James Ratcliffe
@Jmratcliffe3
Cruncher of numbers, writer of bullet points, watcher of Doctor Who and the Cubs. @jratcliffe at the place without clouds.
At last, someone who understands how tariffs are going to make America great again! xkcd.com/3073/
Fascinating work from Bloomberg.
Pretty amazing project analyzing changes in the cars on the road in Manhattan post-congestion pricing bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…
Elmo loves you. ❤️
Stop scrolling, take a deep breath, and use the next few minutes to escape to a place where the air is sweet. 💛💚
Post-close 8K tomorrow will be the industrial-grade version of "releasing an 8K post-close on the Friday before a 3-day weekend".
This (a nonpartisan ranked choice election) would be great, and is how all our elections should be run. No party primaries, no first-past-the-post.
Seriously? #MolotovRibbentropPact #HitlerStalinPact
Hey @holland_tom: isn't it Byronic, don't you think? Inspired by @RestHistoryPod, thought I'd give this a read. Thanks to @nypl interlibrary loan and Skidmore College library.
Pretty depressing that EWR has frequent announcements reminding people to make sure they don't try to take guns through security. Seems to me like "I forgot I had a gun with me" and "responsible firearm owner" are mutually exclusive.
This is an amazing, wonderful, story.
🧵 With the news that TNT might lose the NBA, it’s time to share the story about Ernie Johnson and the @NBAonTNT halftime show he made for my Bar Mitzvah. It began w my dad and ended w me being called a drug addict & ballhog (fair, tbh) in front of family & friends (1/X)
Hey @googlemaps, when it comes to tolls, why can't I set how much I value my time, and then have the app automatically optimize my route, rather than just having a tolls/no tolls option? Big difference between "30 mins longer to save $1.53" and "2 mins longer to save $15.21".
Over/under on how long it will be until someone gets Father Justin to advise them to pursue Satanism?
Introducing Father Justin, the New Interactive AI from Catholic Answers Catholic Answers, the number-one lay Catholic apostolate of apologetics and evangelization, is excited to announce the release of our new “Father Justin” interactive AI app. This innovative digital…
The healthy alternative to the Weinermobile?
No time to explain. Get in the pea.
Pretty sure that was just an earthquake in NYC. Didn't have that on my 2024 bingo card!
I wonder what the prop odds were on Jennings throwing the first TD pass.
You really need to watch this.
The Paramount+ Super Bowl commercial spot, presented without comment (but oh my god I promise you want to watch this)
Well played!
An important statement on the latest tea controversy. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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What's the Elvish word for "chutzpah"? theguardian.com/books/2023/dec…
