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Reading The Power Broker is my personality
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I want to reiterate how good this video is. Even setting aside the brilliant themes, the production quality alone is worthy of all-time-great status. The voice acting in the narration is so good. The imagery and background music queues are perfect.
And the hook is peak funny and sad.
Watch it.
And the hook is peak funny and sad.
Watch it.
The contemporary debate format rewards memorization of helpful facts and skillful directing of the debate towards territory full of memorized helpful facts.
If I cite a paper or event and you don't know enough about it to contradict my interpretation, then it doesn't matter if I've made it up.
If I cite a paper or event and you don't know enough about it to contradict my interpretation, then it doesn't matter if I've made it up.
September 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The contemporary debate format rewards memorization of helpful facts and skillful directing of the debate towards territory full of memorized helpful facts.
If I cite a paper or event and you don't know enough about it to contradict my interpretation, then it doesn't matter if I've made it up.
If I cite a paper or event and you don't know enough about it to contradict my interpretation, then it doesn't matter if I've made it up.
I've always been pro-cancellation and anti-cancel culture and that still applies now.
Some people do need to face consequences for what they say. But there are also social forces that lead to people opportunistically looking for cancellation targets, and that has a very high error rate.
Some people do need to face consequences for what they say. But there are also social forces that lead to people opportunistically looking for cancellation targets, and that has a very high error rate.
September 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I've always been pro-cancellation and anti-cancel culture and that still applies now.
Some people do need to face consequences for what they say. But there are also social forces that lead to people opportunistically looking for cancellation targets, and that has a very high error rate.
Some people do need to face consequences for what they say. But there are also social forces that lead to people opportunistically looking for cancellation targets, and that has a very high error rate.
I'm not a fan of vague descriptions like this because it applies to reporting someone for racism or sexual harassment as well.
And honestly, in recent days some people (of all ideologies) have posted stuff that speaks to a level of recklessness that I think is fireable.
And honestly, in recent days some people (of all ideologies) have posted stuff that speaks to a level of recklessness that I think is fireable.
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I'm not a fan of vague descriptions like this because it applies to reporting someone for racism or sexual harassment as well.
And honestly, in recent days some people (of all ideologies) have posted stuff that speaks to a level of recklessness that I think is fireable.
And honestly, in recent days some people (of all ideologies) have posted stuff that speaks to a level of recklessness that I think is fireable.
The post-war white picket fence American Dream was not just about homeownership in the abstract, it was about a vision for urban planning that society bought into.
Housing policy today needs to promote a new mythos that matches what is economical to build now.
Housing policy today needs to promote a new mythos that matches what is economical to build now.
September 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The post-war white picket fence American Dream was not just about homeownership in the abstract, it was about a vision for urban planning that society bought into.
Housing policy today needs to promote a new mythos that matches what is economical to build now.
Housing policy today needs to promote a new mythos that matches what is economical to build now.
I think the exaggerated narrative of development ruining neighbourhoods is the main driver of NIMBYism. It's framed in very material terms, but the material concerns are just not true.
We need propaganda to counter the NIMBY propaganda
We need propaganda to counter the NIMBY propaganda
September 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I think the exaggerated narrative of development ruining neighbourhoods is the main driver of NIMBYism. It's framed in very material terms, but the material concerns are just not true.
We need propaganda to counter the NIMBY propaganda
We need propaganda to counter the NIMBY propaganda
A high trust society is one in which people will sell out their family members to uphold the social order.
People make real sacrafices to their social standing among those closest to them because they trust that strangers will do the same for them.
People make real sacrafices to their social standing among those closest to them because they trust that strangers will do the same for them.
September 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A high trust society is one in which people will sell out their family members to uphold the social order.
People make real sacrafices to their social standing among those closest to them because they trust that strangers will do the same for them.
People make real sacrafices to their social standing among those closest to them because they trust that strangers will do the same for them.
I think it would be good for this site of using Bluesky were added as a component of the performative male meme.
August 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think it would be good for this site of using Bluesky were added as a component of the performative male meme.
It's like 10 years too late to preserve housing affordability. You have to have a vision for how markets rents will come down as a percentage incomes, not just a plan to keep current rental contracts at the same rate.
July 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It's like 10 years too late to preserve housing affordability. You have to have a vision for how markets rents will come down as a percentage incomes, not just a plan to keep current rental contracts at the same rate.
It's true that IZ makes rich people more resistant to new development, but rich vs poor polarization is good for getting housing built. IZ exists because it is politically popular!
It fails on the merits, not on the politics
It fails on the merits, not on the politics
what if - hear me out on this, Asexual Weeb Guy - what if the rich people shouldn't be able to block housing willy nilly regardless of who's gonna live in it
July 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's true that IZ makes rich people more resistant to new development, but rich vs poor polarization is good for getting housing built. IZ exists because it is politically popular!
It fails on the merits, not on the politics
It fails on the merits, not on the politics
I think it's bad that so many progressive surveys are total hack jobs you basically have to treat every new one you see with immense skepticism.
Where is the respect for good data collection?
Where is the respect for good data collection?
July 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I think it's bad that so many progressive surveys are total hack jobs you basically have to treat every new one you see with immense skepticism.
Where is the respect for good data collection?
Where is the respect for good data collection?
The problem with this is that Republicans are currently spinning Medicaid cuts like adding work requirements as providing affordable and secure health insurance for those who need it, because they have a much narrower conception of who needs affordable health insurance.
Fascinating survey data on the missing Biden voters by Lake Research. The voters who sat out in '24 weren't looking for a centrist or turned off by trans rights. They want a genuine economic populist agenda: take on corporate greed, lower costs, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
July 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The problem with this is that Republicans are currently spinning Medicaid cuts like adding work requirements as providing affordable and secure health insurance for those who need it, because they have a much narrower conception of who needs affordable health insurance.
He complains like a manchild
REPORTER: Families are upset because warnings didn't go out in time. What do you say to those families?
TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.
TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.
July 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
He complains like a manchild
It turns out the net loss of 21,901 residents stat is wrong two ways lol
It's the CMA, not the city. And it's net intraprovincial migration, not net migration.
If the journalist did basic research they wouldn't've made this mistake!
It's the CMA, not the city. And it's net intraprovincial migration, not net migration.
If the journalist did basic research they wouldn't've made this mistake!
I'm not exactly sure what this population loss is referring to. The island of Montreal lost population 2020→2021 but has gained population every year since.
Even if there was a loss, it could be explained by limits on housing rather than a lack of demand.
Even if there was a loss, it could be explained by limits on housing rather than a lack of demand.
July 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It turns out the net loss of 21,901 residents stat is wrong two ways lol
It's the CMA, not the city. And it's net intraprovincial migration, not net migration.
If the journalist did basic research they wouldn't've made this mistake!
It's the CMA, not the city. And it's net intraprovincial migration, not net migration.
If the journalist did basic research they wouldn't've made this mistake!
538 really cared about using data well, and there isn't really a replacement.
With the way average journalists are, it's like they resent having to use stats and do the bare minimum—often mischaracterizing stats they likely heard from a source.
With the way average journalists are, it's like they resent having to use stats and do the bare minimum—often mischaracterizing stats they likely heard from a source.
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
538 really cared about using data well, and there isn't really a replacement.
With the way average journalists are, it's like they resent having to use stats and do the bare minimum—often mischaracterizing stats they likely heard from a source.
With the way average journalists are, it's like they resent having to use stats and do the bare minimum—often mischaracterizing stats they likely heard from a source.
Shoutout to this website with direct links to radio station streams so I can add them to my podcast app
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fmstream.org/index.php?s=...
FMSTREAM - The Radio Stream Directory
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July 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Shoutout to this website with direct links to radio station streams so I can add them to my podcast app
fmstream.org/index.php?s=...
fmstream.org/index.php?s=...
Youtube Rewind falling of was basically entirely due to social media platforms becoming too big to have a homogenous culture, and acknowledgement of the shift scared people.
Now people just kind of exist in delusional ignorance.
Now people just kind of exist in delusional ignorance.
July 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Youtube Rewind falling of was basically entirely due to social media platforms becoming too big to have a homogenous culture, and acknowledgement of the shift scared people.
Now people just kind of exist in delusional ignorance.
Now people just kind of exist in delusional ignorance.
Hell is being a fan of the artistry of a celebrity with big boobs. People are just unable to be normal
July 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hell is being a fan of the artistry of a celebrity with big boobs. People are just unable to be normal
The Starbucks boycott stemming from misinformation was when I lost hope for the online pro-Palestine movement to be productive.
July 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Starbucks boycott stemming from misinformation was when I lost hope for the online pro-Palestine movement to be productive.
Moneyball was not just about the benefits of sabermetrics, it was about the benefits of valuing players differently than the rest of the league.
Everyone can read polls now. To be better than other politicians, you need to see where the polls could move.
Everyone can read polls now. To be better than other politicians, you need to see where the polls could move.
The big problem with the politics of "just do what polls say is already popular" is that most people don't have strongly-held opinions about most issues. When pollsters ask, they answer. But they're often taking elite cues, not expressing deep passions.
Leaders can lead people to different stances.
Leaders can lead people to different stances.
My sense of things has always been that most people do not have strong, deeply felt opinions on a lot of policy issues, and so their opinions can change fairly quickly depending on what’s in the news.
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Moneyball was not just about the benefits of sabermetrics, it was about the benefits of valuing players differently than the rest of the league.
Everyone can read polls now. To be better than other politicians, you need to see where the polls could move.
Everyone can read polls now. To be better than other politicians, you need to see where the polls could move.
I don't think it's just that some leftists don't want power because they want to critique it. They don't want power because they are afraid of being critiqued, and their shield is the belief that critiquing those without power is illegitimate.
July 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I don't think it's just that some leftists don't want power because they want to critique it. They don't want power because they are afraid of being critiqued, and their shield is the belief that critiquing those without power is illegitimate.
Based on the reply the answer is supposed to be that the media is fighting Mamdani, but I think the clear answer is that Dean Philips going after Mamdani is interesting to cover and discuss.
Like, tons of online Zohran supporters have been itching for conflict with national Dems.
Like, tons of online Zohran supporters have been itching for conflict with national Dems.
ask yourself why former MN rep. dean phillips' opinion of zohran mamdani is considered more newsworthy than the opinion of the many new york city democrats who have endorsed him. do you think they booked him to appear on tv and speak on this subject because he is super important?
July 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Based on the reply the answer is supposed to be that the media is fighting Mamdani, but I think the clear answer is that Dean Philips going after Mamdani is interesting to cover and discuss.
Like, tons of online Zohran supporters have been itching for conflict with national Dems.
Like, tons of online Zohran supporters have been itching for conflict with national Dems.
People are so hungry for more Blackpink they're making do with HUNTR/X
July 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
People are so hungry for more Blackpink they're making do with HUNTR/X
I think if you made people switch social feeds with random strangers their opinion of social media would drop.
The challenge is that people mostly think about social media policy in terms of its impact on themself.
The challenge is that people mostly think about social media policy in terms of its impact on themself.
July 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I think if you made people switch social feeds with random strangers their opinion of social media would drop.
The challenge is that people mostly think about social media policy in terms of its impact on themself.
The challenge is that people mostly think about social media policy in terms of its impact on themself.
The scenes where ordinary New Yorkers help Spiderman actually run contrary to the idea that great responsibility only rests with great power.
Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can. People can't just wait for a hero to save them.
Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can. People can't just wait for a hero to save them.
July 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The scenes where ordinary New Yorkers help Spiderman actually run contrary to the idea that great responsibility only rests with great power.
Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can. People can't just wait for a hero to save them.
Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can. People can't just wait for a hero to save them.
I think this sentiment gets at the core of populism apologia from intellectuals. It's just "take them seriously, not literally".
The populist everyman is too unsophisticated to consider the consequences of their actions, so you must absolve them of it, and instead only hear their moral outrage.
The populist everyman is too unsophisticated to consider the consequences of their actions, so you must absolve them of it, and instead only hear their moral outrage.
I agree that she is saying that, but "the online left" encompasses millions of people, the vast majority of whom are not politicians! People posting about starving children are not making "bad strategic choices," they are mostly just ordinary people expressing (justified!) moral outrage.
I don’t see her criticizing “manners.” She’s saying people have made bad strategic choices that shrank the coalition. It’s totally legit to think she’s wrong but it’s a valid critique of any movement and it’s the kind of conversation you have to have if you want a movement to be effective. And I do.
July 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I think this sentiment gets at the core of populism apologia from intellectuals. It's just "take them seriously, not literally".
The populist everyman is too unsophisticated to consider the consequences of their actions, so you must absolve them of it, and instead only hear their moral outrage.
The populist everyman is too unsophisticated to consider the consequences of their actions, so you must absolve them of it, and instead only hear their moral outrage.