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My latest piece for @publicseminar.bsky.social on why the so-called “defenders of Western civilization” are defending no such thing. I discuss this and related themes throughout my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book, The Greatest of All Plagues.
Elon Musk’s Cruel Moral Sentiments - Public Seminar
David Lay Williams comments on Elon Musk's wrongful pride in lack of empathy.
publicseminar.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My latest piece for @publicseminar.bsky.social on why the so-called “defenders of Western civilization” are defending no such thing. I discuss this and related themes throughout my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book, The Greatest of All Plagues.
Things we could well lose in the next 4 years now include: NATO, Taiwan, the rule-based international system, a university-driven research system that is the envy of the world, USAID, the Washington Post, EVERYONE’s tax and social security data, and now…the US Dollar as global reserve currency.
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio on Wednesday warned that a significant supply-demand problem regarding U.S. debt could have a profoundly disruptive impact on the global economy.
Ray Dalio warns that mounting U.S. debt problems could lead to ‘shocking developments'
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio on Wednesday warned that a "very severe" supply-demand problem regarding U.S. debt could lead to shocking developments.
www.cnbc.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Things we could well lose in the next 4 years now include: NATO, Taiwan, the rule-based international system, a university-driven research system that is the envy of the world, USAID, the Washington Post, EVERYONE’s tax and social security data, and now…the US Dollar as global reserve currency.
If Trump truly is following Putin’s lead (and there’s no better, more predictive theory of his behavior out there), then is Musk the new Mikhail Khodorkovsky? which means he has 10 years in the Gulag coming? I don’t want to live in a world where Trump can jail his enemies, but THAT would be neat.
March 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If Trump truly is following Putin’s lead (and there’s no better, more predictive theory of his behavior out there), then is Musk the new Mikhail Khodorkovsky? which means he has 10 years in the Gulag coming? I don’t want to live in a world where Trump can jail his enemies, but THAT would be neat.
Forget it Jake, it’s JA BIZTOWN
March 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Forget it Jake, it’s JA BIZTOWN
Among the other frustrations of the day, a reminder that the conclusions of Jack Smith’s report applied to the plain text of the 3rd section of the 14th amendment make Donald Trump as ineligible to become president today as Barack Obama or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
January 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Among the other frustrations of the day, a reminder that the conclusions of Jack Smith’s report applied to the plain text of the 3rd section of the 14th amendment make Donald Trump as ineligible to become president today as Barack Obama or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Reposted by Will G
January 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Yes, they can hallucinate papers that don't exist, discuss results that seem to be imaginary, and can be confusing and inconsistent. But talking to tenured professors may still be helpful
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Garland’s final procedural obsequence is maddening and a clear reflection of his pathological disinclination to take uncomfortable stances in defense of democracy and the rule of law. Why can’t Biden force his hand by pardoning Nauta and De Oliveira?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
Appeals Court Declines to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump Cases
The judges left in place a lower-court injunction that bars the disclosure of the report for three days, and the Justice Department then appealed it.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Garland’s final procedural obsequence is maddening and a clear reflection of his pathological disinclination to take uncomfortable stances in defense of democracy and the rule of law. Why can’t Biden force his hand by pardoning Nauta and De Oliveira?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
Counterpoint: all fireworks spectaculars (spectaculi?spectaculi.) should be tax exempt.
So apparently the mega churches in Texas put on some insane Christmas shows and that’s cool but can we at least get them to pay some taxes for crying out loud….who needs these monstrosities
December 19, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Counterpoint: all fireworks spectaculars (spectaculi?spectaculi.) should be tax exempt.
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
Reposted by Will G
You used to call me on my self-own
Drake just signed a legal document acknowledging "Not Like Us" did him great harm.
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
Is this not the biggest defeat in hip-hop history?
November 26, 2024 at 2:18 AM
You used to call me on my self-own
Donald Trump’s manifest unfitness, the excellence of the Harris campaign, and the sweeping, nearly uniform shift of the electorate tell me that it was global, historic political forces driving this outcome: a surging anti-incumbent tide and inflation as the necessary handmaiden to fascism.
November 6, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Donald Trump’s manifest unfitness, the excellence of the Harris campaign, and the sweeping, nearly uniform shift of the electorate tell me that it was global, historic political forces driving this outcome: a surging anti-incumbent tide and inflation as the necessary handmaiden to fascism.