Paul Krugman - Nobel Prize winning Economist telling it how it is with US economic prospects. Great insights in plain English.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/stop-in-the-name-of-trump
Great tweets of history
In the past strong orators could move a nation and rally people to noble causes. When Churchill delivered his famous “On the beaches” speech to the British Parliament - 4 June 1940 it was a weighty 2,656 words. Would a ‘tweet’ work as well?
Feedbin - a simple service to streamline info
I’ve recently started using Feedbin — a US$5/month service that consolidates both RSS feeds and email newsletters into one clean interface: an RSS reader. Reduces email clutter and makes my info consumption more productive.
America's AI Edge Is Powered by Immigrants – Will the Next Wave Be?
A new analysis from the Institute for Progress underscores a striking truth about America’s AI leadership: immigrants aren’t outliers in the tech sector — they are the backbone. According to the study, 60% of the top privately held AI firms in the U.S. — including OpenAI and Databricks — were co-founded by immigrants, many from India, China, and beyond.
Failings of mass media
Tesla sales crash in Australia as Musk impact has consumers looking for another brand
If if was a journo I’d say Musk had released a virus inside US government
Sand in the gears is needed … talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wh…
More space for new media
The new White House press secretary, 27 year-old Karoline Leavitt, has said space is to be made in the Brady Briefing Room for “new media” (podcasters, influencers, content creators).
Source: (https://newsroom.tortoisemedia.com/)
A test of US consumers’ ability to understand basic economics - US to put tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China from Saturday.
IUS consumers will pay more. The impact will be inflationary like adding a value-added tax but only on imports. No doubt Trump ready to blame foreigners for his decision.