Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile
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Opponent of Fascism.
Opponent of Fascism.
Given how poorly most people understand genetics, this is going to produce lots of small, personal tragedies. People will imagine that they are creating a "genetic advantage" by paying to customize their children based on aesthetics and cultural biases.
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Given how poorly most people understand genetics, this is going to produce lots of small, personal tragedies. People will imagine that they are creating a "genetic advantage" by paying to customize their children based on aesthetics and cultural biases.
Judgment that bad deserves an award.
Well, I'm glad that the revelation that he was in the child rape orbit may finally rid the Democratic Party of this man.
Well, I'm glad that the revelation that he was in the child rape orbit may finally rid the Democratic Party of this man.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Judgment that bad deserves an award.
Well, I'm glad that the revelation that he was in the child rape orbit may finally rid the Democratic Party of this man.
Well, I'm glad that the revelation that he was in the child rape orbit may finally rid the Democratic Party of this man.
Larry Summers is not only a repulsive, toxic maggot of a human being, he is also a demonstrably corrupt economic sophist in the service of financial elites.
Oh, and he tanked the 2009 economic stimulus, crippling the Obama presidency & insuring the slow recovery from 2008 that gave us Donald Trump.
Oh, and he tanked the 2009 economic stimulus, crippling the Obama presidency & insuring the slow recovery from 2008 that gave us Donald Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Larry Summers is not only a repulsive, toxic maggot of a human being, he is also a demonstrably corrupt economic sophist in the service of financial elites.
Oh, and he tanked the 2009 economic stimulus, crippling the Obama presidency & insuring the slow recovery from 2008 that gave us Donald Trump.
Oh, and he tanked the 2009 economic stimulus, crippling the Obama presidency & insuring the slow recovery from 2008 that gave us Donald Trump.
The whole interview is a trip. Stuart Pivar was a very strange old man.
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The whole interview is a trip. Stuart Pivar was a very strange old man.
I love the intellectual grading curve implicit in using the phrase "provocatively elementary" rather than "stoned slacker undergraduate" to describe the question.
And, in my mind, I imagine "does that got" to be spoken by Mel Blanc in a 1940's gangster accent.
And, in my mind, I imagine "does that got" to be spoken by Mel Blanc in a 1940's gangster accent.
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I love the intellectual grading curve implicit in using the phrase "provocatively elementary" rather than "stoned slacker undergraduate" to describe the question.
And, in my mind, I imagine "does that got" to be spoken by Mel Blanc in a 1940's gangster accent.
And, in my mind, I imagine "does that got" to be spoken by Mel Blanc in a 1940's gangster accent.
Cool to see Epstein files finally reach the "almost as bad as I expected" level.
I guess there's still the "objectively undeniable documentation of Trump raping underage girls" stage to go through, and the details of that may be more shocking, but at least everyone should be past denial.
I guess there's still the "objectively undeniable documentation of Trump raping underage girls" stage to go through, and the details of that may be more shocking, but at least everyone should be past denial.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Cool to see Epstein files finally reach the "almost as bad as I expected" level.
I guess there's still the "objectively undeniable documentation of Trump raping underage girls" stage to go through, and the details of that may be more shocking, but at least everyone should be past denial.
I guess there's still the "objectively undeniable documentation of Trump raping underage girls" stage to go through, and the details of that may be more shocking, but at least everyone should be past denial.
I... actually feel safer with an American military that looks like Maxwell Klinger than one that looks like Pete Hegseth.
Klinger (fictionally) cross-dresses to get out of Korea. Hegseth is a corrupt, violent, racist, alcoholic freak who got his job by championing murderous war criminals on Fox.
Klinger (fictionally) cross-dresses to get out of Korea. Hegseth is a corrupt, violent, racist, alcoholic freak who got his job by championing murderous war criminals on Fox.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Dude, even the Prussian General Staff realizes that you're overcompensating for sexual insecurity.
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dude, even the Prussian General Staff realizes that you're overcompensating for sexual insecurity.
A research note in the journal of original publication seems like the proper format for something like this. Peer reviewed, but with a presumption that it will be published as an addendum to the originally accepted article.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A research note in the journal of original publication seems like the proper format for something like this. Peer reviewed, but with a presumption that it will be published as an addendum to the originally accepted article.