A typical interaction on this platform:

Me: 'This thing happens 80% of the time.'
Angry person: 'Oh yeah, asshole? What about the other 20% of the time.'

“It’s a disagreement that has to make us wonder if we really do understand the composition of the universe and the physics of the universe.”
space.com/james-webb-spa…

This is an excellent piece

Has zerohedge ever approved of any policy or economic situation? twitter.com/zerohedge/stat…

economist.com/1843/2023/12/1…

#ff Megan Cassella an excellent reporter and human

This chart made me laugh

New York Fed President John Williams tells CNBC the Fed is focused on whether it has done enough to raise raises, an apparent pushback of some of the rate cut vibes from the press conference Wednesday.

Rate cuts were “not the topic of discussion around what we are going to do.”

This here from Matthew C. Klein is at the heart of the rate cut conversation.

theovershoot.co/p/the-fed-prep…

I know Twitter has always had unstable vibes, but lately whenever I log on it’s just people going scorched earth on stuff.

Chair Powell on people shifting to demanding services rather than goods: 'It doesn't look like it's ongoing, but I don't know if that's right. Maybe people just bought so much stuff that they temporarily don't want any more stuff -- they haven't got any place to put it.'

Chair Powell on inflation: 'I’m not calling into question the progress, we just need to see more.'