Ethan Adelman-Sil
@easorion.bsky.social
Working towards of a world where everyone can happily spend Saturday well fed and under a tree, curled up in bed, or on a mountain.
Fascism bad, basketball good.
He/him/his. Tweets my own
Fascism bad, basketball good.
He/him/his. Tweets my own
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Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN
A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
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Terrific @scientificdiscovery.dev post on randomized controlled trials in @ourworldindata.org.
Including this important chart on the impact of pre-registration.
Magically, when people had to pre-register outcomes, many of the benefits disappeared.
ourworldindata.org/randomized-c...
Including this important chart on the impact of pre-registration.
Magically, when people had to pre-register outcomes, many of the benefits disappeared.
ourworldindata.org/randomized-c...
September 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Terrific @scientificdiscovery.dev post on randomized controlled trials in @ourworldindata.org.
Including this important chart on the impact of pre-registration.
Magically, when people had to pre-register outcomes, many of the benefits disappeared.
ourworldindata.org/randomized-c...
Including this important chart on the impact of pre-registration.
Magically, when people had to pre-register outcomes, many of the benefits disappeared.
ourworldindata.org/randomized-c...
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This is the whole thing right here. All these tired fights about whether Dems should moderate are ways of dancing around the real problem, which is the that political parties no longer have any mass constituency.
In many countries, (esp. white, male) workers increasingly vote for radical right parties. Still, a sole focus on right-wing ideology only captures a narrow part of working class consciousness. Most workers, including many right-wing voters, are politically demobilized and distant from all politics.
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is the whole thing right here. All these tired fights about whether Dems should moderate are ways of dancing around the real problem, which is the that political parties no longer have any mass constituency.
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My family escaped Ukraine from the pogroms and were lucky enough to escape to the US.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
September 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My family escaped Ukraine from the pogroms and were lucky enough to escape to the US.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
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All is not well at Elsevier richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
All is not well at Elsevier richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
I really think our culture's decades long epistemic crisis is the root of the rest of the bullshit we face
I think this point is far more important than we realize. The fact that we consume completely different media showing us completely different things is a huge driver of division.
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really think our culture's decades long epistemic crisis is the root of the rest of the bullshit we face
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a society that wants to keep functioning needs to discourage balanced lying, especially by authorities
ultimately i think the central thesis of trumpism might be true nihilism, just the absolute disdain for the idea that anything matters at all beyond winning an argument in the eyes of your supporters. there is no such thing as competence. there is only loyalty and occasionally bad press. that’s it
August 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
a society that wants to keep functioning needs to discourage balanced lying, especially by authorities
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Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
I don't think this is quite it. I think the median elite journalist is very proud of being apolitical - which amounts to reporting facts and opinions without doing independent analysis.
But if you don't practice analyzing situations, you end up with weird ass opinions.
Take modified from @volts.wtf
But if you don't practice analyzing situations, you end up with weird ass opinions.
Take modified from @volts.wtf
One thing that has sort of surprised me is that it does really seem like the desire to be ruled by a powerful fascist daddy is stronger in the median elite journalist than in the median voter.
August 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don't think this is quite it. I think the median elite journalist is very proud of being apolitical - which amounts to reporting facts and opinions without doing independent analysis.
But if you don't practice analyzing situations, you end up with weird ass opinions.
Take modified from @volts.wtf
But if you don't practice analyzing situations, you end up with weird ass opinions.
Take modified from @volts.wtf
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What therapy is mostly good for us figuring out, in a really deep granular way, what is wrong. Sometimes understanding what is wrong helps you fix it, sometimes it doesn't. But therapy isn't necessarily gonna fix you. And that's not really adequately communicated by a lot of therapists.
July 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
What therapy is mostly good for us figuring out, in a really deep granular way, what is wrong. Sometimes understanding what is wrong helps you fix it, sometimes it doesn't. But therapy isn't necessarily gonna fix you. And that's not really adequately communicated by a lot of therapists.
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This incentivizes car loans with less money down, and higher loan to value ratios and higher interest rates, which not coincidentally is how car dealers make their money.
July 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This incentivizes car loans with less money down, and higher loan to value ratios and higher interest rates, which not coincidentally is how car dealers make their money.
Very interesting read, and the article can be used as an example for how to make great informational graphics.
AMERICA HAS A HOT GARBAGE PROBLEM. LITERALLY. A THREAD
1/ Last year, I spotted some data on LinkedIn that caught my attention. Fires at recycling facilities were skyrocketing as more vape pens, smartphones and electric toothbrushes enter America’s blue bins
1/ Last year, I spotted some data on LinkedIn that caught my attention. Fires at recycling facilities were skyrocketing as more vape pens, smartphones and electric toothbrushes enter America’s blue bins
July 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Very interesting read, and the article can be used as an example for how to make great informational graphics.
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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courtesy likes cause inflation. completely unworkable. his other propositions are excellent, however
June 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
courtesy likes cause inflation. completely unworkable. his other propositions are excellent, however
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Wow. Fourth batch of Byrd droppings is out - Dem staff absolutely dominated the HSGAC fight
We won on reorg & bonuses for cost cutters ofc, but also on at-will, filing fees, and USPS green vehicles & infrastructure sales
Seriously, major praise to the D staff
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
We won on reorg & bonuses for cost cutters ofc, but also on at-will, filing fees, and USPS green vehicles & infrastructure sales
Seriously, major praise to the D staff
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
“One Big, Beautiful Bill” Has More Provisions That Violate the Byrd Rule, According to Senate Parliamentarian | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
June 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Wow. Fourth batch of Byrd droppings is out - Dem staff absolutely dominated the HSGAC fight
We won on reorg & bonuses for cost cutters ofc, but also on at-will, filing fees, and USPS green vehicles & infrastructure sales
Seriously, major praise to the D staff
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
We won on reorg & bonuses for cost cutters ofc, but also on at-will, filing fees, and USPS green vehicles & infrastructure sales
Seriously, major praise to the D staff
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
This was one of the best NBA Finals I've ever seen, tragic that the Halliburton injury led to such a lackluster finale.
All respect to the Pacers and Thunder. What a time to be a basketball fan.
All respect to the Pacers and Thunder. What a time to be a basketball fan.
June 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This was one of the best NBA Finals I've ever seen, tragic that the Halliburton injury led to such a lackluster finale.
All respect to the Pacers and Thunder. What a time to be a basketball fan.
All respect to the Pacers and Thunder. What a time to be a basketball fan.
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The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
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Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
Rule proposal for #NBAsky, if a team commits more than 20 fouls in a game all future fouls end with the opposing team having possession -- even after free throws (make or miss).
The goal of this would be to decrease rates of intentional fouling at the end of games.
The goal of this would be to decrease rates of intentional fouling at the end of games.
May 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Rule proposal for #NBAsky, if a team commits more than 20 fouls in a game all future fouls end with the opposing team having possession -- even after free throws (make or miss).
The goal of this would be to decrease rates of intentional fouling at the end of games.
The goal of this would be to decrease rates of intentional fouling at the end of games.
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The real tragedy of young men today is not that they're being held back from success by a bunch of woke scolds. The real tragedy is that they're being told that success & happiness come through escaping all constraints, dominating & controlling others, & suppressing all vulnerability or weakness.
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The real tragedy of young men today is not that they're being held back from success by a bunch of woke scolds. The real tragedy is that they're being told that success & happiness come through escaping all constraints, dominating & controlling others, & suppressing all vulnerability or weakness.
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The gerontocracy has consequences, episode one million and three.
May 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The gerontocracy has consequences, episode one million and three.