Spelledw1n
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Used to be there. Now I'm here.
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Economists call this (essentially) first degree price discrimination: seller set prices to perfectly fit consumers' willing to pay, so the joint gains from trade ("consumer surplus" and "producer surplus") go entirely to the seller.
I took it as a thought experiment when I was in grad school.
I took it as a thought experiment when I was in grad school.
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Economists call this (essentially) first degree price discrimination: seller set prices to perfectly fit consumers' willing to pay, so the joint gains from trade ("consumer surplus" and "producer surplus") go entirely to the seller.
I took it as a thought experiment when I was in grad school.
I took it as a thought experiment when I was in grad school.
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The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
www.the-reframe.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
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Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
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it’s amazing how these rich and powerful men’s core problems, their central complaint about the world, is “someone called me a mean name and it made my tummy hurt”
Yep. Censor Jay is celebrating the arrest of journalists who hurt his feelings.
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
it’s amazing how these rich and powerful men’s core problems, their central complaint about the world, is “someone called me a mean name and it made my tummy hurt”
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Instead of everyone reviewing that Melania film to talk about how bad it is, since it’s not really a movie more than it is a bribe, how about writing about some of the great films this year that people may have missed? I don’t think we need 100 of the same reviews about a non-movie.
January 31, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Instead of everyone reviewing that Melania film to talk about how bad it is, since it’s not really a movie more than it is a bribe, how about writing about some of the great films this year that people may have missed? I don’t think we need 100 of the same reviews about a non-movie.
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Let me give you a thought experiment:
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
Absolute Immunity
Alignment with supremacy is a vile choice. Raising the natural costs for those who make that choice by putting first things first.
www.the-reframe.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Let me give you a thought experiment:
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
"If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."
No we can commodify each other, too.
No we can commodify each other, too.
I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."
No we can commodify each other, too.
No we can commodify each other, too.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"One party only needs 44% of the national popular vote to maintain control over the legislature" sure is a statement about the state of American democracy
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AI shows ingroup bias towards AI content!
If we deploy LLMs in decision-making roles (e.g., purchasing goods, selecting academic submissions) they will favor LLM agents over ordinary humans
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
If we deploy LLMs in decision-making roles (e.g., purchasing goods, selecting academic submissions) they will favor LLM agents over ordinary humans
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
AI shows ingroup bias towards AI content!
If we deploy LLMs in decision-making roles (e.g., purchasing goods, selecting academic submissions) they will favor LLM agents over ordinary humans
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
If we deploy LLMs in decision-making roles (e.g., purchasing goods, selecting academic submissions) they will favor LLM agents over ordinary humans
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
I know multiple people who reported their cars stolen just to have the cops accuse them of trying to commit insurance fraud so they didn't have to bother investigating. Then the victims had to fight w their insurance companies for months bc of this.
See also: Mike Birbiglia's car accident story.
See also: Mike Birbiglia's car accident story.
Cannot emphasize this enough.
On the whole, police don’t solve crimes for shit, and they don’t prevent crimes for shit. They are actively bad at both. The average Law & Order fan would be stunned to tears after following around real cops for a day.
On the whole, police don’t solve crimes for shit, and they don’t prevent crimes for shit. They are actively bad at both. The average Law & Order fan would be stunned to tears after following around real cops for a day.
July 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I know multiple people who reported their cars stolen just to have the cops accuse them of trying to commit insurance fraud so they didn't have to bother investigating. Then the victims had to fight w their insurance companies for months bc of this.
See also: Mike Birbiglia's car accident story.
See also: Mike Birbiglia's car accident story.
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Multiple times yesterday, Trump attacked decisions he made himself - because he can’t remember his first term.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Multiple times yesterday, Trump attacked decisions he made himself - because he can’t remember his first term.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
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I'm about to do it. I'm about to say "imagine if Biden did this." I don't want to but I must, because it'd be very funny. Imagine if Biden said his uncle told him how brilliant the Unabomber was a decade before he was identified. Imagine the very funny NYT push notification you'd get on your phone.
July 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'm about to do it. I'm about to say "imagine if Biden did this." I don't want to but I must, because it'd be very funny. Imagine if Biden said his uncle told him how brilliant the Unabomber was a decade before he was identified. Imagine the very funny NYT push notification you'd get on your phone.
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This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
you genuinely have to admire his brain. getting hammered 24/7 on Epstein? better fabricate a personal link to the Unabomber, specifically mentioning one of the prestigious universities where Epstein peddled his influence
July 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
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Tapping the sign that says “NSF, NIH, and public investment into basic research are the real engines of US innovation”
Silicon Valley VCs sit atop a system where federal and state governments spent more on basic research of all kinds than most other countries in the world combined, and then take the ideas that come out of that and take it the last mile. An important function, but they disproportionately benefit.
July 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tapping the sign that says “NSF, NIH, and public investment into basic research are the real engines of US innovation”
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This is one of those examples where, if the flood hadn’t happened and a camp director was telling you about this story it would be a perfect example of red tape, bureaucracy, the hassle of regulation etc. And yet.
apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com/article/texa...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing ...
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is one of those examples where, if the flood hadn’t happened and a camp director was telling you about this story it would be a perfect example of red tape, bureaucracy, the hassle of regulation etc. And yet.
apnews.com/article/texa...
apnews.com/article/texa...
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Senator @marshablackburn : no town halls since 2017
@senatorhagerty : no town halls.. ever
What are y’all so afraid of? You must really not like your answers. @RepTimBurchett @repandyogles @RepChuck @RepDavidKustoff @DesJarlaisTN04 RepJohnRose RepHarshbarger
@senatorhagerty : no town halls.. ever
What are y’all so afraid of? You must really not like your answers. @RepTimBurchett @repandyogles @RepChuck @RepDavidKustoff @DesJarlaisTN04 RepJohnRose RepHarshbarger
July 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Senator @marshablackburn : no town halls since 2017
@senatorhagerty : no town halls.. ever
What are y’all so afraid of? You must really not like your answers. @RepTimBurchett @repandyogles @RepChuck @RepDavidKustoff @DesJarlaisTN04 RepJohnRose RepHarshbarger
@senatorhagerty : no town halls.. ever
What are y’all so afraid of? You must really not like your answers. @RepTimBurchett @repandyogles @RepChuck @RepDavidKustoff @DesJarlaisTN04 RepJohnRose RepHarshbarger
Happy 8th anniversary to people getting PO'd at NPR because they didn't recognize or agree with the Declaration of Independence when it was tweeted out line by line. apnews.com/general-news...
NPR's Declaration of Independence tweetstorm confuses some
National Public Radio marked the Fourth of July by tweeting the entire Declaration of Independence, but it seems some Twitter users didn't recognize what they were reading.
apnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Happy 8th anniversary to people getting PO'd at NPR because they didn't recognize or agree with the Declaration of Independence when it was tweeted out line by line. apnews.com/general-news...
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3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
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The math on preventative health care for all is so blindingly obvious that everyone sees it except us. So we just keep paying the most money per capita for the worst outcomes and the most suffering, while for-profit health care manages its quarterly earnings.
This is how you know insurance companies are evil. The ROI on every single vaccine is orders of magnitude more than up front cost (think prevented cirrhosis, cancer, surgeries, hospitalizations, etc). The only reason they wouldn’t cover vaccines is if they don’t plan to cover the consequences either
Blue Cross Blue Shield of California is the sole health insurance company that has pledged to continue covering childhood vaccines even if the fraudulent ACIP that RFK Jr. installed stops recommending them.
July 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The math on preventative health care for all is so blindingly obvious that everyone sees it except us. So we just keep paying the most money per capita for the worst outcomes and the most suffering, while for-profit health care manages its quarterly earnings.
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Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
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confident that if Biden were blackmailing Corporate Media into giving him $16 million in cash, Corporate Media would call him out for blackmail AND how that weakens freedom of speech, democracy, and our economy. instead, Corporate Media normalizes Trump Family corruption by treating it as business.
we’ve totally normalized that he’ll interfere with private business if he’s not paid off. every legal expert said this suit was meritless.
July 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
confident that if Biden were blackmailing Corporate Media into giving him $16 million in cash, Corporate Media would call him out for blackmail AND how that weakens freedom of speech, democracy, and our economy. instead, Corporate Media normalizes Trump Family corruption by treating it as business.
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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