Eric Fruits, Ph.D.
@ericfruits
Senior Scholar @LawEconCenter. Adjunct Professor @Portland_State. Expert witness and consultant in economics, finance & statistics. Random Scooby Doo musings.
Finally witnessed slopception in the wild ... where "deep research" AI uses AI slop to create more AI slop.
Hey, Dad, what does vertigo feel like? Dunno. It's kinda hard to explain.
End of shift of a tower crane operator.
What's up with the AI Action Plan? @kristianstout read it and has the TL;DR for you. laweconcenter.org/resources/the-…
I understand why some people don't like Citizens United, but it's very important not to over-romanticize small-money donors. They are frequently ideological extremists who don't think strategically and drag the party further from the national mainstream.
Check out my latest article: America’s AI Action Plan: Full-Stack Support, Geopolitical Intent, and a Notable Omission linkedin.com/pulse/americas…
TLDR: FCC survived a Loper Bright analysis on media ownership rules (generally); court pushed back on the Top 4 rule and investment rules, but remanded for FCC to see if it could fix those.
Eighth Circuit just dropped big media ownership ruling | @BrendanCarrFCC @nabtweets ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/07/2…
You won't believe #2!
Here are the newest entrants to the six-figure club bizjournals.com/portland/news/…
They'd get a better fit with a cubic function.
Sitting for hours daily shrinks your brain, even if you exercise. New 7-year study (n=404): → Faster hippocampal atrophy → Worse memory performance → Slower processing speed 87% met exercise guidelines but STILL declined.
We're about two tweets away from getting back into the "Is a burrito a sandwich?" thing ...
Recall my story of a barista in Falls Church who refused to sell me a matcha latte at the behest of a neighboring matcha store. Today I learned (from a co-worker) of a movie theater owner in Northern Vermont who inserts a non-compete in the sale of his shuttered movie theater …
99% of Scooby Doo plots.
Just finished a mystery series in which the murderer was an evil property developer, and now I’m about to rejoin a British series whose first season revealed that the murderer was an evil property developer.
We all need emo realtors to ensure that we don’t miss any off market cabins. 🖤🖤🖤 Yes, this is how he legitimately markets his business and it’s brilliant.
Recon data on 1300+ ISPs shows rural telcos bleeding market share. Even small players with 35,000 subscribers can’t compete without fiber or scale. Consolidation isn’t just likely—it’s inevitable. 📉🔥#Broadband #RuralBroadband
I'm befuddled why the Sketchy Safeway near Portland State hasn't been closed yet.
Kroger is closing a Portland Fred Meyer location. It's unclear whether other Oregon closures are on the horizon as the grocery giant streamlines its operations. bizjournals.com/portland/news/…
Funny how we went from "A/C is cooking the planet" to "everyone needs A/C."
AC requirement may hit rentals in Portland oregonlive.com/environment/20…
President Trump is delivering historic permitting wins across the federal government. Today, following President Trump's leadership, I announced that the @FCC will vote soon on a proposal to eliminate needless NEPA review processes and unleash America's builders.