one funny consequence of educational polarization is that dems become the party of sober experts and GOP the party of wacky cranks. this has been electorally bad for democrats but crucially i think it's also substantively politically bad. many experts are wrong! many conspiracies are in fact true!
I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
one funny consequence of educational polarization is that dems become the party of sober experts and GOP the party of wacky cranks. this has been electorally bad for democrats but crucially i think it's also substantively politically bad. many experts are wrong! many conspiracies are in fact true!
Cancelled Spotify at the beginning of the year in favor of rawdogging mp3s and it made my listening more intentional than it’s been in a while, if nothing else
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Cancelled Spotify at the beginning of the year in favor of rawdogging mp3s and it made my listening more intentional than it’s been in a while, if nothing else
Bare minimum for remembering some guys: Jeff Cirillo, Julian Tavarez, Ben Grieve, Olmedo Saenz, Rolando Arrojo, Joe Inglett, Damian Jackson, Eric Plunk, Turk Wendell, Jeremy Hermida, Rick Honeycutt, Ben Broussard, David Nied, Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes, Nigel Wilson, Junior Ortiz, Bip Roberts
August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bare minimum for remembering some guys: Jeff Cirillo, Julian Tavarez, Ben Grieve, Olmedo Saenz, Rolando Arrojo, Joe Inglett, Damian Jackson, Eric Plunk, Turk Wendell, Jeremy Hermida, Rick Honeycutt, Ben Broussard, David Nied, Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes, Nigel Wilson, Junior Ortiz, Bip Roberts
so sick of seeing posts wishcasting about the democrats doing some good policy or another when there’s nothing to suggest they’d ever want to do such a thing
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
so sick of seeing posts wishcasting about the democrats doing some good policy or another when there’s nothing to suggest they’d ever want to do such a thing
The Guardians’ starting line up + pitcher tonight included only one player over 6 feet tall - at 6’1” - and I don’t know how to figure it out but I can’t imagine this sort of thing has happened all that often since like 1993
August 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Guardians’ starting line up + pitcher tonight included only one player over 6 feet tall - at 6’1” - and I don’t know how to figure it out but I can’t imagine this sort of thing has happened all that often since like 1993
A couple weeks ago it all of a sudden became uncomfortable to read with my glasses on so I went to the eye doctor today only to find out that my eyes have just gone old person mode
July 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A couple weeks ago it all of a sudden became uncomfortable to read with my glasses on so I went to the eye doctor today only to find out that my eyes have just gone old person mode