Will Stancil
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
cars are much better now
"cars are much better now" and it's a 30k dollar (used to be 18k!) planned obsolescence piece of fucking shit that will instantly void your warranty if you even think about changing your own oil on it
This really is just nostalgia. Cars are much better now. A $65 pair of shoes will still last years if you don't beat them up, and you can buy better ones for a bit more if you like. The annoyances in modern products are "too many useless features" and not "could malfunction and kill you."
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
cars are much better now
[creative meeting for No Time to Die]
WRITER: you sure? seems like a hard thing to undo
PRODUCER: yeah it’ll rule. a grand finale for the franchise
WRITER: okay but you’ve made 25 of these. are you sure you won’t want ONE more
PRODUCER: nah it’ll be sick
*four years pass*
PRODUCER: oh no
WRITER: you sure? seems like a hard thing to undo
PRODUCER: yeah it’ll rule. a grand finale for the franchise
WRITER: okay but you’ve made 25 of these. are you sure you won’t want ONE more
PRODUCER: nah it’ll be sick
*four years pass*
PRODUCER: oh no
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
[creative meeting for No Time to Die]
WRITER: you sure? seems like a hard thing to undo
PRODUCER: yeah it’ll rule. a grand finale for the franchise
WRITER: okay but you’ve made 25 of these. are you sure you won’t want ONE more
PRODUCER: nah it’ll be sick
*four years pass*
PRODUCER: oh no
WRITER: you sure? seems like a hard thing to undo
PRODUCER: yeah it’ll rule. a grand finale for the franchise
WRITER: okay but you’ve made 25 of these. are you sure you won’t want ONE more
PRODUCER: nah it’ll be sick
*four years pass*
PRODUCER: oh no
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This is really something. Trump/GOP efforts to rig midterms running into serious trouble
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is really something. Trump/GOP efforts to rig midterms running into serious trouble
When will people stop being angry? Two years after prices went up? Five? Twenty?
It's not this. This was a plausible explanation a few years ago but 2021 prices are a distant memory.
It's just a thing everyone says now. "No one can afford anything!" Learned through constant social reinforcement.
It's not this. This was a plausible explanation a few years ago but 2021 prices are a distant memory.
It's just a thing everyone says now. "No one can afford anything!" Learned through constant social reinforcement.
Ok but people are angry because the prices didn’t go back down (deflation is bad, obviously that’s not feasible). The fact remains that the prices shot up and stayed there.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
When will people stop being angry? Two years after prices went up? Five? Twenty?
It's not this. This was a plausible explanation a few years ago but 2021 prices are a distant memory.
It's just a thing everyone says now. "No one can afford anything!" Learned through constant social reinforcement.
It's not this. This was a plausible explanation a few years ago but 2021 prices are a distant memory.
It's just a thing everyone says now. "No one can afford anything!" Learned through constant social reinforcement.
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I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I think it's important to situate a lot of this nascent AI spiritualism alongside historical antecedents; spiral cults are just the new incarnation of the "spiritual telegraph", a mode of coming to terms with technology that feels alien or disembodied
The job market definitely seems weak but we're in the middle of an acute national derangement over "affordability" and "prices" because that's what pundits said is the only thing that matters. And affordability and prices.. haven't gotten that much worse yet? It's all severely detached from reality.
“Most jobs lost since the Great Recession” is bigger than a vibe.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The job market definitely seems weak but we're in the middle of an acute national derangement over "affordability" and "prices" because that's what pundits said is the only thing that matters. And affordability and prices.. haven't gotten that much worse yet? It's all severely detached from reality.
It's funny watching the vibecession come for Trump after destroying Biden, but also a little depressing, because it means everyone will just keep lying about everything.
Trump is lying that prices are down (they're up!) and liberals will lie and exaggerate how bad it is (not that bad, so far).
Trump is lying that prices are down (they're up!) and liberals will lie and exaggerate how bad it is (not that bad, so far).
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's funny watching the vibecession come for Trump after destroying Biden, but also a little depressing, because it means everyone will just keep lying about everything.
Trump is lying that prices are down (they're up!) and liberals will lie and exaggerate how bad it is (not that bad, so far).
Trump is lying that prices are down (they're up!) and liberals will lie and exaggerate how bad it is (not that bad, so far).
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Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
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this is another data point for “Bari will run this place into the ground in embarrassing fashion”
yes, obviously, her turning CBS into a propaganda rag is terrible, but the main thing this is going to do is lead to humiliating retractions and lawsuits and endless high profile bungling
yes, obviously, her turning CBS into a propaganda rag is terrible, but the main thing this is going to do is lead to humiliating retractions and lawsuits and endless high profile bungling
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
this is another data point for “Bari will run this place into the ground in embarrassing fashion”
yes, obviously, her turning CBS into a propaganda rag is terrible, but the main thing this is going to do is lead to humiliating retractions and lawsuits and endless high profile bungling
yes, obviously, her turning CBS into a propaganda rag is terrible, but the main thing this is going to do is lead to humiliating retractions and lawsuits and endless high profile bungling
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From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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"I faced adversity growing up and that is how I became a vapid ladder-climber"
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"I faced adversity growing up and that is how I became a vapid ladder-climber"
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People don't realized how fucked a lot of products used to be before our modern legal / regulatory framework, but I guess we're moving toward finding out 😔
This really is just nostalgia. Cars are much better now. A $65 pair of shoes will still last years if you don't beat them up, and you can buy better ones for a bit more if you like. The annoyances in modern products are "too many useless features" and not "could malfunction and kill you."
Cars were better when you didn't need a subscription to turn on your heated seats or when companies couldn't literally throttle your engine output/power without paying a subscription fee! That kind of rent seeking makes products worse and makes them want when products didn't do that.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
People don't realized how fucked a lot of products used to be before our modern legal / regulatory framework, but I guess we're moving toward finding out 😔
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The conspiracy theory here seems to be that all R&D spending in the past half-century, trillions of dollars in total, has been entirely wasted. As though companies wouldn't just cut R&D and hand that money back as a dividend. Peter Thiel thought but from the left.
Physical goods today are generally better than before, a consequence of how industrial processes improve over time, and manufacturers find cheaper and better ways of creating things. There may be some exceptions but they’re rare. Having a cute term for “everything sucks now” doesn’t make it true.
Are you saying physical goods are not, as an empirical matter, experiencing enshittification? Or that their overall quality is improving despite? Or that cars (a heavily regulated and highly competitive product) are a specific exception?
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The conspiracy theory here seems to be that all R&D spending in the past half-century, trillions of dollars in total, has been entirely wasted. As though companies wouldn't just cut R&D and hand that money back as a dividend. Peter Thiel thought but from the left.
I’m sorry but if you really think you could get better shoes a century ago for cheaper than today your brains are COMPLETELY COOKED
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m sorry but if you really think you could get better shoes a century ago for cheaper than today your brains are COMPLETELY COOKED
It’s amazing to me how many pseudo-leftist complaints about the modern world devolve into consumerist grousing when you poke at them. We are rich by any conceivable standard! The problems we face are of fairness and sustainability and global inequality! It’s not that your stuff isn’t nice enough.
This is true of cars from many decades ago but not two decades ago. A 2000s Camry was an entry vehicle you could drive w/ minimal maintenance for 100,000s of miles. Displays have made cars worse, and manufacturers are destroying the entry level sector in favor of pointless luxury vehicles.
This really is just nostalgia. Cars are much better now. A $65 pair of shoes will still last years if you don't beat them up, and you can buy better ones for a bit more if you like. The annoyances in modern products are "too many useless features" and not "could malfunction and kill you."
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s amazing to me how many pseudo-leftist complaints about the modern world devolve into consumerist grousing when you poke at them. We are rich by any conceivable standard! The problems we face are of fairness and sustainability and global inequality! It’s not that your stuff isn’t nice enough.
It’s good consumer products are cheaper and also don’t kill you imo
You see, children, things have less lead in them than they did in 1903, so you'd best get on board with this robust economy!
Physical goods today are generally better than before, a consequence of how industrial processes improve over time, and manufacturers find cheaper and better ways of creating things. There may be some exceptions but they’re rare. Having a cute term for “everything sucks now” doesn’t make it true.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s good consumer products are cheaper and also don’t kill you imo
Physical goods today are generally better than before, a consequence of how industrial processes improve over time, and manufacturers find cheaper and better ways of creating things. There may be some exceptions but they’re rare. Having a cute term for “everything sucks now” doesn’t make it true.
Are you saying physical goods are not, as an empirical matter, experiencing enshittification? Or that their overall quality is improving despite? Or that cars (a heavily regulated and highly competitive product) are a specific exception?
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Physical goods today are generally better than before, a consequence of how industrial processes improve over time, and manufacturers find cheaper and better ways of creating things. There may be some exceptions but they’re rare. Having a cute term for “everything sucks now” doesn’t make it true.
This really is just nostalgia. Cars are much better now. A $65 pair of shoes will still last years if you don't beat them up, and you can buy better ones for a bit more if you like. The annoyances in modern products are "too many useless features" and not "could malfunction and kill you."
Cars were better when you didn't need a subscription to turn on your heated seats or when companies couldn't literally throttle your engine output/power without paying a subscription fee! That kind of rent seeking makes products worse and makes them want when products didn't do that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This really is just nostalgia. Cars are much better now. A $65 pair of shoes will still last years if you don't beat them up, and you can buy better ones for a bit more if you like. The annoyances in modern products are "too many useless features" and not "could malfunction and kill you."
Hahahah man I can’t believe the Dems’ “win” was negotiating a way to have Trump declare victory and send people another big check
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hahahah man I can’t believe the Dems’ “win” was negotiating a way to have Trump declare victory and send people another big check
I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
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SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
SNAP embarrassed him. So now he's against SNAP. SNAP is now the James Comey of government assistance programs.
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Angriest I've seen Jon Stewart...
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Angriest I've seen Jon Stewart...
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who is this guy talking to
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
who is this guy talking to
It's a funny joke but in 1970 only about 4% of the entire 25-34 year old population lived alone.
What planet do you live on?!
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It's a funny joke but in 1970 only about 4% of the entire 25-34 year old population lived alone.