The dollar appreciates further (DXY index below) as this morning’s fall in government bond yields is reversed and oil prices go up more (now by some 2% on the day).
#economy#markets#oil#fx#dollar#econtwitter
@POTUS That’s America : the price is never the price! Maybe consider stopping this « before tax » display and always include taxes - I mean like in the rest of the world ;)
This way the « on top fee » will be automatically visible
A reminder.
As with food, we spent most of our history deprived of information and craving it; now we have way too much of it to function and manage its entropy and toxicity.
Touring as a DJ in your 30s…
Friend who lives in another city: please come here please come here please come here
*finally get booked in their city*
Friend: oh sorry I can’t make it, I’m just really exhausted after the farmers market and my neighbor’s dog’s birthday
If you consistently feel the counterproductive need for volume and doing lots of stuff, put these on a Post-it note:
Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
And when—despite your best efforts—you feel like you’re losing at the game of life, remember: Even the best of the best feel this way sometimes.
When I’m in the pit of despair, I recall what iconic writer Kurt Vonnegut said about his process: “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.”