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Like if you took a single 100 level Gen-Ed intro to comparative politics class you are objectively more educated on the subject than the majority of Americans.
January 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Like if you took a single 100 level Gen-Ed intro to comparative politics class you are objectively more educated on the subject than the majority of Americans.
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Congrats! Those ppl on this site, like so many other groups in 2024, got exactly what they wanted in the worst possible way.
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Congrats! Those ppl on this site, like so many other groups in 2024, got exactly what they wanted in the worst possible way.
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no. this is mommy and daddy trying to negotiate with a violent toddler behavior. just like with other types of bullies, don't negotiate, apply an immediate consequence. take the toy away. the toy is gone now. maybe the toy comes back if they behave but you shouldn't even bring it up right now.
It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 PM
no. this is mommy and daddy trying to negotiate with a violent toddler behavior. just like with other types of bullies, don't negotiate, apply an immediate consequence. take the toy away. the toy is gone now. maybe the toy comes back if they behave but you shouldn't even bring it up right now.
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“The national emergency is about avoiding a national emergency” feels like it should be a GWB line
January 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“The national emergency is about avoiding a national emergency” feels like it should be a GWB line
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Discworld QOTD, from Mort
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Mort
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Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
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This leads me to believe that up until this meeting, Trump absolutely thought it was "hole milk."
Trump: "It's actually a legal definition -- 'whole milk.' And it's whole with a W for those of you that have a problem."
January 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This leads me to believe that up until this meeting, Trump absolutely thought it was "hole milk."
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there’s Uvaldes everywhere we look
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
there’s Uvaldes everywhere we look
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The Times went to non urban Minnesota to ask people why they dislike urban Minneapolis. If someone were to ask me to teach a journalism school course on helicopter reporting, this story - so cliche it’s almost hard to believe they really did this - would immediately go on the syllabus.
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The Times went to non urban Minnesota to ask people why they dislike urban Minneapolis. If someone were to ask me to teach a journalism school course on helicopter reporting, this story - so cliche it’s almost hard to believe they really did this - would immediately go on the syllabus.
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Northeast T-Trak has a module with solar panels and a display which shows the voltage.
ttrak.wikidot.com/energy-solar...
ttrak.wikidot.com/energy-solar...
Energy Solar Photovoltaic - T-TRAK Wiki
ttrak.wikidot.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Northeast T-Trak has a module with solar panels and a display which shows the voltage.
ttrak.wikidot.com/energy-solar...
ttrak.wikidot.com/energy-solar...
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The worst part imo is that it obscures the very idea of state violence as a totality. Not in an institutional violence/racism sense but the fundamental concept of the apparatus' authority to use force. And it does so by creating a false and misleading sensation of direct participation in it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The worst part imo is that it obscures the very idea of state violence as a totality. Not in an institutional violence/racism sense but the fundamental concept of the apparatus' authority to use force. And it does so by creating a false and misleading sensation of direct participation in it.
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<looking at the stove>
"I'm pretty special though, right, I bet I don't get burned"
"I'm pretty special though, right, I bet I don't get burned"
January 14, 2026 at 6:38 AM
<looking at the stove>
"I'm pretty special though, right, I bet I don't get burned"
"I'm pretty special though, right, I bet I don't get burned"
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Rahm Emmanuel is the Andrew Cuomo of Richard Daleys.
January 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Rahm Emmanuel is the Andrew Cuomo of Richard Daleys.
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if you're familiar with the Breendoggle in the United States, it's evident that this kind of attitude - where sexual liberation and the rape of children were confused - *can* pop up anywhere. it was just particularly bad in France.
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
if you're familiar with the Breendoggle in the United States, it's evident that this kind of attitude - where sexual liberation and the rape of children were confused - *can* pop up anywhere. it was just particularly bad in France.
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Nutz Deep II North
Spencer, WI
Spencer, WI
January 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Nutz Deep II North
Spencer, WI
Spencer, WI
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a robot that can fold laundry is pretty damn close to a general purpose technology, that holy grain of the economics of innovation.
same as the home construction robot. at that point the economy utterly changes, in a way that specialized automation of incremental tasks does not.
same as the home construction robot. at that point the economy utterly changes, in a way that specialized automation of incremental tasks does not.
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 AM
a robot that can fold laundry is pretty damn close to a general purpose technology, that holy grain of the economics of innovation.
same as the home construction robot. at that point the economy utterly changes, in a way that specialized automation of incremental tasks does not.
same as the home construction robot. at that point the economy utterly changes, in a way that specialized automation of incremental tasks does not.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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inviting you to reflect upon the ways your less-preferred but equally Proper consequence differs from the most likely outcomes of a constitutional convention for a couple days. don't reply now, i won't engage with it. give it a couple sleeps and really think it through.
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
inviting you to reflect upon the ways your less-preferred but equally Proper consequence differs from the most likely outcomes of a constitutional convention for a couple days. don't reply now, i won't engage with it. give it a couple sleeps and really think it through.
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“making content for twitter nazis” is the perfect way to put it. I was actually shocked that, in their makeshift situation room during the Maduro raid, what they were “monitoring” was twitter. Twitter!
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“making content for twitter nazis” is the perfect way to put it. I was actually shocked that, in their makeshift situation room during the Maduro raid, what they were “monitoring” was twitter. Twitter!
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This pic goes hard.
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This pic goes hard.
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An amazing image showing the under-construction IND 6th Ave Line slicing through lower Manhattan.
catalog.archives.gov/id/68145788
catalog.archives.gov/id/68145788
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 AM
An amazing image showing the under-construction IND 6th Ave Line slicing through lower Manhattan.
catalog.archives.gov/id/68145788
catalog.archives.gov/id/68145788
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January 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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semiännual reminder that hungary and italy are both in violation of their respective parisian peace treaties
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
semiännual reminder that hungary and italy are both in violation of their respective parisian peace treaties
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff