PreciselyPositive
@preciselyposit1.bsky.social
Internet Person. I have opinions, and this is a new and exciting place to express those opinions that I so happen to have
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August 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The most toxic journalistic bias is not corporate ownership or even deference to power. It is boredom. A reporter who has had to explain why X is a lie three times doesn’t want burn copy doing it again, and will rationalize omitting it on the grounds that “everyone” knows by now.
How is it that reporters don’t push back on this. Every single time he tries to make these tariffs sound like they bring in magic money from foreigners reporters MUST push back and explain where the money comes from and the reality that they are additional taxes paid by us… as in me and you.
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April 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The most toxic journalistic bias is not corporate ownership or even deference to power. It is boredom. A reporter who has had to explain why X is a lie three times doesn’t want burn copy doing it again, and will rationalize omitting it on the grounds that “everyone” knows by now.
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"How long must the South kick us," shouted a stump speaker to a crowd of black-caped, torch-bearing Wisconsinites, "before we shall all be Wide-Awakes?"
April 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"How long must the South kick us," shouted a stump speaker to a crowd of black-caped, torch-bearing Wisconsinites, "before we shall all be Wide-Awakes?"
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Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
There’s a certain kind of person who thinks Keynesian stimulus is “putting off” a necessary correction and I’m always amazed how many of them there are.
What if MAGA did the Great Leap Forward?
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
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the data behind this kind of decision must show some incredibly dark stuff that they're trying to get ahead of
ESPN Launches “The Talk” Campaign to Promote Responsible Sports Betting
ESPN is educating and protecting its audience as sports betting becomes more mainstream with a new responsible gaming campaign.
espnpressroom.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
the data behind this kind of decision must show some incredibly dark stuff that they're trying to get ahead of
See I think there's a good point to be made here, and it was good to get rid of a lot of those old systems, but at the same time we've never fully figured out how to naturally get most everyone into new, better communities. We just got rid of the old ones.
reading books that keep getting upset about modernity breaking up communities. but 'community' being presented as an unalloyed good is always a red flag to me. many communities are bad! community can mean family, love, friendship but it can also mean insularity, clannishness, spite, shaming.
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
See I think there's a good point to be made here, and it was good to get rid of a lot of those old systems, but at the same time we've never fully figured out how to naturally get most everyone into new, better communities. We just got rid of the old ones.
I think this whole situation is very emblematic of the real challenge of our moment. People say that liberal democracy is unresponsive to the demands of the people, but a great deal of the time the demands of the people change by the week and have no basis in reality.
Trying to win over the peasants who report mysterious apparitions in the sky so late that the lumpens have moved on to blaming women and minorities for massive wildfires
As if to underscore the stupidity of trying to win votes by jumping on shit like this, three weeks after the "drone hysteria" outbreak everyone has forgotten it so completely that it might as well have occurred in the 14th Century.
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I think this whole situation is very emblematic of the real challenge of our moment. People say that liberal democracy is unresponsive to the demands of the people, but a great deal of the time the demands of the people change by the week and have no basis in reality.
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where does the new york times even find these people
January 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
where does the new york times even find these people
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Trump "I am a scorpion and will stab you in the back."
Dems: "Hop on. I'll give you a ride."
Dems: "Hop on. I'll give you a ride."
December 18, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Trump "I am a scorpion and will stab you in the back."
Dems: "Hop on. I'll give you a ride."
Dems: "Hop on. I'll give you a ride."
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"yimbys are right wing reactionaries"
"you can tell because they're against community engagement"
the community engagement: seventeen rich boomers screaming about how apartments bring crime
"you can tell because they're against community engagement"
the community engagement: seventeen rich boomers screaming about how apartments bring crime
December 10, 2024 at 2:35 PM
"yimbys are right wing reactionaries"
"you can tell because they're against community engagement"
the community engagement: seventeen rich boomers screaming about how apartments bring crime
"you can tell because they're against community engagement"
the community engagement: seventeen rich boomers screaming about how apartments bring crime
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This and fertility rates are the two issues that are both obviously important but 99.9% of people are incapable of being normal about. CHH is the unicorn who is able to thread the needle on each.
I wrote about the trouble with boys, why it’s happening, and why nobody feels comfortable talking about it. www.cartoonshateher.com/p/whats-wron...
December 4, 2024 at 3:24 PM
This and fertility rates are the two issues that are both obviously important but 99.9% of people are incapable of being normal about. CHH is the unicorn who is able to thread the needle on each.
this is a rather damning inditement of the United States congress.
It took only ~2.5 hrs for the National Assembly to gather a majority of members (190 of 300) and generate a unanimous vote (190 of 190) to vote down the emergency martial law. The law says the president "shall comply" with parliament's vote, but doesn't specify a time frame.
December 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM
this is a rather damning inditement of the United States congress.
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@maiamindel.bsky.social
you were so eager to cast him aside. where has that brought you? back to him.
you were so eager to cast him aside. where has that brought you? back to him.
December 3, 2024 at 4:32 PM
@maiamindel.bsky.social
you were so eager to cast him aside. where has that brought you? back to him.
you were so eager to cast him aside. where has that brought you? back to him.
nothing-ever-happens-crowd, we've won again in our fight against democratic backsliding
THE TROOPERS ARE LEAVING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY!
December 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
nothing-ever-happens-crowd, we've won again in our fight against democratic backsliding
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Trump watching the South Korean president perform a coup
December 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Trump watching the South Korean president perform a coup
Were it not for the way snow impacts driving I’d love winter so much.
December 3, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Were it not for the way snow impacts driving I’d love winter so much.
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i for the life of me cannot understand people who say this. a steel mill pollutes a lot whether it is privately or publicly owned in the US, state owned in the USSR, or workers owned in Yugoslavia. it has nothing to do with the economic system
November 28, 2024 at 3:26 PM
i for the life of me cannot understand people who say this. a steel mill pollutes a lot whether it is privately or publicly owned in the US, state owned in the USSR, or workers owned in Yugoslavia. it has nothing to do with the economic system
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Yeah I think this is a really overlooked dynamic affecting the social media zeitgeist - national borders effectively cease to matter. So if the economy is miserable most places but pretty great in the US, misery is still the consensus vibe and roughly equivalent worldwide, even here.
It's worth noting that on the web, many of the poisonous left-wing nihilists are not even American.
November 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Yeah I think this is a really overlooked dynamic affecting the social media zeitgeist - national borders effectively cease to matter. So if the economy is miserable most places but pretty great in the US, misery is still the consensus vibe and roughly equivalent worldwide, even here.
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take solace in the fact that no matter how bad you are at your job, no matter how hard you fail at something, you will never, ever fail as badly at anything as merrick garland failed at the most important job he'll ever have
November 25, 2024 at 8:11 PM
take solace in the fact that no matter how bad you are at your job, no matter how hard you fail at something, you will never, ever fail as badly at anything as merrick garland failed at the most important job he'll ever have
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"wow, 17 yrs olds have a poor concept of wealth, theyre not gonna make it?" 🙄
Boomers generally think they can be a success on salaries just under $100,000 a year, while those born between 1965 and 1996 are closer to $200,000.
But the youngest workers, the Gen Z cohort, think they have to earn almost $600,000 a year to really make it. www.axios.com/2024/11/22/b...
But the youngest workers, the Gen Z cohort, think they have to earn almost $600,000 a year to really make it. www.axios.com/2024/11/22/b...
November 23, 2024 at 12:50 PM
"wow, 17 yrs olds have a poor concept of wealth, theyre not gonna make it?" 🙄
This is probably one of the greatest problems that we are facing in society today. How do you deal with people who are just mad for no particular reason? What do you do if that is a substantial portion of the electorate and society?
What explains Trump's unexpected popularity with young people?
To understand it, you first need to understand how social media has upended respectability and caused a constant battle between the masses and the elites.
www.infinitescroll.us/p/revolt-and...
To understand it, you first need to understand how social media has upended respectability and caused a constant battle between the masses and the elites.
www.infinitescroll.us/p/revolt-and...
Revolt and the Reversal of Trust
The digital roots of Trump's surprising youth popularity
www.infinitescroll.us
November 22, 2024 at 5:59 PM
This is probably one of the greatest problems that we are facing in society today. How do you deal with people who are just mad for no particular reason? What do you do if that is a substantial portion of the electorate and society?
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forcing each of my homies to bring a tedious loser to the bar so we are protected against the disastrous echo chamber effect
November 20, 2024 at 2:03 PM
forcing each of my homies to bring a tedious loser to the bar so we are protected against the disastrous echo chamber effect
The most annoying thing about smart lighting is how expensive it is. Philips Hue in particular is awful. $65 for a single bulb is nothing short of madness. Maybe they could get away with that years ago, but at this point there's no excuse for cheaper bulbs than that.
November 21, 2024 at 1:01 AM
The most annoying thing about smart lighting is how expensive it is. Philips Hue in particular is awful. $65 for a single bulb is nothing short of madness. Maybe they could get away with that years ago, but at this point there's no excuse for cheaper bulbs than that.