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I think this sums up why normies are willing to believe claims that some rock is aliens, but it's never aliens. Most people don't have a sense of scale for space rocks. It is *very obviously* not a spaceship and we have no ability to detect an actual space ship
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I think this sums up why normies are willing to believe claims that some rock is aliens, but it's never aliens. Most people don't have a sense of scale for space rocks. It is *very obviously* not a spaceship and we have no ability to detect an actual space ship
So I think it's really helpful to point out that the US does not have political parties in the sense that european countries do. You can form your own political party and then go win Dem or GOP primaries bsky.app/profile/kevi...
There’s a two party duopoly in this nation.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
So I think it's really helpful to point out that the US does not have political parties in the sense that european countries do. You can form your own political party and then go win Dem or GOP primaries bsky.app/profile/kevi...
I think people invent entirely fictional histories so they can feel better about modern crappy open plan designs youtu.be/Vu6VyRcI8eA?...
Why These Rooms Disappeared From Our Homes
YouTube video by Stewart Hicks
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November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I think people invent entirely fictional histories so they can feel better about modern crappy open plan designs youtu.be/Vu6VyRcI8eA?...
Every billionaire right now believes solving global warming is too hard, but terraforming mars is a realistic achievable goal, maybe within the next decade
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Every billionaire right now believes solving global warming is too hard, but terraforming mars is a realistic achievable goal, maybe within the next decade
I have enough weird hobbies that I know none of these multiple-company-CEOs do anywork. Like I do more in a day than Elon does, just a fact
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I have enough weird hobbies that I know none of these multiple-company-CEOs do anywork. Like I do more in a day than Elon does, just a fact
another thing I don't get is why don't all faucets just come with a built-in drip mode people can engage when there's risk of freezing?
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
another thing I don't get is why don't all faucets just come with a built-in drip mode people can engage when there's risk of freezing?
yes, I've said this before. First thing I do with any recipe is rewrite it in my kitchen notebooks with the quantities listed in each step. I actually save time by doing this bsky.app/profile/ashl...
The site I get most of my cookie recipes from adds the amount of the ingredient in the steps portion. I wish all recipes did this. It’s so nice not having to scroll up
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
yes, I've said this before. First thing I do with any recipe is rewrite it in my kitchen notebooks with the quantities listed in each step. I actually save time by doing this bsky.app/profile/ashl...
I don't really get all of the weird details being reported in this as yet not public deal. Who exactly wanted the THC nonsense in the bill? Who is looking at the current legal situation and thinking a crackdown on edibles but only at the federal level is needed
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I don't really get all of the weird details being reported in this as yet not public deal. Who exactly wanted the THC nonsense in the bill? Who is looking at the current legal situation and thinking a crackdown on edibles but only at the federal level is needed
everything is Enron now bsky.app/profile/carl...
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
everything is Enron now bsky.app/profile/carl...
I've seen a few of these surprisingly feeble attempts at phishing on here recently, what's up with that bsky.app/profile/aaro...
I imagine this must work on some people, but as a phishing attempt, it's hobbled by the fact that its core claim is proven false by the very fact that I'm able to see the phishing attempt.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I've seen a few of these surprisingly feeble attempts at phishing on here recently, what's up with that bsky.app/profile/aaro...
I was thinking the other day about inventions that really took off, became ubiquitous, despite not being particularly useful. Not useless but surprisingly marginal use for how ubiquitous it is. Toasters fall into this category. Be honest, if you didn't have a toaster, things would be the same
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I was thinking the other day about inventions that really took off, became ubiquitous, despite not being particularly useful. Not useless but surprisingly marginal use for how ubiquitous it is. Toasters fall into this category. Be honest, if you didn't have a toaster, things would be the same
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If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
I mean that seems like an overreaction bsky.app/profile/carl...
One CEO called the idea a “disgusting insult” and “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.” 👀
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November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I mean that seems like an overreaction bsky.app/profile/carl...
I have yet to see a unified theory of why this is happening. The economy used to promote standardized non-proprietary parts and serviceable devices, but now it doesn't bsky.app/profile/wald...
The light in my 5-year-old refrigerator has started strobing. "No problem," I thought, "I'll replace the bulb."
Nope! Instead of a $3 bulb, Whirlpool wants me to pay hundreds of dollars for a repair visit. Non-replaceable LEDs are the worst. A proper country would have regulations about this.
Nope! Instead of a $3 bulb, Whirlpool wants me to pay hundreds of dollars for a repair visit. Non-replaceable LEDs are the worst. A proper country would have regulations about this.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I have yet to see a unified theory of why this is happening. The economy used to promote standardized non-proprietary parts and serviceable devices, but now it doesn't bsky.app/profile/wald...
I do think one conceptual flaw a lot of otherwise reasonable people frequently make is failing to understand that unlike normal forms of insurance, health insurance is almost totally about redistributing from one person to another
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I do think one conceptual flaw a lot of otherwise reasonable people frequently make is failing to understand that unlike normal forms of insurance, health insurance is almost totally about redistributing from one person to another
Whenever I hear something like this my brain visualizes the scene from Amadeus, "tell him Mozart, name us a [notebook full of ideas]" bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mike Johnson on the Republican healthcare plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Whenever I hear something like this my brain visualizes the scene from Amadeus, "tell him Mozart, name us a [notebook full of ideas]" bsky.app/profile/atru...
I think this is the thing, if the rank-and-file can ever decide to start attacking republicans instead of eachother, this is a strategic win for democrats even though it was not a total policy win bsky.app/profile/stev...
Look, the defectors might have got played. But, haha, we tricked you into letting us cut healthcare may not be the strategic loss it sounds like?
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I think this is the thing, if the rank-and-file can ever decide to start attacking republicans instead of eachother, this is a strategic win for democrats even though it was not a total policy win bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
it's weird how the "he lied on his application" thing has blown up even though nobody has seen his application bsky.app/profile/ther...
Self-described “moderates” and mainlining right-wing bullshit and lies. Name a more iconic duo.
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
it's weird how the "he lied on his application" thing has blown up even though nobody has seen his application bsky.app/profile/ther...
has always been a bit weird that the deductible is annual rather than episode-based. Consumers don't really know how to cope bsky.app/profile/adri...
The authors also find that "a meaningful portion of all spending reductions came from well-off consumers who were predictably sick" — again, despite (1) HSAs being pre-funded to a level sufficient to cover the deductible in the first year and (2) most employees still being under the deductible level
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
has always been a bit weird that the deductible is annual rather than episode-based. Consumers don't really know how to cope bsky.app/profile/adri...
One health policy idea that's not working out so well in practice (and where I've changed my views) is the aggregated diagnosis-based pricing (there's probably a better term I should use here)
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
One health policy idea that's not working out so well in practice (and where I've changed my views) is the aggregated diagnosis-based pricing (there's probably a better term I should use here)
extremely fun that someone told Elon to touch grass so hard he's been spending all day responding to blades of grass on twitter
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
extremely fun that someone told Elon to touch grass so hard he's been spending all day responding to blades of grass on twitter
I just want to add that "china was going to hit us with rare earth" is another example of this weird incomplete speech pattern Trump does, like "we're ordering various kinds of medical." It's like his brain is jammed, unable to think of the next word bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I just want to add that "china was going to hit us with rare earth" is another example of this weird incomplete speech pattern Trump does, like "we're ordering various kinds of medical." It's like his brain is jammed, unable to think of the next word bsky.app/profile/atru...
my scifi revisionist theory is that Star Trek works a lot better if you quietly ignore the in-universe explanation of how transporters work and just accept the idea that they can physically move matter over long-ish distances bsky.app/profile/docr...
“Darth Vader” was an amalgamation of various Imperial Era generals and cyborgs that were combined in histories written centuries after the fact
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
my scifi revisionist theory is that Star Trek works a lot better if you quietly ignore the in-universe explanation of how transporters work and just accept the idea that they can physically move matter over long-ish distances bsky.app/profile/docr...
we'll end up in a scenario somewhat worse than when the subsidies were expanded, but they're not killing all ACA subsidies, the senate deal is a survivable scenario bsky.app/profile/char...
For those wondering why I posted a thread about this last night, this is why.
There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.
There's a LOT of people who seem to think that either a) the entire ACA is ending or b) ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring. NEITHER IS THE CASE.
Do all ACA subsidies expire or only the enhanced subsidies passed post-COVID expire on 12/31/25? Asking for my adult kids, who both get insurance from ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
we'll end up in a scenario somewhat worse than when the subsidies were expanded, but they're not killing all ACA subsidies, the senate deal is a survivable scenario bsky.app/profile/char...