Saying “by 2 percentage points” would be correct.

Totally up to debate whether it’s enough to make rich people spend less than half the year there but as a profession, please can we get our head around percentages?.

It is WILD and scary to me how many reputable outlets including politico and the independent are reporting @ZohranKMamdani tax proposal as increasing city tax on the wealthy by 2%. It’s an additional tax of 2%. Vs today’s 3.9% rounded it’s an increase of over 50%.

RT @ZSchneeweiss: Dutch far-right leader’s bid for more power risks flopping via @dasha_reports @patrickreports htt….

RT @ZSchneeweiss: Netherlands faces months in limbo after government collapses via @dasha_reports @CHughesMorgan @s….

I was today years old when I found out Florida has its own whacking day (or rather whacking season) like in the Simpsons. Hunting Burmese pythons.

RT @business: In the middle of Miami’s urban sprawl, gritty underpasses and highway knots there’s an 18-block oasis for the uber-rich. Bloo….

a colleague on European politics: "it's never dull, and it's always existential.".

This is going to age me but what is up with people listening to music/ playing computer games at full volume on public transport in Miami? I’m livid.

Beware of how the fecal matter is filtered from your Perrier. Nestlé may have to stop marketing its French beverage brand Perrier as a mineral water after admitting to using filtering methods illegal for natural mineral waters via .@business.

Billionaire Ken Griffin said Donald Trump’s latest tariffs amount to a hefty tax on middle-class families and are a “huge policy mistake” by the administration via @economics.

Billionaire Ken Griffin said Donald Trump’s latest tariffs amount to a hefty tax on middle-class families and are a “huge policy mistake” by the administration via @economics.

RT @JamesSurowiecki: Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff bar….

Are the cheaper eggs in the room with us?.

The Democratic-backed candidate in a closely contested Wisconsin judicial race defeated a conservative rival supported by billionaire Elon Musk via @bpolitics.

I've asked them to update me every 15 minutes because otherwise they just don't do what they promised. And they're not even getting the intervals right and missing the check ins. Do the machines already hate me?.

all this fuss about ChatGPT and I can't even get it to review meeting minutes. If it can't do basic research and scraping tasks, I reckon our jobs are safe for now.

RT @Billbrowder: BREAKING: A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia & found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport r….

And arguably sets up its justification for a broader conflict with Europe.

RT @jason_paladino: "ICE’s shocking actions against Ms. Chung form part of a larger pattern of attempted U.S. government repression of cons….