when AI takes your jobs. 110
![Unfortunately, this proposal [to eliminate quarterly reporting] is but one of dozens of actions taken since Donald Trump's election, and they all reduce disclosure, transparency and investor rights. The SEC is no longer the global gold standard of investor protection. It is now uniformly prioritising management protection.
It's so bad that at Better Markets we now refer to the SEC as the Shareholder Exploitation Commission. With these anti-investor actions, the SEC is gambling with our markets, financial system and our economy.
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