RE: https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/116587304524977571

Neoliberals HATE John Kenneth Galbraith. when i entered college, i wanted to study #economics because of him. by the time i got to NYU, he was all but wiped out of their curriculums. NYU’s pivot to financialization instead of political economy is why i had to study economics in an oblique way (aka Latin American Studies).

do this: check his wikipedia page and see how finbros have branded him as a HETERODOX economist.

heterodox economics is neoliberal finbro coprolalia for #woke

#SilentSunday

#photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #landscape #landscapephotography #forest #Poland

Okay, if this is real, this is worse than I was expecting. I've been thinking about secondary outputs but I've been thinking way more about plastics, inks, other secondaries.

I have been worried about products shortages but maybe not enough. I am and have been assuming that there will be preferential distribution to corporations (which obviously includes most freight) and least preference given to individuals trying to do their own work themselves - e.g., like RAM over the last several months. But I haven't thought about the price side of that.

And holy shit it's gonna get fugly.

So, uh, yeah.

Maybe buy an ebike. Maybe make some plans.

https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mly43udoqk2c

#oil #OilPrice #IranWar #fascism #economy #EpsteinWar

Reminder: Being able to fly around the world is a huge privilege that over 70% of people in the world never get to enjoy.

#CheckYourPrivilege

"A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free."

The Declaration of Independence (1776)

Seems relevant now.

One of my face studies when I was learning to paint in Procreate in 2023, this time with pastel brushes. I was studying the lighting and getting familiar with color and texture.

#artstudy #art #portrait #painting

So, the kakistocracy has decided the best way to deal with the #IranWar is to add more corn juice to our gasoline. And that's a problem.

Most of the gas labeled 88 at American pumps is #E10, 10% ethanol. And ethanol does indeed help make gas cheaper. But it is 33% less efficient, and in hot months dramatically increases smog.

Ethanol is also a hygroscopic solvent. Unless a vehicle is labeled "flex fuel", running 15% ethanol for more than a tank or two may cause damage to seals, rubber bits, and even aluminum. If your engine was manufactured before 2001, E15 can melt your valves. Literally.

It makes the car run less efficiently, produces significantly more #pollution, and can damage many existing vehicles on the market.

Believe it or not, and I'm having trouble, two #GOP Senators said it best when they said: Expansion of #E15: A gift to the #ethanol lobby and a consumer betrayal:

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5867192-e15-ethanol-hidden-tax/

The Drive: https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-feds-plan-to-start-diluting-gasoline-this-may-explained

Starve a fever.

Deprive a cold of sleep.

Waterboard a case of the sniffles.

Disregard the Geneva Conventions when you have a headache.