Tommaso Leso

I’ve written extensively on how badly the Biden admin has betrayed Ukraine from the earliest days, but new information keeps coming out making it even worse. From Amb John J Sullivan on the Freakonomics podcast, on Trump too. Read or listen to it: freakonomics.com/podcast/is-…

La France n’est pas occupée par la Wehrmacht, on n’a pas besoin de titres alimentaires. Il faut laisser les salariés dépenser leur salaire comme ils l’entendent en les payant en euros plutôt qu’en billets de Monopoly émis par une entreprise avec une marge opérationnelle de 40%.

When demand for broccoli goes up, two things happen: * Broccoli is allocated to those who desire it more bc they're willing to pay a higher price * it signals to farmers to grow more broccoli Neither of these things happen under central planning

not saying tech can’t be evil, just the evil ones won’t become the most successful. seems to be true in most things and generally good heuristic.

Mandating all-in upfront pricing is such an obviously good rule

You could take the stance that AI-TAs are worse for students; but if it turns out students actually like them, you'd have to go through the mental gymnastics of explaining why AI-TAs are worse than human TAs despite students thinking they're better

NEW: Florida woman breaks down in tears after she became the first Luigi Mangione copycat to be arrested. Briana Boston, a 42-year-old mother of three, was arrested for making threats to BlueCross BlueShield over a rejected medical claim. The woman, who is now facing up to 15 years in prison, allegedly quoted Mangione, saying, "Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next." This was a similar message that Mangione left on his bullet casings. The woman told investigators that "healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the world because they are evil," adding that she was inspired by the recent news cycle. Boston was charged with threats to conduct a mass sh**ting or act of terrorism. Her bond was set at $100,000. She faces up to 15 years behind bars.

i don't get the American progressive fixation with single-payer. why would you want to have the UK or Italy's healthcare system when you could have Germany's

Let me get this straight: Killer is Luigi Mangione, Ivy League grad with degrees in comp sci, avid reader and active contributor on GitHub. He has a 130+ IQ but he takes off his mask at a Starbucks to flirt with an employee, then an hour later goes and calmly kills the CEO of a major healthcare company, rides away on a bike. A week later goes to a local McDonalds where he brings the murder weapon, the fake ID he used to check into a hotel, and a written manifesto on how horrible the American healthcare system is. He somehow gets identified by the cashier after he sits down. He works on his laptop until police come inside the McDonalds, sitting there with a ghost gun and suppressor he made himself. Gotcha.

Elon's early SpaceX recruiting was simple: Finding the best engineers on Earth, no matter where they worked & Then convince them to build rockets.

I am unwilling to give up my good health insurance to have shittier universal healthcare.

It’s not just about you. Leave your dog at home

Americans consume so much healthcare that they don't need. As it turns out, this is true in a lot of places, and we have excellent evidence that's the case. Thread.

this is specifically for the US, btw. it does not generalize worldwide or even to semi-developed countries like England

Studies consistently find that gay men commit very little violent crime. Possibly even less than straight women.

100k doesn’t make you feel wealthy in small towns now. That’s a massive change from a decade ago.

I'm still ruminating on takeaways from 2024, but one I absolutely know is that Democrats need to work on outreach to young men, especially with regard to the media environment.