Kyle
@lakeaffecter.bsky.social
Cincinnati’s fifth-most well regarded tree and bird enthusiast. Prospective founder of a national nonprofit that reimburses the public for The Horrors
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Here's an important one that slipped by on Monday.
Fed. judge quashes DOJ subpoena seeking the personal health data of trans patients as "prosecutorial coercion" and "for an improper purpose," namely, intimidating trans people and their medical providers.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Fed. judge quashes DOJ subpoena seeking the personal health data of trans patients as "prosecutorial coercion" and "for an improper purpose," namely, intimidating trans people and their medical providers.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Here's an important one that slipped by on Monday.
Fed. judge quashes DOJ subpoena seeking the personal health data of trans patients as "prosecutorial coercion" and "for an improper purpose," namely, intimidating trans people and their medical providers.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Fed. judge quashes DOJ subpoena seeking the personal health data of trans patients as "prosecutorial coercion" and "for an improper purpose," namely, intimidating trans people and their medical providers.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory
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i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in
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(final thought as i'm swiftly slain by a band of ninja assassins) kind of a crazy amount of ninjas to hire for this
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
(final thought as i'm swiftly slain by a band of ninja assassins) kind of a crazy amount of ninjas to hire for this
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Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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We went to see the local witch, about the sheep you see, and she offered the whole crew a drink when we arrived. I said "I'll do fine without your fiendish brew magic woman", but now it seems like they were just beers. The vibe is pretty loose and fun, I keep finding myself eyeing the fridge.
August 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We went to see the local witch, about the sheep you see, and she offered the whole crew a drink when we arrived. I said "I'll do fine without your fiendish brew magic woman", but now it seems like they were just beers. The vibe is pretty loose and fun, I keep finding myself eyeing the fridge.
I love my singularly beautiful gf
August 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I love my singularly beautiful gf
Finding religion simply to know with certainty that Lee Zeldin will suffer justice proportional to his monstrous deeds
July 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Finding religion simply to know with certainty that Lee Zeldin will suffer justice proportional to his monstrous deeds
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
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Most people aren't naturally cool so the median candidate is probably better off just having convictions and acting like it instead of trying to manufacture coolness in vain, but I don't know if they see it that way
May 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Most people aren't naturally cool so the median candidate is probably better off just having convictions and acting like it instead of trying to manufacture coolness in vain, but I don't know if they see it that way
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this is excellent slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Expensive, Seductive Strategy That Doomed the Democratic Party
During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to win—and it’s destroying them now.
slate.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
this is excellent slate.com/news-and-pol...
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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I hate our stupid government not letting us get Chinese electric cars
June 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I hate our stupid government not letting us get Chinese electric cars
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The town has this really fast chicken, the rule is that anybody who can catch it is the mayor for the next year. It's a great system, other than for Peter. Peter's really good at catching the chicken, but he's a real piece of work. So we keep Peter in the jail.
June 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The town has this really fast chicken, the rule is that anybody who can catch it is the mayor for the next year. It's a great system, other than for Peter. Peter's really good at catching the chicken, but he's a real piece of work. So we keep Peter in the jail.
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there isnt a worse nation on this earth right now than us. openly corrupt, brutally repressive, mindlessly violent, belligerent and addicted to vice signaling. and we do it at breathtaking scale in a massive nation with 350M people. impressive
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
there isnt a worse nation on this earth right now than us. openly corrupt, brutally repressive, mindlessly violent, belligerent and addicted to vice signaling. and we do it at breathtaking scale in a massive nation with 350M people. impressive
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Seagull drinks coffee, steals mug of man installing anti-bird spikes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cornwall seagull sips man's coffee before stealing his mug
Darren Pardoe was installing anti-bird spikes in a Cornish town before the encounter.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Seagull drinks coffee, steals mug of man installing anti-bird spikes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I AM BAMBOOZLED
![The word silhouette is derived from the name of Étienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister who, in 1759, was forced by France's credit crisis during the Seven Years' War to impose severe economic demands upon the French people, particularly the wealthy.[3] Because of de Silhouette's austere economies, his name became synonymous with anything done or made cheaply and so with these outline portraits.[4][5] Prior to the advent of photography, silhouette profiles cut from black card were the cheapest way of recording a person's appearance.[6][7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:atni5fzv5e7ly35x7md2k4cs/bafkreibynp56iy6u5sey2rzv7mqupehcksk2deu73ajwws7wnd44axe2pa@jpeg)
June 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I AM BAMBOOZLED
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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I appreciate the enthusiasm and their hearts are in the right place, but letting your invasive plant-filled lawn “go wild” without maintenance or care is not habitat restoration.
May 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I appreciate the enthusiasm and their hearts are in the right place, but letting your invasive plant-filled lawn “go wild” without maintenance or care is not habitat restoration.
I made shrimp salad rolls
May 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I made shrimp salad rolls