@vchapman.bsky.social
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Cheetahs continue to be scary predators.
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Cheetahs continue to be scary predators.
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and here in our beloved America, those of us who have the ability and power to do so must see to it that the full rights of the weak and defenseless are safeguarded against the violence and the intolerance of the strong and the mighty.
Clarence J. Brown, 1940
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Clarence J. Brown, 1940
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November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
and here in our beloved America, those of us who have the ability and power to do so must see to it that the full rights of the weak and defenseless are safeguarded against the violence and the intolerance of the strong and the mighty.
Clarence J. Brown, 1940
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Clarence J. Brown, 1940
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We hear much of the struggle throughout the world to maintain democracy. From the lips of those who oppose this measure comes... at other times... the loudest protestations of belief in democracy. Let me say, here and now, that if democracy is to continue to live throughout the world, /1
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We hear much of the struggle throughout the world to maintain democracy. From the lips of those who oppose this measure comes... at other times... the loudest protestations of belief in democracy. Let me say, here and now, that if democracy is to continue to live throughout the world, /1
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
impressive xkcd energy
Project PM: oh hey you're back early
Dev: apps haunted
PM: what
Dev: (picking up gun and a USB stick with WinDbg on it and going back to the dev room): apps haunted
Dev: apps haunted
PM: what
Dev: (picking up gun and a USB stick with WinDbg on it and going back to the dev room): apps haunted
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
impressive xkcd energy
Evergreen skeet
This is fascinating in a very weird, WEIRD, and horrible way.
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Evergreen skeet
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Menu at an Indian restaurant near me:
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Menu at an Indian restaurant near me:
If you're ideologically against government, then you're ideologically against collective action which means you're ideologically against prosperity.
if its not Trump its the next conservative president. theyre gonna kill the goose that laid the golden egg because none of them understand how markets or business or even taxes work and the few that do hate it because its woke. an entire political party that thinks Fox News is real
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you're ideologically against government, then you're ideologically against collective action which means you're ideologically against prosperity.
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
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Everyone is correcting the substance here so I'll skip ahead to note that the last year has been a good test of the theory that most people just want bigotry rather than housing (& etc.) and that theory turns out to be totally wrong for a large majority, including virtually all the swing voters.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Everyone is correcting the substance here so I'll skip ahead to note that the last year has been a good test of the theory that most people just want bigotry rather than housing (& etc.) and that theory turns out to be totally wrong for a large majority, including virtually all the swing voters.
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I think this is only partly true - critical reflection is a habit. But, I'm not sure it's one that's entirely learned. So much depends upon one's character traits, like: open-mindedness, attentiveness, integrity, curiosity, intellectual humility. These traits are not wholly under our control.
This is I think an underrated truth: being intelligent is I think primarily a matter of habit. Do you actually listen and try and take on board what you've heard or read before responding? Do you go 'okay, is that true?' about your own thoughts and prejudices? These are learnt, not innate.
and ultimately I think if you’re constantly saying stupid stuff then it just makes you stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I think this is only partly true - critical reflection is a habit. But, I'm not sure it's one that's entirely learned. So much depends upon one's character traits, like: open-mindedness, attentiveness, integrity, curiosity, intellectual humility. These traits are not wholly under our control.
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Tonight some really awful people are in panic sweats, having one of the worst nights of their lives. I'm eating nachos and drinking Big Red. Maybe we'll watch a British mystery show. Go to bed early.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Tonight some really awful people are in panic sweats, having one of the worst nights of their lives. I'm eating nachos and drinking Big Red. Maybe we'll watch a British mystery show. Go to bed early.
Never go against a true hater when your reputation is on the line.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Never go against a true hater when your reputation is on the line.
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Thanks to @ed3d.net for joining me on this week's episode of Library Pizza! Come for the eyebrow chat and children with bifocals, stay for the discussions of Battlestar Galactica, SEEING LIKE A STATE, and @dsquareddigest.bsky.social's THE UNACCOUNTABILITY MACHINE.
Hi again, it's me: a social media account that exists solely to promote a podcast. The latest episode of Library Pizza features a discussion with Ed, a Normal Man from Bluesky, who shares thoughts on several eras of science fiction, the necessity of knowing (therefore killing) forests, and more.
Criminogenic, Prosthetic Eyebrows with Ed, a Normal Man
Podcast Episode · Library Pizza · 11/06/2025 · 1h 32m
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November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Favorite random reddit comment of the day: "Truly wild how Covid broke so many rich people's brains, while we were all like, 'Well, guess I'll get into puzzles.'"
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Favorite random reddit comment of the day: "Truly wild how Covid broke so many rich people's brains, while we were all like, 'Well, guess I'll get into puzzles.'"
It's always nice when someone sets you up in a way that you know what to expect, but they still manage to completely nail the follow through in a manner that you didn't. Exemplary.
There is a Grade-A 'social media drives some people crazy' exchange below this post about Star Wars. I don't want to spoil it but you'll know it when you see it.
It’s also funny because the prequels are actually about trade deficits? Like there’s obviously the top line plot but the secondary plot is about trade
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's always nice when someone sets you up in a way that you know what to expect, but they still manage to completely nail the follow through in a manner that you didn't. Exemplary.
Very underappreciated point. I also happen to think that unions used to be a key pillar for teaching and sustaining at least some of these habits.
Yep. I think this is one of the leading factors in our entire constitutional rot. The People have lost the habits of self-government
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Very underappreciated point. I also happen to think that unions used to be a key pillar for teaching and sustaining at least some of these habits.
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“What problems are you actually interested in solving?” - a question that I’m not sure most of our current crop of politicians could answer.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“What problems are you actually interested in solving?” - a question that I’m not sure most of our current crop of politicians could answer.
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing