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22, working on everything in me, around me and, um, right behind me, isn't it?
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· Jun 17
Shrinking Season
Those posts, videos, and articles promising quick and easy weight-loss tricks and secrets are, quite possibly, the most obnoxious genre of online content, often exploiting deep-seated insecurities to ...
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Over the past year and a half, I have gone from morbidly obese to barely overweight. I wanted to write about what it meant to me personally and how I've processed it. It'd mean a lot to me if you read it and let me know your thoughts
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My little brother just described himself as "such a bloke I changed my pronouns to oi oi". Gonna have to find an excuse to use that line myself.
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My little brother just described himself as "such a bloke I changed my pronouns to oi oi". Gonna have to find an excuse to use that line myself.
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its important to once again point out COVID-19 was the thing that really sunk his first term bc it was a nonhuman force that had no mind and therefore no social interface with him
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
its important to once again point out COVID-19 was the thing that really sunk his first term bc it was a nonhuman force that had no mind and therefore no social interface with him
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Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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probably nothing
*ADP: US PRIVATE PAYROLLS FELL AVG 11,250/WK IN 4 WKS TO OCT. 25
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
probably nothing
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El bluff internacional de Rosalía se ha confirmado con Lux, que ha sido vapuleado con dieces en Rolling Stone, The Guardian, el New Musical Express o The Independent (y yo también echo de menos a Hemato).
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
El bluff internacional de Rosalía se ha confirmado con Lux, que ha sido vapuleado con dieces en Rolling Stone, The Guardian, el New Musical Express o The Independent (y yo también echo de menos a Hemato).
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The funniest part of Elon spiraling out about this is that he isn’t responding with anything linked to others or relationships, just posting “great movie”
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The funniest part of Elon spiraling out about this is that he isn’t responding with anything linked to others or relationships, just posting “great movie”
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
DJ is playing Immortal Technique dance with the Devil before Clipse lmfao, he knows his audience
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
DJ is playing Immortal Technique dance with the Devil before Clipse lmfao, he knows his audience
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Pasta La Vista was *right there*
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pasta La Vista was *right there*
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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I should write the argument up properly somewhere, but I think this is fundamentally wrong. A decisive fraction of the capitalist class does oppose addressing the climate crisis, but *not* because it would be bad for profits. If anything, a green New Deal type program would raise aggregate profits.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I should write the argument up properly somewhere, but I think this is fundamentally wrong. A decisive fraction of the capitalist class does oppose addressing the climate crisis, but *not* because it would be bad for profits. If anything, a green New Deal type program would raise aggregate profits.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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doing the inverse of the “comic book hidden in a newspaper thing” where I rig my phone to make loud sports gambling noises but I’m actually reading Jane Austen
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
doing the inverse of the “comic book hidden in a newspaper thing” where I rig my phone to make loud sports gambling noises but I’m actually reading Jane Austen
So like, seriously though, how will south Korea, y'know, keep existing in a few decades??
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So like, seriously though, how will south Korea, y'know, keep existing in a few decades??
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i'm sorry. :(
have a bunny in a gundam
have a bunny in a gundam
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
i'm sorry. :(
have a bunny in a gundam
have a bunny in a gundam
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
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She is conspiring against me
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
She is conspiring against me
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ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
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i do want to point out that this does challenge the ironclad conventional wisdom that no one gives a shit about democracy
this would mean half of registered california voters voted in an odd year special election with a single arcane proposition on the ballot
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
i do want to point out that this does challenge the ironclad conventional wisdom that no one gives a shit about democracy
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squawking "it's the structural conditions" is ego-saving copout. napoleon and most other great and terrible historical figures leveraged structural conditions. we simply just don't want to acknowledge someone like this was capable of making our lives hell through sheer force of will
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
squawking "it's the structural conditions" is ego-saving copout. napoleon and most other great and terrible historical figures leveraged structural conditions. we simply just don't want to acknowledge someone like this was capable of making our lives hell through sheer force of will
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Trump has gotten huge numbers of infrequent voters to the polls, twice. He's deeply unpopular but has mobilized a large, unprecedented coalition of Americans motivated by some combination of ignorance, avarice, and cruelty. It is hard to describe what he has as something other than charisma
His charisma is fundamentally incompatible with me (and likely many of the people on Bluesky) but it’s kind of insane to say it doesn’t exist
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump has gotten huge numbers of infrequent voters to the polls, twice. He's deeply unpopular but has mobilized a large, unprecedented coalition of Americans motivated by some combination of ignorance, avarice, and cruelty. It is hard to describe what he has as something other than charisma
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AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
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I've thought about this for days on days on days and I've concluded it is not possible to game out how infinite free electricity will change the world, but it will, dramatically.
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I've thought about this for days on days on days and I've concluded it is not possible to game out how infinite free electricity will change the world, but it will, dramatically.
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
Cohn falling into Silver's trap of becoming a pundit when you're better off as an analyst, hate to see it
GM, Nate Cohn at his best sports pundit last night, already making up reasons why this one doesn't count
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Cohn falling into Silver's trap of becoming a pundit when you're better off as an analyst, hate to see it