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“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
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— Lawrence Krauss
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
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— Lawrence Krauss
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Good riddance the guy got the boot at ASU. What a creep.
"Sent from my ASU email account"
“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
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— Lawrence Krauss
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November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Good riddance the guy got the boot at ASU. What a creep.
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Adrian i think has also realized this (this is from yesterday)
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Adrian i think has also realized this (this is from yesterday)
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it's like bars, if you have pro-Nazi politicians in your party it's a Nazi party.
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
it's like bars, if you have pro-Nazi politicians in your party it's a Nazi party.
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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NGL "did this 15 point and downballot sweep win offer anything to learn for Democrats, I think not" vs "does this 2 point win offer anything for Republicans, absolutely!" is very funny to me.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NGL "did this 15 point and downballot sweep win offer anything to learn for Democrats, I think not" vs "does this 2 point win offer anything for Republicans, absolutely!" is very funny to me.
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virginia democrats winning the three big offices with a cia agent, an indian muslim immigrant, and a black lawyer who loves committing terms of service violations is real 2025 democratic party moment
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
virginia democrats winning the three big offices with a cia agent, an indian muslim immigrant, and a black lawyer who loves committing terms of service violations is real 2025 democratic party moment
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
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[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
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The guy beloved by Celtics legends Larry Bird and Bill Walton?
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The guy beloved by Celtics legends Larry Bird and Bill Walton?
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Hello! I am looking for a Governance PM at the Filecoin Foundation! This is one the most fascinating places I've had the good fortune to work at, and if you have a background in open source organizing, you might like it too: job-boards.greenhouse.io/filecoinfoun...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hello! I am looking for a Governance PM at the Filecoin Foundation! This is one the most fascinating places I've had the good fortune to work at, and if you have a background in open source organizing, you might like it too: job-boards.greenhouse.io/filecoinfoun...
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Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
It's not clear to me that this would bring in money (or if it did, a very small amount). Which suggests the move is about 1) potential authority by the gov to license patents, which is sort of already has, and/or 2) just a power play to put pressure on universities
This is quite the shift in R&D policy, part 1
Commerce Moves to Take Cut of Research Patents
The agency has opened the possibility in a recent funding announcement and threatened to take control of Harvard’s patents.
www.aip.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It's not clear to me that this would bring in money (or if it did, a very small amount). Which suggests the move is about 1) potential authority by the gov to license patents, which is sort of already has, and/or 2) just a power play to put pressure on universities
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The Chinese crypto tycoon who was in jail for money laundering helped Trump get rich, and then Trump pardoned him. Literally buying his way out of justice by directly paying the president
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Chinese crypto tycoon who was in jail for money laundering helped Trump get rich, and then Trump pardoned him. Literally buying his way out of justice by directly paying the president
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
Is this a parks and rec skit?
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Is this a parks and rec skit?
Today's vibe: soulless office buildings with meeting rooms called "inspiration"
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today's vibe: soulless office buildings with meeting rooms called "inspiration"
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“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this
I dunno, man... I dunno. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this
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guys can we do frogs everywhere? please i need a frog uprising
you know…before we croak
we need a jump in activism
a ribbit revolution
vive les grenouilles libres!
you know…before we croak
we need a jump in activism
a ribbit revolution
vive les grenouilles libres!
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
guys can we do frogs everywhere? please i need a frog uprising
you know…before we croak
we need a jump in activism
a ribbit revolution
vive les grenouilles libres!
you know…before we croak
we need a jump in activism
a ribbit revolution
vive les grenouilles libres!
We used to be a society
See this 45k-mile 1973 Pontiac Grand Safari wagon listed now on BaT!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-pontiac-grand-safari-5/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-pontiac-grand-safari-5/
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We used to be a society
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"Once a higher ed coalition has reached an agreement with the White House, it could then drive a pivot away from executive overreach" this rules
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Once a higher ed coalition has reached an agreement with the White House, it could then drive a pivot away from executive overreach" this rules
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Brilliant
My essay on stupidology (originally published in N+1) is in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Brilliant