Caleb Spare
@cespare.bsky.social
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One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
www.theargumentmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
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actual communism
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
actual communism
"Deprecate" does not mean "delete"
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"Deprecate" does not mean "delete"
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I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
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If you strongly believe in a cause, then you have to take the steps necessary to advance the cause and not just steps that express how you feel.
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you strongly believe in a cause, then you have to take the steps necessary to advance the cause and not just steps that express how you feel.
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If you lined up all the people in the country Ezra Klein is probably in the top 15/20% for most progressive, Joe Manchin is in top 45/50%. If you are incapable of listening to these people you have cocooned yourself to a degree that is unhealthy.
I love my listeners and my job.
I love my listeners and my job.
Wow. Grills, Klein and Manchin in short order, @timmiller.bsky.social from @thebulwark.com either hates his listeners or his job.
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you lined up all the people in the country Ezra Klein is probably in the top 15/20% for most progressive, Joe Manchin is in top 45/50%. If you are incapable of listening to these people you have cocooned yourself to a degree that is unhealthy.
I love my listeners and my job.
I love my listeners and my job.
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make the shofar your co-star at the synagogue of success
You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation
September 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
make the shofar your co-star at the synagogue of success
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Wrote about Josh Hawley's misguided push to ban self-driving taxis
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Driverless Cars Really Don’t Need Anyone Behind the Wheel
Senator Josh Hawley’s proposal to require all autonomous vehicles to have “safety drivers” is just shameful special-interest politics.
www.bloomberg.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wrote about Josh Hawley's misguided push to ban self-driving taxis
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The Bluesky-ization of the American left
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
Progressives discovered a seemingly invincible weapon. One day it stopped working.
www.noahpinion.blog
September 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
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This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.
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The rise of ride-sharing apps has been change for the better.
It's also an illustration of the fact that sometimes positive change for society is bad for some reasonably sympathetic people and life isn't all Evil Billionaires.
www.slowboring.com/p/uber-is-go...
It's also an illustration of the fact that sometimes positive change for society is bad for some reasonably sympathetic people and life isn't all Evil Billionaires.
www.slowboring.com/p/uber-is-go...
Ride-sharing apps are good, actually
The real "cautionary tale" is that the old taxi cartels were bad
www.slowboring.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The rise of ride-sharing apps has been change for the better.
It's also an illustration of the fact that sometimes positive change for society is bad for some reasonably sympathetic people and life isn't all Evil Billionaires.
www.slowboring.com/p/uber-is-go...
It's also an illustration of the fact that sometimes positive change for society is bad for some reasonably sympathetic people and life isn't all Evil Billionaires.
www.slowboring.com/p/uber-is-go...
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Holy shit this men’s 800 final youtu.be/AWs6ctiEBvA?...
MUST SEE FINISH: 16 year old, Brazier, and Hoppel combine for exhilarating men's 800m | NBC Sports
YouTube video by NBC Sports
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Holy shit this men’s 800 final youtu.be/AWs6ctiEBvA?...
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2.) winning elections on the state or federal level -- big races in which millions of people vote -- will require doing and saying things that appeal to a broad coalition of people. See: how Kansas defeated an abortion ban. www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/u...
Kansas Votes to Preserve Abortion Rights Protections in Its Constitution (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
2.) winning elections on the state or federal level -- big races in which millions of people vote -- will require doing and saying things that appeal to a broad coalition of people. See: how Kansas defeated an abortion ban. www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/u...
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My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
1/n
My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
1/n
HEGSETH: We wore a patch on our shoulder that said ISAF -- International Security Assistance Force. And you know what the joke was? That is stood for 'I saw Americans fighting.'
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
1/n
My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
1/n
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remember to rub it in the Trump administration's face every chance you get
June 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
remember to rub it in the Trump administration's face every chance you get
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I think a really underrated idea for Democrats would be to to try:
(a) Study public opinion accurately
(b) Adopt views, especially on social and moral values issues that align with public opinion
Or they can try this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
(a) Study public opinion accurately
(b) Adopt views, especially on social and moral values issues that align with public opinion
Or they can try this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
May 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I think a really underrated idea for Democrats would be to to try:
(a) Study public opinion accurately
(b) Adopt views, especially on social and moral values issues that align with public opinion
Or they can try this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
(a) Study public opinion accurately
(b) Adopt views, especially on social and moral values issues that align with public opinion
Or they can try this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
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Look who this "Abundance" review cites for the claim that the regulatory process isn't standing in the way of American nuclear.
May 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Look who this "Abundance" review cites for the claim that the regulatory process isn't standing in the way of American nuclear.
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Dems: Who’s our liberal Joe Rogan?
Also Dems: How dare you platform journalists who’ve written a deeply reported book that makes some Biden supporters uncomfortable?
Also Dems: How dare you platform journalists who’ve written a deeply reported book that makes some Biden supporters uncomfortable?
Interesting to see who’s platforming this.
Would be a shame if no one went to has book tours
May 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dems: Who’s our liberal Joe Rogan?
Also Dems: How dare you platform journalists who’ve written a deeply reported book that makes some Biden supporters uncomfortable?
Also Dems: How dare you platform journalists who’ve written a deeply reported book that makes some Biden supporters uncomfortable?
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I know it's hard to enforce in the American system, but it's not great when members of Congress, Supreme Court justices (or possibly presidents) die in office from illnesses related to old age. Social and professional norms around SCOTUS should change. Donors should pressure politicians to retire.
May 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I know it's hard to enforce in the American system, but it's not great when members of Congress, Supreme Court justices (or possibly presidents) die in office from illnesses related to old age. Social and professional norms around SCOTUS should change. Donors should pressure politicians to retire.
github.com/golang/go/is... Exciting!
proposal: simd: architecture-specific SIMD intrinsics under a GOEXPERIMENT · Issue #73787 · golang/go
Proposal Details SIMD is crucial for achieving high performance in many modern workloads. While Go currently allows access to SIMD via hand-written assembly, this approach has significant drawbacks...
github.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
github.com/golang/go/is... Exciting!
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“But Trump blah blah blah” people generally dislike Trump and still preferred what he offered to what Democrats were offering, probably should be some more soul searching about that. I personally think it’s important to keep people like Trump out of power by running the best candidates in every race
May 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“But Trump blah blah blah” people generally dislike Trump and still preferred what he offered to what Democrats were offering, probably should be some more soul searching about that. I personally think it’s important to keep people like Trump out of power by running the best candidates in every race
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May we become a nation worthy of Rumeysa Ozturk's faith.
1. Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student at Tufts, speaks after a federal judge ordered her release following her arrest by federal agents on the street.
She calls the United States “the greatest democracy in the world” and says she has “faith in the American justice system.”
She calls the United States “the greatest democracy in the world” and says she has “faith in the American justice system.”
May 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
May we become a nation worthy of Rumeysa Ozturk's faith.
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"We are living through a revolutionary change, a broad shift away from the transparency and accountability mandated by most modern democracies, and toward the opaque habits and corrupt practices of the autocratic world"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Kleptocracy Presidency
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"We are living through a revolutionary change, a broad shift away from the transparency and accountability mandated by most modern democracies, and toward the opaque habits and corrupt practices of the autocratic world"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Switched from zsh to fish shell a few months ago. It has been mostly great, but two main annoyances stand out:
* No {} or similar for string interpolation. foo_"$bar"_baz sucks.
* Universal variables are a terrible idea. Even though I don't use them, some builtins use them under the hood.
* No {} or similar for string interpolation. foo_"$bar"_baz sucks.
* Universal variables are a terrible idea. Even though I don't use them, some builtins use them under the hood.
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Switched from zsh to fish shell a few months ago. It has been mostly great, but two main annoyances stand out:
* No {} or similar for string interpolation. foo_"$bar"_baz sucks.
* Universal variables are a terrible idea. Even though I don't use them, some builtins use them under the hood.
* No {} or similar for string interpolation. foo_"$bar"_baz sucks.
* Universal variables are a terrible idea. Even though I don't use them, some builtins use them under the hood.