Joe Weisenthal

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Cohost of The Odd Lots Podcast
Singer and guitarist in Light Sweet Crude
Cofounder/GP at Kern River Ventures

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Got incredibly sentimental doing today's Odd Lots with our old colleague @lorcanrk.bsky.social about why farmer protests are spreading across Europe. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

‎Odd Lots: Lots More on Why Farmers Across Europe Are Furious on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show Odd Lots, Ep Lots More on Why Farmers Across Europe Are Furious - Feb 2, 2024

What'd I miss?

My band Light Sweet Crude is playing tonight at The Mercury Lounge in NYC. Still some tickets available. Would love to see y'all out there.

Another read on all the chip progress that China is making www.techinsights.com/blog/mate-60...

Mate 60 Pro mobile RF architecture proves Huawei can compete with top-tier smartphone OEMs | TechIns...www.techinsights.com China's strides in circumventing technological embargoes are evident in the Huawei Mate 60 Pro. TechInsights highlights significant progress not only in the application processor system-on-chip (SoC) ...

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If you went to a UPS Teamster rally or picket in New York, you almost certainly encountered Antonio Rosario. I called him up to reflect on US labor’s wild year.

Teamster: “Solidarity Is the Most Powerful Word in Labor, and You’re Seeing It This Year”jacobin.com A Teamster organizer reflects on 2023, a year of labor upsurge: “Corporate America, you’re on notice — we’re not fucking around.”

Happy jobs day to all who observe

Everyone talks about pain in the office sector. But there's tons of trouble coming in the multi-family sector, between fading rents, higher rents, and a ton of fresh supply. Fascinating new Odd Lots with Waterton's Lee Everett www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Another Part of Commercial Real Estate Is in For a Reckoningwww.bloomberg.com It's not just about offices.

What's happening with the bluesky federation plans?

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This is why we get up in the morning

Happy JOLTS Day

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Exploiting the search logics of a different era

Saw this on 2nd Ave. Wonder how well this works

Happy Jobs Week!

Saw this on 2nd Ave. Wonder how well this works

Boom! Come see band Light Sweet Crude on December 13th in Williamsburg

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Inflation Adjusted House Prices 3.0% Below Peak Price-to-rent index is 6.9% below recent peak calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/inflation-...

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December

In today's episode, I talk about the worst job interview I ever did. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

‎Odd Lots: Lots More with Brad Setser on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show Odd Lots, Ep Lots More with Brad Setser - Dec 1, 2023

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decent Germany CPI prints coming through across the board with the bigger states by economic activity coming in at -0.3% m/m (NRW, Saxony) or -0.4% (Hesse, Bavaria)

A STUNNING LAWSUIT COULD CHANGE HOW REALTORS GET PAID On the new episode, we looked at the Sitzer/Burnett ruling, which said brokers collude to fix and inflation their commissions when a house is bought. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

‎Odd Lots: A Stunning Lawsuit Could Change How Realtors Get Paid on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show Odd Lots, Ep A Stunning Lawsuit Could Change How Realtors Get Paid - Nov 29, 2023

RIP: Charlie Munger

Insane www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Biggest drop in battery prices since 2018 "The main contributor to falling battery prices historically has been technological innovation. This hasn’t been the case in 2023. This year, the drop in battery prices is primarily attributed to lower raw material costs." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Buried in this piece on Germany's totally self-fabricated debt crisis is a reminder that former Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble (along w/ others), was wildly irresponsible in 2015 in broaching EZ exit for Greece, despite the fact that it had broken no rules & EMU has no clause/criteria for exit.

The ordoliberalism will continue until morale improves www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Arizona is testing the idea of putting a solar farm over a canal. A way to both generate more electricity, and also reduce water evaporation interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...

Arizona's solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issueinterestingengineering.com Arizona's solar-covered canal project is set to redefine energy and water dynamics as a sustainable solution for drought.

WHY GOLDMAN'S TOP ECONOMIST BELIEVES THE HARD PART IS OVER On the new Odd Lots, we talked to the great Jan Hatzius, on his call that the soft landing will arrive in 2024 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Goldman's Jan Hatzius Believes the Hard Part Is Overwww.bloomberg.com A soft landing is in store for 2024

NEW ODD LOTS: We spoke with the creator of Magic: The Gathering about his new project, and his attempt to create an even better card game. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Magic the Gathering's Creator Wants to Create an Even Better Gamewww.bloomberg.com Walking a fine line between collectability and obsolescence.

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A great way to bring up the Jones Act at Thanksgiving is to wait until a relative is talking about an Alaskan cruise they took, then ask if it made a 20 minute stop in Victoria or Vancouver.

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New: How Formula One accidentally helped Las Vegas workers land the 'best contract ever' Culinary Union, threatening a mass strike timed to the much-hyped F1 race, inked deals with casino giants mere days before the event. They say it gave them "leverage." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

How Formula One accidentally helped Las Vegas workers land the 'best contract ever'www.nbcnews.com Casino giants cut a deal with the hospitality workers’ union just before the much-hyped Las Vegas Grand Prix. Union organizers, celebrating their wins, say that’s no coincidence.

Pretty incredible. From today's episode. How the Jones Act is impairing the development of the US offshore wind sector. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...