Social Insurance Appreciator
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I teach feral humans
Connected to this, I think we need to reevaluate how we frame the emergence of capitalism was relative to what came before. Crushing the landed gentry and local lords has been one of the crowning achievements of human civilization
Increasingly think neofeudalism vs capitalism is a better lens for understanding what’s going on in contemporary politics than capitalism vs socialism.
August 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Connected to this, I think we need to reevaluate how we frame the emergence of capitalism was relative to what came before. Crushing the landed gentry and local lords has been one of the crowning achievements of human civilization
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I continue to believe that in times like these, we all share a collective duty NOT to splatter our demotivating feelings of doom and despair all over everybody else in public.
I don’t care if it makes YOU feel better. This isn’t about YOU.
Deal with those feelings outside of public venues.
I don’t care if it makes YOU feel better. This isn’t about YOU.
Deal with those feelings outside of public venues.
anyway I’m going out to protest this weekend because we haven’t been beaten yet, and I suggest you do the same
it’ll make you feel better than reading an endless stream of posts about how we’re all doomed and we might as well offer ourselves up to be processed into slurry for the MAGA AI mines now
it’ll make you feel better than reading an endless stream of posts about how we’re all doomed and we might as well offer ourselves up to be processed into slurry for the MAGA AI mines now
June 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I continue to believe that in times like these, we all share a collective duty NOT to splatter our demotivating feelings of doom and despair all over everybody else in public.
I don’t care if it makes YOU feel better. This isn’t about YOU.
Deal with those feelings outside of public venues.
I don’t care if it makes YOU feel better. This isn’t about YOU.
Deal with those feelings outside of public venues.
The scammers discourse is just indulgences rehashed. Scammers are selling redemption in a fallen world. The reason that people defend the scammers is because they think that everyone, including you, is damned without buying moral salvation.
May 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The scammers discourse is just indulgences rehashed. Scammers are selling redemption in a fallen world. The reason that people defend the scammers is because they think that everyone, including you, is damned without buying moral salvation.
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This is—it bears repeating—ethnic cleansing and a war crime. It feels utterly pointless to say, and roughly equivalent to screaming into the void, but the United States should not be supporting or providing any aid to a state that has ethnic cleansing as a policy position.
Netanyahu says Israel won’t stop the war until Trump’s plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza has been implemented, calling the idea ”so correct and so revolutionary.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu: Implementation of Trump’s Gaza relocation plan is condition for ending war
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www.timesofisrael.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is—it bears repeating—ethnic cleansing and a war crime. It feels utterly pointless to say, and roughly equivalent to screaming into the void, but the United States should not be supporting or providing any aid to a state that has ethnic cleansing as a policy position.
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starting to think we need a modern temperance movement to crack down on digital forms of gambling (crypto, sports betting etc)
May 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
starting to think we need a modern temperance movement to crack down on digital forms of gambling (crypto, sports betting etc)
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Musk signed the death warrant for tens of millions of Africans and no one in this morally rotten country cares.
Van Jones says Elon Musk will soon become "cool" again if he stays away from politics.
"So if Elon decides to go back to what he‘s great at, which is really transforming industries and not wrecking governments, I think he‘s going to go back to being beloved."
"So if Elon decides to go back to what he‘s great at, which is really transforming industries and not wrecking governments, I think he‘s going to go back to being beloved."
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Musk signed the death warrant for tens of millions of Africans and no one in this morally rotten country cares.
I think the problem with this line of thinking is that people who cheat their way through everything are rarely productive members of society blocked by a credential. Engaging in this behavior can lead to some pretty ruinous consequences when you have no competencies you can actually sell.
but also; why would anyone want to learn in this current educational environment. you are going into forever debt for the rest of your life for the piece of paper that says "you are allowed to participate in adult society now". why would anyone care about pedagogy in this environment
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I think the problem with this line of thinking is that people who cheat their way through everything are rarely productive members of society blocked by a credential. Engaging in this behavior can lead to some pretty ruinous consequences when you have no competencies you can actually sell.
This is absolutely on point.
This is why for every one of my courses I make a calendar, which has links to every day's presentation, and inside a day's presentation it links to each thing that students will do.
This is why for every one of my courses I make a calendar, which has links to every day's presentation, and inside a day's presentation it links to each thing that students will do.
one of the worst parts of modern parenting is helping navigate the 57 places your child may have been assigned homework rather than just completing a worksheet, getting an assignment from a textbook, or writing it down in a paper planner
and all these fucking apps change every year
and all these fucking apps change every year
For my kid's school I have separate accounts for:
1. Checking grades/attendance
2. Paying fees, like lost chargers
3. Paying for meals
4. Pick up schedules for the bus
5. Registering for sports
6. (Previous kid) Track and field fees
SSO for K-12 schools please
1. Checking grades/attendance
2. Paying fees, like lost chargers
3. Paying for meals
4. Pick up schedules for the bus
5. Registering for sports
6. (Previous kid) Track and field fees
SSO for K-12 schools please
May 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is absolutely on point.
This is why for every one of my courses I make a calendar, which has links to every day's presentation, and inside a day's presentation it links to each thing that students will do.
This is why for every one of my courses I make a calendar, which has links to every day's presentation, and inside a day's presentation it links to each thing that students will do.
I think this is because business owners are still mostly going off of affect, not material conditions.
That said, the underreaction to conservatives saying they will blow up the economy will not continue after they blow up the economy by choice.
That said, the underreaction to conservatives saying they will blow up the economy will not continue after they blow up the economy by choice.
If a democrat responded to a question about small business this way they’d be broken on the rack bsky.app/profile/theb...
Q: "Are you considering tariff relief for small businesses?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
May 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I think this is because business owners are still mostly going off of affect, not material conditions.
That said, the underreaction to conservatives saying they will blow up the economy will not continue after they blow up the economy by choice.
That said, the underreaction to conservatives saying they will blow up the economy will not continue after they blow up the economy by choice.
In our current situation it is good the would-be sultan listens to his scheming viziers when they him his signature policy is perfect and the people will come to love it.
When Trump's advisers go full North Korea with displays of abject sycophancy, it points to a real problem: The constant lying to him about his disastrous presidency only makes course-correction harder.
On the pod, @alexshephard.bsky.social is great on this dynamic:
newrepublic.com/article/1946...
On the pod, @alexshephard.bsky.social is great on this dynamic:
newrepublic.com/article/1946...
Trump Rages Wildly over Humiliating GDP Data as Aides Soothe His Fury
As Trump seethes over the embarrassing news that the economy contracted, the author of a piece about his worsening popularity explains why his aides’ penchant for abject sycophancy is working against ...
newrepublic.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In our current situation it is good the would-be sultan listens to his scheming viziers when they him his signature policy is perfect and the people will come to love it.
I normally agree with or see the reasoning behind Evans' positions, but this one is not a good one. We are not going to self-defense or insurgency our way out of this one. Crackdown against violent opposition is the field the administration wants to fight on. We can deny them that ground.
the fundamental failure of liberals to understand what guns mean. what police are. what you lose when you outsource your self defense to people who want you dead. if we die this will be what kills us.
My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.
April 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I normally agree with or see the reasoning behind Evans' positions, but this one is not a good one. We are not going to self-defense or insurgency our way out of this one. Crackdown against violent opposition is the field the administration wants to fight on. We can deny them that ground.
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Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
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Van Hollen: This case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the Constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.
April 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Van Hollen: This case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the Constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States of America.
[Stupid idea] fix zoning by making all municipalities treat all residential zoning and ordinances as takings and force them to pay property owners for it every year
April 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
[Stupid idea] fix zoning by making all municipalities treat all residential zoning and ordinances as takings and force them to pay property owners for it every year
Compare this framing with the "hitting his stride" framing. The NYT, WaPo, etc. are making conscious choices to avoid self-evident conclusions.
I don't know how we deal with this long-term. Maybe a complete reconstitution of journalism programs along a new line of professional ethics & licensure?
I don't know how we deal with this long-term. Maybe a complete reconstitution of journalism programs along a new line of professional ethics & licensure?
1. As part of his dangerous anti-vaxx crusade, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. spread horrific lies about autistic people by saying they “will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date”
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Compare this framing with the "hitting his stride" framing. The NYT, WaPo, etc. are making conscious choices to avoid self-evident conclusions.
I don't know how we deal with this long-term. Maybe a complete reconstitution of journalism programs along a new line of professional ethics & licensure?
I don't know how we deal with this long-term. Maybe a complete reconstitution of journalism programs along a new line of professional ethics & licensure?
As someone who tries to keep informed generally, I regularly find myself surprised at the specifics of stupidity and cruelty in the regular operation of our immigration system. "Moderation" on the issue was a failure; people now imagine a system far less stupid and cruel than what we have
it really fucking behooves everyone - civil society, the Democratic party at every level, independent media - to change that and do it fast
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As someone who tries to keep informed generally, I regularly find myself surprised at the specifics of stupidity and cruelty in the regular operation of our immigration system. "Moderation" on the issue was a failure; people now imagine a system far less stupid and cruel than what we have
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democrats should offer solutions to American suffering wrapped around the ultimate poison pill: stringent limitations on the power of the president, and loudly blame the Republicans every time it fails to pass.
the Democrats should do literally nothing to alleviate American suffering until they are in control.
yeah, basically. the CARES act has been permanently cemented as something Trump did whereas it was democrats who pushed it through the house and senate with minimal republican support. american is a treatlerite nation. the gop want to support the people, they should do it.
April 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
democrats should offer solutions to American suffering wrapped around the ultimate poison pill: stringent limitations on the power of the president, and loudly blame the Republicans every time it fails to pass.
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Politics is just the way we make society together. Whenever someone says "I am apolitical" I hear "I am not vested in the shared project of making society" and I have to wonder why.
September 11, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Politics is just the way we make society together. Whenever someone says "I am apolitical" I hear "I am not vested in the shared project of making society" and I have to wonder why.
We are witnessing the death of the Democratic politician model of disrespecting their voters in order to perform for The Groups or their social elite peers
Those who pretend nothing have changed are going to face brutal primaries
Those who pretend nothing have changed are going to face brutal primaries
Number one takeaway from the insane turnout at fight the oligarchy rallies, while chuck schumer cancels his little book tour and gretchen whitmer hides her face, is that there is zero constituency for bipartisanship
BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
April 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are witnessing the death of the Democratic politician model of disrespecting their voters in order to perform for The Groups or their social elite peers
Those who pretend nothing have changed are going to face brutal primaries
Those who pretend nothing have changed are going to face brutal primaries
Further, the 2029 Congress should pass a bill to declare qualified immunity does not apply to the previous administration. And we should set up an agency to help everyone hurt both inside and outside the US to class action everyone involved, to the lowest functionary, into absolute penury
Restoring trust and credibility to the United States will require not just pushing Trump out of power but putting him and all his cronies in prison.
even if we throw these people out of power the enduring legacy of Trump is that nobody can ever again trust the US government to keep a promise, and that will come back to bite us over and over again
what a shameful thing this is
what a shameful thing this is
April 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Further, the 2029 Congress should pass a bill to declare qualified immunity does not apply to the previous administration. And we should set up an agency to help everyone hurt both inside and outside the US to class action everyone involved, to the lowest functionary, into absolute penury
After this is over we need de-Ba'athification for anyone employed by ICE, CBP, and any other agency that acts as thugs for this regime. Everyone employed by these agencies from 2025-2029 should be fired and permanently barred from federal employment
We have to consider the possibility that CBP is acting like this because this is how they’ve always wanted to act and the change isn’t Trump saying they should so much as there’s no longer anyone to tell them no.
An Australian man with a US work visa was detained upon reentry, called a “retard” and told, “Trump is back in town; we’re doing things the way we should have always been doing them.”
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
April 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
After this is over we need de-Ba'athification for anyone employed by ICE, CBP, and any other agency that acts as thugs for this regime. Everyone employed by these agencies from 2025-2029 should be fired and permanently barred from federal employment
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18. The US ability to incorporate immigrant populations is one of the most beautiful things in the world and something we need to be more loud and proud about.
19. Path dependency is the biggest barrier to a universal healthcare scheme in the US.
19. Path dependency is the biggest barrier to a universal healthcare scheme in the US.
March 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
18. The US ability to incorporate immigrant populations is one of the most beautiful things in the world and something we need to be more loud and proud about.
19. Path dependency is the biggest barrier to a universal healthcare scheme in the US.
19. Path dependency is the biggest barrier to a universal healthcare scheme in the US.
I think the best mental model for the absurdity of the regime making collaboration pay no wages at all is that like @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com says, it's about domination. But the thrill of domination fades as soon as the target submits, so ever greater submissions are demanded.
In the NYT right now, from a Justice Dept lawyer: “I will tell you right now that Columbia has not in my opinion — and the opinion of the Department of Justice — has not cleaned up their act,” Mr. Terrell said. “They’re not even close, not even close to having those funds unfrozen.”
"acceding to the ... demands is not going to restore the funding." From @danifriedrich.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
March 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I think the best mental model for the absurdity of the regime making collaboration pay no wages at all is that like @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com says, it's about domination. But the thrill of domination fades as soon as the target submits, so ever greater submissions are demanded.
This is why I genuinely could not teach American government at this moment without getting fired in a single day. An accurate description of events breaks the professional requirement of political neutrality
I'm convinced this is a genuine problem. The reality of Trump is so cartoonishly, comically awful that an absolutely neutral description sounds like a hit piece, even to me. So if you're at all predisposed to think of press as biased, factual reporting looks like some relentless vendetta.
feel like one problem of Trump is that describing him objectively sounds like you're insulting him
February 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is why I genuinely could not teach American government at this moment without getting fired in a single day. An accurate description of events breaks the professional requirement of political neutrality
I think that public education abandoning its responsibility to inculcate civic virtue under the guise of neutrality and freedom of expression has been an enormous mistake.
It is good to tell children that the preamble to the Constitution is both good and the correct values to strive to uphold.
It is good to tell children that the preamble to the Constitution is both good and the correct values to strive to uphold.
February 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I think that public education abandoning its responsibility to inculcate civic virtue under the guise of neutrality and freedom of expression has been an enormous mistake.
It is good to tell children that the preamble to the Constitution is both good and the correct values to strive to uphold.
It is good to tell children that the preamble to the Constitution is both good and the correct values to strive to uphold.