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Law nerd, policy wonk, housing tragic, politics shitposter
Last political constitutionalist left in NZ
Last political constitutionalist left in NZ
I feel like 11:20 is a tad late to put the dryer by my room on, but my flatmate is clearly beyond good and evil
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I feel like 11:20 is a tad late to put the dryer by my room on, but my flatmate is clearly beyond good and evil
Circles was an unbelievably good feature
Your best and most addicted users would have a private, compelling outlet while still staying on main
Your best and most addicted users would have a private, compelling outlet while still staying on main
I really miss private circles. I want to be insecure and sad in a way that is public enough to actually feel like venting into the void but not so public as to invite scrutiny and be worrying to people who I do not want to worry. This was a very good twitter feature and I wish we had it back.
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Circles was an unbelievably good feature
Your best and most addicted users would have a private, compelling outlet while still staying on main
Your best and most addicted users would have a private, compelling outlet while still staying on main
take that political lesbianism, we are now at economic lesbianism
This economist ran the numbers and concluded that dating men ... doesn't really pencil out.
This Economist Crunched the Numbers and Stopped Dating Men
And she’s never been happier.
www.thecut.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
take that political lesbianism, we are now at economic lesbianism
This is a good and thoughtful piece and I enjoyed reading it
A reply to Matthew Yglesias regarding "Big Ass Truck Abundance" publiccomment.blog/p/the-groups...
The Groups versus The Groups
The interminable fight over who gets to rule the void
publiccomment.blog
August 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is a good and thoughtful piece and I enjoyed reading it
Time To get into hog posting for some engagement
July 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time To get into hog posting for some engagement
The Actual version of don't fear the reaper would benefit from more cowbell
July 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Actual version of don't fear the reaper would benefit from more cowbell
Prolly true unless they were in a circle of lies with their spouses
In which case, use the shaggy defence
In which case, use the shaggy defence
If that dude and that lady at that Coldplay concert had just acted normal and not hid, there wouldn’t have been any issue.
The lesson in all of this is to play it cool
The lesson in all of this is to play it cool
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Prolly true unless they were in a circle of lies with their spouses
In which case, use the shaggy defence
In which case, use the shaggy defence
Critical support for the ceo and hr boss having a fling
July 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Critical support for the ceo and hr boss having a fling
You mean to tell me that Ricky martin is singing livin la vida loca about a WOMAN? Mad doubt
July 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
You mean to tell me that Ricky martin is singing livin la vida loca about a WOMAN? Mad doubt
Is basmati way easier to cook than jasmine or is my soul just inclined that way?
June 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Is basmati way easier to cook than jasmine or is my soul just inclined that way?
Do people have views of the relative merits of doubanjiang vs gochujang?
June 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Do people have views of the relative merits of doubanjiang vs gochujang?
man guts is so much better than Sour
June 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
man guts is so much better than Sour
nothing in nz law is constitutional and the 20 things that are do not become more clear by being so described
May 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
nothing in nz law is constitutional and the 20 things that are do not become more clear by being so described
Wuthering Heights
China Drum · Wuthering Heights · Song · 1996
open.spotify.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
might fuck around and write a primer on philosophy and YIMBYism
May 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
might fuck around and write a primer on philosophy and YIMBYism
God I think traveling is making me feel more open, and more understanding of cultural differences and all about the universal brotherhood of all peoples FUUUCK what a cliche
May 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
God I think traveling is making me feel more open, and more understanding of cultural differences and all about the universal brotherhood of all peoples FUUUCK what a cliche
almost too much of a cloth pedant to buy a suit in a china tailor market. Almost.
May 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
almost too much of a cloth pedant to buy a suit in a china tailor market. Almost.
new hotel is worse in every way but has two bottles of drinking water a day which is p mean
May 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
new hotel is worse in every way but has two bottles of drinking water a day which is p mean
Out of office
Into pub
Out of country tomorrow
How good tho
Into pub
Out of country tomorrow
How good tho
May 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Out of office
Into pub
Out of country tomorrow
How good tho
Into pub
Out of country tomorrow
How good tho
I mostly maintain a pedantic distinction between "should" and "need"
There are very many things we should do; there are many fewer things we need to do
There are very many things we should do; there are many fewer things we need to do
May 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I mostly maintain a pedantic distinction between "should" and "need"
There are very many things we should do; there are many fewer things we need to do
There are very many things we should do; there are many fewer things we need to do
Why do people only try dunk or threaten to kill stancil when he's right?
the original trilogy was really not political unless you’re seven
But… the OT was extremely political… Rebelling against an empire is political action. Vader and Leia have a whole ass political dialogue right in the beginning and Lucas has even said it was an allegory for Vietnam
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Why do people only try dunk or threaten to kill stancil when he's right?
Yeah no shortcuts only struggling
fashion micro aesthetics are mainly fake and only exist on wikis or to sell you cheap dropshipped garbage. there is really no shortcut to building up a sense of how you want to present yourself you just have to try a lot of stuff and figure out what you like
May 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Yeah no shortcuts only struggling
V important for existing landowners to feel the pain from rising house prices. NZ should have a painful LVT
The usual story about how Proposition 13 contributed to the California housing crisis—i.e. it made housing development a fiscal net loser—is junk. Rather, it contributed to the crisis by creating a generation of homeowners who simply didn't have to care about housing costs. My latest:
How Proposition 13 Broke California Housing Politics
It’s not what you think.
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
V important for existing landowners to feel the pain from rising house prices. NZ should have a painful LVT
my view that the US constitution is so bad its a threat to civilisation has increasing empirical support
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
my view that the US constitution is so bad its a threat to civilisation has increasing empirical support
backsliding on by right townhouses, subsidizing sprawl by bigger builders that donate, then removing independent building inspections - the National plan on housing
April 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
backsliding on by right townhouses, subsidizing sprawl by bigger builders that donate, then removing independent building inspections - the National plan on housing