cafebedouin
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Incredible to me that Bill Maher has an audience.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Incredible to me that Bill Maher has an audience.
If it chooses you, it ain't a philosophy.
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If it chooses you, it ain't a philosophy.
Interesting point. Corporations have been places where fitting in and following the corp line was valued. But, with A.I., that's what it brings to the table. So, they will focus more on the other end of the spectrum, for human employees, which is perhaps closer to how startups select candidates.
September 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Interesting point. Corporations have been places where fitting in and following the corp line was valued. But, with A.I., that's what it brings to the table. So, they will focus more on the other end of the spectrum, for human employees, which is perhaps closer to how startups select candidates.
Manufacturing Consent seems apropos. The only real difference is you don't need to read Herman to understand how it works anymore.
an astronaut is looking at the earth with the words " always has been " above him
ALT: an astronaut is looking at the earth with the words " always has been " above him
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Manufacturing Consent seems apropos. The only real difference is you don't need to read Herman to understand how it works anymore.
404 Media to his Kirk article: "Kirk claimed that his Turning Point USA sent “80+ buses full of patriots” to the January 6 insurrection. Turning Point USA has also run a “Professor Watchlist,”and a “School Board Watchlist” for nearly a decade." Free speech, orly?
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
404 Media to his Kirk article: "Kirk claimed that his Turning Point USA sent “80+ buses full of patriots” to the January 6 insurrection. Turning Point USA has also run a “Professor Watchlist,”and a “School Board Watchlist” for nearly a decade." Free speech, orly?
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Somehow, this reference feels appropriate for our cultural moment and begs the question: which times aren't interesting?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you...
May you live in interesting times - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Somehow, this reference feels appropriate for our cultural moment and begs the question: which times aren't interesting?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you...
<insert extremely bad take about not needing a Department of Education when we have Khan Academy here>
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
<insert extremely bad take about not needing a Department of Education when we have Khan Academy here>
Love all three. But, I can also recognize downtown SF had a different character last I went, specifically a friend's purse was stolen while eating at a restaurant. Never had that happen anywhere else.
June 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Love all three. But, I can also recognize downtown SF had a different character last I went, specifically a friend's purse was stolen while eating at a restaurant. Never had that happen anywhere else.
The two ideas are not incompatible. Entirely possible for a geographic location to be advantageous for a certain subset of people and still be a hellhole for the majority of the population. To use L.A. as an example, Beverly Hills and Compton, which is closer to the median citizen?
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The two ideas are not incompatible. Entirely possible for a geographic location to be advantageous for a certain subset of people and still be a hellhole for the majority of the population. To use L.A. as an example, Beverly Hills and Compton, which is closer to the median citizen?
Probably due to unique employment opportunities.
June 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Probably due to unique employment opportunities.
You do understand that we live in a moderate conservative country where having a "progressive" record is, on net, a liability?
Not to mention she has near zero charisma.
Not to mention she has near zero charisma.
June 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You do understand that we live in a moderate conservative country where having a "progressive" record is, on net, a liability?
Not to mention she has near zero charisma.
Not to mention she has near zero charisma.
What I like but the responses here is they are essentially, "Nah ah." Not able to entertain this idea is one reason the liberal establishment keeps losing.
It's obvious that if you want to win, you need someone from a battleground state that can win it. Not California, Illinois, New York, etc.
It's obvious that if you want to win, you need someone from a battleground state that can win it. Not California, Illinois, New York, etc.
June 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What I like but the responses here is they are essentially, "Nah ah." Not able to entertain this idea is one reason the liberal establishment keeps losing.
It's obvious that if you want to win, you need someone from a battleground state that can win it. Not California, Illinois, New York, etc.
It's obvious that if you want to win, you need someone from a battleground state that can win it. Not California, Illinois, New York, etc.
Is this where I mention philosophical skepticism and how the fundamental belief that you may be wrong about everything gives you a baseline intellectual humility?
June 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Is this where I mention philosophical skepticism and how the fundamental belief that you may be wrong about everything gives you a baseline intellectual humility?
Running a Presidential candidate with dementia followed by a black, Indian "liberal" woman from California is the greatest party self-own, worse than Mondale and McGovern.
Easy to blame MAGA. But, there was a plausible argument Trump was the better choice, as much as it pains me to say so.
Easy to blame MAGA. But, there was a plausible argument Trump was the better choice, as much as it pains me to say so.
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Running a Presidential candidate with dementia followed by a black, Indian "liberal" woman from California is the greatest party self-own, worse than Mondale and McGovern.
Easy to blame MAGA. But, there was a plausible argument Trump was the better choice, as much as it pains me to say so.
Easy to blame MAGA. But, there was a plausible argument Trump was the better choice, as much as it pains me to say so.
Understanding the difference between mean, median and different outcome distribution curves strikes again.
June 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Understanding the difference between mean, median and different outcome distribution curves strikes again.
Thanks for the reminder.
June 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Thanks for the reminder.
