Sam Pilsner Bridges
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This whole thread but esp this
The notion that lonely terminally online people are a big part of our path towards fascism is what scares me about all of these institutions; governments, universities, etc; just digitizing everything and discounting human connection. We are social beings man, we need to interact with each other.
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This whole thread but esp this
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worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
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What is the name of your least favorite child?
In what year did you abandon your dreams?
What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?
In what year did you abandon your dreams?
What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?
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What is the name of your least favorite child? In what year did you abandon your dreams? What is the maiden name of your father’s mistress? At what...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
What is the name of your least favorite child?
In what year did you abandon your dreams?
What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?
In what year did you abandon your dreams?
What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?
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what anil said. also, two things are true:
1. america has a horrific, brutal facist and authoritarian tradition which has prepared for this moment;
2. that is not the only american tradition, and pretending it is helps the fascists.
1. america has a horrific, brutal facist and authoritarian tradition which has prepared for this moment;
2. that is not the only american tradition, and pretending it is helps the fascists.
Lots of folks want to have a gotcha, "did you know: America has always had corruption!" No shit. But did you know: a huge reason millions of people came to this country was because it was *better* at things like the rule of law and not being openly corrupt. For real. bsky.app/profile/anil...
sure, sure, I get that this is the "savvy" take. But no, actually, you didn't have the mayor of the largest city in the country openly bargaining away obvious crimes with the president of the United States in plain view of everyone.
September 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
what anil said. also, two things are true:
1. america has a horrific, brutal facist and authoritarian tradition which has prepared for this moment;
2. that is not the only american tradition, and pretending it is helps the fascists.
1. america has a horrific, brutal facist and authoritarian tradition which has prepared for this moment;
2. that is not the only american tradition, and pretending it is helps the fascists.
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
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"You can't dismantle the Master's house with the Master's tools!" Okay so find me some tools the Master doesn't have
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"You can't dismantle the Master's house with the Master's tools!" Okay so find me some tools the Master doesn't have
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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This is like 90% of life now
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is like 90% of life now
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a thing I’ve noticed in my time in research: many people really want to believe that Data™ is some sort of magical object that contains objective truth
but the thing is, just like everything else, data is _produced_ via processes and mechanisms that profoundly affect the shape of the data
but the thing is, just like everything else, data is _produced_ via processes and mechanisms that profoundly affect the shape of the data
True story: Sometimes when people talk to me about “synthetic data” i just scream “WHERE DO THE BITS OF INFORMATION COME FROM” at them
May 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
a thing I’ve noticed in my time in research: many people really want to believe that Data™ is some sort of magical object that contains objective truth
but the thing is, just like everything else, data is _produced_ via processes and mechanisms that profoundly affect the shape of the data
but the thing is, just like everything else, data is _produced_ via processes and mechanisms that profoundly affect the shape of the data
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Our administration will stand for two things: Fighting antisemitism and stopping the Soros-funded, Hollywood-controlling, migration-orchestrating, well-poisoning, global banking cabal of rootless cosmopolitans from destroying our Christian way of life.
by J.D. Vance
by J.D. Vance
April 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Our administration will stand for two things: Fighting antisemitism and stopping the Soros-funded, Hollywood-controlling, migration-orchestrating, well-poisoning, global banking cabal of rootless cosmopolitans from destroying our Christian way of life.
by J.D. Vance
by J.D. Vance
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This kind of thing makes me so proud to be Jewish.
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This kind of thing makes me so proud to be Jewish.
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As far as I can tell, Khalil has still not been charged & his attorney/family still don’t know where he is.
Any Jew who thinks this is going to start and stop with a few Palestinian activists is fooling themselves. Our community should not be used as an excuse to upend democracy & the rule of law.
Any Jew who thinks this is going to start and stop with a few Palestinian activists is fooling themselves. Our community should not be used as an excuse to upend democracy & the rule of law.
The Trump admin is exploiting real concerns about antisemitism to undercut democracy: from gutting education funding to deporting students to attacking diversity, equity, & inclusion.
As we’ve repeatedly said: this makes Jews - & so many others - less safe.
jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/jcpa-re...
As we’ve repeatedly said: this makes Jews - & so many others - less safe.
jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/jcpa-re...
JCPA Responds to Trump Administration’s Executive Order on Antisemitism - Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s new executive order related to combatting antisemitism: “Rising antisemiti...
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March 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As far as I can tell, Khalil has still not been charged & his attorney/family still don’t know where he is.
Any Jew who thinks this is going to start and stop with a few Palestinian activists is fooling themselves. Our community should not be used as an excuse to upend democracy & the rule of law.
Any Jew who thinks this is going to start and stop with a few Palestinian activists is fooling themselves. Our community should not be used as an excuse to upend democracy & the rule of law.
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If you're thinking to yourself: huh, I actually do have too much money, don't I--
here's a sleepaway camp for queer and trans youth that could not be more lifesaving now-- and they're committed to making sure nobody is turned away for lack of funds.
It's run by @ravbogard.bsky.social, mensch.
here's a sleepaway camp for queer and trans youth that could not be more lifesaving now-- and they're committed to making sure nobody is turned away for lack of funds.
It's run by @ravbogard.bsky.social, mensch.
Camp Indigo Point – A summer camp for LGBTQ+ youth!
www.campindigopoint.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If you're thinking to yourself: huh, I actually do have too much money, don't I--
here's a sleepaway camp for queer and trans youth that could not be more lifesaving now-- and they're committed to making sure nobody is turned away for lack of funds.
It's run by @ravbogard.bsky.social, mensch.
here's a sleepaway camp for queer and trans youth that could not be more lifesaving now-- and they're committed to making sure nobody is turned away for lack of funds.
It's run by @ravbogard.bsky.social, mensch.
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No Other Land Co-Director Yuval Abraham:
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
March 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
No Other Land Co-Director Yuval Abraham:
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
"The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."
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A prominent St. Louis rabbi said there are no innocent civilians in Gaza, even the babies are Hamas.
Progressive Jewish group calls him out for hate speech. This part: “We as Jews have been thoroughly educated around the dangers of deeming an entire people bad, evil or not human..”
Progressive Jewish group calls him out for hate speech. This part: “We as Jews have been thoroughly educated around the dangers of deeming an entire people bad, evil or not human..”
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A prominent St. Louis rabbi said there are no innocent civilians in Gaza, even the babies are Hamas.
Progressive Jewish group calls him out for hate speech. This part: “We as Jews have been thoroughly educated around the dangers of deeming an entire people bad, evil or not human..”
Progressive Jewish group calls him out for hate speech. This part: “We as Jews have been thoroughly educated around the dangers of deeming an entire people bad, evil or not human..”
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I do think that one kind of negative impact that quantitative social science has accidentally had is convincing some people that domain experience or qualitative knowledge is fake, because by using symbolic math as a tool of abstraction we’ve made some people think that it’s all that matters.
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I do think that one kind of negative impact that quantitative social science has accidentally had is convincing some people that domain experience or qualitative knowledge is fake, because by using symbolic math as a tool of abstraction we’ve made some people think that it’s all that matters.
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Shoutouts to the most depressing book about our country's infrastructure I've ever tried to read
February 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Shoutouts to the most depressing book about our country's infrastructure I've ever tried to read
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i have written about this before but i have become extremely civic republican virtue pilled as a result of all of this. democracy will not work without an active effort to cultivate virtue among ordinary people!
trump is unique in that his depravity creates the very cynicism he feeds on. it is necessary to uphold the idea that we are capable of better even if that belief is counterfactual. which is why we need to tell the bureaucracy that their work is valued and that they are holding the line for us.
Taking the President's symbolic roles as essentially being the central rituals of American civic religion, Trump's inability to perform them- to actually be presidential- signals that the civic religion is hollow and without power, that there are no consequences for blaspheming it.
January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i have written about this before but i have become extremely civic republican virtue pilled as a result of all of this. democracy will not work without an active effort to cultivate virtue among ordinary people!
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This, to me, is what's missing in most discussions of "disinformation" etc. these days. The idea that we will ever be able to train a society full of clear-eyed, courageous reasoners immune to propaganda is just silly. Better thinking, if we achieve it at all, is done socially, collectively.
January 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This, to me, is what's missing in most discussions of "disinformation" etc. these days. The idea that we will ever be able to train a society full of clear-eyed, courageous reasoners immune to propaganda is just silly. Better thinking, if we achieve it at all, is done socially, collectively.
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Rewatching “Twin Peaks: The Return”, and it feels like a show about the collapse of any sense of connection or continuity in contemporary American life.
This is true even in the show’s structure: “Twin Peaks” is no longer an ensemble soap opera, but a collection of disconnected vignettes.
This is true even in the show’s structure: “Twin Peaks” is no longer an ensemble soap opera, but a collection of disconnected vignettes.
December 8, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Rewatching “Twin Peaks: The Return”, and it feels like a show about the collapse of any sense of connection or continuity in contemporary American life.
This is true even in the show’s structure: “Twin Peaks” is no longer an ensemble soap opera, but a collection of disconnected vignettes.
This is true even in the show’s structure: “Twin Peaks” is no longer an ensemble soap opera, but a collection of disconnected vignettes.
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Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
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December 9, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
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