zatapatique
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e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and memelord.
"Everyone needs to have a little bit of Kim Jong Un in them" is not a great outcome
9/ In exchange for a norm for severely limiting what it does do with its military, the US gets to live on a planet where most countries operate on the assumption that the US military isn't a direct threat to them.
That has a myraid of benefits far outweighing potential plunder or territorial gain.
That has a myraid of benefits far outweighing potential plunder or territorial gain.
January 17, 2026 at 12:34 PM
"Everyone needs to have a little bit of Kim Jong Un in them" is not a great outcome
it's very broad comedy at times, so you need to have some tolerance for that (subtle, it is not), but I thought it was fantastic. And of course the arsenal of shots is simply insane, as usual
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
it's very broad comedy at times, so you need to have some tolerance for that (subtle, it is not), but I thought it was fantastic. And of course the arsenal of shots is simply insane, as usual
Movie review : NO OTHER CHOICE. Flawless black comedy, non stop back and forth between painful wincing and laughing at some honestly incredible gags, with almost no in between. No notes.
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Movie review : NO OTHER CHOICE. Flawless black comedy, non stop back and forth between painful wincing and laughing at some honestly incredible gags, with almost no in between. No notes.
it says more about the psychology of feeling like a broadcaster (and sunk costs of existing follower counts) because the people who track actual measurables on this stuff (ie brand advertisers) have never returned in size
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
it says more about the psychology of feeling like a broadcaster (and sunk costs of existing follower counts) because the people who track actual measurables on this stuff (ie brand advertisers) have never returned in size
this is definitely true but what's interesting is that they don't seem to mind that their true impressions have absolutely collapsed
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
this is definitely true but what's interesting is that they don't seem to mind that their true impressions have absolutely collapsed
so what you're saying is, PEG is your fence?
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
so what you're saying is, PEG is your fence?
My man quantian1 is worried about his supply of Côte-Rôtie in the upcoming Atlantic Cold Wars so he's leaking treason posts for when he has to smuggle the good stuff into the US by saying "non non vraiment, the finance persona was a front, I am and always was an adviseur to General Arse Biscuités"
If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
January 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
My man quantian1 is worried about his supply of Côte-Rôtie in the upcoming Atlantic Cold Wars so he's leaking treason posts for when he has to smuggle the good stuff into the US by saying "non non vraiment, the finance persona was a front, I am and always was an adviseur to General Arse Biscuités"
Noah Smith and all the guys of that type
January 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Noah Smith and all the guys of that type
"cringe" was good all along, actually
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"cringe" was good all along, actually
The "did you know Mississippi is richer than Germany?" posts will continue until morale improves
The catalog of ICE abuses in Noah Smith’s article is staggering.
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The "did you know Mississippi is richer than Germany?" posts will continue until morale improves
I am obviously the furthest removed from how the median UK voter's brain works and even I could have written a successful "this foreign media proprietor is rooting for unrest on our streets, fuck him". What are we doing here?
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I am obviously the furthest removed from how the median UK voter's brain works and even I could have written a successful "this foreign media proprietor is rooting for unrest on our streets, fuck him". What are we doing here?
The best time to do this was summer of 2024. The next best time is now.
banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
This is the plain truth.
January 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The best time to do this was summer of 2024. The next best time is now.
Reposted by zatapatique
banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
Reposted by zatapatique
I feel like the muscle mass thing has a lot of "interesting population wide studies getting turned into extremely specific gym ideas" -- it's really good to work out and be strong, it's really bad to not work out and be weak, but the big finding is the top *quartile* of muscle mass has +longevity
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I feel like the muscle mass thing has a lot of "interesting population wide studies getting turned into extremely specific gym ideas" -- it's really good to work out and be strong, it's really bad to not work out and be weak, but the big finding is the top *quartile* of muscle mass has +longevity
it's grimly funny because the behaviour is exactly the one "they" ascribe to "us" (the Current Thing meme, etc)
January 8, 2026 at 3:43 PM
it's grimly funny because the behaviour is exactly the one "they" ascribe to "us" (the Current Thing meme, etc)
don't disagree. Could collapse in front of the circumstances, but what I'm saying is primary adoption of a policy no matter how crazy, is misunderstood if you only think of the number pre- actually doing it
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
don't disagree. Could collapse in front of the circumstances, but what I'm saying is primary adoption of a policy no matter how crazy, is misunderstood if you only think of the number pre- actually doing it
5% fringe issue immediately becomes 35% favourable as soon as it is adopted, has been a recurring theme of the past decade. You don't have to doom immediately, but the people insisting that 5% is the true number should also be ignored
This is why I am not really reassured by either Republicans in Congress or polls saying taking Greenland is unpopular:
www.axios.com/2026/01/08/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/08/t...
Republicans embrace Trump's Venezuela operation
Last fall, only some three in ten Republicans said they would support military action against Venezuela.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
5% fringe issue immediately becomes 35% favourable as soon as it is adopted, has been a recurring theme of the past decade. You don't have to doom immediately, but the people insisting that 5% is the true number should also be ignored
the alimony bit is hilarious because it's not at all clear to me that it doesn't actually drive the outcome the other way (ex ante and obviously ex post increase in labour supply)
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
the alimony bit is hilarious because it's not at all clear to me that it doesn't actually drive the outcome the other way (ex ante and obviously ex post increase in labour supply)
"Capping alimony" right out of the gate, in case you were unsure about what some of the important emotional drivers are on this issue
👀 Marriage “bootcamp,” huge tax breaks for couples with kids, capping alimony, discouraging online dating…
A WaPo exclusive, we got the final draft of the Heritage Foundation’s “Manhattan Project” for more babies.
Plus a previous draft with scrapped ideas, which you’ll want to see.
🎁 link:
A WaPo exclusive, we got the final draft of the Heritage Foundation’s “Manhattan Project” for more babies.
Plus a previous draft with scrapped ideas, which you’ll want to see.
🎁 link:
Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies
The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and births through discouraging online dating, restricting pornography and creating tax credits for families.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"Capping alimony" right out of the gate, in case you were unsure about what some of the important emotional drivers are on this issue
Chekhov's paramilitary
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Chekhov's paramilitary
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Chekhov's paramilitary
