Tyrion Dynamite

Economics, (geo)politics, football, and whatever else pops into my head

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

@Complex Petit disque orange (rotated), by František Kupka, 1932

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

The world is about to look very different very fast

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Artificial wombs *for humans* in five years.

[litquidity @litcapital]

SpaceX plumbers showing up to Morgan Stanley’s wealth management department tomorrow

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@rankintweets Plastic fork? What’s that about

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@JackMac @CoreyWriting Coincidentally, I’m sure his personal limit to how much wealth someone should be able to have is right at $450m

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@DailyCaller How does a sitting member if Congress not know the US President during a pivotal moment in our history. What a disgrace

[Bennett's Phylactery @extradeadjcb]

I thought "weird, why is France handling this correctly" & then realized it happened in Pakistan

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@YaronWeitzman Because his ilk’s version of “saving journalism” is implicitly persuading others to adopt his worldview

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@TMTLongShort Generally agree but consider it to be a bit further out than 10 years

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@TMZ TMZs disdain of Spencer Pratt is as good a reason to like him as any

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@newstart_2024 “Getting clean right before fatherhood shows real commitment and timing.”

Most chat gpt sentence possible

[Creative Deduction @CreativeDeduct]

In 1696, the British government decided to tax sunlight. Under the Window Tax, households were charged according to the number of windows in their homes. To avoid paying, many people simply bricked up or boarded over their windows, choosing to live in darkness rather than hand money to the state for daylight.
The tax was presented as a fair way of taxing wealth, since larger houses tended to have more windows. In practice, it proved crude and damaging. Tax inspectors were given the power to enter homes and count the windows, which was widely resented as an invasion of privacy.
The consequences were severe. Poorer families, in particular, bricked up windows to reduce their liability, leaving homes darker, damper and poorly ventilated. This contributed to higher rates of disease, including tuberculosis and rickets. Architects began designing houses with fewer windows to minimise the tax, resulting in buildings that were less healthy and less pleasant to live in.
Far from being an efficient revenue raiser, the Window Tax distorted behaviour, harmed public health and became increasingly unpopular over time. Yet it remained in place for 155 years until it was finally abolished in 1851. The Window Tax required invasive enforcement and created more resentment, hardship and economic distortion than revenue. It is a classic example of the unintended consequences of taxation.

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

look, they had a nice run, killed hundreds of millions of people, but it's time to gene drive mosquitoes out of existence. fuck it, ticks too.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

This is great and they do deserve that. And, with some of the savings, we can zero out taxes on the bottom half of earners. The best way to put money in people's pockets is not to take it out in the first place.

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@baseballcrank Can always count on the NY Times to give it to you straight

[Daniel C. Green | The Eagle Eye @TheEagleyeNews]

I think we need to build this.

I designed this below image, representing Lewis and Clark on the Mississippi in the style of Argonath.

At $1 Billion or more, I think it can be done.

[BowTiedBrazil @bowtiedbrazil]

What amazon did with logistics is among the most impressive human feats of all time. Full stop

[Tyrion Dynamite @TyrionDynamite]

@mnolangray @CoreyWriting Certainly largely due to these people leaving twitter, not changing views

[Clifford Asness @CliffordAsness]

Well argued. The massive long-term increase in spending that has resulted in worse and worse results must be an anomaly.

[ApoStructura @ApoStructura]

Remember, this is the worst it will ever be.

With every update it will be more capable, smoother, and closer to a generalist manual worker.

Most people are either not aware or refusing to accept that humanoids have the potential to be absolutely transformational.