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it's not good for a profession when the highest mark of seriousness is pretending to be stupid
a lot of evangelicals used him picking Mine Pence as an excuse to support him despite knowing full well who he was. The line at the time was that he was like Cyrus, an agent of God's will even though he himself was not virtuous. They lost that fig leaf in the intervening years, though
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM
a lot of evangelicals used him picking Mine Pence as an excuse to support him despite knowing full well who he was. The line at the time was that he was like Cyrus, an agent of God's will even though he himself was not virtuous. They lost that fig leaf in the intervening years, though
usually medicine requires you to publish research and meet a bunch of boring scientific evidentiary standards before you can bring something to clinical practice, but I guess AI is a very special boy
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 AM
usually medicine requires you to publish research and meet a bunch of boring scientific evidentiary standards before you can bring something to clinical practice, but I guess AI is a very special boy
they're always at their most desperate and dangerous when they can tell you're ready to leave them
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
they're always at their most desperate and dangerous when they can tell you're ready to leave them
like if people in Illinois still think Davis is winning IL-07, kinda proves my point that the race is getting basically zero attention. It's a wide-open primary.
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
like if people in Illinois still think Davis is winning IL-07, kinda proves my point that the race is getting basically zero attention. It's a wide-open primary.
Danny Davis is retiring.
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Danny Davis is retiring.
this goes a hundredfold for IL-07 vs IL-09
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
this goes a hundredfold for IL-07 vs IL-09
the Illinois Senate primary has gotten like 1/20th the attention of the Texas primary despite the fact that it will determine whether we get a Durbin clone or someone better, and the discrepancy is in significant part because none of the major candidates are prominent Posters
Posters currently have the mandate of heaven, which is why Crockett may win the Texas senate primary despite basically not campaigning for it outside of social media sniping. I fear, however, that it is a *limited* mandate, and thus she probably loses in the general election
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
the Illinois Senate primary has gotten like 1/20th the attention of the Texas primary despite the fact that it will determine whether we get a Durbin clone or someone better, and the discrepancy is in significant part because none of the major candidates are prominent Posters
yeah, bringing the faddishness, one-upmanship, and neuroticism of grad seminars to mass politics was a terrible idea to begin with, and then the actual content of the discourse made it even worse
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
yeah, bringing the faddishness, one-upmanship, and neuroticism of grad seminars to mass politics was a terrible idea to begin with, and then the actual content of the discourse made it even worse
this has been a real struggle since I reached a threshold in aging where my body just doesn't tolerate alcohol anymore. The fact that this is such a blow to basic socializing in the community reflects pretty badly on our social fabric
February 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
this has been a real struggle since I reached a threshold in aging where my body just doesn't tolerate alcohol anymore. The fact that this is such a blow to basic socializing in the community reflects pretty badly on our social fabric
Kind of the worst of both worlds, taking the misdirected focus on esoteric language of poststructuralism and queer theory while excising everything that had originally been liberatory about it
February 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Kind of the worst of both worlds, taking the misdirected focus on esoteric language of poststructuralism and queer theory while excising everything that had originally been liberatory about it
yet I think woke 1 also unlearned one of the other features of poststructuralism by elevating a kind of identity essentialism to the center of its politics. It turned performativity theory back into "merely performative" gesturing
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
yet I think woke 1 also unlearned one of the other features of poststructuralism by elevating a kind of identity essentialism to the center of its politics. It turned performativity theory back into "merely performative" gesturing
oh, just checked your profile, we're talking about Austin, MN here
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
oh, just checked your profile, we're talking about Austin, MN here
bad in terms of ICE activity or people's sentiment toward it? I'm wondering what people there think of their neighbors being taken—we've heard a lot from the Cities but not so much from outside the metro
February 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
bad in terms of ICE activity or people's sentiment toward it? I'm wondering what people there think of their neighbors being taken—we've heard a lot from the Cities but not so much from outside the metro
do you have a sense of the sentiment in Austin? It's where my family is from but I haven't been in years
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
do you have a sense of the sentiment in Austin? It's where my family is from but I haven't been in years
I never posted on Twitter because it felt like posting from a small account there was pointless at best and would mostly just be adding to the general misery of the place. This place feels more welcoming to participation from people who aren't specifically cultivating a social media presence.
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
I never posted on Twitter because it felt like posting from a small account there was pointless at best and would mostly just be adding to the general misery of the place. This place feels more welcoming to participation from people who aren't specifically cultivating a social media presence.
this is one case where an LLM would have done a better job. Even if for no other reason than that it would know you *make* a decision, not *take* it.
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
this is one case where an LLM would have done a better job. Even if for no other reason than that it would know you *make* a decision, not *take* it.
the serious person's john kass
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
the serious person's john kass
I sometimes wonder if there's a little nagging thought that goes through the heads of any of the ICE freaks when they get deployed to Minneapolis and see a pleasant, thriving liberal city for the first time in their lives
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I sometimes wonder if there's a little nagging thought that goes through the heads of any of the ICE freaks when they get deployed to Minneapolis and see a pleasant, thriving liberal city for the first time in their lives
Democrats in Congress may or may not get vocal about any given issue, but it feels like their understanding of the bedrock principles of foreign policy has fundamentally atrophied. They need to send signals that somebody around here still remembers how to act like a state.
it's kind of depressing that no one on the Democratic side of Congress has written to the state department to ask about the meeting with AB seperatists
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Democrats in Congress may or may not get vocal about any given issue, but it feels like their understanding of the bedrock principles of foreign policy has fundamentally atrophied. They need to send signals that somebody around here still remembers how to act like a state.
the district actually only turns that color after being boiled for a few minutes
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
the district actually only turns that color after being boiled for a few minutes
Cornyn could still soften his image with the base by openly embezzling tens of millions of dollars. These results pretty clearly show that criminality is a must-have for a lot of their primary voters
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Cornyn could still soften his image with the base by openly embezzling tens of millions of dollars. These results pretty clearly show that criminality is a must-have for a lot of their primary voters
dementia also causes people to get stuck in obsessive grudges about real or perceived slights. Anyone who's listened to a parent go on for hours about their resentment over a divorce 20 years prior can imagine what it would be like if they could compel action from the entire federal government
February 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
dementia also causes people to get stuck in obsessive grudges about real or perceived slights. Anyone who's listened to a parent go on for hours about their resentment over a divorce 20 years prior can imagine what it would be like if they could compel action from the entire federal government
Maybe these times are accurate in Barilla's lair headquarters inside the summit crater of Mt. Etna (elevation 3400m)
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Maybe these times are accurate in Barilla's lair headquarters inside the summit crater of Mt. Etna (elevation 3400m)
the natural consequence of not believing anything is real, that everything is only media entertainment, and having an attention span and memory shrunken to almost nothing is that the worst thing these people can imagine is having to follow the same story in the news for weeks on end
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
the natural consequence of not believing anything is real, that everything is only media entertainment, and having an attention span and memory shrunken to almost nothing is that the worst thing these people can imagine is having to follow the same story in the news for weeks on end
wow, *nobody* wants to wade into IL-07
February 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
wow, *nobody* wants to wade into IL-07