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· May 29
It's like so many NYT articles. You ask yourself who the intended audience was, and it always seems that their ideal reader is someone who doesn't know anything about the topic, but wants to sound informed about it to their friends.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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Trump didn't warp the party, that was done before him by the very "Never Trump" elites who thought they could control the racist, misogynistic part of society starting in the 60s. They took over no later than 2010.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Trump didn't warp the party, that was done before him by the very "Never Trump" elites who thought they could control the racist, misogynistic part of society starting in the 60s. They took over no later than 2010.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
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"Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?!!" will live in my head forever.
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?!!" will live in my head forever.
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But honestly, few of us can say the best thing we ever did is also the last thing we ever did.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
But honestly, few of us can say the best thing we ever did is also the last thing we ever did.
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I am imposing tariffs on everyone ahead of me in my fantasy football league standings.
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am imposing tariffs on everyone ahead of me in my fantasy football league standings.
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Well that’s convenient now that there are only two.
A phone poll in 2022 (which would put people on the spot and not let them Google) found that less than half Americans could name all three branches of government.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well that’s convenient now that there are only two.
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Tweet less; research more.
October 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tweet less; research more.
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“Our age has witnessed a dramatic collapse of faith in institutions of all kinds. The benign examination of institutional life that is vital for societal health has turned into a corrosive instinct to attack every major institution…“ - Cardinal McElroy
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Our age has witnessed a dramatic collapse of faith in institutions of all kinds. The benign examination of institutional life that is vital for societal health has turned into a corrosive instinct to attack every major institution…“ - Cardinal McElroy
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I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
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Blacks and minorities thought that Obama's election signaled that America was finally ready to listen.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
September 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Blacks and minorities thought that Obama's election signaled that America was finally ready to listen.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
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Unfortunately, I have learnt too much today and my brain has popped
September 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Unfortunately, I have learnt too much today and my brain has popped
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as Stephen says you have to think about batteries, the grid etc, it's not quite that simple. but beyond obvious that China is going to be absolutely swimming in dirt cheap electricity within 5-10 years
September 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
as Stephen says you have to think about batteries, the grid etc, it's not quite that simple. but beyond obvious that China is going to be absolutely swimming in dirt cheap electricity within 5-10 years
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The follow-up post is the best part.
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The follow-up post is the best part.
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staring at the kid, trying your best to love them but always at the back of your mind you're thinking "you ruined my ley lines"
May 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
staring at the kid, trying your best to love them but always at the back of your mind you're thinking "you ruined my ley lines"
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"Smart People Don't Like Me": An Analysis of Right-Wing Grievance Politics (2026)
September 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Smart People Don't Like Me": An Analysis of Right-Wing Grievance Politics (2026)
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What centrist libs can't seem to internalize is that the US contains a large, longstanding, well-funded political movement that *wants political violence and authoritarianism*. It does not need to be provoked in any way in order to pursue those goals.
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
What centrist libs can't seem to internalize is that the US contains a large, longstanding, well-funded political movement that *wants political violence and authoritarianism*. It does not need to be provoked in any way in order to pursue those goals.
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The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.
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Everyone is an expert until you need to do the hard stuff
Kash Patel fired the 'legendary' special agent in charge of Utah's FBI divison just a month before she would have led the ongoing manhunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin.
Kash Patel questions grow as he gutted Utah FBI before Kirk shooting
Kash Patel fired the 'legendary' FBI special agent in charge in Salt Lake City, Mehtab Syed, just a month before she would have led the ongoing manhunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everyone is an expert until you need to do the hard stuff
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They are telling themselves that they are modeling proper behavior but in reality they are rewarding improper behavior.
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
They are telling themselves that they are modeling proper behavior but in reality they are rewarding improper behavior.
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a 30 caliber cartridge is between 2 and 3 inches long, half inch diameter at most. not sure how much ideology you can fit on one of those
Doesn't matter I guess. This is about to be fucking horrific
Doesn't matter I guess. This is about to be fucking horrific
September 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
a 30 caliber cartridge is between 2 and 3 inches long, half inch diameter at most. not sure how much ideology you can fit on one of those
Doesn't matter I guess. This is about to be fucking horrific
Doesn't matter I guess. This is about to be fucking horrific
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Horst Wessel, 1907–1930.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
September 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Horst Wessel, 1907–1930.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
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Lawyers for detained former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte say he suffers from significant cognitive deficiencies that affect his memory and daily functioning, documents made public by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday (September 11) showed.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Duterte defence says ex-Philippine president suffers deteriorating cognitive condition
Lawyers for detained former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte say he suffers from significant cognitive deficiencies that affect his memory and daily functioning, documents made public by the International Criminal Court on Thursday showed.
www.reuters.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lawyers for detained former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte say he suffers from significant cognitive deficiencies that affect his memory and daily functioning, documents made public by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday (September 11) showed.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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No better evidence that "The Cathedral" is fake than allegedly liberal journalists tripping over their dicks to praise, as a champion of free discourse and expression, a guy who made one of his central accomplishments a blacklist of professors
What Elon Musk bought for $44 billion was the ability to fill the brains of people like Ezra Klein with this kind of bullshit www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
No better evidence that "The Cathedral" is fake than allegedly liberal journalists tripping over their dicks to praise, as a champion of free discourse and expression, a guy who made one of his central accomplishments a blacklist of professors
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The deeper we go into the hellmouth, the more impressed I am that Anne Frank kept a diary
I can barely find the energy to write at all
I can barely find the energy to write at all
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The deeper we go into the hellmouth, the more impressed I am that Anne Frank kept a diary
I can barely find the energy to write at all
I can barely find the energy to write at all