Carl Levitt
@amalgamatedthought.bsky.social
Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Liberal Democracy, a system of governance unique to Mars.
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Liberal Democracy, a system of governance unique to Mars.
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"there is evil in the datalinks, as there was in the streets of old. but it was never the streets that were evil." Sister Miriam Godwinson
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"there is evil in the datalinks, as there was in the streets of old. but it was never the streets that were evil." Sister Miriam Godwinson
I want to take another crack at reading JR. I have been thinking a bit about capital M Money lately.
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I want to take another crack at reading JR. I have been thinking a bit about capital M Money lately.
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TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
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It is Game 7 of the World Series. There is no politics during Game 7 of the World Series. Not unless Russian tanks roll into Poland. You hear me?
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It is Game 7 of the World Series. There is no politics during Game 7 of the World Series. Not unless Russian tanks roll into Poland. You hear me?
The wedged ball is extremely baseball.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The wedged ball is extremely baseball.
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Out of all the things that could recreate the manic energy of following Blaseball almost entirely through Internet Posts, I was not expecting actual baseball.
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Out of all the things that could recreate the manic energy of following Blaseball almost entirely through Internet Posts, I was not expecting actual baseball.
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CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
I though of this today for this for no reason at all.
I went looking for the line in Pirkei Avot about the skull in the water and ended reading like half of it. It is just banger after banger.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 2:6
Moreover he saw a skull floating on the face of the water. He said to it: because you drowned others, they drowned you. And in the end, they that drowned you...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I though of this today for this for no reason at all.
I went looking for the line in Pirkei Avot about the skull in the water and ended reading like half of it. It is just banger after banger.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Pirkei Avot 2:6
Moreover he saw a skull floating on the face of the water. He said to it: because you drowned others, they drowned you. And in the end, they that drowned you...
www.sefaria.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I went looking for the line in Pirkei Avot about the skull in the water and ended reading like half of it. It is just banger after banger.
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot....
Slightly disappointed that Jackson cites the OED for Calvinball instead of a cite the original Watterson strips.
August 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Slightly disappointed that Jackson cites the OED for Calvinball instead of a cite the original Watterson strips.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
Thinking a lot about left handed Benjaminites with double edged swords lately.
July 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thinking a lot about left handed Benjaminites with double edged swords lately.
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Look, I don't want to show hardcore pornography to minors. I really don't.
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
June 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Look, I don't want to show hardcore pornography to minors. I really don't.
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
But I also think that it is bullshit that states have some non-textual historic interest in making sure that minors don't see porn. Why don't minors have free speech rights to see porn?
Anyway, every time there is a law and religion opinion I go back and reread Nomos and Narrative.
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
openyls.law.yale.edu
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Anyway, every time there is a law and religion opinion I go back and reread Nomos and Narrative.
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/ha...
Education in the modern representative democracy already has oversight and outlets for dissent. Which is why the Mahmoud decision today is so wild.
June 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Education in the modern representative democracy already has oversight and outlets for dissent. Which is why the Mahmoud decision today is so wild.
I am ~50 pages into the Nationwide Injunction decision (Half way through Kavanaugh's concurrence) and what is really funny is that for all that Barrett criticized Jackson for extolling judicial supremacy, Kavanaugh is suggesting the same thing! In his view, every injunction will be decided by SCOTUS
June 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I am ~50 pages into the Nationwide Injunction decision (Half way through Kavanaugh's concurrence) and what is really funny is that for all that Barrett criticized Jackson for extolling judicial supremacy, Kavanaugh is suggesting the same thing! In his view, every injunction will be decided by SCOTUS
Its been real great watching the insanity of the NYC election knowing that I am moving there in less than a month.
June 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Its been real great watching the insanity of the NYC election knowing that I am moving there in less than a month.
Happy Juneteenth (as observed in NJ)!
June 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Happy Juneteenth (as observed in NJ)!
Put on the the soundtrack for the Return of the Obra Dinn so I can close my eyes and pretend that I haven't already played it.
June 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Put on the the soundtrack for the Return of the Obra Dinn so I can close my eyes and pretend that I haven't already played it.
Every time I see Cruz speak or debate I am reminded of this excellent piece by @mariafarrell.bsky.social.
crookedtimber.org/2018/09/23/o...
crookedtimber.org/2018/09/23/o...
June 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Every time I see Cruz speak or debate I am reminded of this excellent piece by @mariafarrell.bsky.social.
crookedtimber.org/2018/09/23/o...
crookedtimber.org/2018/09/23/o...
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happy birthday to Deirdre Skye, leader of Gaia's Stepdaughters, canonically born today, May 28, 2025.
May 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
happy birthday to Deirdre Skye, leader of Gaia's Stepdaughters, canonically born today, May 28, 2025.