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multi-head attender, likelihood maximizer, waveform manipulator, San Francisco inhabitor, information securer, infosponge, lover of bicycles and transit
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the master's tools rule. you should steal them. if you don't, you had better hope whoever does likes you and your cause
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
the master's tools rule. you should steal them. if you don't, you had better hope whoever does likes you and your cause
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rfk jr is going to put up stalin numbers, but he'll do it in terms of lives not saved. you can commit the most horrific crimes if you do it with bureaucracy
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
rfk jr is going to put up stalin numbers, but he'll do it in terms of lives not saved. you can commit the most horrific crimes if you do it with bureaucracy
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It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
apnews.com/article/mode...
apnews.com/article/mode...
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
apnews.com/article/mode...
apnews.com/article/mode...
if - purely, 100%, hypothetically - they started a market on whether a Polymarket executive was going to be assassinated, would Polymarket shut it down?
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
if - purely, 100%, hypothetically - they started a market on whether a Polymarket executive was going to be assassinated, would Polymarket shut it down?
I feel seen
the people who seem to be thriving the most are all the general purpose nerds who read everything and are comfortable task switching every 30 seconds as long as it doesn't get boring
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I feel seen
lord help us, we're headed for another round of "engineers are deficient humans because they didn't take enough liberal arts classes" discourse
(don't @ me, I have a liberal arts degree. so do Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, and what good did that do)
(don't @ me, I have a liberal arts degree. so do Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, and what good did that do)
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
lord help us, we're headed for another round of "engineers are deficient humans because they didn't take enough liberal arts classes" discourse
(don't @ me, I have a liberal arts degree. so do Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, and what good did that do)
(don't @ me, I have a liberal arts degree. so do Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, and what good did that do)
why does this stupid, stupid fucking argument carry weight. a team of a few dozen immigrant workers can build far more than a few dozen homes. many more!
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
why does this stupid, stupid fucking argument carry weight. a team of a few dozen immigrant workers can build far more than a few dozen homes. many more!
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look, a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient! they just keep winning, don't they
She called Jeffrey Epstein her "amazing friend" in one of many now-public exchanges.
San Francisco investor fawned over 'amazing' Epstein, new files show
She called Jeffrey Epstein her "amazing friend" in one of many now-public exchanges.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
look, a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient! they just keep winning, don't they
CTE: warn your kids about it
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
CTE: warn your kids about it
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I got served a video on IG where a dude on a podcast said he used to be a YIMBY until he got more educated and learned there were 70,000 vacant apartments in the Bay Area.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I got served a video on IG where a dude on a podcast said he used to be a YIMBY until he got more educated and learned there were 70,000 vacant apartments in the Bay Area.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
as far as I can tell, his "cancellation" involved not losing his job over his statements, but being boycotted by students who chose not to take his class, and then him resigning
wtf is the remedy? is the school supposed to somehow force everyone to respect him after he says something shitty?
wtf is the remedy? is the school supposed to somehow force everyone to respect him after he says something shitty?
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
as far as I can tell, his "cancellation" involved not losing his job over his statements, but being boycotted by students who chose not to take his class, and then him resigning
wtf is the remedy? is the school supposed to somehow force everyone to respect him after he says something shitty?
wtf is the remedy? is the school supposed to somehow force everyone to respect him after he says something shitty?
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
come on, brain implants are one thing, but you can't expect us to be _magicians_
Recently wife and I stunlocked a guy who works in the bleeding edge of AI (San Francisco) and asked him if, instead of putting AGI in a brain implant, he can just start with a consumer printer that works reliably. Genuinely he did not know what to say.
Even former Thiel Fellows are starting to realize that the tech industry hebben een serieus probleem
February 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
come on, brain implants are one thing, but you can't expect us to be _magicians_
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Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
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While this is true, the problem is that any system is only as good as the people who execute it. The plain text of the Constitution should be curtailing Trump right now, but the humans on the Supreme Court have decided to ignore it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
While this is true, the problem is that any system is only as good as the people who execute it. The plain text of the Constitution should be curtailing Trump right now, but the humans on the Supreme Court have decided to ignore it.
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both the president and literally everyone else understand any statement of a moral principle -- any moral principal -- as a denunciation
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 AM
both the president and literally everyone else understand any statement of a moral principle -- any moral principal -- as a denunciation
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Honestly, it has to be a weird time to be a figure in pop culture due the president being Literally The Worst. Like, Elmo can say sharing is good and somebody in his X mentions will say “Elmo, you rotten son of a bitch. This goes against everything President Trump stands for.” And that’s not wrong.
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Honestly, it has to be a weird time to be a figure in pop culture due the president being Literally The Worst. Like, Elmo can say sharing is good and somebody in his X mentions will say “Elmo, you rotten son of a bitch. This goes against everything President Trump stands for.” And that’s not wrong.
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Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
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Unlimited jihad on all sports gambling apps
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Unlimited jihad on all sports gambling apps
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Most of us actually building/using AI don’t care about these use cases or are actively hostile to them.
Businesses don’t care because it doesn’t save them much money, I don’t care because using them for writing is opposite to why I write, those who don’t write don’t care bc it helps w/ their work.
Businesses don’t care because it doesn’t save them much money, I don’t care because using them for writing is opposite to why I write, those who don’t write don’t care bc it helps w/ their work.
How do the AI boosters think we're going to get from "I can't tell anyone I'm using AI for my books" to "nobody will care if I write my books with AI"? Can anyone provide more detail than "eventually"?
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Most of us actually building/using AI don’t care about these use cases or are actively hostile to them.
Businesses don’t care because it doesn’t save them much money, I don’t care because using them for writing is opposite to why I write, those who don’t write don’t care bc it helps w/ their work.
Businesses don’t care because it doesn’t save them much money, I don’t care because using them for writing is opposite to why I write, those who don’t write don’t care bc it helps w/ their work.
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the demographics for buyers of modest new homes in second tier neighborhoods in the bay have gone from “dual income corporate gig at a top firm” to “dual income partners in big law/mbb/ib/vc/pe” and i think thats probably not great idk
Just in case people think that house in Santa Clara is a quirk, here's another house that was recently sold in the city where the Super Bowl will be played tomorrow:
February 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
the demographics for buyers of modest new homes in second tier neighborhoods in the bay have gone from “dual income corporate gig at a top firm” to “dual income partners in big law/mbb/ib/vc/pe” and i think thats probably not great idk
nice, now he's given up free drinks for life at bars all over Wisconsin _and_ Minnesota
February 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
nice, now he's given up free drinks for life at bars all over Wisconsin _and_ Minnesota
I saw this post without knowing the full context and assumed it was about DSA. it is amusing to think of how many other orgs it might apply to
people are like 'the bay area chapter is the worst' but I haven't seen the larger org discipline the bay area chapter and that's pretty disqualifying
This screenshot is both horrific and also essential to understand how utterly some people, including many elites, have cooked their brain on X.
The "New Liberals" account seems conpletely unbothered by the fact they're talking to a user literally named "DeltaForce1488" throwing slurs left and right
The "New Liberals" account seems conpletely unbothered by the fact they're talking to a user literally named "DeltaForce1488" throwing slurs left and right
February 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I saw this post without knowing the full context and assumed it was about DSA. it is amusing to think of how many other orgs it might apply to
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as a liberal ("i fucking hate royalty" tendency) i see them as the present-day successors to the crown. the dark enlightenment freakos will even explicitly tell you the end goal is regression back to full feudalism
I would like to add to the caucus of Georgists who actually understand our own ideology. fuck billionaires, we have one planet and one life and in no aspect of that should we allow a tiny group of people to monopolize what we can't build more of- land, and time
absolutely loving the georgists quoting me telling me they hate billionaires, keep it up
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
as a liberal ("i fucking hate royalty" tendency) i see them as the present-day successors to the crown. the dark enlightenment freakos will even explicitly tell you the end goal is regression back to full feudalism