Colbert teases a South Carolina senate run after getting fired. (I actually can't find that little clip anywhere else, so I don't trust it very much.)

Anyway, whether or not it's true, Colbert is certainly going to get amplified over the next year.

Mossy Character writes: Obligatory snark aside, a gorgeous 13 minutes; 2km train visible here.

Heebie's take: Beautiful and stark footage.

New Epstein thread, because hopefully this is not going away.

Krugman draws a parallel between the rage of the tech bro ultrawealthy today, and the rage of the wall street bros following the financial crisis. I buy it!

Side note: Krugman on Substack is way, way better than Krugman at the NYT. The NYT voice-of-decorum is always mildly boring, and blog-writing is so much more direct and snappy. Second, the length of what he writes is determined by the content of what he has to say, as opposed to being determined by the square inches of a print newspaper. I don't really understand why newspapers are so loyal to having categories of stories with pre-set length. It's a vast improvement to end a column when you've made your point.