Many AI boosters seem to want a return to aristocracy. Imagine my surprise finding this 1907 book, "Degeneracy of Aristocracy," arguing that it may take a war, but natural intelligence will always beat monopolism and artificial intelligence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Many AI boosters seem to want a return to aristocracy. Imagine my surprise finding this 1907 book, "Degeneracy of Aristocracy," arguing that it may take a war, but natural intelligence will always beat monopolism and artificial intelligence.
This is, apparently, how one reads a book these days. I find myself returning books when there's no reasonable way to read them.
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is, apparently, how one reads a book these days. I find myself returning books when there's no reasonable way to read them.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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There's some delightful metaphor to be found in the fact that the solution came from archival research rather than math, if only someone could decipher it.
A Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-so...
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I did not know they could do puppies as well!
October 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I did not know they could do puppies as well!
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It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.
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X/ “Where Is the African Urbanist” is published (though still behind a paywall).
I argue for the need to decenter and pluralize global urban thought
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I argue for the need to decenter and pluralize global urban thought
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Where is the African urbanist? Decentering and pluralizing global urban thought
Urban theory and geographic thought are, by nature, incomplete and continually evolving, yet they remain heavily shaped by those who occupy, speak from, and reinforce the center. While past efforts...
www.tandfonline.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
X/ “Where Is the African Urbanist” is published (though still behind a paywall).
I argue for the need to decenter and pluralize global urban thought
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I argue for the need to decenter and pluralize global urban thought
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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"This isn't who we are," says nation whose history books are a bunch of redactions
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"This isn't who we are," says nation whose history books are a bunch of redactions
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
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AOC responds to the Tom Homan story.
September 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AOC responds to the Tom Homan story.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Art schools buying into AI are contributing to the demise of working artists.
“We won’t just ride the AI wave; we will prepare the next generation of creative shapeshifters who prove that the best future empowers humanity at every turn,” CCA President David C. Howse
sfstandard.com/2025/09/17/c...
“We won’t just ride the AI wave; we will prepare the next generation of creative shapeshifters who prove that the best future empowers humanity at every turn,” CCA President David C. Howse
sfstandard.com/2025/09/17/c...
September 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Art schools buying into AI are contributing to the demise of working artists.
“We won’t just ride the AI wave; we will prepare the next generation of creative shapeshifters who prove that the best future empowers humanity at every turn,” CCA President David C. Howse
sfstandard.com/2025/09/17/c...
“We won’t just ride the AI wave; we will prepare the next generation of creative shapeshifters who prove that the best future empowers humanity at every turn,” CCA President David C. Howse
sfstandard.com/2025/09/17/c...
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And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.
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Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in Rochester, NY, after being confronted by more than 100 protesters
The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed
The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed
ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest
The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.
www.wxxinews.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in Rochester, NY, after being confronted by more than 100 protesters
The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed
The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed
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What a chart from BMO:
The NY Fed survey expectations of regaining employment after losing a job (in red, lowest since 2013) vs. the unemployment rate (inverted).
The NY Fed survey expectations of regaining employment after losing a job (in red, lowest since 2013) vs. the unemployment rate (inverted).
September 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What a chart from BMO:
The NY Fed survey expectations of regaining employment after losing a job (in red, lowest since 2013) vs. the unemployment rate (inverted).
The NY Fed survey expectations of regaining employment after losing a job (in red, lowest since 2013) vs. the unemployment rate (inverted).
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.