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· Jan 27
> Trump suggests something catastrophically stupid
> everyone panics
> market dips a tiny bit
> motivated by the market panic, Trump rolls it back something stupider but less catastrophic
> Nothing eventually happens
Repeat twice per day, every day, until Jan 2029.
> everyone panics
> market dips a tiny bit
> motivated by the market panic, Trump rolls it back something stupider but less catastrophic
> Nothing eventually happens
Repeat twice per day, every day, until Jan 2029.
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In much the same way that China has dozens of cities with 5+ million people that you've never, ever heard of, non-Californians really have no idea how big the second-tier California cities are.
Fresno is big enough that it would be the most populated municipality in 28 US states
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
In much the same way that China has dozens of cities with 5+ million people that you've never, ever heard of, non-Californians really have no idea how big the second-tier California cities are.
If anyone can figure out how to do highly customized but mass produced fursuits in the same way Toyota figured out highly customized but mass produced cars in the 70’s, there’s a lot of money to be made there
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If anyone can figure out how to do highly customized but mass produced fursuits in the same way Toyota figured out highly customized but mass produced cars in the 70’s, there’s a lot of money to be made there
The pessimistic take on Mamdani’s prospects, along with basically everyone elected after 2022, is that it’s easy and popular to run on affordability, but difficult and unpopular to deliver in a way that’s easily verifiable to the population, leading to them being set up for failure
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The pessimistic take on Mamdani’s prospects, along with basically everyone elected after 2022, is that it’s easy and popular to run on affordability, but difficult and unpopular to deliver in a way that’s easily verifiable to the population, leading to them being set up for failure
How are they this Brandon
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
How are they this Brandon
Single payer healthcare is a good policy, which makes it ironic that “Medicare for all” was a bit of a disaster for Dems in that it turned their strongest issue into something that split the coalition in a bunch of awkward ways
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Single payer healthcare is a good policy, which makes it ironic that “Medicare for all” was a bit of a disaster for Dems in that it turned their strongest issue into something that split the coalition in a bunch of awkward ways
This is particularly funny in the context of how Chinese internet users are alternating between posting about anime and which specific parts of Tokyo China’s nuclear arsenal should be aimed at
JD Vance on the Russia-Ukraine war:
"Why don't you stop killing each other and start trading with one another?..If we get more peace in the world,it's good for American workers,it's good for the American people,the President's going to keep on pursuing peace.”
"Why don't you stop killing each other and start trading with one another?..If we get more peace in the world,it's good for American workers,it's good for the American people,the President's going to keep on pursuing peace.”
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is particularly funny in the context of how Chinese internet users are alternating between posting about anime and which specific parts of Tokyo China’s nuclear arsenal should be aimed at
One of the funnier things is when Great Books Curriculum supporters try to put together anything remotely technical and they’re suggesting stuff from the 1700’s that’s just straight up wrong and/or underbaked. Like, Adam Smith will not teach you modern economics, sorry.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One of the funnier things is when Great Books Curriculum supporters try to put together anything remotely technical and they’re suggesting stuff from the 1700’s that’s just straight up wrong and/or underbaked. Like, Adam Smith will not teach you modern economics, sorry.
In science, you have the null hypothesis, that you need to prove to a high probability isn’t true.
I think there should be a similar theory of buying cars, where you need to prove to a very high degree that you actually wouldn’t be better off with a Japanese compact hatchback buying any other car
I think there should be a similar theory of buying cars, where you need to prove to a very high degree that you actually wouldn’t be better off with a Japanese compact hatchback buying any other car
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In science, you have the null hypothesis, that you need to prove to a high probability isn’t true.
I think there should be a similar theory of buying cars, where you need to prove to a very high degree that you actually wouldn’t be better off with a Japanese compact hatchback buying any other car
I think there should be a similar theory of buying cars, where you need to prove to a very high degree that you actually wouldn’t be better off with a Japanese compact hatchback buying any other car
Levels of median voter previously thought impossible
Epstein survivor Jena-Lisa Jones: "Trump really ran his campaign on this. This is why I voted for him. The release of these files has been so important for me for so long that when he run on that, I really had some hope that someone would do something about it."
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Levels of median voter previously thought impossible
Is there any consensus at what distance it makes sense to build HSR to a 350 km/h standard rather than a 300 km/h one?
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Is there any consensus at what distance it makes sense to build HSR to a 350 km/h standard rather than a 300 km/h one?
National level IQ estimates are funny just because they portray Japan as this nation of hyperintelligent elves when they can’t even muster the economic productivity of Italy
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
National level IQ estimates are funny just because they portray Japan as this nation of hyperintelligent elves when they can’t even muster the economic productivity of Italy
Tbh I think a lot of people who want the government to be more involved in society massively underrate how corrosive to trust interventions that obviously cost more than the benefit they provide are.
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Tbh I think a lot of people who want the government to be more involved in society massively underrate how corrosive to trust interventions that obviously cost more than the benefit they provide are.
I love how China only knows how to make metro trains and high speed trains, which is how you get commuter trains that look like this:
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I love how China only knows how to make metro trains and high speed trains, which is how you get commuter trains that look like this:
This might be verging into “sportsball XD” territory but I don’t get the Ohio State Michigan rivalry. Michigan outranks a huge share of the ivies. So why does a bog standard state school’s relative ability to move a ball across a field live rent free in your head???
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This might be verging into “sportsball XD” territory but I don’t get the Ohio State Michigan rivalry. Michigan outranks a huge share of the ivies. So why does a bog standard state school’s relative ability to move a ball across a field live rent free in your head???
“Vastly more” might be milking it. It’s more of a 60-40 split in favor of suburban sprawl, which makes the actual geographical split being 95-5 extremely bad!
But moreover, we’re not a planned economy. It’s not really the government’s job to guarantee everyone’s preferences are always met
But moreover, we’re not a planned economy. It’s not really the government’s job to guarantee everyone’s preferences are always met
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“Vastly more” might be milking it. It’s more of a 60-40 split in favor of suburban sprawl, which makes the actual geographical split being 95-5 extremely bad!
But moreover, we’re not a planned economy. It’s not really the government’s job to guarantee everyone’s preferences are always met
But moreover, we’re not a planned economy. It’s not really the government’s job to guarantee everyone’s preferences are always met
Ngl this is why I don’t like when climate change is categorized as an “environmental” issues. While there’s environmental effects, the primary concern is economic!
Tbh I’m highly sympathetic to the idea that postmaterialism is the driving factor of the decline in center left parties across the developed world, the problem is that climate change poses a huge threat to material thriving in a way that like, traditional conservation doesn’t
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ngl this is why I don’t like when climate change is categorized as an “environmental” issues. While there’s environmental effects, the primary concern is economic!
Tbh I’m highly sympathetic to the idea that postmaterialism is the driving factor of the decline in center left parties across the developed world, the problem is that climate change poses a huge threat to material thriving in a way that like, traditional conservation doesn’t
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Tbh I’m highly sympathetic to the idea that postmaterialism is the driving factor of the decline in center left parties across the developed world, the problem is that climate change poses a huge threat to material thriving in a way that like, traditional conservation doesn’t
Tbh this is better than nothing and more politically palatable than the alternatives but let’s be honest, this is a plan for Baltimore or Albany. Rich coastal cities with existing high capacity transit need huge apartments, and a lot of them.
In a new AEI Economic Perspectives paper, Tobias Peter and I propose that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes. We also analyze the consequences of making such a change in terms of new housing production etc.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Tbh this is better than nothing and more politically palatable than the alternatives but let’s be honest, this is a plan for Baltimore or Albany. Rich coastal cities with existing high capacity transit need huge apartments, and a lot of them.
It’s kinda funny that these days you can be an insanely racist Trump voter but still be considered a reasonable conservative if you say that Trump supporters have dysgenic vibes enough
Very disappointing to see @bostonglobe.com running a piece from Richard Hanania today.
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s kinda funny that these days you can be an insanely racist Trump voter but still be considered a reasonable conservative if you say that Trump supporters have dysgenic vibes enough
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"How It Ended (Lizza and Nuzzi's Version)
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"How It Ended (Lizza and Nuzzi's Version)
Tbh the problem is that moderate vibes provide a fairly decent boost but it’s easily overwhelmed by the fact that voters have the internet now and can google how much a gallon of gas costs in California
She ran as a moderate. Maybe you think that’s good and maybe you think that’s bad. All I am arguing is that the endless takes about how Democrats should pivot to the center should explain why it didn’t work in this election (there are good reasons!) rather than pretending she didn’t.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Tbh the problem is that moderate vibes provide a fairly decent boost but it’s easily overwhelmed by the fact that voters have the internet now and can google how much a gallon of gas costs in California
It’s kinda funny how people critical of American foreign policy will often back Chinese foreign policy because “the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must” is a fairly anti-hegemonic attitude lol.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It’s kinda funny how people critical of American foreign policy will often back Chinese foreign policy because “the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must” is a fairly anti-hegemonic attitude lol.
I see this meme around and it’s so dumb. Solar panels are made from a large amount of various industrial feedstocks, often including petrochemicals!
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I see this meme around and it’s so dumb. Solar panels are made from a large amount of various industrial feedstocks, often including petrochemicals!
The worst part is that over deindustrialization New Jobs were legitimately good, but if AI legitimately takes a big chunk out of white collar work the sole source of employment growth right now involves old people’s bodily fluids one way or another
“You know, we don’t have to slow down productivity growth-driven labor market disruption, we can just use some of the gains to compensate the losers”
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The worst part is that over deindustrialization New Jobs were legitimately good, but if AI legitimately takes a big chunk out of white collar work the sole source of employment growth right now involves old people’s bodily fluids one way or another
“You know, we don’t have to slow down productivity growth-driven labor market disruption, we can just use some of the gains to compensate the losers”
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“You know, we don’t have to slow down productivity growth-driven labor market disruption, we can just use some of the gains to compensate the losers”