Cloud's Strife
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Climber, reader, skier, runner
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Wikipedia’s journey from citation pariah to crowdsourced miracle to right-wing punching bag is such a perfect encapsulation of internet history.
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Wikipedia’s journey from citation pariah to crowdsourced miracle to right-wing punching bag is such a perfect encapsulation of internet history.
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So, of these four options, we have:
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So, of these four options, we have:
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
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Anyhow if people on here are going to do Peter G Peterson Foundation stuff because Orange Man Bad I'm not going to stop them but I am going to point out those arguments have hilariously bad track records regardless of who is in the Oval.
December 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Anyhow if people on here are going to do Peter G Peterson Foundation stuff because Orange Man Bad I'm not going to stop them but I am going to point out those arguments have hilariously bad track records regardless of who is in the Oval.
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Naming my yacht that cost idk $75mm shake and bake
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Naming my yacht that cost idk $75mm shake and bake
Siri, show me the 495 ring.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Siri, show me the 495 ring.
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IMO one of the best research studies of the year.
TLDR: A new study shows that rideshare has improved employment outcomes, social connections, and well being of people with disabilities—with the highest benefits being for those with vision/hearing or mobility disabilities. WOW. #disabilitysky #phd
TLDR: A new study shows that rideshare has improved employment outcomes, social connections, and well being of people with disabilities—with the highest benefits being for those with vision/hearing or mobility disabilities. WOW. #disabilitysky #phd
I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics.
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
IMO one of the best research studies of the year.
TLDR: A new study shows that rideshare has improved employment outcomes, social connections, and well being of people with disabilities—with the highest benefits being for those with vision/hearing or mobility disabilities. WOW. #disabilitysky #phd
TLDR: A new study shows that rideshare has improved employment outcomes, social connections, and well being of people with disabilities—with the highest benefits being for those with vision/hearing or mobility disabilities. WOW. #disabilitysky #phd
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By multiple measures the United States is a less healthy country than it was a year ago and I think any coverage of MAHA should make that clear.
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
By multiple measures the United States is a less healthy country than it was a year ago and I think any coverage of MAHA should make that clear.
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Back when news photogs were still using film Nikons, the 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D was one of the first really usable zoom lenses to cover everything from wide angle to short telephoto.
Slap one on your F4 and show up at the news event and it could cover the whole shebang w/o having to change lenses.
Slap one on your F4 and show up at the news event and it could cover the whole shebang w/o having to change lenses.
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Back when news photogs were still using film Nikons, the 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D was one of the first really usable zoom lenses to cover everything from wide angle to short telephoto.
Slap one on your F4 and show up at the news event and it could cover the whole shebang w/o having to change lenses.
Slap one on your F4 and show up at the news event and it could cover the whole shebang w/o having to change lenses.
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BIG WEIGHT GOING UP THIS YEAR BUDDY!!!
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BIG WEIGHT GOING UP THIS YEAR BUDDY!!!
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But evangelicals really take the concept of hell and RUN with it. I tend to blame Jonathan Edwards, whose “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” really established the template for that style of theology.
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
But evangelicals really take the concept of hell and RUN with it. I tend to blame Jonathan Edwards, whose “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” really established the template for that style of theology.
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The postal service is a constitutional requirement for a reason.
If you can't facilitate commerce and communications in a place you functionally do not own it at all.
If you can't facilitate commerce and communications in a place you functionally do not own it at all.
December 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The postal service is a constitutional requirement for a reason.
If you can't facilitate commerce and communications in a place you functionally do not own it at all.
If you can't facilitate commerce and communications in a place you functionally do not own it at all.
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I was like "@patrickwyman.bsky.social did a great interview with someone about this" and it was of course @bretdevereaux.bsky.social, lol: wondery.com/shows/tides-...
Tides of History: S5 E128: Why Was Carthage Such a Threat to Rome? Interview with Dr. Bret Devereaux, Part 2
Dr. Bret Devereaux returns to the show to discuss why, exactly, Carthage was such a threat to the Roman Republic. The answer lies in the fact that more than any other state in the ancient world, Carth...
wondery.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I was like "@patrickwyman.bsky.social did a great interview with someone about this" and it was of course @bretdevereaux.bsky.social, lol: wondery.com/shows/tides-...
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she frequently posts really stupid takes and then pretends to get super offended when people call out her stupid takes
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
she frequently posts really stupid takes and then pretends to get super offended when people call out her stupid takes
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There it is. It's from AEI. What nonsense
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There it is. It's from AEI. What nonsense
Does it count if the books are the Titan omnibus reissues of the Bantam Book Aliens novels? Because I read 11 of them this year.
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Does it count if the books are the Titan omnibus reissues of the Bantam Book Aliens novels? Because I read 11 of them this year.
"Professional opinion writer" is a completely broken position that attracts the worst kind of navel-gazing, smug, self-assured private school grad.
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Professional opinion writer" is a completely broken position that attracts the worst kind of navel-gazing, smug, self-assured private school grad.
relationships are about values, yes.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
relationships are about values, yes.
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You really can’t analyze Trump as a political phenomenon if you refuse to acknowledge the historic threads of racism, patriarchy, xenophobia, and push towards total capitalism. So yeah I imagine it’s easier to treat him as an inscrutable force if all of that sounds cringe to you.
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
You really can’t analyze Trump as a political phenomenon if you refuse to acknowledge the historic threads of racism, patriarchy, xenophobia, and push towards total capitalism. So yeah I imagine it’s easier to treat him as an inscrutable force if all of that sounds cringe to you.
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Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao
December 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao
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There are some bsky power users who are so immersed in their hetero-white male US-merican mindset that they cannot conceive of politics under any other terms. Sharon’s a particularly egregious example.
December 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There are some bsky power users who are so immersed in their hetero-white male US-merican mindset that they cannot conceive of politics under any other terms. Sharon’s a particularly egregious example.
Media dominated by this very twee, very stupid "sorry but I must publish arguments that the morons are On To Something, because I have to be a forever contrarian edgelord opinion-haver or I won't feel special" opinion-havers.
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Media dominated by this very twee, very stupid "sorry but I must publish arguments that the morons are On To Something, because I have to be a forever contrarian edgelord opinion-haver or I won't feel special" opinion-havers.
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As soon as I saw the headline, I had a pretty good guess who wrote it. Hartocollis is the go-to reporter to restore the reputation of campus conservatives. She led the Times campaign to push out Claudine Gay at Harvard, which was initiated by New College trustee Chris Rufo.
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As soon as I saw the headline, I had a pretty good guess who wrote it. Hartocollis is the go-to reporter to restore the reputation of campus conservatives. She led the Times campaign to push out Claudine Gay at Harvard, which was initiated by New College trustee Chris Rufo.
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Tl;dr:
This seems to be driven by Strangelove Miller's pathological need to bomb shit and deport people on makebelieve intelligence claims, manic Cuban-American politics, and deliberate incompetence.
There's no consideration of what happens if they succeed in VZ and Cuba.
This seems to be driven by Strangelove Miller's pathological need to bomb shit and deport people on makebelieve intelligence claims, manic Cuban-American politics, and deliberate incompetence.
There's no consideration of what happens if they succeed in VZ and Cuba.
December 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Tl;dr:
This seems to be driven by Strangelove Miller's pathological need to bomb shit and deport people on makebelieve intelligence claims, manic Cuban-American politics, and deliberate incompetence.
There's no consideration of what happens if they succeed in VZ and Cuba.
This seems to be driven by Strangelove Miller's pathological need to bomb shit and deport people on makebelieve intelligence claims, manic Cuban-American politics, and deliberate incompetence.
There's no consideration of what happens if they succeed in VZ and Cuba.
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Getting a lot fun comments, thanks literary world. The op-ed showcases just how lazy editing has become. Putting Whittaker Chambers in the pantheon, that’s opinion, but not red penning any paragraph that begins “anecdotal evidence suggests” is just a discredit to my former profession.
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Getting a lot fun comments, thanks literary world. The op-ed showcases just how lazy editing has become. Putting Whittaker Chambers in the pantheon, that’s opinion, but not red penning any paragraph that begins “anecdotal evidence suggests” is just a discredit to my former profession.