Endowment investor, father, husband to @sarahheer1. Passionate about liberty, investing, CFA/CAIA, sports. Amateur musician. All opinions my own
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Questioning my intentions rather than addressing an argument will now be an instant block. I don't have time for it.
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🚩🚩🚩Some personal news 🚩🚩🚩
After minutes of building in stealth mode, I'm thrilled to finally announce my latest startup:
The Socialist Travel Agency™
Our mission? Helping champagne socialists experience the world's greatest socialist destinations firsthand.
Disrupting capitalism, one first class ticket at a time.
thesocialisttravelagency.com
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Stopping nuclear energy was an insane mistake
NEW - Germany prepares coal plants for emergency operations amid strained gas supplies and low storage levels.
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NYC public housing, by the numbers:
298,206 residents (142,974 families)
62% of families have no one working
$621 average monthly rent
Rent is capped at 30% of income, and if your income goes to zero, so does your rent
46% of households are behind on rent
61,970 households in arrears
174 evictions in 2024
26.9 years average tenure
2.1% of apartments turn over each year
182,549 families on the waitlist
$5.7B a year from taxpayers, plus an $80B repair backlog
Public housing was meant to be a bridge, and it has become a lifetime lease.
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So much disaffection that leads to economic populism would go away if people understood this simple fact. Housing costs are high when the government doesn’t give enough permits or allow building. Emphasizing any other explanation is scapegoating and a political diversion tactic.
A 🧵 on housing construction and rent data. Across the 100 largest U.S. metro areas, the 25 metros that permitted the most new homes from Jan 2024 through Sept 2026 saw rents rise a median 3.2%, while those that permitted the fewest saw rests rise 13.1%! Austin, with the sixth-most permits per resident, saw rents fall 6.6%. San Francisco, among the lowest permitters, had the biggest increase in rents at 19.7%. 1/3 @ReasonFdn
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I see Texas Tech fans genuinely believe they gave Illinois belt last night when in reality they could barely get past an Illinois team that missed 11 free throws, missed multiple wide open three pointers, and saw four freshman logging 20+ minutes.
Illinois beat Illinois.
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Black communities: "please help us we are so poor and have no resources"
Developer: "ok here's a $10b datacenter and $54 million dollars a year and $20 million on top for you guys and also a bunch of local jobs all we want is that vacant lot"
Black communities: "no"
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Not enough is said about his side projects outside of Coldplay.
Chris Martin has announced his retirement after 11 Major League seasons.
Debuting in 2014, he would go on to pitch for the Rockies, Yankees, Rangers, Braves, Cubs, Dodgers and Red Sox, appearing in 434 games and posting a 3.53 career ERA in 403 IP. He won a World Series title with Atlanta in 2021.
Congratulations to Chris Martin on an outstanding career!
ALT Thank You Chris Martin Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox Pictured: Chris Martin begins to throw a pitch. He wears a white Rangers uniform and a blue cap.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just promised "many, many investigations" to round up the huge number of "criminals" that Democrats see in their political opponents. None of this bodes well for the Republic as we restart the type of J6 show trials that marked the prior Democratic House.
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Price controls on credit card interest rates are counterproductive because creditors won’t extend credit to high-risk borrowers unless they can charge more to offset the risk of default.
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JUST IN: Washington, D.C. transit officials consider increasing fares after finding that 64% of Metrobus passengers ride without paying.
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Cubs news: Ben Brown underwent cervical spine surgery yesterday in New York to address his lingering neck issue. He is expected to start throwing early in the new year and should be game ready in the first half of the season.
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>cap credit card rates at 10%
>banks stop issuing cards to high risk borrowers
>credit access restricted for the people who need it most
>government mandates that banks must still lend to them
>banks crash
>Elizabeth Warren calls to nationalize them
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This photo is hilarious and emblematic of the brain dead anti-data center luddites
She’s standing there like “yall, I just did something big for my community” and it’s simply protecting a massive abandoned parking lot from being turned into a huge tax revenue engine for the community
We are being crippled by economically illiterate morons
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Fun story about the 1985 Chicago Bears one and only loss:
Steve Fuller started the game because of a Jim McMahon injury. The Bears were 12-0 entering the Monday night game. After a disappointing performance from Fuller, the bears found themselves behind. Fuller got hurt and McMahon was forced to play, despite being hurt, to try and bring the bears back.
In the fourth quarter, McMahon was keenly aware of something. Walter Payton was on the verge of tying the NFL record for most consecutive 100 yard rushing games. He was at this point in the game short of 100 yards. McMahon came to the huddle and told the team something along the line of “hey guys, this game probably isn’t one we can win, but we can get Walter the record.” So, the team rallied around the QB to get the beloved Walter Payton a shot at the record. McMahon totally ignored Ditkas play call to drive the ball down the field to try to score in a hurry, and instead handed it to Walter Payton. Ditka went ballistic on the sideline.
McMahon came back to the huddle. Looked at the guys and said “Okay guys, I’m going to get killed for this but we have come this far. Same play.” The second they are lined up Ditka sees it isn’t what he called, again. He loses his mind. They hand it off to Walter again and he got broke the record.
Newspapers criticized the Bears for running the ball late rather than going for a score. It would have taken a score, an onside kick recovery, and another score just to tie. Not impossible. But Jim McMahon wanted to make sure Walter Payton, the greatest Chicago Bear of all time, the greatest RB of all time, the man who the “Man of the Year” award is named after, got his record.
Accurate.
Things can change. Reports can be wrong. But the tune of this offseason if a familiar one for Cubs fans. And it's as tiring as ever.
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This tweet will be taxed by the state of Illinois starting January 1st.
Thanks for keeping Illinois affordable, @GovPritzker!
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Seiya Suzuki has posted a thank you to Cubs fans on Instagram:
To all the Cubs fans,
Thank you for another incredible season, and thank you so much for all the support and love you've shown me throughout this year. I truly appreciate it.
First and foremost, thank you for five amazing years. I'm grateful for everything - the beautiful ballpark, the best fans in baseball, the incredible teammates I've had the privilege of playing alongside, and the opportunity to wear a Cubs uniform. These are memories I will always cherish.
Thank you also for welcoming my family with so much kindness. My family has come to love Chicago just as much as I do. We are truly grateful for all the love and support you've shown us.
I know there are still many things ahead, and I look forward to sharing more with you all when the time comes.
Once again, thank you for all the support this season. It means more to me than words can express.
Thank you, Cubs fans!
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$1,000 down payments strikes me as a horrible idea that risks leaving borrowers more susceptible to foreclosure in the future. It's mind boggling that the policy consensus for high costs - from housing to energy - hasn't yet shifted from subsidizing demand to increasing supply.
