Grey Enlightenment

So far I have been right about almost everything: Item #1: On Polymarket, the odds of the Strait of Hormuz traffic returning to normal has plunged even more.

In Ed West’s viral post, “Doomscrolling ourselves to death,” the contrast between Truman and Trump is interesting: Marriott contrasts Harry Truman, who ruled America during the peak of literacy, with the current incumbent.

“U.S. payrolls rose 162,000 in August, much more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.1%:” The U.S. economy added jobs at a brisk pace in August, reversing a summer slowdown in hiring, while the unemployment rate held steady.

Bitcoin plunged on the aforenoted job report, erasing yesterday’s gain.

This Andrew Yang tweet was going viral: Heard about a small college in the Midwest that has lost 50% of its enrollment in the last 10 years.

Item #1: Trump, Who Has Amassed Enormous Wealth in Crypto, Hosts Industry Leaders.

There was hardly any enthusiasm online, even by right-wing accounts I follow, about the Canadian tariffs.

Richard Hanania is usually on the mark, but misfires in his recent post, “Why Socialism Isn’t Coming to America.”

I saw this going viral, “Andrew Tate exaggerates and did not own supercars in photos, his lawyers say.”

A week ago it came to light that UC Berkeley math professor Zvezdelina Stankova, who went viral in an August 15th essay deploring the poor preparedness of some of her students, actually used AI for her essay.