Elliot
@1t2ls.bsky.social
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same handle on tiktok
#lunchpoems
same handle on tiktok
#lunchpoems
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you know, the AI thing would be a lot more palatable if the people driving it used it to drive renewable energy development and address social issues instead of transparently fantasizing about the new feudalism in which they will be kings and the rest of us serfs.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
you know, the AI thing would be a lot more palatable if the people driving it used it to drive renewable energy development and address social issues instead of transparently fantasizing about the new feudalism in which they will be kings and the rest of us serfs.
i love this idea because it amounts to updating the law to match how the system works in reality, while better integrating migrants into the tax system and giving them rights.
I'm an Open Borders true believer. I think we should replace the entire DHS with a New American Welcoming Department that hands out Social Security numbers and green cards to new arrivals right at points of entry and helps them find places to live and work.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i love this idea because it amounts to updating the law to match how the system works in reality, while better integrating migrants into the tax system and giving them rights.
Reparations are probably a good idea, but for expediency they should be framed not as “paying you back for what my ancestors did to your ancestors” but in a history-blind way as “doing what we can to help elevate systematically disadvantaged communities, wherever we find them”
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reparations are probably a good idea, but for expediency they should be framed not as “paying you back for what my ancestors did to your ancestors” but in a history-blind way as “doing what we can to help elevate systematically disadvantaged communities, wherever we find them”
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A really important point. You can't "solve"misinformation without understanding the ways beliefs function as identity markers more than attempts to represent reality accurately gone awry.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A really important point. You can't "solve"misinformation without understanding the ways beliefs function as identity markers more than attempts to represent reality accurately gone awry.
this is really something
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
this is really something
Lebensraum im Osten!
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Lebensraum im Osten!
this megathread has been getting attention lately, idk why. but it was fun to write. i should do one again this christmas.
I never get to use my masters degree in catholic theology anymore, so let’s do this.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
this megathread has been getting attention lately, idk why. but it was fun to write. i should do one again this christmas.
you know, there’s interesting stuff to be said about the complex relationship between gay identity and sex, but it probably should be written by someone who isn’t drooling with resentment while rehearsing a bizarre string of cultural allusions that suggest they don’t know what they’re talking about.
if there's something everyone was asking for, it was a [checks notes] COMPACT magazine article on gay identity
www.compactmag.com/article/how-...
www.compactmag.com/article/how-...
How Gay Identity Trumped Gay Sex
When the Ugandan TV anchor Simon Kaggwa Njala prepared to host his Morning Breeze show one December morning in 2012, he thought it would be just another day on the job.
www.compactmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
you know, there’s interesting stuff to be said about the complex relationship between gay identity and sex, but it probably should be written by someone who isn’t drooling with resentment while rehearsing a bizarre string of cultural allusions that suggest they don’t know what they’re talking about.
i think the left is in the midst of rediscovering patriotism. we did the work of disenchanting the myth of America, now it’s time to recommit to the best hopes the best of us have had for what we can become as a people.
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
i think the left is in the midst of rediscovering patriotism. we did the work of disenchanting the myth of America, now it’s time to recommit to the best hopes the best of us have had for what we can become as a people.
A wild Kantian appeared!
But the thing is, they want him gone not because of any righteous reason, it’s because they want to continue rigging the government in their favor.
So, I give him no credit. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons isn’t laudable.
So, I give him no credit. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons isn’t laudable.
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A wild Kantian appeared!
The Goonies
My Big Fat Greek Gooning
The Goon wears Prada.
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The Goonies
Rule of thumb: punctuation is meant to aid people trying to figure out how to parse—and mentally intone—what you’re saying. A comma here, a parenthesis there helps readers know when you’re pausing (or dropping your voice). So put in punctuation where it sounds right.
Jeffrey Epstein won’t see your post making fun of his comma usage but your friend who can’t figure out how to use a comma will
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Rule of thumb: punctuation is meant to aid people trying to figure out how to parse—and mentally intone—what you’re saying. A comma here, a parenthesis there helps readers know when you’re pausing (or dropping your voice). So put in punctuation where it sounds right.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
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Epstein Document Search
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November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Today’s poem: Richard Wilbur, “Advice to a Prophet”
#lunchpoems
#lunchpoems
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today’s poem: Richard Wilbur, “Advice to a Prophet”
#lunchpoems
#lunchpoems
i wish more people grasped that what people call “socialism” in american politics today would mostly have been indistinguishable from being a progressive democrat during the New Deal era.
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
i wish more people grasped that what people call “socialism” in american politics today would mostly have been indistinguishable from being a progressive democrat during the New Deal era.
So our demented president who is waging war against our own cities, destroying the economy, abducting and murdering people, and thinks nobody knows how magnets work... is also a pedophile. Cool. Cool. Great.
Good thing our adversarial system of government is there to hold him in check!
Good thing our adversarial system of government is there to hold him in check!
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So our demented president who is waging war against our own cities, destroying the economy, abducting and murdering people, and thinks nobody knows how magnets work... is also a pedophile. Cool. Cool. Great.
Good thing our adversarial system of government is there to hold him in check!
Good thing our adversarial system of government is there to hold him in check!
Best donut of my life was the maple bacon long john from the (now clozed) "Glazed and Infused" in Bucktown.
#Cincinnati: Don't forget to get your free Maple Bacon Donut today.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Best donut of my life was the maple bacon long john from the (now clozed) "Glazed and Infused" in Bucktown.
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you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
A news org *in a different country* did a thing every documentary maker ever has done, and Trump is suing them for ... $1 billion? And two executives resigned over this? Can I sue the local news for $1 billion because they cut together footage from a street interview and it makes me look dumb?
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A news org *in a different country* did a thing every documentary maker ever has done, and Trump is suing them for ... $1 billion? And two executives resigned over this? Can I sue the local news for $1 billion because they cut together footage from a street interview and it makes me look dumb?
Congress should not delegate emergency powers to the President without putting strict and brief time limits on the use of those powers. The idea that congress would be unable to act in a timely manner to address an emergency in international trade means congress isn't doing its job.
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Congress should not delegate emergency powers to the President without putting strict and brief time limits on the use of those powers. The idea that congress would be unable to act in a timely manner to address an emergency in international trade means congress isn't doing its job.