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My tip to rationalists is that you can just cross your fingers for the parts of the Nicene Creed you object to and be totally ok!
it's extremely unfortunate for religion that its most vocal advocates for decades in the US have been people with concerns that are about maintaining social order through lies rather than actual connection with the sublime
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My tip to rationalists is that you can just cross your fingers for the parts of the Nicene Creed you object to and be totally ok!
first Substack essay is NOW substack.com/@binkwrites/...
Amid the Cold of Winter
A Case for Marian Hope
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
first Substack essay is NOW substack.com/@binkwrites/...
Mfw when straight men show up to canvass for Dems and just get flirted with by other men
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Mfw when straight men show up to canvass for Dems and just get flirted with by other men
…knowing that something needs to happen and we are also still not 25% of the way through this term
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
…knowing that something needs to happen and we are also still not 25% of the way through this term
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Sun Prairie always delivers for democracy!
No kings. No tyrants. No demagogues.
People love our country more than anyone individual.
No kings. No tyrants. No demagogues.
People love our country more than anyone individual.
October 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sun Prairie always delivers for democracy!
No kings. No tyrants. No demagogues.
People love our country more than anyone individual.
No kings. No tyrants. No demagogues.
People love our country more than anyone individual.
Saw two MAGA crash-outs today in my WI suburb - the first was a guy climbing out of his car and screaming at us for crossing the street, the second stumbled out of a bar at quarter past 2 on a Saturday... we are gonna win🙂↕️
October 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Saw two MAGA crash-outs today in my WI suburb - the first was a guy climbing out of his car and screaming at us for crossing the street, the second stumbled out of a bar at quarter past 2 on a Saturday... we are gonna win🙂↕️
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Candy Neumeier said she's attending to "stand up for our rights,” which are “being trampled on by this wannabe dictator and his crew." She wore a trash bag with Jeffrey Epstein's face and President Donald Trump's hand drawn on it. “I really believe that we need to release the Epstein files."
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Candy Neumeier said she's attending to "stand up for our rights,” which are “being trampled on by this wannabe dictator and his crew." She wore a trash bag with Jeffrey Epstein's face and President Donald Trump's hand drawn on it. “I really believe that we need to release the Epstein files."
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When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points
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Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
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i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
i made a model to assign scores for how robustly US politicians oppose fascism & graded 13 leading dems
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
criteria & method QTed, individual results in 🧵 below:
It really is disheartening how both AI evangelists and doomers charm people into obsessing over outcomes 1 & 2 to the point that the super-wealthy getting ~all the profit will go unnoticed when 3 happens
The three AI outcomes
- we all become one with the machine god and shuffle off our mortal coils to live as a hive mind of cyborg superbeings
- we all die horribly and painfully in an alien world that has no use for human emotion, creativity, or intellect
- 1.5% TFP growth for seven years
- we all become one with the machine god and shuffle off our mortal coils to live as a hive mind of cyborg superbeings
- we all die horribly and painfully in an alien world that has no use for human emotion, creativity, or intellect
- 1.5% TFP growth for seven years
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It really is disheartening how both AI evangelists and doomers charm people into obsessing over outcomes 1 & 2 to the point that the super-wealthy getting ~all the profit will go unnoticed when 3 happens
Xi Jinping going to take a star turn in sequels to Tim Allen’s Santa Claus movies
chat is it a good idea to raise tariffs on the toy maker before Christmas
oh no
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Xi Jinping going to take a star turn in sequels to Tim Allen’s Santa Claus movies
I literally just started putting money in the stock market *this week*… God’s least favorite homosexual
S&P, NASDAQ CLOSE OUT WORST DAY SINCE APRIL
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I literally just started putting money in the stock market *this week*… God’s least favorite homosexual
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Might feel like an inversion of the Civil War, but less than you might think. The federal government was thoroughly in the hands of the Slave Power in the 1850s. States resisted the Fugitive Slave Act; Dred Scott was SCOTUS. Secession happened b/c they wouldn't accept losing that control in 1860.
Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...
theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...
Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.
theintercept.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Might feel like an inversion of the Civil War, but less than you might think. The federal government was thoroughly in the hands of the Slave Power in the 1850s. States resisted the Fugitive Slave Act; Dred Scott was SCOTUS. Secession happened b/c they wouldn't accept losing that control in 1860.
Van Hollen👁️
Only 10 senators voted for Bernie Sanders's amendment to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10% and instead expand veteran dental care:
Baldwin (D-WI)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Van Hollen👁️
who will the chimpanzees use to launder their propaganda now that Jane Goodall is dead?
October 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
who will the chimpanzees use to launder their propaganda now that Jane Goodall is dead?
and also, we have let our arbiters of recessions become downwardly mobile middle class college grads more than NBER
If. You. Need. A. Degree. For. Your. Job. You. Are. Not. Working. Class.
September 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
and also, we have let our arbiters of recessions become downwardly mobile middle class college grads more than NBER
The GOAT Elaine Pagels notes an additional (and probably inclusive) possibility in the earliest days that rather than *accurately* hold Romans responsible for killing Jesus and face comparable charges of insurrection, blaming fellow Jews presented a compelling, if false, narrative
September 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The GOAT Elaine Pagels notes an additional (and probably inclusive) possibility in the earliest days that rather than *accurately* hold Romans responsible for killing Jesus and face comparable charges of insurrection, blaming fellow Jews presented a compelling, if false, narrative
waiting for @sharonk.bsky.social take on Pope Leo interview
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
waiting for @sharonk.bsky.social take on Pope Leo interview
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September 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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People are coming up with their own “personal curriculums” to combat brain rot, improve their attention spans and enrich their minds. https://cnn.it/4gkALEh
September 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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after reading Very Important People I feel like I need to clarify a few things I've said about "there is no class war, only culture war"
and I know someone's gonna QT dunk "ohh, someone discovered class, lollll" and whatever, go ahead
but like, the conflations that led to this are worth exploring
and I know someone's gonna QT dunk "ohh, someone discovered class, lollll" and whatever, go ahead
but like, the conflations that led to this are worth exploring
September 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
after reading Very Important People I feel like I need to clarify a few things I've said about "there is no class war, only culture war"
and I know someone's gonna QT dunk "ohh, someone discovered class, lollll" and whatever, go ahead
but like, the conflations that led to this are worth exploring
and I know someone's gonna QT dunk "ohh, someone discovered class, lollll" and whatever, go ahead
but like, the conflations that led to this are worth exploring
Trump needs to stay away from my comfort character
July 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump needs to stay away from my comfort character
realizing Hunter Biden is blue Trump
July 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
realizing Hunter Biden is blue Trump