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To the extent my country is exceptional it is because we are a country of all people and none. The world made manifest. A nation of nations. A people united in truly radical ideas of freedom, equality, and justice for all. Any attempt to undo this is treason and also seeks to make us ordinary.
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renaming coal Cock Rocks in Woke 2 so that everyone understands and is embarrassed by the Gender politics
February 12, 2026 at 6:49 AM
renaming coal Cock Rocks in Woke 2 so that everyone understands and is embarrassed by the Gender politics
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Oh my god, this is so much dumber than even the dumbest version of this I imagined.
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Oh my god, this is so much dumber than even the dumbest version of this I imagined.
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Liberty or death.
I more or less unironically believe in "better that we ALL die on our feet than that some of us live on our knees"
There are things worse than apocalypse
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Liberty or death.
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Richest man in England endorses “populist” views just like the richest man in America. Weirdest populism I’ve ever seen
Good morning, Jim Ratcliffe. Two things: one, pay your taxes; two, kiss my ass: www.politico.eu/article/manc... #jimratcliffe #manchesterunited
Manchester United owner praises Farage during anti-migration diatribe
Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized businessman Jim Ratcliffe’s claims that Britain has been “colonized by immigrants.”
www.politico.eu
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Richest man in England endorses “populist” views just like the richest man in America. Weirdest populism I’ve ever seen
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look if I was going to make Moonbase Alpha it’d be a simple radio repeater pointed at Earth that repeats TTS-voiced
“John Madden, John Madden, FOOTBALL”
“John Madden, John Madden, FOOTBALL”
Musk announces NEOM on the moon, named after a video game from 2010
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
look if I was going to make Moonbase Alpha it’d be a simple radio repeater pointed at Earth that repeats TTS-voiced
“John Madden, John Madden, FOOTBALL”
“John Madden, John Madden, FOOTBALL”
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Also the principal call to action of the article by a guy who runs an AI startup is that everyone should start using AI more, which leaves me deeply skeptical
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Also the principal call to action of the article by a guy who runs an AI startup is that everyone should start using AI more, which leaves me deeply skeptical
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I mean the problem I have with the article is that one of the things that happens if you eliminate most entry level jobs is people storm your office and hang you by the neck until you are dead. But none of these guys seem worried about /that/, which makes me wonder if they are lying or stupid
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I mean the problem I have with the article is that one of the things that happens if you eliminate most entry level jobs is people storm your office and hang you by the neck until you are dead. But none of these guys seem worried about /that/, which makes me wonder if they are lying or stupid
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If this is true - and even I at this point am actively starting to wonder if it might be - the elimination of 50% of entry level jobs is a massive crisis we should actually be worried about
This post argues AI is having a moment similar to when you heard about some illness in China back in February 2020.
Tech workers just watched AI go from “helpful tool” to “does my job better than I do.” Everyone else is next. Get your financial house in order and lean into what’s hardest to replace
Tech workers just watched AI go from “helpful tool” to “does my job better than I do.” Everyone else is next. Get your financial house in order and lean into what’s hardest to replace
Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
shumer.dev
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
If this is true - and even I at this point am actively starting to wonder if it might be - the elimination of 50% of entry level jobs is a massive crisis we should actually be worried about
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More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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When my mom was a teen in the mid-late 1960s, she got a gig typing up all the signs for a charity auction. One of the items was a statuette of one of the old testament guys (idk, Moses? Joshua?) blowing a shofar
Being a gentile, she did not know the word "shofar"
She did know the word "chauffeur"
Being a gentile, she did not know the word "shofar"
She did know the word "chauffeur"
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
When my mom was a teen in the mid-late 1960s, she got a gig typing up all the signs for a charity auction. One of the items was a statuette of one of the old testament guys (idk, Moses? Joshua?) blowing a shofar
Being a gentile, she did not know the word "shofar"
She did know the word "chauffeur"
Being a gentile, she did not know the word "shofar"
She did know the word "chauffeur"
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Couple getting your first few hundred million in that way with then trading off the incredible insider information your network of “friends” sends to you, and there’s no huge mystery to solve as to Epstein’s wealth.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Couple getting your first few hundred million in that way with then trading off the incredible insider information your network of “friends” sends to you, and there’s no huge mystery to solve as to Epstein’s wealth.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
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This btw has long seemed the most plausible answer as to where Epstein’s money came from. There’s lots of breadcrumbs showing him seemingly blurring the lines between Wexner’s assets and his own over the years, and then covering it up by forcing out anyone who asked awkward questions.
this is fascinating on how Jeffrey Epstein is thought to have made his fortune:
Victoria’s Secret boss Les Wexner claimed Epstein stole hundreds of millions of dollars from him
www.ft.com/content/72c0...
Victoria’s Secret boss Les Wexner claimed Epstein stole hundreds of millions of dollars from him
www.ft.com/content/72c0...
Jeffrey Epstein paid Les Wexner $100mn after retail billionaire accused him of theft
Private settlement sought to avoid ‘unnecessary public attention’, prosecutors’ report said
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This btw has long seemed the most plausible answer as to where Epstein’s money came from. There’s lots of breadcrumbs showing him seemingly blurring the lines between Wexner’s assets and his own over the years, and then covering it up by forcing out anyone who asked awkward questions.
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I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
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Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.
Couple getting your first few hundred million in that way with then trading off the incredible insider information your network of “friends” sends to you, and there’s no huge mystery to solve as to Epstein’s wealth.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
He didn’t need to blackmail. Real soft power is subtler than that.
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Yeah, I’m sort of convinced that Epstein, rather than being in some kind of far-reaching conspiracy with elites, was instead SCAMMING THOSE ELITES. He was a fraud, who illicitly acquired a fortune, then used it plus the girls around him to open doors and pass himself off as something he wasn’t.
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Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
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Joke country. The continent itself aint much better but also this is a joke in and of itself
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Joke country. The continent itself aint much better but also this is a joke in and of itself
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The thing to understand about Conspiracy Theorists is that their minds were already made up on the topic. If there was no evidence in the files then they would simply make up the evidence.
“The Epstein scandal is a gift to the far-right” - no, this in itself is a far-right talking point; just look at Epstein’s actual politics and look at who his actual friends were. It can’t be a gift to the far-right if it *directly implicates the far-right themselves*.
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The thing to understand about Conspiracy Theorists is that their minds were already made up on the topic. If there was no evidence in the files then they would simply make up the evidence.
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“Sports Betting Alliance”
You’re gonna have to work hard to tell me that this isn’t an alliance of touts and sports betting operations trying to milk more of your money out of you and/or turn you into a whale
You’re gonna have to work hard to tell me that this isn’t an alliance of touts and sports betting operations trying to milk more of your money out of you and/or turn you into a whale
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
“Sports Betting Alliance”
You’re gonna have to work hard to tell me that this isn’t an alliance of touts and sports betting operations trying to milk more of your money out of you and/or turn you into a whale
You’re gonna have to work hard to tell me that this isn’t an alliance of touts and sports betting operations trying to milk more of your money out of you and/or turn you into a whale
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damn you're telling me that sin taxes work to reduce consumption of socially harmful goods while keeping them legal and thus avoiding the problems of criminalization?
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
damn you're telling me that sin taxes work to reduce consumption of socially harmful goods while keeping them legal and thus avoiding the problems of criminalization?
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"Surveys have found that nineteen percent of 18-to-24-year-olds qualify as problem gamblers, and thirty-seven percent of Gen Z gamblers self-report as having an addiction. A 2025 Siena poll found that forty-eight percent of all men aged 18-49 have an active online sports betting account."
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"Surveys have found that nineteen percent of 18-to-24-year-olds qualify as problem gamblers, and thirty-seven percent of Gen Z gamblers self-report as having an addiction. A 2025 Siena poll found that forty-eight percent of all men aged 18-49 have an active online sports betting account."
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Man, we have got to destroy this market.
"Surveys have found that nineteen percent of 18-to-24-year-olds qualify as problem gamblers, and thirty-seven percent of Gen Z gamblers self-report as having an addiction. A 2025 Siena poll found that forty-eight percent of all men aged 18-49 have an active online sports betting account."
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Man, we have got to destroy this market.
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first time in new york since zohran took office and other than having to recite the shahada on arrival at laguardia nothing much has changed
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
first time in new york since zohran took office and other than having to recite the shahada on arrival at laguardia nothing much has changed
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Big news tonight: Federal judge Tim Kelly has BLOCKED Bondi & Trump's attempt to transfer 20 men to an infamous super-max prison.
Biden granted these men clemency, and Trump has been trying to retaliate by plunging them in a place that people describe as a "living hell," as Bolts reported here:
Biden granted these men clemency, and Trump has been trying to retaliate by plunging them in a place that people describe as a "living hell," as Bolts reported here:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Big news tonight: Federal judge Tim Kelly has BLOCKED Bondi & Trump's attempt to transfer 20 men to an infamous super-max prison.
Biden granted these men clemency, and Trump has been trying to retaliate by plunging them in a place that people describe as a "living hell," as Bolts reported here:
Biden granted these men clemency, and Trump has been trying to retaliate by plunging them in a place that people describe as a "living hell," as Bolts reported here:
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Pigouvian taxes work and are broadly compatible with a strong view of personal liberty. We should use them more.
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Pigouvian taxes work and are broadly compatible with a strong view of personal liberty. We should use them more.
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