Twitter’s Lost Weekend (“Something Went Wrong”) | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. We had a lively weekend on the Twitter, driven by the decisions and actions of the world’s richest human as measured in dollars, Elon Musk,…
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, July 4 on a Tuesday throws this whole “three day weekend” concept out of whack. So I am going to pretend today is…
The Candidacy and Claims of RFK Jr. | naked capitalism
Yves here. Rajiv Sethi has a look at RFK, Jr. based on positions he has taken in recent interviews. One can infer he’s not enamored with RFK, Jr.’s populist leanings,…
Links 7/3/2023 | naked capitalism
Watch Aggressive Orcas Target Another Sailing Ship Off the Coast of Europe Field & Stream. Fascinating to watch, but I don’t think it will scale. What Can Jellyfish Teach Us…
How Scammers Use Psychology to Create Some of the Most Convincing Internet Cons | naked capitalism
By Stacey Wood, Professor of Psychology, Scripps College, and Yaniv Hanoch, Professor in Decision Science, University of Southampton. Cross-posted from Alternet. Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are…
Are the Californian Wildfires Really “Natural” Disasters? | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Two narratives dominate accounts of wildfire causality: Careless or malevolent individuals (arsonists, ideally liberal Democrat donors) and climate change. From the New York Times: While…
Links 7/2/2023 | naked capitalism
UPDATE Triage, organization, and bucket-tossing complete. Sorry for the excitement! Patient readers, I reset my computer clock to attempt to deal with the Twitter debacle, and having done so, forgot…
Climate Risk Stress Tests Underestimate Potential Financial Sector Losses | naked capitalism
By Henk Jan Reinders, PhD researcher at Rotterdam School Of Management, Erasmus University, Economist at The World Bank, Dirk Schoenmaker, Professor of Banking and Finance, Rotterdam School of Management at…
Are Rocks The Future Of Solar Power Collection? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Could readers sanity check this idea of using rocks as energy stores? Or rather whether it would scale? By Brian Westenhaus, the editor of the popular energy technology…
The Invisible Effect Medical Notes Have on Care | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post uses black patients as a case study in how doctors who have biased reactions and incorporate them into medical notes can then harm care, particularly when…