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“Cutting down calories to 0, potentially even negative because of the exercise that has been occurring, I think is very good if you want to get swole”
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Cutting down calories to 0, potentially even negative because of the exercise that has been occurring, I think is very good if you want to get swole”
Thing is, the skeleton key to Smith is that he's secretly worried he'll wind up as one of the downwardly mobile children of successful parents he talks about
As opposed to existing elites who KNOW it is their birthright🙄
These kind of amoralist insinuations are so funny because:
1) No aspirational egoist in the US would ever be stupid enough to hitch her wagon to socialism.
And
2) If anything self-righteous moralism is the real vice of the left.
These kind of amoralist insinuations are so funny because:
1) No aspirational egoist in the US would ever be stupid enough to hitch her wagon to socialism.
And
2) If anything self-righteous moralism is the real vice of the left.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thing is, the skeleton key to Smith is that he's secretly worried he'll wind up as one of the downwardly mobile children of successful parents he talks about
Ok, whatever, I genuinely think that conspiracism is a more real danger than the things people pretend are "death threats" and that the related discussion is dumb on all fronts
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ok, whatever, I genuinely think that conspiracism is a more real danger than the things people pretend are "death threats" and that the related discussion is dumb on all fronts
Ludicrously prominent edition of "All the Weyrs of Pern", next to FAA Order 7110.65
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ludicrously prominent edition of "All the Weyrs of Pern", next to FAA Order 7110.65
Nobody ever asks what needs to be done to restore trust in institutions for, say, young Latinas
Absolutely correct. So much of the discourse around restoring trust in the institutions is focused on decorum and civility theater. But why would anyone trust the institutions if, after the horror show that we are suffering through, they yet again fail to impose some measure of real accountability?
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nobody ever asks what needs to be done to restore trust in institutions for, say, young Latinas
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nothing says you’re kicking ass at Buddhism quite like having an insatiable desire for something
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
nothing says you’re kicking ass at Buddhism quite like having an insatiable desire for something
My most bespoke woke opinion is that if you're going to have immigration limits then all immigration should be by lottery, you shouldn't have an easier path because of a college degree or whatever
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My most bespoke woke opinion is that if you're going to have immigration limits then all immigration should be by lottery, you shouldn't have an easier path because of a college degree or whatever
Like, my brother in Christ you RAN the universities
Higher education “got in trouble” by paying men like this exorbitant salaries to ruin the liberal arts teaching function while sucking up to trustees for perks. As a former subject of a Gee administration, E. Gordon Gee is a synonym for high-profile foolish waste of money.
E. Gordon Gee: ‘Universities Have Become Isolated and Arrogant’
The former university president on how the sector got into trouble.
www.chronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Like, my brother in Christ you RAN the universities
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A really important point. You can't "solve"misinformation without understanding the ways beliefs function as identity markers more than attempts to represent reality accurately gone awry.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A really important point. You can't "solve"misinformation without understanding the ways beliefs function as identity markers more than attempts to represent reality accurately gone awry.
I'm not sure anything gives side eye quite like an alligator
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I'm not sure anything gives side eye quite like an alligator
In the phase of my life when I played too much Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, a lot of my scenarios involved sticking a Gemini capsule on an extremely boosted Titan and lighting the fuse
It was Gemini by Jeffrey Kluger. After Mercury, before Apollo. If you’re into NASA history and space shit you’ll like it.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
In the phase of my life when I played too much Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, a lot of my scenarios involved sticking a Gemini capsule on an extremely boosted Titan and lighting the fuse
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Anyhoo, here's a paper about "the centrality of housing concerns in facilitating the Holocaust and the complicity of individuals in the exclusion of Jews for economic, ideological, and geographic reasons."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Anyhoo, here's a paper about "the centrality of housing concerns in facilitating the Holocaust and the complicity of individuals in the exclusion of Jews for economic, ideological, and geographic reasons."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
"attempts to shame" of course means "makes us feel shame"
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"attempts to shame" of course means "makes us feel shame"
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I'm convinced our natsec actually thought that the Chinese were genetically incapable of innovation
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm convinced our natsec actually thought that the Chinese were genetically incapable of innovation
Hey, I do my part, I use that German Linux distribution
I think the US tech advantage is just extremely brittle, especially if US foreign policy remains this dumb
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hey, I do my part, I use that German Linux distribution
Forward Virginia rail
Alexandria rail expansion aims to cut delays with new passenger-only track
Passengers currently riding VRE commuter trains and Amtrack say that this will be a huge help in getting them where they need to be efficiently.
www.wusa9.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Forward Virginia rail
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There's a tendency among a certain type of poster to assume everything they hate about politics and the state can be blamed on avarice, and I'm here to tell you it's actually worse than that.
I continue to disagree with this. The goal of mass detention is mass deportations. A private prison company leasing 100 beds to ICE gets paid the same if the beds are filled by 100 people for a year each or 1,000 people for a few days each. They don't earn more with long-term detention.
It's not about deporting them. It's about detaining them indefinitely and enriching Prisons for Profiteers and the grift the Convict in the Oval Office collects per detainee.
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
There's a tendency among a certain type of poster to assume everything they hate about politics and the state can be blamed on avarice, and I'm here to tell you it's actually worse than that.
Honestly this scene runs through my mind far more often than I might expect
Relax - Zoolander - Brainwash
YouTube video by V Pumarina
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Honestly this scene runs through my mind far more often than I might expect
Time loves a hero
Cats love a hoodie
Cats love a hoodie
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Time loves a hero
Cats love a hoodie
Cats love a hoodie
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American babies come out of the womb and immediately make a hand turkey
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
American babies come out of the womb and immediately make a hand turkey
🤷🏽♂️
As part of the shift, the 2027–28 MLS regular season will kick off in mid-to-late July 2027 and conclude with the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs in May 2028.
MLS will observe a midwinter break from mid-December through early February, with no league matches scheduled in January.
MLS will observe a midwinter break from mid-December through early February, with no league matches scheduled in January.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🤷🏽♂️
White Americans are born instinctively understanding Thanksgiving, you see. They are not taught traditions, they just know them
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
White Americans are born instinctively understanding Thanksgiving, you see. They are not taught traditions, they just know them
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This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
String theory tells us that we actually live in a hologram projected from a lower dimensional reality. They just ran out of space and started re-using assets
real life is out-dril-ing dril. simulation collapse? what the fuck is happening?
Why is this punctuated like a dril tweet
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
String theory tells us that we actually live in a hologram projected from a lower dimensional reality. They just ran out of space and started re-using assets