iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Goated quote from the late Marty Weitzman in @geoffmann.bsky.social lecture at Sydney Uni SSPS

“To summarize, the economics of climate change
consists of a very long chain of tenuous inferences fraught with big uncertainties in every
link: beginning with unknown base-case GHG emissions; compounded by big uncertainties
about how available policies and policy levers will affect actual GHG emissions; compounded
by big uncertainties about how GHG flow emissions accumulate via the carbon cycle into
GHG stock concentrations; compounded by big uncertainties about how and when GHG
stock concentrations translate into global average temperature changes; compounded by
big uncertainties about how global average temperature changes decompose into specific
changes in regional weather patterns; compounded by big uncertainties about how adapta-
tions to, and mitigations of, climate change damages at a regional level are translated into
regional utility changes via an appropriate ‘‘damages function’’; compounded by big
uncertainties about how future regional utility changes are aggregated into a worldwide utility
function and what its overall degree of risk aversion should be; compounded by big uncer-
tainties about what discount rate should be used to convert everything into expected present
discounted values. The result of this lengthy cascading of big uncertainties is a reduced form
of truly extraordinary uncertainty about the aggregate welfare impacts of catastrophic climate
change, which is represented mathematically by a PDF that is spread out and heavy with
probability in the tails.

2115

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

everyone is plotting against me just because i’ve done everything in my power to harm them

39610

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Leigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Anyone want a free audio copy of Fake Work? The audiobook just came out and I have a few codes to share. Message me!

152

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Luke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Jonathan Glater and my account of the Biden administration's attempt to restabilize the higher education system is now out in California Law Review! The core argument: www.californialawreview.org/print/studen...

This Article explains how these initiatives came about, how the Biden Reforms were foiled, and how the conflicts around both have reshaped the law and politics of student loans moving forward. We argue that the federal student loan system that developed under the Higher Education Act of 1965 and matured by the 1990s enabled insider-driven politics that allowed for legislative compromise. Inside the Beltway, bargaining between the government and private sector actors in the aid system made incremental adjustments possible primarily via legislative amendments; outside the Beltway, student loans served as a necessary institution to promote individual investments in higher education as costs rose. This normal politics deteriorated as problems with the student loan system became increasingly obvious and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, and then the COVID-19 pandemic, imposed massive disruptions to family finances. The Biden Reforms were an effort to return to something like the status quo ante by resolving the ambiguities in student loan law in favor of a more progressively structured and user-friendly system. Intense opposition to these attempts threw the system into disarray and left us with a more populist, partisan, and polarized politics of student loans in which previously unthinkable progressive and regressive extremes have entered the realm of possibility.

2238

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 31/07/2026

Bring ya ass www.travelandleisure.com/best-state-f...

4283

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Leigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Full AI Communism," a phrase from the Wall St Journal this morning on whether China's vision of AI as a public good or Wall Street's as a private product will win the AI race. Good title for a book!

1106

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It's incredible that on a day when we are again reminded of the necessity of SCOTUS reconstruction, let alone Medicare 4 All, Housing 4 All, and College 4 All, the Dems launch a "plan" for 2029 with social media censorship/surveillance as the lead issue. We're not beating the fascists like this.

021

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 16/06/2026

Keep Honking, I’m Claiming Compliance With The PDF/A Standard And Have Been Opened Read-Only To Prevent Modification

223027

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

You're supposed to believe that this country is eternally teetering on the edge of communist central planning because our most leftist public figures at most want to use the democratic process to gently curb the most garish excesses of our economy. Preposterous

81328149

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If you over-regulate capitalism you get totalitarian communism. If you under-regulate capitalism you get a ruling caste of insane monopolists. Please ignore the fact that one of these things has never happened and the other keeps happening over and over

2149361094

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

i heard they were letting people call into the stadium so they could boo from home

617927

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 22/05/2026

if someone is speaking in public and says "i respect your right to protest" they are the maddest a person has ever been

564041

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 21/05/2026

Functional finance Suppressing finance Taxing the rich Transforming firms The foreign exchange constraint @abenanav.bsky.social’s transition plan has it all. The most intellectually serious and exciting thing you’ll read this month I promise.

0169

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

in: democratic socialists fighting for climate and economic justice. out: transphobe county commissioners, data center shills, and other opportunists

1684

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New, from me: The Roberts Court does not want colorblind voting maps. We know that because the easiest way to get such maps would have been to kill partisan gerrymandering. Instead, they upheld it, using it as a means to kill the Voting Rights Act. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-lie-be...

donmoynihan.substack.com

The lie behind the SCOTUS attack on representation

The court does not want a colorblind democracy

171199356

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Don't assume that I don't know how to read merely because I've massively misinterpreted what you wrote. I actually understood it perfectly, I'm just also annoying

153440415

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Other than discovering that I’m apparently John Oliver’s son, @lastweektonight.com’s deep dive into the shadow docket is really quite good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeq...

youtube.com

The Shadow Docket: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

461875508

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I've been saying we need a progressive DOGE that actually focuses on making government work well rather than undermining it. But we need a better name. So how about DOPE: the Department of Public Excellence.

432283329

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 28/04/2026

the correlations between virtue and wealth or power are, at least tracking from moderate to very high levels, quite obviously inverse. the entire world at the moment is a demeritocracy.

2225

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

wint @dril.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

why breed dogs with jaws large enough to tear through Flesh, when you could breed dogs with minds large enougj to tear through Fallacy.....

100133643058

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"As is so often the case with commentary about the emergency docket, the Court’s defenders make arguments that sound outwardly reasonable, but that depend entirely on cherry-picking their examples and ignoring the counterexamples." Me on the barrage of commentary attacking the Times' #SCOTUS scoop:

stevevladeck.com

Bonus 221: Sanewashing the Emergency Docket

Criticisms of the Times' Clean Power Plan scoop are ignoring the evidence it provides that the Court treats Democratic presidents different from Republicans.

11713209

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally. It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

donmoynihan.substack.com

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto

The problems with our tech philosopher kings

11440561595

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🚨🚨Revised paper 🚨🚨 The Balance of Power in Franchising w/@ulrichatz.org, Blake Eliason, @mikelipsitz.bsky.social, @pnorlander.bsky.social, & @stpinto.bsky.social. We built the 1st comprehensive panel dataset of franchise contract terms: 46,000 documents, 4,500 chains, 20+ provisions, 2009-2024. /1

13117

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

new portland flag just dropped

5606

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

RACE COMMUNISM (8 episode, BAFTA winning miniseries): The year is 2144. Factional disputes led by adherents to the ideologies of Wangari Maathai, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Dr. Umar threaten the solidarity of the Black Workers' Soviet - and, in turn, the 18th International. These are their stories.

526622

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Spaceflight is inherently interesting of course but they can't keep doing the same thing if they expect to grow viewership. There should be a betrayal arc. At a pivotal moment one of the astronauts should be revealed to be evil

802026206

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

3309

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I’m so glad somebody directly estimated this. It’s even more extreme on a per capita basis. The average American retiree gets more than 10x more public spending than the average young person.

門份
Penn Wharton Budget Model
UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
Q
Home Estimates Data v Learning v Blog About v Contact v
Table 1: FY 2025 Federal Outlays by Age Group
Age Group
Amount ($ Billions)
Share of Total Outlays
Share of Age-Assignable
Memo: Per Capita
Children & Young Adults (<26)
$448.9
6.4%
10.3%
$4,300
Working-Age Adults (26-64)
$1,220.2
17.4%
27.9%
$7,300
Retirees (65+)
$2,708.6
38.6%
61.9%
$43,700
All Ages Residual
$2,632.2
37.5%

Total
$7,010.0
100.0%
100.0%

• Notes, sources & data

29590137

superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

today's like the purge, but for words, in a sentence

000

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

small price to pay for computer girlfriends

537468

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

you draw up that ad for amtrak? sure did boss, diarrhea money shot just like you asked

373167463

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/03/2026

New Data Center NIMBY reason just dropped

1406

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

wint @dril.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Im envisioning the variety of women who will romance me, their various Ethnicities, etc, when the Dark Net Injectables make me 1 inch taller

313426420

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I wrote about how unregulated finance is now just, well, finance for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social the center of gravity in finance has completely shifted & our mental models & policymaking approaches need to catch up www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/fin...

phenomenalworld.org

Finance in the Dark | Lenore Palladino | Finance in the Dark

An opaque sector is reshaping the US. Only ambitious regulatory reform can check its power.

25021

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Sam Ro @tker.co · 10/02/2026

Remarkable. Higher income wage growth is stronger than lower income. Before about a year ago, that was flipped. Lower income wage growth used to be very strong pre 2025. BofA data

49420

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Diffusion is the new codename for Larry Fink's derisking AI state project. “How do you see this diffusion occur, and utilization at a corporate level or at a government level, which ultimately then creates that demand, which eliminates any fears of bubbles?”

0123

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This is a truly inspirational project - the kind of big plans that the city needs. I hope I live long enough to see something like it become reality. transitcosts.com/a-better-bil...

4576

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

no no when we said “good guy with a gun” we didn’t mean a guy with a moral compass. we meant a short guy with a badge and a temper

117619

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

okay so fun news, I am launching a macro newsletter from Common Wealth about the supply side data and the US economy called Forces of Production Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com Launch essay below: www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...

forcesofproduction.com

Atop the Forces of Production

Announcing the launch of the Forces of Production macro data newsletter

821055

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Yakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We at CPE put out an official response to NYPA's update to its strategic plan. While the cancellation of 1.5 GWs of its planned pipeline is not good, it's not unexpected given the headwinds from OBBBA, the decision on clean path, and interconnection delays. publicenterprise.org/center-for-p...

publicenterprise.org

Statement on NYPA Strategic Plan

Read the statement here. Today, the Center for Public Enterprise released a statement on the New York Power Authority's Updated Strategic Plan, which guides the authority's renewable project develo...

1185

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

i think it’s good actually to move a school that is getting gassed by ice before the school year starts by working with the permitting department to fast track that so they don’t get gassed anymore

norman rockwell meme of a guy standing up to bravely say an unpopular opinion

6878

Reposted by @superfabhappyjoy.bsky.social

Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell. Here:

thenation.com

Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?

Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?

67630