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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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No sorry I will not allow treating transgender people as anything less than full and equal members of American society be characterized as purity and something to be papered over to defeat the right. If people like Buttigieg and Newsom want to throw those rights under the bus we have more options.
August 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No sorry I will not allow treating transgender people as anything less than full and equal members of American society be characterized as purity and something to be papered over to defeat the right. If people like Buttigieg and Newsom want to throw those rights under the bus we have more options.
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Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
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It is key to remember that lots of perfectly nice *not extremely online people* who leftists could form a popular front with *identify as liberals*.
These are NOT the same people as the wackos posting terminally dumb and homophobic Resist Lib memes on this website: they’re useful normies.
These are NOT the same people as the wackos posting terminally dumb and homophobic Resist Lib memes on this website: they’re useful normies.
If you use the term "liberal" as a personal or ideological slur it might make you seem in and cool to your lefty mutuals but it is destructive to any broader coalition building that might help the left flank build political power so really it's all about what your goals are
January 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It is key to remember that lots of perfectly nice *not extremely online people* who leftists could form a popular front with *identify as liberals*.
These are NOT the same people as the wackos posting terminally dumb and homophobic Resist Lib memes on this website: they’re useful normies.
These are NOT the same people as the wackos posting terminally dumb and homophobic Resist Lib memes on this website: they’re useful normies.
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🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest
A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.
climatelaundry.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:17 AM
🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
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IMO it's not helpful to criticize or get mad at otherwise-well-meaning folks who are opposed to the Hunter Biden pardon
I think those folks are wrong on the merits, but I totally understand where they're coming from and think reasonable minds can disagree
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I think those folks are wrong on the merits, but I totally understand where they're coming from and think reasonable minds can disagree
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December 2, 2024 at 2:20 PM
IMO it's not helpful to criticize or get mad at otherwise-well-meaning folks who are opposed to the Hunter Biden pardon
I think those folks are wrong on the merits, but I totally understand where they're coming from and think reasonable minds can disagree
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I think those folks are wrong on the merits, but I totally understand where they're coming from and think reasonable minds can disagree
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I voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz today. If this gets 1k RTs, I'll poast on BlueSky.
October 28, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz today. If this gets 1k RTs, I'll poast on BlueSky.
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I’ve come to abandon the use case for LLMs to summarize text because the summaries usually miss vital parts and are disappointing when I look closer. Australian government now has proof this is the case.
Another proof that LLMs have more limitations we need to understand.
Another proof that LLMs have more limitations we need to understand.
September 9, 2024 at 7:12 AM
I’ve come to abandon the use case for LLMs to summarize text because the summaries usually miss vital parts and are disappointing when I look closer. Australian government now has proof this is the case.
Another proof that LLMs have more limitations we need to understand.
Another proof that LLMs have more limitations we need to understand.
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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
Biden's poor debate performance had almost no impact on voter preference, new report says
A new report shows that despite Biden’s debate performance – poor as it may have been – voter preferences haven't been impacted.
news.northeastern.edu
July 10, 2024 at 5:31 PM
"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
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NYT: Dr. Cannard is a movement disorder specialist.
LINKED report from physical: Dr. O'Sullivan explaining that he added movement disorder specialist to Biden's team for SOMETHING ELSE in 2021.
NYT: Must be Parkinsons.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/u...
LINKED report from physical: Dr. O'Sullivan explaining that he added movement disorder specialist to Biden's team for SOMETHING ELSE in 2021.
NYT: Must be Parkinsons.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/u...
July 8, 2024 at 5:38 PM
NYT: Dr. Cannard is a movement disorder specialist.
LINKED report from physical: Dr. O'Sullivan explaining that he added movement disorder specialist to Biden's team for SOMETHING ELSE in 2021.
NYT: Must be Parkinsons.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/u...
LINKED report from physical: Dr. O'Sullivan explaining that he added movement disorder specialist to Biden's team for SOMETHING ELSE in 2021.
NYT: Must be Parkinsons.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/u...
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Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"
www.mediamatters.org
July 3, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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guys i wrote another book!!! it's coming out in october!!! you can preorder it here!!! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
June 20, 2024 at 12:59 AM
guys i wrote another book!!! it's coming out in october!!! you can preorder it here!!! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
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For MSNBC, I wrote about a new study out last week that ought to change the conversation around trans women in women’s sports. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The Olympic committee studied trans athletes. Conservatives won't like what it found.
Few anti-LGBTQ policies have taken off as quickly as those banning trans women and girls from women’s and girls’ sports.
www.msnbc.com
April 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
For MSNBC, I wrote about a new study out last week that ought to change the conversation around trans women in women’s sports. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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For anyone following the Webcomic Name saga: Creator Alex Norris won his case & it has been legally determined that he owns his work. Now the original plaintiff is suing AGAIN, hoping for a different result. JFC, right? Anyway here's the gofundme for his legal bills:
Legal fund for Alex Norris
I am Alex Norris, creator of the webcomic Webcomic Name. I am here to ask for he… Alex Norris needs your support for Legal fund for Alex Norris
gofund.me
March 24, 2024 at 10:33 PM
For anyone following the Webcomic Name saga: Creator Alex Norris won his case & it has been legally determined that he owns his work. Now the original plaintiff is suing AGAIN, hoping for a different result. JFC, right? Anyway here's the gofundme for his legal bills:
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Nerds are the ones who warned you about cryptocurrency, and NFTs, and the internet of things. Nerds are the ones trying to explain to you that "AI" is just overhyped pattern recognition which we already had for years.
Techbros are not nerds. They're predators.
Techbros are not nerds. They're predators.
February 19, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Nerds are the ones who warned you about cryptocurrency, and NFTs, and the internet of things. Nerds are the ones trying to explain to you that "AI" is just overhyped pattern recognition which we already had for years.
Techbros are not nerds. They're predators.
Techbros are not nerds. They're predators.
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This is easier to understand when you realize generative AIs are not writing whole sentences or using "intelligence"
They're running loops that add one word at a time based on the prior words, what word is statistically most likely to come next, and an intentional randomness / "heat" setting
They're running loops that add one word at a time based on the prior words, what word is statistically most likely to come next, and an intentional randomness / "heat" setting
February 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
This is easier to understand when you realize generative AIs are not writing whole sentences or using "intelligence"
They're running loops that add one word at a time based on the prior words, what word is statistically most likely to come next, and an intentional randomness / "heat" setting
They're running loops that add one word at a time based on the prior words, what word is statistically most likely to come next, and an intentional randomness / "heat" setting
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Elise Stefanik's deranged efforts to defend Trump are more than just an absurd spectacle. They show that it's getting harder for Republicans to explain away Trump's worsening legal mess with the usual MAGA nonsense.
This gives Dems an opening. 1/
Link:
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
This gives Dems an opening. 1/
Link:
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
Elise Stefanik’s Deranged Defense of Trump Offers Democrats a Lesson
Even many Republicans can smell that the conventional wisdom about Trump’s legal woes helping him is about to change. Democrats need to play hardball.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Elise Stefanik's deranged efforts to defend Trump are more than just an absurd spectacle. They show that it's getting harder for Republicans to explain away Trump's worsening legal mess with the usual MAGA nonsense.
This gives Dems an opening. 1/
Link:
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
This gives Dems an opening. 1/
Link:
newrepublic.com/article/1783...
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Also, even more deeply—and surely someone has made this point—even if we agree on what “the drafters” “wanted,” we only have the record of those ALLOWED TO BE DRAFTERS.
Putatively-objective Originalism makes the normative choice that the silencing of women and ppl of color is … not really an issue.
Putatively-objective Originalism makes the normative choice that the silencing of women and ppl of color is … not really an issue.
The great thing about originalist arguments—whether about the 1780s 2A or the 1860s 14A—is that the historical record always provides such a clear set of answers.
We seem to barely be able to agree on what happened in 2020, but we’ve apparently got 1868 on lock.
We seem to barely be able to agree on what happened in 2020, but we’ve apparently got 1868 on lock.
December 26, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Also, even more deeply—and surely someone has made this point—even if we agree on what “the drafters” “wanted,” we only have the record of those ALLOWED TO BE DRAFTERS.
Putatively-objective Originalism makes the normative choice that the silencing of women and ppl of color is … not really an issue.
Putatively-objective Originalism makes the normative choice that the silencing of women and ppl of color is … not really an issue.