For all those saying the banking system is just a giant ponzi, ponder this quote from Byrne Hobart of The Diff. Think long and hard about where we’d be as a society without credit creation through fractional reserve, despite its challenges

If nothing else, this current banking crisis is a great opportunity to learn about FDIC-insured bank accounts vs. money market funds (which are held in brokerage accounts insured by SIPC, not FDIC). Now is the perfect time to review your accounts to understand how you are positioned

Homemade sourdough focaccia #foodstr #focacciaboutit

I really don’t understand the “bring your whole self to work” fad in corporate America. How about I just bring my work self to work? That’s what they’re paying me for, right?

Best advice my mom ever gave me: “Always assume people are doing the best they can with the information they have.” Worst advice my mom ever gave me: “People will continue to use Blackberries, not this silly new iPhone.”

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Whenever I see someone playing Wordle on the subway and they make a dumb guess, I experience a burst of schadenfraude

Brown bear, brown bear, what DO you see? Like, for real

If I could give you all one piece of advice, it would be this: never volunteer to be the President of you HOA. NEVER

Matt Yglesias in peak form on #Medicaid work requirements: “If you’re imagining some horde of people getting off their asses in response to a work requirement and getting a job, you’re dreaming. What’s going to happen is some people with serious barriers to employment that would maybe qualify them for an exemption aren’t going to understand how to get the exemption and will lose their Medicaid. So Medicaid spending will be cut without anyone needing to stand up and say “what I’m saying is I want poor people to lose their health insurance so if they get sick they go broke and then get treated at public expense anyway in the emergency room.”

If I had a boat, I would name her “Sonar, so good”

Parmesan olive sourdough from New World Sourdough by Bryan Ford #breadstr

For some reason my #onlyzaps toggle switches off every time I leave the app and come back later 🤔