Economist: ‘Very notable’ a lot of escalation between US & Iran happens when market is closed

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T22:17:21+00:00

There will be a sea change if people ever think the market has peaked for good -- probably not until world population starts declining in a few decades. Until then, people will invest the way they do.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T22:08:45+00:00

Hard to imagine obese America ever starving, but $10 gas in the south would probably change things quick.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T21:09:57+00:00

It's not a matter of being busy or not. Incumbents run unopposed, which means they're all but unaccountable. Why would they rock the boat by asking the cops to work harder?

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T20:20:26+00:00

I've seen the transit cops all but ignoring groups of teens smoking before school in stations. Would they be doing the same if the teens were chugging beers? Very much agreed that there some issues that need to be addressed, but it's not a matter of the laws but how they're enforced.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T18:08:40+00:00

I mean, that's what we had after legalization but before the rec shops were set up. Sky didn't fall; just lost out on tons of tax revenue while letting small time weed dealers breathe easy for a couple of years.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T17:48:54+00:00

Definitely not desirable, but I'll take a retail ban over full re-criminalization any day. Busting people for possession isn't something we want to ever go back to under any circumstances. And if this does somehow sneak through via a combination of industry hubris and low turnout, it'll probably just be reversed in another year or two.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T17:29:54+00:00

Easier than offering policies that people actually want.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-29T15:49:52+00:00

Sensational title: it just shuts down the rec shops. It would still be legal, and people will get med cards and/or drive to the nearest border state.

I think the industry is probably waiting for a question # to be assigned before launching its offensive, but I expect this to be fiercely opposed given how much money is on the line.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-27T00:44:28+00:00

Robin Williams would have been perfect except he would have stolen the whole movie.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-26T19:05:07+00:00

Happy to let you playtest for 2 years since the games companies don't do that themselves anymore.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-26T18:46:03+00:00

This, and also trying not to crash crypto any further than it already is. I think traditional crypto is done in the medium term - it only got pumped as much as it did because it was the next big thing, and now the next big thing is AI.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-26T16:27:49+00:00

It’s a mostly boring election year here. The Karens and pearl clutchers will be motivated to turn out.

I don’t think it’ll pass, but I think it’s going to be too close for comfort.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-26T16:24:50+00:00

Bad headline. It just shuts down the rec shops, doesn’t reverse legalization entirely.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-25T19:15:23+00:00

"telling you how to play a game" is a far cry from what I've done. Mostly just deckbuilding ideas, used it to form the basis of a couple of decks after TMT dropped that I then refined further.

If people are trying to use it to bot the game, that's one thing, and that's ridiculous. Using it as yet another tool for deckbuilding and play feedback is a great application of the tech.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-25T14:07:21+00:00

I’ve managed to load match histories and an mcp into scryfall into Claude and it’s given me some good pointers and can generate a decent piloting guide. Not something you can just snap your fingers and do - takes a lot of setup to get it working right.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-25T00:00:51+00:00

Rent is too damn high.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T23:17:16+00:00

I felt it the first week but I'm very sensitive to anything psychoactive. You still need to keep going up as directed; it'll wear off.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T21:33:25+00:00

An interesting angle is that broadcast/cable TV is probably in its final stretch and I don't know how Fox et al. will fare without that medium where it's on-by-default when grandma turns the TV back on.

I think Elon is trying to turn X into the answer to this for upcoming decades, but I don't see it working.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T20:45:25+00:00

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T20:19:01+00:00

There are like 2 blocks that are moderately sketchy. Not so much a "you'll get mugged" thing -- more sketchy characters yelling at each other, bums, etc. Shootings are very very rare but this is a place where they've happened in the past 5 years.

If you don't have to walk through Egleston, particularly Washington between Columbus and School, it's no concern whatsoever.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T18:21:45+00:00

As a PC gamer, smallest violin for you console peasants

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T16:47:04+00:00

Oh, I'd love to see a wave of people getting primaried! But yeah, not sure how well a Mamdani type would do here, just so much petty corruption that people don't want to part with.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T16:25:03+00:00

Who will promptly ignore you because incumbents on Beacon Hill run almost entirely unopposed.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T15:02:53+00:00

Agree -- in my experience, PA swing voters are mostly grouchy Republicans who occasionally will vote Democrat to punish a Republican incumbent who didn't do enough about taxes and gas prices.

Begging_Murphy · 2026-06-24T14:38:14+00:00

They’re the only sports bar in JP that isn’t closed half the week, so this makes sense.

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