Kai
@kaichung.bsky.social
Condensed matter theorist, math hobbyist
Six months ago we got RFK Jr. Personally I don't think people forgot
The people mad today were equally mad six months ago when the same thing happened and then forgot it happened mostly. With that said I think the risk for Dems is that the rage persists in an inchoate way that can’t even really be cured, since no one remembers where it came from
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Six months ago we got RFK Jr. Personally I don't think people forgot
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Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
Heard the phrase "the future is as bright as the stars at night" and I'm not sure exactly what magnitude this simile is meant to convey
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Heard the phrase "the future is as bright as the stars at night" and I'm not sure exactly what magnitude this simile is meant to convey
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Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan, says the evidence showed that gender-incongruent passports led to humiliating, invasive searches of trans Americans (including strip searches) since their gender marker didn't align with their appearance. The policy is both cruel and irrational.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Jackson's dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan, says the evidence showed that gender-incongruent passports led to humiliating, invasive searches of trans Americans (including strip searches) since their gender marker didn't align with their appearance. The policy is both cruel and irrational.
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Pretty sure this was a general sentiment that undermined Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign, that she stood for nothing in particular and changed her positions based on the shifting of the political winds. I don't have any faith that current leadership will learn a lesson though.
Not to give Johnson any credit whatsoever here but I think he does grasp something that has eluded Democratic consultants for decades, which is that trying to constantly please voters by shifting your position based on the latest polls or election results is read as being weak-willed and ineffective
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pretty sure this was a general sentiment that undermined Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign, that she stood for nothing in particular and changed her positions based on the shifting of the political winds. I don't have any faith that current leadership will learn a lesson though.
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hearing reports that woke guillotines are at this very moment trundling across times square
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
hearing reports that woke guillotines are at this very moment trundling across times square
Been waiting to hear this for weeks! Honestly one of the best political developments in my lifetime. Every Democrat should be falling over themselves trying to mimic Mamdani's political style. it's insane the amount of headwind he is getting from Dems, and successfully overcoming!
Zohran Mamdani has won, & will be the next mayor of NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Been waiting to hear this for weeks! Honestly one of the best political developments in my lifetime. Every Democrat should be falling over themselves trying to mimic Mamdani's political style. it's insane the amount of headwind he is getting from Dems, and successfully overcoming!
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When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
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Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
Just read in an abstract "the global symmetries derived via these two strategies are intrinsic to topological phases and are thus termed blood symmetries, as opposed to adopted symmetries"
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just read in an abstract "the global symmetries derived via these two strategies are intrinsic to topological phases and are thus termed blood symmetries, as opposed to adopted symmetries"
Overleaf's ChatGPT feature is the quintessential example of AI features that no one asked for that only make a product worse. The little ChatGPT interface icon pops up right next to whatever you are typing or highlighting, obscuring things you need to see, and is hard to make go away
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Overleaf's ChatGPT feature is the quintessential example of AI features that no one asked for that only make a product worse. The little ChatGPT interface icon pops up right next to whatever you are typing or highlighting, obscuring things you need to see, and is hard to make go away
Me, trying to slowly crank up the font size in LaTeX:
Is \large big enough? No, what's after \large? I think \huge? Oh god no that's way too big. [Has to look up font size commands] Okay is \Large big enough? Nope. \LARGE it is.
Is \large big enough? No, what's after \large? I think \huge? Oh god no that's way too big. [Has to look up font size commands] Okay is \Large big enough? Nope. \LARGE it is.
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Me, trying to slowly crank up the font size in LaTeX:
Is \large big enough? No, what's after \large? I think \huge? Oh god no that's way too big. [Has to look up font size commands] Okay is \Large big enough? Nope. \LARGE it is.
Is \large big enough? No, what's after \large? I think \huge? Oh god no that's way too big. [Has to look up font size commands] Okay is \Large big enough? Nope. \LARGE it is.
Even if the gameplay in any way made sense this kind of thing would get old so fast. Like everything AI makes it's just variations on a vague theme. Endless digression without substance, focus, plot, or intent. Endlessly recycling and blending things we've already seen to minimize a cost function.
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Even if the gameplay in any way made sense this kind of thing would get old so fast. Like everything AI makes it's just variations on a vague theme. Endless digression without substance, focus, plot, or intent. Endlessly recycling and blending things we've already seen to minimize a cost function.
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Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators
DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators
The agency denied making
gizmodo.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Consider how few anecdotes it took for the media to declare a Free Speech on Campus crisis.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
Every day we get more evidence that the Republican Party is teeming with white supremacists yet elite institutions refuse to frame this as a crisis that needs the nation’s attention.
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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As recently as nine months ago I would’ve laughed off the idea that House Republicans might simply refuse to seat duly elected House Democrats and yet here we are. Hard not to see this as a trial run!
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As recently as nine months ago I would’ve laughed off the idea that House Republicans might simply refuse to seat duly elected House Democrats and yet here we are. Hard not to see this as a trial run!
Wow who coulda guessed!
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Wow who coulda guessed!
For comparison, Trump's pocket recission of foreign aid that SCOTUS recently gave the greenlight on and is estimated will kill 14 million people over the next 5 years is about $5 billion.
October 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
For comparison, Trump's pocket recission of foreign aid that SCOTUS recently gave the greenlight on and is estimated will kill 14 million people over the next 5 years is about $5 billion.
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The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
October 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
An apt description of physics
Integration by vibes is the best technique
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
An apt description of physics
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"The liberty and security of our fellow citizens is our great object, and not the prompt execution of the laws. Indecision, delay, blunders, nay villainous actions in the administration of government, are trifles compared to legalizing the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition."
October 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"The liberty and security of our fellow citizens is our great object, and not the prompt execution of the laws. Indecision, delay, blunders, nay villainous actions in the administration of government, are trifles compared to legalizing the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition."
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the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced
October 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced
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I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...
October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...