@evilcloneethan.bsky.social
If it makes you feel slightly better: My first thought when I saw that story was “wait, no, ACOUP taught me that Sparta was awful!”
September 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If it makes you feel slightly better: My first thought when I saw that story was “wait, no, ACOUP taught me that Sparta was awful!”
I suspect he’d say something like “if they accept the glorious American history I’ve laid out here, then sure. But if they hate my story of America - the true American story - then they’ve chosen not to be American.”
These people are always unbelievably self-righteous fucks.
These people are always unbelievably self-righteous fucks.
September 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I suspect he’d say something like “if they accept the glorious American history I’ve laid out here, then sure. But if they hate my story of America - the true American story - then they’ve chosen not to be American.”
These people are always unbelievably self-righteous fucks.
These people are always unbelievably self-righteous fucks.
This points to one of the flaws of the “face-eating leopards” metaphor: If these were *actual* Murderkitties, I’d feel awful for them. “Oh, poor little guy! Did you make yourself sick eating too many faces? Here, have a blanket and a water fountain.”
August 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This points to one of the flaws of the “face-eating leopards” metaphor: If these were *actual* Murderkitties, I’d feel awful for them. “Oh, poor little guy! Did you make yourself sick eating too many faces? Here, have a blanket and a water fountain.”
Huh. Is this because there is a substantial number of people misspelling “blueberry” online, and that’s what trained the AI?
August 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Huh. Is this because there is a substantial number of people misspelling “blueberry” online, and that’s what trained the AI?
Well, now I want crocs.
August 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Well, now I want crocs.
As an attorney (but not your attorney), I can’t imagine seeking to appear in court anonymously. Contrary to very basic norms of accountability for officers of the court.
July 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As an attorney (but not your attorney), I can’t imagine seeking to appear in court anonymously. Contrary to very basic norms of accountability for officers of the court.
In fact, congestion pricing and free transit can function as one argument for getting out of your car: “Pay a lot to drive, or pay nothing for transit.”
There isn’t any real contradiction between supporting free transit and expensive driving. The position is that cars are bad, full stop.
There isn’t any real contradiction between supporting free transit and expensive driving. The position is that cars are bad, full stop.
June 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In fact, congestion pricing and free transit can function as one argument for getting out of your car: “Pay a lot to drive, or pay nothing for transit.”
There isn’t any real contradiction between supporting free transit and expensive driving. The position is that cars are bad, full stop.
There isn’t any real contradiction between supporting free transit and expensive driving. The position is that cars are bad, full stop.
Say what you will about the virtues of free public transport and congestion pricing, there are reasons to want congestion pricing that are not readily analogous to public transportation, because cars impose harms that public transport does not and cannot. Congestion pricing deters those harms.
June 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Say what you will about the virtues of free public transport and congestion pricing, there are reasons to want congestion pricing that are not readily analogous to public transportation, because cars impose harms that public transport does not and cannot. Congestion pricing deters those harms.
Well, no. Automotive traffic is incredibly dangerous in city centers - it kills people, after all. And most cars are still running off internal combustion engines, so they damage air quality. And there are the classic, Jane Jacobs arguments that cars are inherently inimical to street life.
June 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Well, no. Automotive traffic is incredibly dangerous in city centers - it kills people, after all. And most cars are still running off internal combustion engines, so they damage air quality. And there are the classic, Jane Jacobs arguments that cars are inherently inimical to street life.
I don’t think Gritty is a war crimes enthusiast.
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don’t think Gritty is a war crimes enthusiast.
I don’t demand perfection from my allies, but I’m furious that No Kings wrote off my city (DC). We’re a real city, with real progressive activism that is *really disgusted* with Trumpism, and we deserved better than to be treated as some sort of concession or sideshow.
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I don’t demand perfection from my allies, but I’m furious that No Kings wrote off my city (DC). We’re a real city, with real progressive activism that is *really disgusted* with Trumpism, and we deserved better than to be treated as some sort of concession or sideshow.
The answer to the rich playing the rest of us off one another is the same answer labor discovered centuries ago: Solidarity!
June 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The answer to the rich playing the rest of us off one another is the same answer labor discovered centuries ago: Solidarity!
And convince surrounding municipalities to do likewise, so that the rich have nowhere convenient to flee!
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And convince surrounding municipalities to do likewise, so that the rich have nowhere convenient to flee!
Tax the rich even harder to pay for all of those things! 😁
June 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Tax the rich even harder to pay for all of those things! 😁
Fair points, @meelar.bsky.social. But I’m unaware of good evidence that higher taxes actually *would* force the rich out of NYC. “Unaware” doesn’t mean there isn’t such evidence, of course - but the rich already pay exorbitant costs to live in NYC. Why would taxation change that?
June 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Fair points, @meelar.bsky.social. But I’m unaware of good evidence that higher taxes actually *would* force the rich out of NYC. “Unaware” doesn’t mean there isn’t such evidence, of course - but the rich already pay exorbitant costs to live in NYC. Why would taxation change that?
Of course, transit systems are chronically underfunded. But that’s an argument for taxing billionaires out of existence. Eat the rich, and feed their tasty, nutritious flesh to the trains!
June 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Of course, transit systems are chronically underfunded. But that’s an argument for taxing billionaires out of existence. Eat the rich, and feed their tasty, nutritious flesh to the trains!
I don’t know that free fares are inherently a bad idea. At least in DC, the prevalence of fare-jumping implies that fares are burdensome to a substantial number of riders and potential riders. Agreed that improved and expanded service is probably more important overall - but why not both?
June 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I don’t know that free fares are inherently a bad idea. At least in DC, the prevalence of fare-jumping implies that fares are burdensome to a substantial number of riders and potential riders. Agreed that improved and expanded service is probably more important overall - but why not both?
These particular graffiti artists? Probably whomever you like - or no one at all, if that suits you.
June 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
These particular graffiti artists? Probably whomever you like - or no one at all, if that suits you.
I’m not sure Lepidus deserves this.
June 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’m not sure Lepidus deserves this.
Night of the Butter Knives.
June 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Night of the Butter Knives.