global economy, famously robust since the early 80s: 'That was consistent with a developing trend: Since the early 1980s, there have been only four recessions, lasting an average of nine months, with economic expansions averaging 104 months.'

'voices on Wall Street' is a funny detail

economists, 15 years after the largest global economic crisis since the 1930s: 'academic economists and prominent voices on Wall Street are asking if the unruly business cycle they learned in school, and witnessed in practice, has fundamentally morphed into a tamer beast'

'The office district is empty, with boarded up towers, copper thieves and failing retail—even the Panera outlet shut down. The city is desperately trying to reverse the ‘doom loop.’'

'They planned to name this baby Rochbert “Rocco” Ozymandias Wolverine'

On ne peut surestimer les qualités éthiques de quelqu’un dont le surnom, dans le Mouvement, était alternativement « Le Professeur » et « La Hyène ».

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Went on a date and the guy made me watch him skate - I’m not kidding. I’m gonna be single forever

to be honest don't think we could scrape up enough critics for this

'Couldn’t housing workers in barracks and raising children in giant company-run nurseries be more cost-effective for capitalist firms thanks to economies of scale?'

not just a crisis of tonality, in other words

this is going to be great

went to this strange microtonal piano program last night and first piece was a world premiere called 'polycrisis'

french expression of the day: tendre le bâton pour se faire battre

oh, wow

Here's what people have sent me so far: docs.google.com/document/d/1AK…

'For Guastella, decriminalization is the latest iteration of libertarian/liberal policies that are destroying American cities'