Gavin (who is back in town)
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Big root beer guy. International ETF trader. Not top 20 in the world at crosswords but maybe top 200. Appreciator of the fact that the 1999 New Orleans Saints had two quarterbacks named Billy Joe.
When I first saw this I was like “ah nobody” but then I was like “oh hm Jon Lovitz”
What actor are you so (rationally or not) repulsed by that their work, no matter how good, is unwatchable to you?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
When I first saw this I was like “ah nobody” but then I was like “oh hm Jon Lovitz”
The Good Place, Season 2
(Because it’s impossible to choose between Arrested S1 and S2)
(Because it’s impossible to choose between Arrested S1 and S2)
Name your fav season of TV
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The Good Place, Season 2
(Because it’s impossible to choose between Arrested S1 and S2)
(Because it’s impossible to choose between Arrested S1 and S2)
Here’s a fun thought experiment: If you could only listen to one artist for the rest of your life, you would rather that artist be Phoebe Bridgers than Weird Al Yankovic. But if you have to never listen to one of them again (but still get to listen to others) you would lose Phoebe and keep Weird Al
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Here’s a fun thought experiment: If you could only listen to one artist for the rest of your life, you would rather that artist be Phoebe Bridgers than Weird Al Yankovic. But if you have to never listen to one of them again (but still get to listen to others) you would lose Phoebe and keep Weird Al
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
I would like people participating in various discourses to distinguish between Helen Andrews (sociopathic, racist, wrote a good article about arrested development and the brothers Karamazov, sucks mondo ass) and Leah Libresco Sargeant (very kind, very clever, loves garlic)
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I would like people participating in various discourses to distinguish between Helen Andrews (sociopathic, racist, wrote a good article about arrested development and the brothers Karamazov, sucks mondo ass) and Leah Libresco Sargeant (very kind, very clever, loves garlic)
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The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
this is a really good speech
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
this is a really good speech
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
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If the supposedly more pragmatic wing hadn't put forward an insanely damaged candidate, Mamdani probably wouldn't have won. Maybe he'd have pulled it off anyway but probably not. If you don't like it, you should be chewing out Cuomo's backers. They produced this outcome more than anyone else.
![Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidedpbe5cweyx6x5pz66ypn74fumifyvinjjr4prysjpvopaqi4vi@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If the supposedly more pragmatic wing hadn't put forward an insanely damaged candidate, Mamdani probably wouldn't have won. Maybe he'd have pulled it off anyway but probably not. If you don't like it, you should be chewing out Cuomo's backers. They produced this outcome more than anyone else.
I want to start a thing where “eugenicist” means that you want the world to be run by people named Eugene
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I want to start a thing where “eugenicist” means that you want the world to be run by people named Eugene
I wonder what Nate Silver and Bill Simmons think of each other. Silver is probably jealous of Simmons, because they both did the exact same thing (became the thing their early careers were specifically built on opposing) but Simmons made a hell of a lot more money
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I wonder what Nate Silver and Bill Simmons think of each other. Silver is probably jealous of Simmons, because they both did the exact same thing (became the thing their early careers were specifically built on opposing) but Simmons made a hell of a lot more money
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a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
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who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies
There are no books better than The Westing Game, only books as good as The Westing Game (the brothers Karamazov, pride and prejudice, infinite jest, lamb, etc)
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There are no books better than The Westing Game, only books as good as The Westing Game (the brothers Karamazov, pride and prejudice, infinite jest, lamb, etc)
ok now hit two more guys
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
ok now hit two more guys
this game rules so hard but it must be unbelievably agonizing if you actually care who wins
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
this game rules so hard but it must be unbelievably agonizing if you actually care who wins
I’m in my old hometown today (population like 6k, half of which are college students) and I’m reminded of a thing I said to someone once about rural/urban political split, especially in the Trumpian era. Which is that living in a city forces you to confront reality in a different way.
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’m in my old hometown today (population like 6k, half of which are college students) and I’m reminded of a thing I said to someone once about rural/urban political split, especially in the Trumpian era. Which is that living in a city forces you to confront reality in a different way.
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they're gonna be so mad we have a better frog
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
they're gonna be so mad we have a better frog
I have just been introduced to the song “98 Braves” by Morgan Wallen and I’m annoying my friend by pointing out that the song would make more sense if it was about the ‘99 Braves
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I have just been introduced to the song “98 Braves” by Morgan Wallen and I’m annoying my friend by pointing out that the song would make more sense if it was about the ‘99 Braves
She’s got, she’s got a way
She got, she got away
I think I might try to post here more often but also I might not because it’s not clear that being smart is useful
there are people smarter than I am on here, but they don’t need to hear what I have to say and the people who aren’t won’t listen
She got, she got away
I think I might try to post here more often but also I might not because it’s not clear that being smart is useful
there are people smarter than I am on here, but they don’t need to hear what I have to say and the people who aren’t won’t listen
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
She’s got, she’s got a way
She got, she got away
I think I might try to post here more often but also I might not because it’s not clear that being smart is useful
there are people smarter than I am on here, but they don’t need to hear what I have to say and the people who aren’t won’t listen
She got, she got away
I think I might try to post here more often but also I might not because it’s not clear that being smart is useful
there are people smarter than I am on here, but they don’t need to hear what I have to say and the people who aren’t won’t listen
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I get beside myself angry when I think about how a presidential candidate repeatedly fucking said he’d be a dictator and the press response was ha ha that rascal I’m sure he probably doesn’t mean it
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I get beside myself angry when I think about how a presidential candidate repeatedly fucking said he’d be a dictator and the press response was ha ha that rascal I’m sure he probably doesn’t mean it
I haven’t listened yet, but interesting choice by Taylor to cover The Impression That I Get
October 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I haven’t listened yet, but interesting choice by Taylor to cover The Impression That I Get
Is anybody writing “here are left wing criticisms of market economics that are correct and not negatively polarizingly terrifying, and here are explanations of markets that correct extremely common leftist misunderstandings of them” - it feels like someone should, and if nobody is then I should
October 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Is anybody writing “here are left wing criticisms of market economics that are correct and not negatively polarizingly terrifying, and here are explanations of markets that correct extremely common leftist misunderstandings of them” - it feels like someone should, and if nobody is then I should
this isn’t really that big an issue unless they figure out a way to beat The Giant’s Drink
I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.
"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.
Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."
"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.
Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this isn’t really that big an issue unless they figure out a way to beat The Giant’s Drink