Knew it! Told you so! Suckers!
The Worst-Case Climate Scenario Is Dead RCP8.5 is officially retired, scientists say. www.bloomberg.com/news/news…
Friedrich Engels
“And if we then ask what guarantee we have that necessary quantity and not more of each product will be produced, that we shall not go hungry in regard to corn and meat while we are choked in beet sugar and drowned in potato spirit, that we shall not lack trousers to cover our nakedness while trouser buttons flood us by the million.”
Fun fact: Elon Musk’s net worth is approximately $839 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the world by a significant margin.
Blue Star Families is collecting military stories at Penrose Square Starbucks, Columbia Pike, South Arlington—today until 3pm & tomorrow 10am–3pm. You don’t need to have served. Any connection counts. Go share yours. #BlueStar250
Only eagles get to talk about doves. Peace is a victory lap, not a strategy. You can’t olive-branch your way to the table—you earn the branch by already owning the sky. Also nobody’s ever gotten a dove tattoo to feel dangerous.
Your Shadow Dossier
You Think You’re Ungoverned. open.substack.com/pub/chris…
Damn! Foot-in-Mouth disease.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson admits to the New York Times that her comments about businesses were not helpful. youtube.com/watch
Is Deflation Bad for the Economy?
The standard line among most economists is that deflation is as bad or even worse than inflation. In reality, the economy needs deflation now more than ever. pca.st/episode/3…
The K-Shaped Country: Why Nobody on Either Side Will Admit the Map Is Gone chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-k-s…
I Randomly Heard Focus on the Family and I Didn’t Hate It chrisabraham.substack.com/p/i-heard…
Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart? www.thefp.com/p/is-ther…
Here’s my current EDC: Haley Flatpack and pouch are way too grunty for my old X220 and accoutrements; the WAWWA messenger bag is basically my tote handbag, I guess. Lives on me. Plus the silly MPT bush hat and dumb cheap shades. It’s a look, I guess. I look crazy.
The Weapon That Didn’t Fire: On Words, Power, Sticks, Stones, and the Boot Behind the Slur chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-wea…