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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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"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that gambling was the second-highest service-sector industry for GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, behind only software publishing."
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
Very annoyed at the people who decided to open the floodgates to online sports betting, it is absolutely a scourge. Great piece from Gabrielle Gurley on people spending hours a day on these predatory apps.
The Scourge of Online Sports Betting - The American Prospect
States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
prospect.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that gambling was the second-highest service-sector industry for GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, behind only software publishing."
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
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Libertarianism yielded some keen insights about what we're going through while libertarians largely failed to meet, or even enabled, the current moment. It will be really interesting to see how this all shakes out in the post Trump realignment.
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Libertarianism yielded some keen insights about what we're going through while libertarians largely failed to meet, or even enabled, the current moment. It will be really interesting to see how this all shakes out in the post Trump realignment.
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ah dammit, I KNEW I was forgetting something
“The new government forgot they were supposed to have ideas about governing” strikes me as a fairly major drawback that reflects quite badly on a lot of people.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
ah dammit, I KNEW I was forgetting something
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I think weed’s harmlessness is somewhat overstated but times are so fucked even my goodie two shoes Methodist retired schoolteacher mother does edibles now.
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I think weed’s harmlessness is somewhat overstated but times are so fucked even my goodie two shoes Methodist retired schoolteacher mother does edibles now.
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This article is like saying “It’s time to admit airline food is subpar” when your 737‘s wings fell off and its engines caught fire. The problem isn’t even that you‘re wrong. It’s that now is *not* the time.
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This article is like saying “It’s time to admit airline food is subpar” when your 737‘s wings fell off and its engines caught fire. The problem isn’t even that you‘re wrong. It’s that now is *not* the time.
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Last night further shrinking Daddy Yankee’s section when they write the history of Reggaeton is another laudatory side effect
I can take or leave Bad Bunny musically but it’s nice that the title for most famous reggaeton artist in the world is no longer held by a Republican
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Last night further shrinking Daddy Yankee’s section when they write the history of Reggaeton is another laudatory side effect
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Ryan Zinke for prison
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Ryan Zinke for prison
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turns out nobody wants to sit at the cruel kids' table
This was a little over a year ago
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
turns out nobody wants to sit at the cruel kids' table
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The good news is we're getting a Democratic Tea Party.
The bad news is we're getting a Democratic Tea Party.
The bad news is we're getting a Democratic Tea Party.
Posters currently have the mandate of heaven, which is why Crockett may win the Texas senate primary despite basically not campaigning for it outside of social media sniping. I fear, however, that it is a *limited* mandate, and thus she probably loses in the general election
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The good news is we're getting a Democratic Tea Party.
The bad news is we're getting a Democratic Tea Party.
The bad news is we're getting a Democratic Tea Party.
Indeed dictatorship is very good at *disgusing* problems, and then forbidding anyone from mentioning it.
I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Indeed dictatorship is very good at *disgusing* problems, and then forbidding anyone from mentioning it.
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There are particularly American problems: homelessness is not one of them. It is more shameful in a rich country but it’s not unique.
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
There are particularly American problems: homelessness is not one of them. It is more shameful in a rich country but it’s not unique.
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It is true that in some places the police will, for instance, round you up and dump you on the steppe to die rather than disturb the look of the capital but I’m not sure this in an improvement.
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
It is true that in some places the police will, for instance, round you up and dump you on the steppe to die rather than disturb the look of the capital but I’m not sure this in an improvement.
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In China I was asked a few times whether it was true that if you went to the ER in the US they had to treat you even if you had no money.
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
In China I was asked a few times whether it was true that if you went to the ER in the US they had to treat you even if you had no money.
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I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
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it’s a good thing we don’t have socialized healthcare because otherwise we might have to endure untenable wait times for basic care. anyway the annual checkup I scheduled last July to take place in March has just been rescheduled to May
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
it’s a good thing we don’t have socialized healthcare because otherwise we might have to endure untenable wait times for basic care. anyway the annual checkup I scheduled last July to take place in March has just been rescheduled to May
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Someone smarter than me will probably figure out how to express the deep unease with consumerism-as-activism, because cancelling your Poob subcription every six months when they do a dumb thing
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Someone smarter than me will probably figure out how to express the deep unease with consumerism-as-activism, because cancelling your Poob subcription every six months when they do a dumb thing
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There’s a belief on both sides of the aisle that you can complain to the manager enough and get companies to reverse decisions that you personally don’t like but most of the time you can’t.
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
There’s a belief on both sides of the aisle that you can complain to the manager enough and get companies to reverse decisions that you personally don’t like but most of the time you can’t.
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My life is this and people asking “what is an externality” and then immediately wanting a policy but not wanting to own the results of the policy
And then yelling at me that I’m not being political. Or too political
You can’t win
And then yelling at me that I’m not being political. Or too political
You can’t win
“I want *policy*”
“I DON’T WANT THESE EXTERNALITIES”
“That came with *policy*”
“No fuck you”
“I DON’T WANT THESE EXTERNALITIES”
“That came with *policy*”
“No fuck you”
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
My life is this and people asking “what is an externality” and then immediately wanting a policy but not wanting to own the results of the policy
And then yelling at me that I’m not being political. Or too political
You can’t win
And then yelling at me that I’m not being political. Or too political
You can’t win
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Donald Trump has one policy approach to economic questions and that is "me and my cronies loot everything that isn't nailed down" prospect.org/2026/02/09/b...
Board of Peace Is a Board of Profits - The American Prospect
Corporate interests dominate the organization planning the reconstruction of Gaza.
prospect.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Donald Trump has one policy approach to economic questions and that is "me and my cronies loot everything that isn't nailed down" prospect.org/2026/02/09/b...
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I think conservative art is so bad rn because a lot of the frictions and taboos that would keep artistically inclined people in right wing politics have eroded. Like you can go to Julliard now, your family won’t disown you if you don’t go into the military or banking first.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I think conservative art is so bad rn because a lot of the frictions and taboos that would keep artistically inclined people in right wing politics have eroded. Like you can go to Julliard now, your family won’t disown you if you don’t go into the military or banking first.
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what it's like 75% of my feed is right now after the halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
what it's like 75% of my feed is right now after the halftime show
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the set design and choreography was so beautiful that it was irrelevant that I’m a dummy who can’t understand Spanish
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
the set design and choreography was so beautiful that it was irrelevant that I’m a dummy who can’t understand Spanish
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Trump abdicating on Covid was a national disaster and somehow by abdicating no one blamed him for it. Buck passing worked. Insanity
This pro-Trump nostalgia absolutely was confirmed over and over again by the Dems' own internal polling, in a truly horrifying way:
newrepublic.com/article/1882...
newrepublic.com/article/1882...
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Trump abdicating on Covid was a national disaster and somehow by abdicating no one blamed him for it. Buck passing worked. Insanity
I'm not sure this comparison is all that useful considering how radically different the economics of TV are now from when TNG season 1 was produced. Like it just feels unfair to compare a show designed with (I assume) a season long plot to a hyper episodic TV show from what, north of 40 years now?
Also, keep in mind, by 5 eps into The Next Generation, we had Code of Honor, The Naked Then, The Last Outpost, as well as Encounter at Farpoint. Outside of the strong cast - it was a wildly weak start to a new Star Trek. Pound for pound, Starfleet Academy is better than TNG s1.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I'm not sure this comparison is all that useful considering how radically different the economics of TV are now from when TNG season 1 was produced. Like it just feels unfair to compare a show designed with (I assume) a season long plot to a hyper episodic TV show from what, north of 40 years now?