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"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
February 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
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very excited to share the latest @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social
hell yeah we're doing Biathlon Analytics
we are joined by RJ and Jordan of the @penaltyloop.bsky.social podcast to teach us all how to watch biathlon like an expert
this was so much fun
open.spotify.com/episode/1Jj6...
hell yeah we're doing Biathlon Analytics
we are joined by RJ and Jordan of the @penaltyloop.bsky.social podcast to teach us all how to watch biathlon like an expert
this was so much fun
open.spotify.com/episode/1Jj6...
Biathlon Analytics with the Penalty Loop Podcast
open.spotify.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
very excited to share the latest @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social
hell yeah we're doing Biathlon Analytics
we are joined by RJ and Jordan of the @penaltyloop.bsky.social podcast to teach us all how to watch biathlon like an expert
this was so much fun
open.spotify.com/episode/1Jj6...
hell yeah we're doing Biathlon Analytics
we are joined by RJ and Jordan of the @penaltyloop.bsky.social podcast to teach us all how to watch biathlon like an expert
this was so much fun
open.spotify.com/episode/1Jj6...
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eboshi is a banging example of a very underrated character archetype: person who is caring and brave and right about everything (ie correctly interprets everything they can see), but whose desire to overcome all limitations combined with their affinity for violence leads them to take wrong actions
Honestly also the moment she says she will show us how to kill a God and, like, I saw why those angels followed Satan
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
eboshi is a banging example of a very underrated character archetype: person who is caring and brave and right about everything (ie correctly interprets everything they can see), but whose desire to overcome all limitations combined with their affinity for violence leads them to take wrong actions
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y'all need to read theory www.ir101.co.uk/wp-content/u...
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
y'all need to read theory www.ir101.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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just thinking about how much of a literary chad you need to be to think "I reckon I could do that better than Shakespeare"... and succeeding
Rereading Lord of the Rings and I love that the march of the Ents and "I am no man," two of the most iconic moments in all of Tolkien, are just him disliking the plot twists in MacBeth and doing it better.
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
just thinking about how much of a literary chad you need to be to think "I reckon I could do that better than Shakespeare"... and succeeding
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IMO Naruto cracked the code of how to make a very engrossing anime with essentially mid material: if you have A or S-tier fight animation and A or S-tier worldbuilding people will stomach C or D-tier plot and characterization. Jujutsu Kaisen really stress testing this model, especially this season
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM
IMO Naruto cracked the code of how to make a very engrossing anime with essentially mid material: if you have A or S-tier fight animation and A or S-tier worldbuilding people will stomach C or D-tier plot and characterization. Jujutsu Kaisen really stress testing this model, especially this season
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to have an information economy, information has to have value
how does information have value? when the recipient of the information can use it to make a decision or take an action that obtains an outcome that is *more* valuable than the cost of the information
so what makes information valuable?
how does information have value? when the recipient of the information can use it to make a decision or take an action that obtains an outcome that is *more* valuable than the cost of the information
so what makes information valuable?
February 6, 2026 at 12:11 AM
to have an information economy, information has to have value
how does information have value? when the recipient of the information can use it to make a decision or take an action that obtains an outcome that is *more* valuable than the cost of the information
so what makes information valuable?
how does information have value? when the recipient of the information can use it to make a decision or take an action that obtains an outcome that is *more* valuable than the cost of the information
so what makes information valuable?
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imo a scam economy is what you get when you try to have an information economy but with no information quality control
The post-industrial period of a developed economy is characterized by three phases.
Until the 2010s, we were in a service economy. Now we are in a scam economy. And we are about to find out what phase comes next.
Until the 2010s, we were in a service economy. Now we are in a scam economy. And we are about to find out what phase comes next.
February 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
imo a scam economy is what you get when you try to have an information economy but with no information quality control
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People still fail to understand imbalanced power dynamics lead to interactions that appear cordial but are anything but
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
People still fail to understand imbalanced power dynamics lead to interactions that appear cordial but are anything but
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if you want to be the violent wing your job is to choose high value, universally loathed targets, and to know that your job is to die or languish in prison for a cause that will spit on your name
what do you make of the theory i’ve seen in various places that nonviolence really only works when it has a violent wing to back it up? “how to blow up a pipeline” argues that many successful nonviolent movements had such an arrangement
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
if you want to be the violent wing your job is to choose high value, universally loathed targets, and to know that your job is to die or languish in prison for a cause that will spit on your name
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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To be clear, my intention here is not to complain, but to say this--seeking internet validation for being "right" isn't fulfilling (it's taken me a while to grasp this lol), bc ultimately that's not what the internet cares about. Just do the work and stand by your process.
As someone who is frequently wrong, @minakimes.bsky.social nailed this: "You get nothing out of being proven right and only get... people take joy when you're proven wrong"
January 30, 2026 at 8:20 PM
To be clear, my intention here is not to complain, but to say this--seeking internet validation for being "right" isn't fulfilling (it's taken me a while to grasp this lol), bc ultimately that's not what the internet cares about. Just do the work and stand by your process.
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The lesson, which they'll always get wrong, is never ever listen to rabid fans of anything. Don't read the comments, don't watch the stupid angry youtube crap, just tell the story you want to tell
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The lesson, which they'll always get wrong, is never ever listen to rabid fans of anything. Don't read the comments, don't watch the stupid angry youtube crap, just tell the story you want to tell
Democrats are really doomed to support anti immigration policies but never get the electoral benefits from them. Because the American electorate has the bias they are pro immigration. Even if their majority are not. It leads to extreme incoherence and they can never effectively side step it.
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Democrats are really doomed to support anti immigration policies but never get the electoral benefits from them. Because the American electorate has the bias they are pro immigration. Even if their majority are not. It leads to extreme incoherence and they can never effectively side step it.
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increasingly feel we need to bring religion back - not for me personally, I'm good, but lots of people could clearly do with Some Form Of Guiding Light In Their Life
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
increasingly feel we need to bring religion back - not for me personally, I'm good, but lots of people could clearly do with Some Form Of Guiding Light In Their Life
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So - I think Kemi Badenoch is *right* that the conditions for a centre-right party are worse now than they were in, say, 2019. The territory that Reform and she are scrapping over is electorally fertile. I just don't think it is territory the Conservative party, specifically, can win on:
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 AM
So - I think Kemi Badenoch is *right* that the conditions for a centre-right party are worse now than they were in, say, 2019. The territory that Reform and she are scrapping over is electorally fertile. I just don't think it is territory the Conservative party, specifically, can win on:
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Cipolla talks about it in his Laws of Stupidity essay, how societies on the rise seem to manage their constant quotient of stupid people, and how societies in decline let stupid people and bandits take the helm.
Carlo Cipolla’s “Laws of Stupidity” is a great read: ia903402.us.archive.org/17/items/01-...
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Cipolla talks about it in his Laws of Stupidity essay, how societies on the rise seem to manage their constant quotient of stupid people, and how societies in decline let stupid people and bandits take the helm.
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“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.
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this decrepit, craven grifter, still burning mad at being pushed out of his position by a different craven grifter, turned out to be smart enough to realize the best way to strike back right now is using anti trump / pro democracy language he never did and never will believe in
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
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Ex-Fifa boss shows support for boycott calls
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Security concerns over tournament have risen
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.
Blatter gave his support to comments from Swiss anti-corruption lawyer Mark Pieth, who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, saying fans should stay away from the US for the tournament. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
this decrepit, craven grifter, still burning mad at being pushed out of his position by a different craven grifter, turned out to be smart enough to realize the best way to strike back right now is using anti trump / pro democracy language he never did and never will believe in
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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This is the part I like least. Genuinely unsettling that everyone has the same trip.
I want an explanation that’s not “invisible gnomes are always running around, you just haven’t eaten the mushroom that lets you see them.”
I want an explanation that’s not “invisible gnomes are always running around, you just haven’t eaten the mushroom that lets you see them.”
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This is the part I like least. Genuinely unsettling that everyone has the same trip.
I want an explanation that’s not “invisible gnomes are always running around, you just haven’t eaten the mushroom that lets you see them.”
I want an explanation that’s not “invisible gnomes are always running around, you just haven’t eaten the mushroom that lets you see them.”
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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AI is bad at writing for an audience because it can only produce average output. It’s probably bad at coding for professional output for similar reasons.
But a tool giving non-coders access to average coding output is a massive upgrade to their personal toolkits.
But a tool giving non-coders access to average coding output is a massive upgrade to their personal toolkits.
January 20, 2026 at 6:06 AM
AI is bad at writing for an audience because it can only produce average output. It’s probably bad at coding for professional output for similar reasons.
But a tool giving non-coders access to average coding output is a massive upgrade to their personal toolkits.
But a tool giving non-coders access to average coding output is a massive upgrade to their personal toolkits.
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I resent so much waking up every morning and having to hear about Americans.
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I resent so much waking up every morning and having to hear about Americans.
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"When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can?"
-Dolly Parton
-Dolly Parton
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 AM
"When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can?"
-Dolly Parton
-Dolly Parton