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· May 14
ROMAN CITIZEN #1: Gallinus is the mightiest charioteer in the circus. He will surely win the favor of Minerva
ROMAN CITIZEN #2: @Cato is this true?
CATO: Many people believe that Carthage must be destroyed. It’s a complex issue and the reality is probably more nuanced than that.
ROMAN CITIZEN #2: @Cato is this true?
CATO: Many people believe that Carthage must be destroyed. It’s a complex issue and the reality is probably more nuanced than that.
how many times you wanna do that?
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
how many times you wanna do that?
imagine someone says your toothpaste is deceptively marketed. says “all natural.” someone buys a tube for $8 and sues seeking an injunction. do you pull all of your toothpaste off the market to relabel it or do you pay them (really the plaintiffs’ firm that recruited them) $15,000?
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
imagine someone says your toothpaste is deceptively marketed. says “all natural.” someone buys a tube for $8 and sues seeking an injunction. do you pull all of your toothpaste off the market to relabel it or do you pay them (really the plaintiffs’ firm that recruited them) $15,000?
the consumer or employee just needs to seek injunctive relief and suddenly the arbitration becomes must-win, and even if you do win another plaintiff can just try again. over and over. you have to pay them to go away and the amount you pay is orders of magnitude larger than the claim
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
the consumer or employee just needs to seek injunctive relief and suddenly the arbitration becomes must-win, and even if you do win another plaintiff can just try again. over and over. you have to pay them to go away and the amount you pay is orders of magnitude larger than the claim
let me tell you that another year or two and you might get capital on board with this. arbitration is a complete shitshow and in many cases more expensive than litigation ever was. companies would absolutely rather fight one $200m class action than 1,000,000 $100-$200 arbitrations
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
let me tell you that another year or two and you might get capital on board with this. arbitration is a complete shitshow and in many cases more expensive than litigation ever was. companies would absolutely rather fight one $200m class action than 1,000,000 $100-$200 arbitrations
one not-good-but-far-from-the-worst outcome is that CBP does something either during or immediately before the next administration that justifies their liquidation (stalinist connotation)
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
one not-good-but-far-from-the-worst outcome is that CBP does something either during or immediately before the next administration that justifies their liquidation (stalinist connotation)
it isn’t really an adaptation, it was written for the screen in the first instance (the “book” is a script with stage directions and everything), which probably explains the quality
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
it isn’t really an adaptation, it was written for the screen in the first instance (the “book” is a script with stage directions and everything), which probably explains the quality
i don’t care to look for the post but it was early 2025. matt walsh and his crew led the pile on.
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
i don’t care to look for the post but it was early 2025. matt walsh and his crew led the pile on.
my theory of the case on nancy is that this is traceable to the moment when she made some post about trans women at the Citadel and chuds came out of the woodwork to tell her she didn’t belong there either. she realized she’ll never actually be in the club and it drove her mad with self-loathing.
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
my theory of the case on nancy is that this is traceable to the moment when she made some post about trans women at the Citadel and chuds came out of the woodwork to tell her she didn’t belong there either. she realized she’ll never actually be in the club and it drove her mad with self-loathing.
making someone talented “write down” in a less well-regarded genre always results in great art. the logical conclusion is that we should require every booker and neustadt winner to put in a tour of duty on Ao3 writing erotic fanfiction.
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
making someone talented “write down” in a less well-regarded genre always results in great art. the logical conclusion is that we should require every booker and neustadt winner to put in a tour of duty on Ao3 writing erotic fanfiction.
well it sounds like in this case there was follow through
February 11, 2026 at 8:43 PM
well it sounds like in this case there was follow through
red guards will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a children’s swing set"
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
red guards will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a children’s swing set"
all men are brothers
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
all men are brothers
some are calling it the “most normal manifesto ever”
February 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
some are calling it the “most normal manifesto ever”
tbh i think part of Reconstruction II is changing the national anthem to Battle Hymn of the Republic.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
tbh i think part of Reconstruction II is changing the national anthem to Battle Hymn of the Republic.
you can’t convince someone of something that legitimately threatens their worldview, especially if they’re as old as the average dem senator
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 AM
you can’t convince someone of something that legitimately threatens their worldview, especially if they’re as old as the average dem senator
it’s so tiresome that this dumb dork’s obsession lined up with a bunch of very rich people’s nascent cult.
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
it’s so tiresome that this dumb dork’s obsession lined up with a bunch of very rich people’s nascent cult.
Has someone filed to run against Witt? If not, when’s the deadline?
February 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Has someone filed to run against Witt? If not, when’s the deadline?
there are depths to which i won’t sink. i’ll just go eat at subway instead.
February 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
there are depths to which i won’t sink. i’ll just go eat at subway instead.
that’s the whole point! that’s the reason they’re doing this! so a bunch of completely social-media-addled boomer dipshits don’t ever have to experience even a single moment of self-reflection! for that, they’re setting us back decades!
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
that’s the whole point! that’s the reason they’re doing this! so a bunch of completely social-media-addled boomer dipshits don’t ever have to experience even a single moment of self-reflection! for that, they’re setting us back decades!
i’m sure there are ivermectin profiteers out there who will benefit from this scam but that’s penny-ante level. what’s striking about this moment is that they’re lobotomizing science in this country purely to validate the delusions of people who never want to admit to being wrong about anything.
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
i’m sure there are ivermectin profiteers out there who will benefit from this scam but that’s penny-ante level. what’s striking about this moment is that they’re lobotomizing science in this country purely to validate the delusions of people who never want to admit to being wrong about anything.
i don’t think the 2027 trump white house is gonna have more juice than the 2026 one
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM
i don’t think the 2027 trump white house is gonna have more juice than the 2026 one
loomer is, i think, a perfect representative of the current moment because 1) she is impossibly stupid, so stupid that you keep believing she must be doing it as a bit, because no real human being is that stupid, and 2) her whims directly translate into life-or-death policy for millions of people
February 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
loomer is, i think, a perfect representative of the current moment because 1) she is impossibly stupid, so stupid that you keep believing she must be doing it as a bit, because no real human being is that stupid, and 2) her whims directly translate into life-or-death policy for millions of people
It is possible they try the autogolpe anyways, and if they do it may turn out that the most consequential election for the future of the republic was VA-GOV, because I think Spanberger sends in the National Guard with tanks in that circumstance.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It is possible they try the autogolpe anyways, and if they do it may turn out that the most consequential election for the future of the republic was VA-GOV, because I think Spanberger sends in the National Guard with tanks in that circumstance.
shorter version:
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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i mean, the psychological mechanism here is pretty straightforward: “if the evidence of my eyes and ears is true, i made an incredibly dumb decision, and i will both suffer the consequences and face social condemnation over it. this is very unpleasant so i will choose to believe it’s not true.”
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
i mean, the psychological mechanism here is pretty straightforward: “if the evidence of my eyes and ears is true, i made an incredibly dumb decision, and i will both suffer the consequences and face social condemnation over it. this is very unpleasant so i will choose to believe it’s not true.”