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lol, lmao
when even cernovich is saying stuff like this its not great
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
lol, lmao
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Establishing an authoritarian state while simultaneously destroying state capacity was never going to work; it's just going to be massively unpleasant to live through, and for those of us who aren't young it will probably consume the remaining years we have.
I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Establishing an authoritarian state while simultaneously destroying state capacity was never going to work; it's just going to be massively unpleasant to live through, and for those of us who aren't young it will probably consume the remaining years we have.
idk about the “hot” part but if someone at the DNC wants to cut me a check we can let the nation decide
Tim Miller makes a plea for more straight, woke influencers: "This is a message for hot straight men with muscles who work out, and who are also woke. We just need you to just do a little bit of commentary."
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
idk about the “hot” part but if someone at the DNC wants to cut me a check we can let the nation decide
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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omnia sunt communia
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
omnia sunt communia
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I found my new epitaph:
"I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
"I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I found my new epitaph:
"I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
"I was accused more than once by some Board members and the Governor’s office of being stubborn. Perhaps I am. But stubborn and principled often look the same, especially to those who are unprincipled."
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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This is in fact how the state having a monopoly on violence works but normally the state isn't supposed to Post about it like they're the Navy Seal copypasta guy.
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is in fact how the state having a monopoly on violence works but normally the state isn't supposed to Post about it like they're the Navy Seal copypasta guy.
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there was a good post about how every time Nuzzi hears a garbage disposal she thinks "I should call him" and I will continue to think more about that joke than I will about whatever that NYT article says
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
there was a good post about how every time Nuzzi hears a garbage disposal she thinks "I should call him" and I will continue to think more about that joke than I will about whatever that NYT article says
just heard a teen at the gym say to another, apparently about an older piece of equipment, “this one’s got wabi-sabi to it”
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
just heard a teen at the gym say to another, apparently about an older piece of equipment, “this one’s got wabi-sabi to it”
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I’m not reading this article but I’m having too much fun imagining the Love Song of R. Francis Kennedy.
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m not reading this article but I’m having too much fun imagining the Love Song of R. Francis Kennedy.
“Southern Spear” sounds like a try-hard name for a military farce, whereas “南方之矛” has a noble elegance — it’s hard living in the Chinese Century
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“Southern Spear” sounds like a try-hard name for a military farce, whereas “南方之矛” has a noble elegance — it’s hard living in the Chinese Century
It’s not just this story either — someone’s gotta start passing the hat around for Project Suetonius
there is actually a story in this revolting Nuzzi piece if you sandblast away the lies about a hot young woman being "in love" with a guy old enough to be her grandfather who looks like a catcher's mitt and sounds like an evil muppet
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s not just this story either — someone’s gotta start passing the hat around for Project Suetonius
I’m not reading this article but I’m having too much fun imagining the Love Song of R. Francis Kennedy.
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m not reading this article but I’m having too much fun imagining the Love Song of R. Francis Kennedy.
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Phone Didion
Nuzzi, like TCW, exists as a kind of simulacrum of the midcentury public intellectual. Not even ripping off the writers of that era, but imitating a sort of half-remembered, half-invented idea of what those writers were sort of like and what their general vibe was.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Phone Didion
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It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
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this is the most embarrassing thing ive ever seen in my entire life and there are so many things that compete for that title on a daily to hourly basis
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is the most embarrassing thing ive ever seen in my entire life and there are so many things that compete for that title on a daily to hourly basis
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NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
It’s not all bad news these days.
‼️It’s official — HB 8002, CT’s housing bill in the special session, has passed the Senate! It’s now headed to the governor’s desk for signature…this time, we do expect him to sign✍️
Regional Planning Association & DesegregateCT’s full statement:
rpa.org/news/news-re...
Regional Planning Association & DesegregateCT’s full statement:
rpa.org/news/news-re...
Regional Plan Association and Desegregate CT Support the Passage of…
Regional Plan Association works toward a better future for the tri-state region
rpa.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s not all bad news these days.
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and this is before Operation Southern Spear has really taken off
the astonishing thing about this wave of denialism is that we have more or less decidedly hit the point where clean energy is the *cheaper* option by some distance
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
and this is before Operation Southern Spear has really taken off
This is something actual religious belief would work to counteract — but if you don’t fear the Lord, all you have left is worrying about what your buddies and your group chats think.
their entire world is socializing with the insanely wealthy at fundraisers and their "friends across the aisle" at the gym or in negotiations outside the public eye and it might as well be a different universe. doubly true for leadership!
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is something actual religious belief would work to counteract — but if you don’t fear the Lord, all you have left is worrying about what your buddies and your group chats think.