Wannabe Apparatchik
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History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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why is everything college to these people
OPINION: "An incident involving mask-wearing demonstrators at Haverford College earlier this month should force a reexamination of campus policies." — Jonathan Zimmerman
Masks don’t belong on ICE agents — or on campus | Jonathan Zimmerman
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
why is everything college to these people
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being both unable and unwilling to retain your brand name talent is like, one job territory for a media executive
Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ variety.com/2026/tv/news... via @variety.com
Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’
Anderson Cooper is poised to leave CBS News' 60 Minutes, marking the latest departure from CBS News' properties during the tenure of Bari Weiss
variety.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
being both unable and unwilling to retain your brand name talent is like, one job territory for a media executive
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Worth thinking about how John Fetterman's position polls at 5% among Democratic primary voters and AOC's polls at 75%
Senator John Fetterman calls out AOC and Hasan Piker over Israel criticism
"Why wouldn't you can't just stand? And why would you align yourself for raging anti semitites and very pro-Hamas people like Hasan Piker?"
"Why wouldn't you can't just stand? And why would you align yourself for raging anti semitites and very pro-Hamas people like Hasan Piker?"
February 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Worth thinking about how John Fetterman's position polls at 5% among Democratic primary voters and AOC's polls at 75%
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A liberal is someone who did not vote for Bernie in the 2016 U.S. Democratic Primary. By definition, Hindenburg is a liberal by virtue of being German and long dead.
I still like the multiple people who have insisted Paul von Hindenburg was a liberal
February 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A liberal is someone who did not vote for Bernie in the 2016 U.S. Democratic Primary. By definition, Hindenburg is a liberal by virtue of being German and long dead.
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you cannot profitably enforce a "no accounting fraud" rule across every public corporation but it must be done and generates obscene prosperity in expectation
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
you cannot profitably enforce a "no accounting fraud" rule across every public corporation but it must be done and generates obscene prosperity in expectation
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imho the market itself is a public good, and the various methods of barring eg fraud effectively create it. this is the insight that the chicago school people lacked when setting up markets in eg russia
February 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
imho the market itself is a public good, and the various methods of barring eg fraud effectively create it. this is the insight that the chicago school people lacked when setting up markets in eg russia
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This is purely destructive Luddism. This robot is taking away an annoying menial task from humans and stupid busybodies are trying to sabotage it because they’re mad at chatbots and tech companies.
And then they’ll probably moan about how the evil capitalists are making burrito taxis expensive.
And then they’ll probably moan about how the evil capitalists are making burrito taxis expensive.
February 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This is purely destructive Luddism. This robot is taking away an annoying menial task from humans and stupid busybodies are trying to sabotage it because they’re mad at chatbots and tech companies.
And then they’ll probably moan about how the evil capitalists are making burrito taxis expensive.
And then they’ll probably moan about how the evil capitalists are making burrito taxis expensive.
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It's kind of funny how Hayek's (mostly correct) argument against central planning because concentrating that much economic power in one place inevitably lead to totalitarian behavior is also a pretty strong argument against like, extreme concentrations of wealth and market power
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It's kind of funny how Hayek's (mostly correct) argument against central planning because concentrating that much economic power in one place inevitably lead to totalitarian behavior is also a pretty strong argument against like, extreme concentrations of wealth and market power
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we do love our woke cia girlboss
This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
February 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
we do love our woke cia girlboss
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FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
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AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating
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i don't want AOC to run for President because i don't think i would be able to survive the double standard
it might actually kill me
it might actually kill me
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
i don't want AOC to run for President because i don't think i would be able to survive the double standard
it might actually kill me
it might actually kill me
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Among everything else I am very sick of all this pathetic daddy psychology shit
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Among everything else I am very sick of all this pathetic daddy psychology shit
it’s also just an impossible project in the modern world to actually stop them from doing partial social transitioning, they’ll just do it in secret. their friends will know, they’ll do it online, whatever teachers can be trusted will know, and you’ll not actually stamp it out.
If kids are allowed to express themselves too young, they might not end up growing up to be cisgender, and we think we might be able to pressure it out of them if we start early, goes the logic. We might be able to put them on the "correct natural trajectory" by inhibiting their preferred expression
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
it’s also just an impossible project in the modern world to actually stop them from doing partial social transitioning, they’ll just do it in secret. their friends will know, they’ll do it online, whatever teachers can be trusted will know, and you’ll not actually stamp it out.
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cis kids do it all the time
imagine parents flipping their shit because Ezekiel wants to be called Zeke at school
it was always categorical opposition to the concept of trans youth (and by extension people) existing
imagine parents flipping their shit because Ezekiel wants to be called Zeke at school
it was always categorical opposition to the concept of trans youth (and by extension people) existing
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
cis kids do it all the time
imagine parents flipping their shit because Ezekiel wants to be called Zeke at school
it was always categorical opposition to the concept of trans youth (and by extension people) existing
imagine parents flipping their shit because Ezekiel wants to be called Zeke at school
it was always categorical opposition to the concept of trans youth (and by extension people) existing
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it's foolish to take these people in good faith but the most obvious giveaway that it was never about "irreversible medical consequences" is the outrage over school policies regarding social transition
there are literally ZERO possible downsides to a kid changing their preferred name
there are literally ZERO possible downsides to a kid changing their preferred name
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
it's foolish to take these people in good faith but the most obvious giveaway that it was never about "irreversible medical consequences" is the outrage over school policies regarding social transition
there are literally ZERO possible downsides to a kid changing their preferred name
there are literally ZERO possible downsides to a kid changing their preferred name
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god this drives me mad in the UK; hearing transphobic arguments from older liberals *that are identical to the 1990s conversation they were on the right side of*.
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
god this drives me mad in the UK; hearing transphobic arguments from older liberals *that are identical to the 1990s conversation they were on the right side of*.
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HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
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in america there has never been a starker difference between the parties. both parties are not the same. there is no ratchet cranking democrats rightwards. these are lies you tell yourself to make yourself feel cooler
February 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
in america there has never been a starker difference between the parties. both parties are not the same. there is no ratchet cranking democrats rightwards. these are lies you tell yourself to make yourself feel cooler
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maybe i should say "america is not britain no matter how much some brits seem to think it is"
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-blaring-wa...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party From Across The Pond
Popularism has been tried in the UK, and failed.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
maybe i should say "america is not britain no matter how much some brits seem to think it is"
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-blaring-wa...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-blaring-wa...
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1: yes, in fact. as long as there are fascists you have to keep fighting them. this is not complicated.
2: the democrats are not taking on maga's position on trans rights. or abortion. or immigration. go home you are high
2: the democrats are not taking on maga's position on trans rights. or abortion. or immigration. go home you are high
February 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
1: yes, in fact. as long as there are fascists you have to keep fighting them. this is not complicated.
2: the democrats are not taking on maga's position on trans rights. or abortion. or immigration. go home you are high
2: the democrats are not taking on maga's position on trans rights. or abortion. or immigration. go home you are high
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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americans cannot fathom a meaningful social safety net and are therefore convinced that efficiency improvements are evil, and so they hate them whenever they are visible
the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
Everyone seems to hate these things but aren’t they better for the climate and urban traffic than getting stuff delivered by car?
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
americans cannot fathom a meaningful social safety net and are therefore convinced that efficiency improvements are evil, and so they hate them whenever they are visible
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the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
Everyone seems to hate these things but aren’t they better for the climate and urban traffic than getting stuff delivered by car?
We all gathered around to bully a delivery robot on the sidewalk
February 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
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There will be multiple books written about this period focused on what happens when the top military leadership works to change a cultural valuing discipline into one that values indulgence. When national means-and-ends thinking is replaced by a fixation on gender and racial superiority.
February 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
There will be multiple books written about this period focused on what happens when the top military leadership works to change a cultural valuing discipline into one that values indulgence. When national means-and-ends thinking is replaced by a fixation on gender and racial superiority.