I don’t think that RCV mattered that much in the NYC dem mayoral primary. Mamdani was ahead in the first round, and without RCV, Lander would have likely dropped out and endorsed him, resulting in a bigger first round lead.
this is such an important point... it's easy to talk about individual candidates and ignore the structural conditions. clearly RCV mattered a ton in NY. and with our enormous mayoral fields in Chicago it would make a huge difference here.
Brandon Johnson was the "coalition with Liberals and the Teachers Union to prevent Paul Vallas" candidate much more than any other dynamic, and without Ranked Choice Voting, we're going to have our elections driven much more by that type of thing than charismatic leftists.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don’t think that RCV mattered that much in the NYC dem mayoral primary. Mamdani was ahead in the first round, and without RCV, Lander would have likely dropped out and endorsed him, resulting in a bigger first round lead.
The (en/ex/per)durant discussion is one I’m happy to see more people having.
How do you explain what happened to your past self once you transitioned?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The (en/ex/per)durant discussion is one I’m happy to see more people having.
The Overton window now extends between Communist Jihadist on the left to Communist Dictatorship on the right. Pretty incredible swing in the last year.
Ted Cruz: "The heart of the Democratic Party today is communist and jihadist and extremist."
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Overton window now extends between Communist Jihadist on the left to Communist Dictatorship on the right. Pretty incredible swing in the last year.
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Me on my bike
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Me on my bike
Hey, we’ve all been there. Your friends are supporting adult slavery and you just have to show them up somehow.
John Mulaney is developing a TV show with the attorney who argued in front of the Supreme Court opposing President Donald Trump's tariffs.
John Mulaney attended a Supreme Court hearing on Trump's tariffs to hear lawyer friend argue
John Mulaney is developing a TV show with the attorney who argued in front of the Supreme Court opposing President Donald Trump's tariffs.
www.businessinsider.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Hey, we’ve all been there. Your friends are supporting adult slavery and you just have to show them up somehow.
Mamdani takes office on Jan 1, 2026. Back of the envelope calculations say Eric Adams has time to eat 18 more Leprechauns.
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Mamdani takes office on Jan 1, 2026. Back of the envelope calculations say Eric Adams has time to eat 18 more Leprechauns.
This may seem extreme, but it’s the only way to prevent quadratic voting.
Japan sends troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks reut.rs/4op6MOI
Japan sends troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks
Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This may seem extreme, but it’s the only way to prevent quadratic voting.
Does anyone know if the parking minimum removal that just got passed in IL applies to the no-parking-replaced rule in the Chicago ADU zones?
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Does anyone know if the parking minimum removal that just got passed in IL applies to the no-parking-replaced rule in the Chicago ADU zones?
My name is Ozymandias, I hope this statue finds you well.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My name is Ozymandias, I hope this statue finds you well.
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“My brother in Christ, how did you fail the exam.”
“Hold up, say that first part again”
“Hold up, say that first part again”
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“My brother in Christ, how did you fail the exam.”
“Hold up, say that first part again”
“Hold up, say that first part again”
I’m struck by how an organic add like this would be impossible to make in the midwest because each conversation would be 3-4 hours long.
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
Without the night shift, there is no morning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’m struck by how an organic add like this would be impossible to make in the midwest because each conversation would be 3-4 hours long.
An everglute tree stays cheeked up over the whole winter.
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An everglute tree stays cheeked up over the whole winter.
Captain Croup
“They’re after me Lepry Charms”
Typhoid Tony
“Silly Roibos, sixth is for kids”
There’s certainly a whole postdoc of these for some enterprising individual out there.
“They’re after me Lepry Charms”
Typhoid Tony
“Silly Roibos, sixth is for kids”
There’s certainly a whole postdoc of these for some enterprising individual out there.
Plant immunity in cereals! #PlantSciJobs
Postdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Captain Croup
“They’re after me Lepry Charms”
Typhoid Tony
“Silly Roibos, sixth is for kids”
There’s certainly a whole postdoc of these for some enterprising individual out there.
“They’re after me Lepry Charms”
Typhoid Tony
“Silly Roibos, sixth is for kids”
There’s certainly a whole postdoc of these for some enterprising individual out there.
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In 1857, Thomas Howland became Providence, RI's first Black elected official.
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In 1857, Thomas Howland became Providence, RI's first Black elected official.
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
Botanically true.
November 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Botanically true.
I appreciate a regional transit logo that is illegal in the United Kingdom.
It's Friday, it's Halloween, we're celebrating, share your NITA sketch logos. I'll start
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I appreciate a regional transit logo that is illegal in the United Kingdom.
It’s a real visceral feeling to hear the whistling out your window first thing in the morning.
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It’s a real visceral feeling to hear the whistling out your window first thing in the morning.
Did they get rid of the unrealized capital gains tax on it?
It’s witness slip time! 🚨
Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
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Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately!
The attached graphic provides guidance for submitting a slip.
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Did they get rid of the unrealized capital gains tax on it?
I think that a series of games like Papers Please, where you are a bureaucrat trying to implement means testing and balancing the tradeoffs would be pretty good for exploring those with people who haven’t thought about it much.
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I think that a series of games like Papers Please, where you are a bureaucrat trying to implement means testing and balancing the tradeoffs would be pretty good for exploring those with people who haven’t thought about it much.
This is actually a concrete and simple example of how benefits effectively pay for themselves. The choice here is between
1) SNAP
2) Grocery stores jacking up prices enough to cover losses
3) Police salaries
1) SNAP
2) Grocery stores jacking up prices enough to cover losses
3) Police salaries
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is actually a concrete and simple example of how benefits effectively pay for themselves. The choice here is between
1) SNAP
2) Grocery stores jacking up prices enough to cover losses
3) Police salaries
1) SNAP
2) Grocery stores jacking up prices enough to cover losses
3) Police salaries
With an additional lesson that you yourself are also crazy and you might not understand how yet.
this is meant to demonstrate "look how hard it is to label people, so you should value the people that are experts in this"
while my takeaway is "everyone is fucking crazy and you should stop trying to triangulate some bonkers messaging to appeal, expecting to overlap more than a few at a time"
while my takeaway is "everyone is fucking crazy and you should stop trying to triangulate some bonkers messaging to appeal, expecting to overlap more than a few at a time"
Feeling like that chimpanzee that hanged himself rn
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
With an additional lesson that you yourself are also crazy and you might not understand how yet.
People want some way to vote against the behavior they are observing and dislike, and it would be better to give them some way of doing that in a way that is less harmful than their current option.
It’s crazymaking to watch people nod sagely about findings that are just demonstrably untrue.
What is true, I think, is Dems keep trying to run cautious meat and potatoes races only to be tagged in the public mind with all the social issues their opponents obsess over and they leave unanswered.
What is true, I think, is Dems keep trying to run cautious meat and potatoes races only to be tagged in the public mind with all the social issues their opponents obsess over and they leave unanswered.
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
People want some way to vote against the behavior they are observing and dislike, and it would be better to give them some way of doing that in a way that is less harmful than their current option.
The thing that Americans most dislike about politics is the Media.
As @gelliottmorris.com notes, the welcomePAC report on Dems shows that the least popular parts of the Dem agenda are things not on the Dem agenda, while the least popular parts of the GOP agenda are things Trump has done this year. open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The thing that Americans most dislike about politics is the Media.
California residents hatch second plan to stop Peter Thiel after first attempt with 5 ton head of garlic goes awry: orbitaltoday.com/2025/07/31/s...
U.S. Startup Plans to Beam Sunlight to Earth Using Huge Space Mirrors - Orbital Today
Startup Reflect Orbital plans to beam sunlight to Earth at night using space mirrors, aiming to revolutionise solar energy access.
orbitaltoday.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
California residents hatch second plan to stop Peter Thiel after first attempt with 5 ton head of garlic goes awry: orbitaltoday.com/2025/07/31/s...
