Very hard to reconcile this with them allowing Trump to remove FTC commissioners.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.
Matt Spence
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Matt Spence
@matthewswspence
Dad | Public Interest Technologist | Former: engineer at .Gov DNS and @Evernym, Senate Tech & Trade Staffer, Board of @UrbanPhxProject | Laser Enthusiast
- Replying to @JamesBroughel and @GrantKidwellI had this exact same experience. USAJobs basically acts as a black box in between hiring managers and applicants. I was told directly by the person who *wanted to hire me* that they couldn’t pull my resume unless I made it into the “most qualified” pool
- Replying to @AlecStappI love this one because I went on to live in that exact building for a year and it was in fact the most affordable option in the area by far!
- Replying to @matthewswspenceTSMCs advantages boil down to: 1. Taiwanese Industrial Policy 2. Incredible customer service 3. Intel fucking up EUV because of Wall Street It’s not actually a particularly well run company except for 2.
- It’s really unpopular to say this, but members of congress are underpaid and need a raise. Their salaries have not increased in 15 years, and that’s before accounting for inflation.Replying to @ThorningMichaelFrom its final report: "former Congressman Gregg Harper (R-LA) revealed that his decision to retire was based on his realization that if he stayed in Congress, he would not be able to provide financially for his adult son who has Fragile X Syndrome..." 12/14
- Honestly this might be worse than if they’d just won the monopolization case. The message now is “even if you illegally monopolize an industry, and get caught, there are no consequences”Whoa: Google lost the search antitrust case a while back, but just resoundingly won the remedies phase. They can continue doing all of the stuff the court found unlawful, but with some minor new data sharing obligations limiting search default payoffs to 1-year terms.
- This is a remarkable chart. At a given unemployment rate it now takes ~twice as long to find a new job as it did in prior decades.Note that this is even worse in recent years. The time it takes to get a job is twice as long now as it was before 2008!
- Replying to @KennethCasselMe staring at my 80’s electrical panel knowing I could replace it with $500 in parts and a YouTube video, but being unable to get it permitted without and electrician.
- Replying to @binarybitsWell yeah that’s the obvious answer, I’m speaking purely legally.
- Replying to @SwiftOnSecurityRespect the boys in blue (the Postal Service) 🫡
- Fixing the cost of elevators is one of those super-nerdy but high impact policies that somebody needs to take up. We need “Elevator Guy” like how @holz_bau is for PaB’s, or the menswear guy.$365,000 to modernize a five-stop, 1,500-lb. elevator…rough. That’s a €50,000 job in Europe.
- Chinese firms punch hard, but also Western firms were dangling their chins out by allowing these oligopolies to form everywhere.Harmonic reducers are a great example of China moving into precision components for robotics—at a fraction of the cost. Recommend this piece: a16z.substack.com/p/america-cann…
- Replying to @matthewswspenceIt’s not like they get nothing for all that effort btw, it’s just not as much as you would expect, and even what they get is largely only sustainable because the Taiwanese government deliberately creates an environment where they have the power to do whatever they want.
- Both mother and son are doing well. Warren will be in the NICU for several months, but thus far all signs are positive!Warren Alexander Spence born 1lb 8oz on September 21st 2025 at 10:31am. It will be a long battle but he is fighting hard! Breathing on his own at 27 weeks, which is a good sign.
