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Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
Normal Man.
oh and one more thing
you aren’t going to like
what comes after America
I can’t find the post that informed me of this thing’s existence the other day, but whoever you were, thanks, this is pretty good and has cracked my ~daily rotation
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I can’t find the post that informed me of this thing’s existence the other day, but whoever you were, thanks, this is pretty good and has cracked my ~daily rotation
i recognize that the median length of Normal Men is probably about ninety minutes, so there are some things I need to work out with myself, but I think this is almost correct:
the two optimal lengths for a podcast are 1) 45 minutes and 2) infinity.
the two optimal lengths for a podcast are 1) 45 minutes and 2) infinity.
also, no podcast (audio only) needs to be longer than an hour. maybe an hour and a half, but even then only if it’s the exception to an established norm.
December 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
i recognize that the median length of Normal Men is probably about ninety minutes, so there are some things I need to work out with myself, but I think this is almost correct:
the two optimal lengths for a podcast are 1) 45 minutes and 2) infinity.
the two optimal lengths for a podcast are 1) 45 minutes and 2) infinity.
remember when we bombed Nigeria
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
remember when we bombed Nigeria
drunk driving is extremely bad and we should try to design social patterns and travel norms in ways that reduce it
I have a bunch of intersecting thoughts here but basically 1) excessive alcohol consumption is an urban activity, 2) we shouldn’t legalize drunk driving and 3) we should more heavily penalize parents whose kids abuse alcohol in such a drastic fashion.
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
drunk driving is extremely bad and we should try to design social patterns and travel norms in ways that reduce it
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
one way to sidestep the whole thorny issue is to lean into speciesism- your duties to your fellow man do not depend on their ensoulment or their sentience or their capabilities, just on the fact that they’re wearing your team’s jersey, as it were
i think this is a pretty good specification of what one of the problems with the "positing a soul" argument is. i think that the problem is closer to "making a claim that the soul has a precise technical specification, and that claim pointing to nothing."
AI criticism is rapidly careening towards a deranged cynicism about technology as a whole and meanwhile the boosters just dismiss every argument as “positing a soul” (God forbid!) or whatever and do the “it’s not my job to educate you” thing. It just sucks all around.
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
one way to sidestep the whole thorny issue is to lean into speciesism- your duties to your fellow man do not depend on their ensoulment or their sentience or their capabilities, just on the fact that they’re wearing your team’s jersey, as it were
I’m not super wild about any version of the “just bribe people” approach to elections, including the versions you like, but to the extent that it’s legal (tbd) and effective (tbd) we have to learn how to play the game
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m not super wild about any version of the “just bribe people” approach to elections, including the versions you like, but to the extent that it’s legal (tbd) and effective (tbd) we have to learn how to play the game
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if you say Stancil and X the good news is that we're probably going to get to run the experiment eventually
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
if you say Stancil and X the good news is that we're probably going to get to run the experiment eventually
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again if you live in dc and environs you gotta follow steve - nobody's doing these kinds of listings anymore
Sat. Dec. 27 in DMV DC-Gogol Bordello 8pm @ Nevermore Hall;
the String Queens @ Keystone Korner; Kenny Lattimore w/ the Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Bethesda Theater; Jacky Cougar & the Vampyres from Africa's Record Release, That This, Christian Rutledge & Credit 6pm @ Black Cat Red Room; 🧵
the String Queens @ Keystone Korner; Kenny Lattimore w/ the Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Bethesda Theater; Jacky Cougar & the Vampyres from Africa's Record Release, That This, Christian Rutledge & Credit 6pm @ Black Cat Red Room; 🧵
December 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
again if you live in dc and environs you gotta follow steve - nobody's doing these kinds of listings anymore
AI will fix this
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
AI will fix this
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jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
I think part of it is that it’s difficult and/or boring to talk about good spatial filmmaking, even though people really seem to like good spatial filmmaking (see also: John Wick)
Avatar’s cultural relevance discourse is an expression of slop anxiety, the worry that most people don’t actually want something interesting like you do, and you know what? It’s fine if they don’t. Cool stuff still gets made and you get to enjoy it.
December 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I think part of it is that it’s difficult and/or boring to talk about good spatial filmmaking, even though people really seem to like good spatial filmmaking (see also: John Wick)
the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
Normal Men housekeeping: Christmas week screwed up our release schedule.
Last Sunday’s episode will go up Monday morning and we’ll be back to the usual “approximately Wednesday, probably” cadence after that.
Last Sunday’s episode will go up Monday morning and we’ll be back to the usual “approximately Wednesday, probably” cadence after that.
December 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Normal Men housekeeping: Christmas week screwed up our release schedule.
Last Sunday’s episode will go up Monday morning and we’ll be back to the usual “approximately Wednesday, probably” cadence after that.
Last Sunday’s episode will go up Monday morning and we’ll be back to the usual “approximately Wednesday, probably” cadence after that.
the promise of America, to Miller, is that anyone might transcend the circumstances of their ancestry to become a Nazi
Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the promise of America, to Miller, is that anyone might transcend the circumstances of their ancestry to become a Nazi
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alright everyone, we're almost at the end, we made it through, and we've got one more NORMAL EPISODE to record for NORMAL MEN this year, and we want to hear from you. drop us your questions, queries for advice, or NYE anecdotes here, we record on sunday
New Year’s Mailbag
Need advice on the New Year from the Normal Men? Submit your advice request in the form by Friday, Dec. 26th and we’ll read the best responses on the New Year’s Eve show!
golikehellmachine.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
alright everyone, we're almost at the end, we made it through, and we've got one more NORMAL EPISODE to record for NORMAL MEN this year, and we want to hear from you. drop us your questions, queries for advice, or NYE anecdotes here, we record on sunday
is there anybody even denying that the pardons are paid for or do we just kind of all accept this now?
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
is there anybody even denying that the pardons are paid for or do we just kind of all accept this now?
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
briefly thought this might be the time Big Jim missed and I was a fool to doubt
Looks like Avatar's got a good shot at a $2 billion total globally when all is said and done. It's arguably a more bankable franchise than the Avengers at this point.
December 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
briefly thought this might be the time Big Jim missed and I was a fool to doubt
disc horse really making some good points lately
I'm begging for feminists to add an ounce of goblin mode to their politics.
December 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
disc horse really making some good points lately
I think the Lesson of the Lions is mostly that it’s really hard to make the playoffs while losing four plus divisional games
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I think the Lesson of the Lions is mostly that it’s really hard to make the playoffs while losing four plus divisional games
I really thought the Nigeria stuff was just saber-rattling
sorta thought the whole point of pressuring Venezuela and Nigeria is that doing so elevates oil prices a bit but not enough to get the Permian going, thus making Russia and KSA happy.
sorta thought Bessent of all people understood that
sorta thought Bessent of all people understood that
December 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I really thought the Nigeria stuff was just saber-rattling
Oil price conspiracy intensifies
Merry Christmas!
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Oil price conspiracy intensifies
well, I thought it came out nice. no mayo. Puerto Rican mother-in-law took a sniff and immediately fortified with additional rum but seems happy with result
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
well, I thought it came out nice. no mayo. Puerto Rican mother-in-law took a sniff and immediately fortified with additional rum but seems happy with result