James Skinner
@spir4lx
Front-End Technical Lead @ SeedLegals. I like existence, empathy and decency. Also cats, citrus fruit, physics, Georgeism and techno.
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For the last many months, I've been watching a Russian propaganda operation that researchers call Storm 1516, poring over the work of what is in effect, a disinformation production company. nbcnews.com/specials/russi…
When I cast my vote for President Biden, I wasn't expecting much. I just wanted trump out of office. I knew he was old. I knew he had a stutter. I knew he had a rep for "gaffes." I didn't care. Just wanted trump gone. Four years later, things are different. I wasn't expecting…
"Don't punch left" is an increasingly popular progressive social norm. Here's why I believe liberals should not adhere to it. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
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In Defense of Punching Left
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Hey @POLITICOMag could you fix your broken slideshow please? politico.com/magazine/galle…
guy who pronounces the meow in homeowner
“Bitcoin is getting more efficient” Average energy consumed per BTC transaction: 2017: 169kWh 2018: 768kWh 2019: 563kWh 2020: 627kWh 2021: 1,386kWh Current: 2,316kWh Avg. per US household per day: 29kWh Bitcoin’s capacity is limited, but there’s no ceiling to the energy usage
Lost with all hands and coins somewhere between Galt's Gulch and Reddit Island. Lack of bootstraps hampers attempts to pull it up from the ocean floor. SFYL. theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/…
An appreciation of Krugman’s trajectory and his latest book serve as another entry point to the transformations of 2020-2021. Thank you as ever to @LRB lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/…
The biggest lesson of GameStop ft.com/content/ca94c2…
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The biggest lesson of GameStop
An economy based on asset inflation is not a stable one
I turned my art history students loose with a make-your-own-Bayeux Tapestry app.
Just found out how they anaesthetise hedgehogs
A grain of truth with a soupçon of stupidity and a ladle of meanness topped with a layer of lies and doing nothing. It’s the same recipe, right?
Can we start a petition to build a new road and call it "Pete Won Iowa Street"? Bonus points if it's in the Hamptons.
Bernie Sanders concedes Iowa to Pete Buttigieg.
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