GoldenAgeWeaver
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Progress-pilled. Growth of science, technology, industry, and the economy is the key societal lever to unlock more human flourishing.
Now at the extended family with the climate change denier who holds a MS degree (and won't let you forget the former)
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Now at the extended family with the climate change denier who holds a MS degree (and won't let you forget the former)
Kids are having quality time with extended family at Thanksgiving. As I have to remind myself why it is worth dealing with all these people at once.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Kids are having quality time with extended family at Thanksgiving. As I have to remind myself why it is worth dealing with all these people at once.
Just as I was starting to warm up to X again
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Just as I was starting to warm up to X again
Trapped in a room full of aggressively normie people. Send eccentric thoughts and prayers my way
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Trapped in a room full of aggressively normie people. Send eccentric thoughts and prayers my way
I find navigating politics with extended family easy. They go on a rant with complete certainty in their tribal opinion. And I don't have the heart to tell them why the situation is far more nuanced than they were told
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I find navigating politics with extended family easy. They go on a rant with complete certainty in their tribal opinion. And I don't have the heart to tell them why the situation is far more nuanced than they were told
The nice thing about the AI “debate” (the one on here) is one side is going to win and steamroll the other—persuasion is supefluous
There's a corner on this platform that is very into AI development. The rest remains varying shades of intolerance
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The nice thing about the AI “debate” (the one on here) is one side is going to win and steamroll the other—persuasion is supefluous
Britain is my favorite museum in the world, but if I lived there I think I'd have bigger ambitions for the place
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Britain is my favorite museum in the world, but if I lived there I think I'd have bigger ambitions for the place
Facebook photo auto-tagging is enabled again? Sign of the AI times
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Facebook photo auto-tagging is enabled again? Sign of the AI times
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Democrats (and most people who vote for Democrats) seem to value fiscal policy way, way more than monetary policy. It's almost like if they recognize the importance of monetary policy, it is a slippery slope to not spending more fiscally.
In any case, this has driven me crazy for 20 years now.
In any case, this has driven me crazy for 20 years now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Democrats (and most people who vote for Democrats) seem to value fiscal policy way, way more than monetary policy. It's almost like if they recognize the importance of monetary policy, it is a slippery slope to not spending more fiscally.
In any case, this has driven me crazy for 20 years now.
In any case, this has driven me crazy for 20 years now.
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I always think it's funny that the US developed pretty much the optimal--by revealed preference--kind of suburb (close-in streetcar suburbs) in the early 20th century and then spent the rest of the century trying furiously to undo that good idea
as will notes, people tend to *say* they want suburban living. they want a big house and a big yard and etc. this is not however what is suggested by their actual purchasing practices, which invariably result in something like this:
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I always think it's funny that the US developed pretty much the optimal--by revealed preference--kind of suburb (close-in streetcar suburbs) in the early 20th century and then spent the rest of the century trying furiously to undo that good idea
I think it's safe to say grocery prices aren't going down in nominal terms
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November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I think it's safe to say grocery prices aren't going down in nominal terms
Why is model boat building romantic but a grown man building model trains is cringe?
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Why is model boat building romantic but a grown man building model trains is cringe?
Red tribe seriously flirting with “words are violence” since the Kirk assassination
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Red tribe seriously flirting with “words are violence” since the Kirk assassination
A better question would be who thinks in zero sum terms about this and who doesn't and then as a follow up we figure out how to fix the buggy thinking of the former
NEW Economist/YouGov Nov 15-17: The shutdown's aftermath
% who think the Republicans | Democrats won the shutdown battle
U.S. adult citizens 35% | 8%
Democrats 25% | 14%
Independents 28% | 4%
Republicans 52% | 7%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
% who think the Republicans | Democrats won the shutdown battle
U.S. adult citizens 35% | 8%
Democrats 25% | 14%
Independents 28% | 4%
Republicans 52% | 7%
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A better question would be who thinks in zero sum terms about this and who doesn't and then as a follow up we figure out how to fix the buggy thinking of the former
To protect you from yourself you must enroll in multifactor auth, so long as one of them is an email address that is actually a single factor backdoor into the account and the other is a phone number that we actually use to keep bot accounts under control but we maintain is for your security
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To protect you from yourself you must enroll in multifactor auth, so long as one of them is an email address that is actually a single factor backdoor into the account and the other is a phone number that we actually use to keep bot accounts under control but we maintain is for your security
So much of public opinion is stratified by age, e.g. attitudes towards same sex marriage.
That's what makes attitudes on child safety so remarkable—it's not generational. People of every age in the current era view child freedom as neglectful.
That's what makes attitudes on child safety so remarkable—it's not generational. People of every age in the current era view child freedom as neglectful.
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So much of public opinion is stratified by age, e.g. attitudes towards same sex marriage.
That's what makes attitudes on child safety so remarkable—it's not generational. People of every age in the current era view child freedom as neglectful.
That's what makes attitudes on child safety so remarkable—it's not generational. People of every age in the current era view child freedom as neglectful.
Hate to say it but X has turned around:
👉 Bot suppression is dampening RW crazies
👉 Links!
👉 Grok integration is a killer feature
👉 Musk no longer capriciously banning people from his “free speech” platform
👉 Musk has discontinued sentencing statistically significant numbers of people to death
👉 Bot suppression is dampening RW crazies
👉 Links!
👉 Grok integration is a killer feature
👉 Musk no longer capriciously banning people from his “free speech” platform
👉 Musk has discontinued sentencing statistically significant numbers of people to death
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hate to say it but X has turned around:
👉 Bot suppression is dampening RW crazies
👉 Links!
👉 Grok integration is a killer feature
👉 Musk no longer capriciously banning people from his “free speech” platform
👉 Musk has discontinued sentencing statistically significant numbers of people to death
👉 Bot suppression is dampening RW crazies
👉 Links!
👉 Grok integration is a killer feature
👉 Musk no longer capriciously banning people from his “free speech” platform
👉 Musk has discontinued sentencing statistically significant numbers of people to death
I try to use TikTok to gather intel on different factions, but despite trying to force the feed by watching various idiots, the algorithm is too good and knows that all I want to actually do is binge watch Quick Thoughts (@lthlnkso) videos
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I try to use TikTok to gather intel on different factions, but despite trying to force the feed by watching various idiots, the algorithm is too good and knows that all I want to actually do is binge watch Quick Thoughts (@lthlnkso) videos
One never knows how much on 4chan is trolling and how much is conspiracy degeneracy brain, but I find it funny that the tone of conversation treats any screenshot of leaked email with *gravitas* instead of tongue-in-cheek acknowledging the obvious shitposting that people used to do over email
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One never knows how much on 4chan is trolling and how much is conspiracy degeneracy brain, but I find it funny that the tone of conversation treats any screenshot of leaked email with *gravitas* instead of tongue-in-cheek acknowledging the obvious shitposting that people used to do over email
In case you're wondering how well the MAGA coalition is holding up under the wedge, they're actively working out new taxonomies:
Woke right 👈 gonna hear a lot about this one soon
America first 👈 you know them as groypers
RW schizopolitics 👈 Rufo's contribution
Woke right 👈 gonna hear a lot about this one soon
America first 👈 you know them as groypers
RW schizopolitics 👈 Rufo's contribution
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In case you're wondering how well the MAGA coalition is holding up under the wedge, they're actively working out new taxonomies:
Woke right 👈 gonna hear a lot about this one soon
America first 👈 you know them as groypers
RW schizopolitics 👈 Rufo's contribution
Woke right 👈 gonna hear a lot about this one soon
America first 👈 you know them as groypers
RW schizopolitics 👈 Rufo's contribution
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look, we can release the october jobs report OR the epstein files, we can't do both, the computer won't let us
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
look, we can release the october jobs report OR the epstein files, we can't do both, the computer won't let us
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I forgot about $DJT, looks like the meme crowd has too:
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I forgot about $DJT, looks like the meme crowd has too:
The existence of GiB implies the existence of GiW (gibiwatt)
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The existence of GiB implies the existence of GiW (gibiwatt)
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