Politicians love visible gestures. Economists ask the annoying follow-up: does it work? ⁣ ⁣ On gas tax holidays, the answer was basically no then, and no now.

Even if Middle East tensions ease, futures markets are signaling oil prices will stay elevated for months — maybe years.⁣ ⁣ That's the "Iran tax." And it's not going away anytime soon, regardless of what the White House says about prices coming down.

“There is no price tag in the economy as tall as gas prices, and that you pass as often.”⁣ ⁣ Visibility matters. Economics isn't just about prices; it's about attention. Gas prices shape how people feel about the economy because they're impossible to ignore.

Pete Hegseth’s focused on the cost of the bomb. I’m more interested in the size of the economic crater.⁣ ⁣ And that crater may be 10 to 100 times larger.⁣ ⁣ For many families, that translates into thousands — perhaps tens of thousands — of dollars.

$42 million raised sounds enormous. It is. But economics is about compared with what? If the Met Gala creates far more value for fashion brands than for the museum, then the ticket price is probably too low.

Lemme ’splain: calling it a “big beautiful bill” doesn’t make the maths prettier. If you cut taxes and don’t cut spending, the deficit goes up. That’s not ideology. That’s just arithmetic wearing sensible shoes.

The key distinction is between nominal wages and real wages. Nominal wages are the dollars on your paycheck. Real wages are what those dollars can actually buy.⁣ ⁣ If prices rise faster than pay, you’re going backwards.

If there’s a water shortage, don’t subsidize showers. If there’s a blackout, don’t make AC cheaper. If there’s an oil shortage, don’t cut gas taxes. Prices are helping signal scarcity. A gas tax holiday weakens that signal right when it matters most.

Economists call this diminishing marginal utility. The first dollars change your life. The billionth doesn't. So the argument stops being about consumption and starts being about power.

Since Trump returned to office, 86% of net new payroll jobs have gone to women. Women now hold slightly more nonfarm payroll jobs than men — 50.02%.⁣ ⁣ The labor market has shifted. The question is whether our policies and politics have noticed.

🚨 THEY DIDN'T JUST DEFEAT THOMAS MASSIE. They made an EXAMPLE out of him. For years, Thomas Massie was one of the loudest voices against foreign wars, endless money printing, and government secrecy. He pushed for the release of the Epstein files. He opposed sending Americans into endless Middle

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Hawks center Jock Landale (high right ankle sprain) will miss at least two weeks against the Knicks in the playoffs. Landale was injured by Magic center Goga Bitadze on April 1. He averaged 10.6 points on 52% from the field and 38% from 3-point range with 5.7 rebounds this season.

“If you don’t stay focused on the issue the American people want you to stay focused on and solve their problem, they’re not going to replace something with nothing.” @mitch-landrieu.bsky.social weighs in on Democrats reportedly shutting down Trump impeachment talks for this year.

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Just as anti-vax activism is as old as vaccines, the anti-psychiatry crowd has been around for generations. This is just the latest incarnation.

Diagonal panning video from a very detailed shaded map of Le Havre, France. The full map is 24000 x 20000 pixels with 0.5 m resolution and is available at https://shadedmaps.github.io Data source: https://geoservices.ign.fr/lidarhd [Institut national de l'information...

Open Source, Not Corporate AI! AI should belong to everyone—or to a select few! 🤖 Open technology = Innovation for all. ❌ Closed systems = Control by a handful of corporations. Europe must decide now: Do we create or just consume? Wake up, Europe! The future won’t wait! #AI #Art #NFT #AIForGood

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Everything is on fire, yet they stand strong and keep believing in victory. Endless gratitude to the defenders of Ukraine 💙💛

Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, on the team’s performance in a Game 5 win: “I thought we played with the appropriate fear, discipline, execution, physicality, poise. And I thought we had it from an array of people tonight, and it was really good to see.”

Happy MAR10 Day! 🥳 PB is a big fan. 😁 #PumpkinBoy #SuperMario #MAR10Day

I got called a "foid" for the first time today 💔 twitch.tv/salpo_nolobio

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Ukrainian drones are attacking the Kstovo refinery, Nizhny Novgorod, in Russia.

“everything here just feels like someones first two weeks in Blender and Unity thrown at the wall.” That was one of the first reviews we received on our demo, 2 years ago. But we didn't give up. Here's our final work:

Following the evacuation zone reduction in the Garden Grove tank crisis, Orange County officials want to reassure residents that it is safe to return.

AI-infrastructuur wordt vaak gezien als een technisch vraagstuk. Dat is een misvatting. Een AI-Gigafabriek (AIGF) raakt direct aan geopolitiek, economische kracht en strategische autonomie. Nieuwe HCSS analyse: buff.ly/edNs3h6

No one is above the law, and corruption all too easily begets authoritarianism. We have to stand against it. op: @annaconnellyiscool

Here’s a simple answer!

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April marks Fair Housing Month. Donald Trump and his administration are attempting to roll back civil rights enforcement for fair housing and pressuring states to weaken our own protections. We won’t go back to the bad old days in Illinois.

Copiei da Ju cerasoli kkkkkkkkkkk Russell falando na coletiva agora, do lado do Kimi, que não se ultrapassa por fora naquela curva em que o Antonelli tentou. "Parabéns por ele por ter tentado". "Nem foi investigado e isso diz tudo". Imagina a cara do italiano. Amooooooooo

The Puffins have returned to Ireland 🐧☘️ This little guy came out to say Hi 👋 #SalteeIslands, which are located just 5 km off the coast of #KilmoreQuay & are one of Ireland’s premier puffin colonies. Thousands of Atlantic Puffins arrive in April to breed & raise their chicks. #pyffin #Ireland

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#indiegame #indiedev #godot have been working on different functionalities of the game.

She’s just so darn cute! #dogsoftiktok #shibainu #kamikazesnowmen #CapCut #cute

Silviana: Ai Ippai no Boukensha (1988) | action RPG | Nintendo Famicom Disk System | Pack-In-Video Instead of saving the world, Silviana just wants to find medicine for her mom! And even after living the adventurer's life, she can still come home to visit, giving her the strength to keep fighting.

GOP clearly has no plan for this war in Iran & it seems USA bases & countries in the region are losing some front end battles. The ppl 🍊 has “in charge” of this war have no idea what they shd be doing. This cd be a real disaster if gop Fox runs this war. Iranian missile hits 🇮🇱. via Al Jazeera

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He's been saying the same thing for the last 30 years (S2E2)

Video clip showing a Contilift Engineering 40ft ISO container loading and unloading syste. Systems like this are not common for 40ft containers, useful I think

Rose Tattoo #beach #rose #tattoo #video #clip #shorts

Happy Pride Month, Hoosiers! #loveislove #madvoters #getmadindiana #mutuallyassureddemocracy #lgbtq

Goooooooood morning my oomfies and happy Saturday to you all!! Be sure to enjoy your weekend and get plenty of rest!!!

My oh my!! This is really awesome news to read on the first day of Pride month 👍💪🫶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. Apropos, I want to repost a clip I first posted on my tl here when the ban went into effect 🥺:

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Due to yesterday's sudden power outage in communications systems, I asked J.A.N.U.S. to initiate extraordinary maintenance on all power distribution systems, and so far no anomalies have been found. #Roleplay #RP #SciFi #Crossover #StarTrek #CaptainsLog #LCARS #EliteDangerous

Today I asked the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer how The #Labour Government would be supporting people like my constituent, Medina, who are disabled and searching for paid employment. #pmqs #PrimeMinistersQuestions

The Pentagon is completely humiliated. Iran brilliantly executed a massive saturation attack using ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones, completely overwhelming the US Patriot defense systems. Trump's disastrous war has left American bases completely defensele

Who wants to see Die Hard Trilogy re-released on modern consoles. I will pay money to see this game back on whatever platform it's available on for newcomers to witness this masterpiece! @20thcenturystudios.bsky.social #RetroGaming #PS1Classics #FreeDieHardTrilogy

Added the ability to control the first-person debug camera with the mouse, and it isn't exactly what I expected, but eh, good enough for testing! #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev