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Josh Barro
Personal blog · joshbarro.comeconomicspolitics
Josh Barro writes Very Serious, a personal blog at joshbarro.com about economics and politics. Since 2022, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Universities Are Not on the Level”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- Universities Are Not on the Level3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-01-05
- /p/bluesky-isnt-a-bubble-its-a-containment2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-07-11
- This Week in Mayonnaise Clinic: Changing the Clocks Is Good2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-16
- Ozempic Is Obviously Good for Business2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-10-22
What Hacker News says?
I found this[0] to be an interesting perspective: "Bluesky Isn't a Bubble. It's a Containment Dome. Pray that Bluesky doesn't die entirely — we need it so the worst liberal posts are kept in a place where the broader public won't ever see them." [0] https://www.joshbarro.com/p/bluesky-isnt-a-bubble-its-a-cont...
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on “Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices”Submitted Universities Are Not on the Level as a story · 69 points
HN discussionI liked Josh Barro's characterization of BlueSky: "Bluesky Isn't a Bubble. It's a Containment Dome."[0] [0] https://www.joshbarro.com/p/bluesky-isnt-a-bubble-its-a-cont...
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on “Kite News”Submitted It's Fine to Order the Same Dish as Your Spouse as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFrom his substack, basically the same article: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/universities-are-not-on-the-leve...
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on “American Universities Are Post-Truth”Submitted The Subway Is for Transportation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI like the Josh Barro podcasts for keeping up with US news and politics -- Serious Trouble ( https://www.serioustrouble.show/ ) and Very Serious ( https://www.joshbarro.com/podcast ).
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on “Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022?”Submitted Why You Should Quit More, with Annie Duke as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> it collapsed into being a mediocre bubble like Twitter, but without the scale. I liked Josh Barro's take: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/bluesky-isnt-a-bubble-its-a-cont...
Comment linking /p/bluesky-isnt-a-bubble-its-a-containment
on “Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app”Submitted This Week in Mayonnaise Clinic: Changing the Clocks Is Good as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis was passed in 1974, then repealed a few months later by popular demand. https://www.joshbarro.com/p/this-week-in-the-mayonnaise-clin...
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on “House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent”Submitted Universities Are Not on the Level as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIs there an orthodoxy about people approving of Gavin Newsom? I'm about as partisan a Democrat as there is on the site and I think he's awful. https://www.joshbarro.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-gross-and-embarr...
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on “a thread”Submitted Ozempic Is Obviously Good for Business as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ozempic Is Obviously Good for Business as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Kennedys Were Always Bad as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Normal Fiscal Politics Can Resolve the Debt Ceiling Crisis as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted So, Why Not the Coin? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Fed Moves Closer to Reality as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Need a Better Homeownership Society as a story · 1 points
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