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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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Y'all.
If you need a pick-me-up, may I recommend typing "TSLA stock" into your nearest web browser?
It's... so beautiful.
If you need a pick-me-up, may I recommend typing "TSLA stock" into your nearest web browser?
It's... so beautiful.
March 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Y'all.
If you need a pick-me-up, may I recommend typing "TSLA stock" into your nearest web browser?
It's... so beautiful.
If you need a pick-me-up, may I recommend typing "TSLA stock" into your nearest web browser?
It's... so beautiful.
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I was gonna grade papers today, but ended up yelling about VC bullshit instead.
It is an article of faith in Silicon Valley that technology is miraculous, and will always save us.
We are stuck dealing with the consequences of that faith and its failures.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
It is an article of faith in Silicon Valley that technology is miraculous, and will always save us.
We are stuck dealing with the consequences of that faith and its failures.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
On the Miraculous Tradition in Silicon Valley Thought
"And then a miracle happens" is not a plan.
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I was gonna grade papers today, but ended up yelling about VC bullshit instead.
It is an article of faith in Silicon Valley that technology is miraculous, and will always save us.
We are stuck dealing with the consequences of that faith and its failures.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
It is an article of faith in Silicon Valley that technology is miraculous, and will always save us.
We are stuck dealing with the consequences of that faith and its failures.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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My depressing thought for the day: it seems increasingly inevitable that quite soon, Trump decides to simply disregard a court finding that some of his actions are illegal or unconstitutional. Impeachment is attempted & fails thanks to loyal Republicans. At which point there are no good options.
February 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My depressing thought for the day: it seems increasingly inevitable that quite soon, Trump decides to simply disregard a court finding that some of his actions are illegal or unconstitutional. Impeachment is attempted & fails thanks to loyal Republicans. At which point there are no good options.
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Retaliatory tariffs are all right and good but if Canada, Mexico and the EU want to get this over with sanctioning the hell out of Trump’s oligarchs seems like a force multiplier.
February 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Retaliatory tariffs are all right and good but if Canada, Mexico and the EU want to get this over with sanctioning the hell out of Trump’s oligarchs seems like a force multiplier.
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The reason Trump is railing against “DEI” hires related to a plane crash is to escape culpability for the first large scale commercial aviation disaster in USA since 2009. Is he entirely to blame? No. Did his Adm make flying less safe? Yes.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The reason Trump is railing against “DEI” hires related to a plane crash is to escape culpability for the first large scale commercial aviation disaster in USA since 2009. Is he entirely to blame? No. Did his Adm make flying less safe? Yes.
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CEO Unveils Bold New Plan To Undo Damage From Last Year’s Bold New Plan
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December 31, 2024 at 8:21 PM
CEO Unveils Bold New Plan To Undo Damage From Last Year’s Bold New Plan
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Did the death of Larry H. Parker kick off a new high-intensity phase of the arms race between LA’s personal injury law firms? It feels like these firms are running TV commercials nonstop.
January 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Did the death of Larry H. Parker kick off a new high-intensity phase of the arms race between LA’s personal injury law firms? It feels like these firms are running TV commercials nonstop.
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If you wanted to panic, the time was the night he was re-elected. Now it's time to take a deep breath and do things like express your views to your member of Congress, and start planning for 2026.
There will be no panic in this dojo.
There will be no panic in this dojo.
NOW can we panic?
December 1, 2024 at 2:57 AM
If you wanted to panic, the time was the night he was re-elected. Now it's time to take a deep breath and do things like express your views to your member of Congress, and start planning for 2026.
There will be no panic in this dojo.
There will be no panic in this dojo.
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I wish you and yours a warm and solemn Happy Honda Days.
November 29, 2024 at 3:01 AM
I wish you and yours a warm and solemn Happy Honda Days.
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not a big shock that a serial plagiarist is impressed by two dumb guys
"Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will be in charge of DOGE, are both brilliant, and the federal government has clearly become too expansive..."
November 25, 2024 at 2:02 AM
not a big shock that a serial plagiarist is impressed by two dumb guys
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It was never about Biden's age or Harris's lack of policy proposals. It was about reporters being bored. Covering competent governance was like eating a bowl of plain oatmeal and what they want is Walter White's blue meth.
November 24, 2024 at 2:27 PM
It was never about Biden's age or Harris's lack of policy proposals. It was about reporters being bored. Covering competent governance was like eating a bowl of plain oatmeal and what they want is Walter White's blue meth.
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If Fitzgerald was a Zoomer
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 AM
If Fitzgerald was a Zoomer
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A lot of the positions people like RFK jr. take (anti-vax, anti-pasteurization etc.) get described as “controversial.”
They’re not. There is no controversy. This is long-settled science. The correct term is “stupid.”
They’re not. There is no controversy. This is long-settled science. The correct term is “stupid.”
November 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM
A lot of the positions people like RFK jr. take (anti-vax, anti-pasteurization etc.) get described as “controversial.”
They’re not. There is no controversy. This is long-settled science. The correct term is “stupid.”
They’re not. There is no controversy. This is long-settled science. The correct term is “stupid.”
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"Recess Appointment" is how Matt Gaetz meets his dates during lunch period.
November 14, 2024 at 1:56 AM
"Recess Appointment" is how Matt Gaetz meets his dates during lunch period.
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every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
WWII ice cream barge, able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes to support morale
a chilling display of soft power
a chilling display of soft power
December 8, 2023 at 2:46 PM
every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
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biden-era policies were extremely geared toward the working class, whose wages went up at much higher rates than the top half of earners and saw a job boom, as well as IRA investment in traditional manufacturing regions. they rewarded him by switching heavily to Trump.
Bernie Sanders: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”
November 7, 2024 at 2:06 AM
biden-era policies were extremely geared toward the working class, whose wages went up at much higher rates than the top half of earners and saw a job boom, as well as IRA investment in traditional manufacturing regions. they rewarded him by switching heavily to Trump.