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this is basically how I feel about rainbow capitalism
is it obviously insincere horseshit? yes
it is still much better for society as a whole that companies are expected to performatively signal their support for marginalized people, it helps set the norms
we’re seeing the alternative now
is it obviously insincere horseshit? yes
it is still much better for society as a whole that companies are expected to performatively signal their support for marginalized people, it helps set the norms
we’re seeing the alternative now
my modest disagreement is that i think it is important to signal virtue even if, privately, you are a piece of shit. performing decency is an important part of maintaining the norm that decency is part of a well ordered society.
you are SUPPOSED to signal virtue. The actual argument, such as it exists, is that people are signaling virtue while not actually being virtuous. But you are supposed to signal virtue and BE VIRTUOUS.
July 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
this is basically how I feel about rainbow capitalism
is it obviously insincere horseshit? yes
it is still much better for society as a whole that companies are expected to performatively signal their support for marginalized people, it helps set the norms
we’re seeing the alternative now
is it obviously insincere horseshit? yes
it is still much better for society as a whole that companies are expected to performatively signal their support for marginalized people, it helps set the norms
we’re seeing the alternative now
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"Nearly 70 percent of Democrats now have an unfavorable view of Israel, according to Pew. Yet Democratic officials carry on as if full-throated support for Israel were party doctrine," writes @ryuspaeth.bsky.social. nymag.com/intelligence...
Israel Was Supposed to Sink Zohran Mamdani
Will the Democratic Party absorb the lesson?
nymag.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Nearly 70 percent of Democrats now have an unfavorable view of Israel, according to Pew. Yet Democratic officials carry on as if full-throated support for Israel were party doctrine," writes @ryuspaeth.bsky.social. nymag.com/intelligence...
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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
May 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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humans are not designed for the amount of feedback being a public figure on social media provides. Whether it's praise or criticism, receiving an avalanche of nonstop attention is profoundly corrosive to your brain.
April 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
humans are not designed for the amount of feedback being a public figure on social media provides. Whether it's praise or criticism, receiving an avalanche of nonstop attention is profoundly corrosive to your brain.
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We talk a lot about social media radicalizing the population but it's been far more efficient at radicalizing public figures.
Online radicalisation of elites is a significant and yet poorly understood aspect of contemporary politics.
Holy shit, when Richard Hanania is not far enough right for you. Would love to hear what US Senators and prominent bloggers doing appearances with Andreessen think.
April 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We talk a lot about social media radicalizing the population but it's been far more efficient at radicalizing public figures.
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ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…
April 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…
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fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
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Are you a current or former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee?
Our reporter Jake Pearson wants to hear from you. You can contact him directly on Signal at 917-512-0276.
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Our reporter Jake Pearson wants to hear from you. You can contact him directly on Signal at 917-512-0276.
Here are other ways to reach us securely: propublica.org/tips
April 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Are you a current or former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee?
Our reporter Jake Pearson wants to hear from you. You can contact him directly on Signal at 917-512-0276.
Here are other ways to reach us securely: propublica.org/tips
Our reporter Jake Pearson wants to hear from you. You can contact him directly on Signal at 917-512-0276.
Here are other ways to reach us securely: propublica.org/tips
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going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
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The thing we learned from Web2 is that the most impactful businesses became the most impactful by optimizing for addiction.
Which means we should all ask, how would you optimize generative AI for addiction? Whatever makes it the most addictive is probably what it will become.
Which means we should all ask, how would you optimize generative AI for addiction? Whatever makes it the most addictive is probably what it will become.
March 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing we learned from Web2 is that the most impactful businesses became the most impactful by optimizing for addiction.
Which means we should all ask, how would you optimize generative AI for addiction? Whatever makes it the most addictive is probably what it will become.
Which means we should all ask, how would you optimize generative AI for addiction? Whatever makes it the most addictive is probably what it will become.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Federal agents and local police are investigating a fire that damaged two Tesla Cybertrucks at a dealership in Kansas City.
'Suspicious' fires at Kansas City Tesla dealership under investigation by federal agencies
After two Telsa Cybertrucks caught fire at a dealership on Monday night, the FBI and ATF agents joined the Kansas City Police Department Bomb and Arson unit in the investigation.
www.kcur.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Federal agents and local police are investigating a fire that damaged two Tesla Cybertrucks at a dealership in Kansas City.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
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NEW: Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a judge has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.
That likely includes many fired workers from the Kansas City region.
That likely includes many fired workers from the Kansas City region.
Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules
Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week because they were terminated unlawfully. The firings affected many ...
www.kcur.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NEW: Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a judge has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.
That likely includes many fired workers from the Kansas City region.
That likely includes many fired workers from the Kansas City region.
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Congrats to ADL, AJC and the other mainstream Jewish orgs content to sit back while a fascist delivers antisemitic smears against the most prominent Jew in American government
Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congrats to ADL, AJC and the other mainstream Jewish orgs content to sit back while a fascist delivers antisemitic smears against the most prominent Jew in American government
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Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
March 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
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Reminder: if you predicted half the things happening now (threatening to take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal; lawless mass firings; complete defiance of Congressional prerogatives; mass pardons of violent supporters) even a couple of years ago, Serious Thinkers would have dismissed you.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reminder: if you predicted half the things happening now (threatening to take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal; lawless mass firings; complete defiance of Congressional prerogatives; mass pardons of violent supporters) even a couple of years ago, Serious Thinkers would have dismissed you.
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Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
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February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
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In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action.
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
thewhitepages.net
February 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action.
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
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How to change a swastika that cant be removed
February 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How to change a swastika that cant be removed
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I've never seen it stated so plainly: Joyce can imagine herself as an author whose book event is disrupted by protestors so she opposes the protest.
Can you imagine yourself as a fired federal worker or deported immigrant? Wouldn't you want people to take drastic measures on your behalf?
Can you imagine yourself as a fired federal worker or deported immigrant? Wouldn't you want people to take drastic measures on your behalf?
it's true that I tend to support bookstores & book people. I know what it's like to plan for a book evening, arrange chairs, hope for a good turnout. how dismaying it must have been for many when, outside the store, protesters caused a commotion as the event began.
February 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I've never seen it stated so plainly: Joyce can imagine herself as an author whose book event is disrupted by protestors so she opposes the protest.
Can you imagine yourself as a fired federal worker or deported immigrant? Wouldn't you want people to take drastic measures on your behalf?
Can you imagine yourself as a fired federal worker or deported immigrant? Wouldn't you want people to take drastic measures on your behalf?
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So an open threat against a sovereign state.
Where are all my “state’s rights” people?
Where are all my “state’s rights” people?
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So an open threat against a sovereign state.
Where are all my “state’s rights” people?
Where are all my “state’s rights” people?
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The fact that Trump is siding with Russia and calling Zelenskyy a dictator is the latest tell that he is either compromised by Putin or so stunningly misinformed that it’s a shock he’s even able to have an opinion at all.
I suppose it could be both.
I suppose it could be both.
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The fact that Trump is siding with Russia and calling Zelenskyy a dictator is the latest tell that he is either compromised by Putin or so stunningly misinformed that it’s a shock he’s even able to have an opinion at all.
I suppose it could be both.
I suppose it could be both.