My daughter and I put off buying her a new gaming laptop, partly with Black Friday in mind. Goal was to find something with the required specs under $1000. Didn't find any until earlier today, and now there are two. Asus TUF Gaming F15 at B&H and Acer Predator Helios at BestBuy, in case anyone's curious.
Tonight I finished @maddow’s new podcast Ultra. This powerful warning shot, this unearthing of the threat of American facism in the 30s& 40s is required learning for this moment. There has been a dress rehearsal for what we are facing. We’d best learn. I strongly encourage you to listen to all 8 episodes. The parallels are stunning. A reminder that we’ve fought this before. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/id1647910854?i=1000586931428
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra: Episode 8: Ultra Vires on Apple Podcasts
Show Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra, Ep Episode 8: Ultra Vires - Nov 21, 2022
I always get a bit annoyed by seeing Wall Street analysts' or VCs' takes on the broader economy. Sometimes it's obvious that the person is trying to influence the market in the direction they've already betted on (e.g. Jamie Dimon every week). Other times it's obviously just a game to them, they'll be absurdly rich regardless, even though their flippant words could affect others in more tangible ways. We need more guillotines.