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I wrote a short thing about why Democrats surprisingly didn't screw it up this time, and why we should all stop saying they did.
The Democrats Did It Right
And Other Things I Feel Weird Saying Out Loud
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November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I wrote a short thing about why Democrats surprisingly didn't screw it up this time, and why we should all stop saying they did.
I wrote a little thing about the recent history of authoritarianism in the Republican Party, and why nobody can afford to sit out politics at this point.
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You Can't Feel Your Face Because the Leopard Ate It
Politics In the Age of Traumatic Amputation
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November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I wrote a little thing about the recent history of authoritarianism in the Republican Party, and why nobody can afford to sit out politics at this point.
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/you-cant-f...
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I've spent the last several years reading stuff that I think might all have been pointless. I wrote a brief rant about why. Read it, so you can make fun of me.
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The Cart is In Front of a Pale Horse
A Short Rant About the Myth of Alt-Right Reasoning
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October 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I've spent the last several years reading stuff that I think might all have been pointless. I wrote a brief rant about why. Read it, so you can make fun of me.
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/the-cart-i...
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/the-cart-i...
I've been seeing some comments that seem to imply that the National Guard has a duty to disobey orders. These comments have been giving me some feelings. I drafted a couple of long FB posts about it, then wrote on Substack instead. So here's that.
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A Few Words About Duty
Responsibility and Choice In a Time of War
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August 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I've been seeing some comments that seem to imply that the National Guard has a duty to disobey orders. These comments have been giving me some feelings. I drafted a couple of long FB posts about it, then wrote on Substack instead. So here's that.
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/a-few-word...
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/a-few-word...
Republicans are trying to destroy the country and turn the West Coast into a colony. I have some suggestions for how that might be avoided. Lots of links and infographics. I make tax reform sound fun.
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Dear Washington State...
Regarding Trump’s Appalling Budget Bill
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July 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Republicans are trying to destroy the country and turn the West Coast into a colony. I have some suggestions for how that might be avoided. Lots of links and infographics. I make tax reform sound fun.
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I wrote a short thing about the virtues of the imperial presidency, and why red states are actually red.
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Hear Me Out: What Trump is Doing to Harvard Is Good News
What's Good for the Goose is Bad for America
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May 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I wrote a short thing about the virtues of the imperial presidency, and why red states are actually red.
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I wrote a very short thing about why Democrats should probably care more about the debate around SALT tax policy than we do.
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SALT in the Wound
This is One of Those Times When a Plan Would Be Nice
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I wrote a very short thing about why Democrats should probably care more about the debate around SALT tax policy than we do.
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I wrote a thing about how the collapse of the established order is inevitable if we don’t reform it. Fun fun fun! And yes, that’s Verbal Kint, from the Usual Suspects. Well spotted.
Free Markets, Expensive Nazis
A Few of the Reasons You Might Not Have a Job, or Even a Country, in Ten Years
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May 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I wrote a thing about how the collapse of the established order is inevitable if we don’t reform it. Fun fun fun! And yes, that’s Verbal Kint, from the Usual Suspects. Well spotted.
I wrote an essay about artificial general intelligence, how it’s coming for your job; how we’ve been here before and it went badly, and how we should do something different this time.
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immortalityproject.substack.com/p/a-few-thou...
A Few Thoughts About Artificial General Intelligence
UBI, Enclosure, and the Owned World
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May 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I wrote an essay about artificial general intelligence, how it’s coming for your job; how we’ve been here before and it went badly, and how we should do something different this time.
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/a-few-thou...
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/a-few-thou...
I wrote a short thing about Republicans using the Clean Air Act to stop states from protecting clean air. Which is an actual thing that's actually happening, and is not a joke.
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Republicans Ruin Everything
A Brief Discussion of Field Preemption, and Hypocrisy
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May 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I wrote a short thing about Republicans using the Clean Air Act to stop states from protecting clean air. Which is an actual thing that's actually happening, and is not a joke.
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/republican...
immortalityproject.substack.com/p/republican...
A while back I looked at how a job at the University of Washington stacked up against average rents in Seattle. The answer was bad. So I looked again this week. The answer was worse. I wrote a little thing about that.
The Four Stupid Things of the Apocalypse
This is the Antediluvian Period of American History
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May 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A while back I looked at how a job at the University of Washington stacked up against average rents in Seattle. The answer was bad. So I looked again this week. The answer was worse. I wrote a little thing about that.
I wrote another thing -- a modest proposal for actually doing something. If you like it, tell your friends.
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They Go Low, We Step Up
A Modest Proposal for Actually Doing Something
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March 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wrote another thing -- a modest proposal for actually doing something. If you like it, tell your friends.
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I wrote a little thing about Chuck Schumer that is also mainly about the awesome movie Jaws, and how it's universally applicable to almost everything.
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Chuck Schumer, Jaws, and the Kintner Raft of Normalcy
It's All Right There, Man
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March 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I wrote a little thing about Chuck Schumer that is also mainly about the awesome movie Jaws, and how it's universally applicable to almost everything.
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Whenever Republicans start talking about cutting spending, I want to remind everyone what federal spending (and a lot of state spending) actually looks like. I spent some time noodling around with a spreadsheet tonight, and the results honestly shocked me a little. So I’m just sharing them as-is.
Where All the Money's Going
It's Pretty Much Where You'd Think, But More So
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March 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Whenever Republicans start talking about cutting spending, I want to remind everyone what federal spending (and a lot of state spending) actually looks like. I spent some time noodling around with a spreadsheet tonight, and the results honestly shocked me a little. So I’m just sharing them as-is.
I posted a thing on Substack about how nothing anyone else does or thinks makes sense to me. Take a look! Explain stuff to me! I'm deeply confused!
PS: That drawing is FDR. In case you were wondering.
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PS: That drawing is FDR. In case you were wondering.
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The Nation Needs More PDAs
I Have No Idea What the Rest of You Think Is Happening Right Now.
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March 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I posted a thing on Substack about how nothing anyone else does or thinks makes sense to me. Take a look! Explain stuff to me! I'm deeply confused!
PS: That drawing is FDR. In case you were wondering.
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PS: That drawing is FDR. In case you were wondering.
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It's the end of the world was we know it, and we're still pretending we can vote our way out of this, and it's weird. Also, I'm trying to do all my own art for my Substack. If you want me to hire someone better, subscribe. Tell your friends. This kind of garbage drawing can't be allowed to continue.
Black Swans and Old Canards
The Ministry for the Prevention of Predictable Tragedies
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February 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's the end of the world was we know it, and we're still pretending we can vote our way out of this, and it's weird. Also, I'm trying to do all my own art for my Substack. If you want me to hire someone better, subscribe. Tell your friends. This kind of garbage drawing can't be allowed to continue.
Sometimes, when I use bold text in a piece of writing, it's just cover for the fact that I don't feel bold at all.
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Status No: Is Getting "Back to Normal" an Option?
We're All Excited But We Don't Know Why
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February 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sometimes, when I use bold text in a piece of writing, it's just cover for the fact that I don't feel bold at all.
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You know what’s cool about this politics thing I just wrote? It’s short.
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Next Steps for Democrats
A Modest Proposal
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February 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You know what’s cool about this politics thing I just wrote? It’s short.
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Man. I want to write constructively about what's happening in politics right now, but most of it's just too jarring for me to talk about calmly.
January 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Man. I want to write constructively about what's happening in politics right now, but most of it's just too jarring for me to talk about calmly.
A few thoughts about federal land use in our new dystopia. If you like it, share it!
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Western Trumpists Want Your Land, for Free
Democrats Should Be Offering Something Better
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January 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A few thoughts about federal land use in our new dystopia. If you like it, share it!
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Reposted
January 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I wrote some things about the Republican response to what's happening in LA right now. Remember: if you like it, share it!
I am uncomfortable with exclamation points. I am not a large language model.
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I am uncomfortable with exclamation points. I am not a large language model.
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Republicans Want to Hold California's Tax Dollars Hostage
Republicans Are Bad With (Your) Money
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January 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I wrote some things about the Republican response to what's happening in LA right now. Remember: if you like it, share it!
I am uncomfortable with exclamation points. I am not a large language model.
open.substack.com/pub/immortal...
I am uncomfortable with exclamation points. I am not a large language model.
open.substack.com/pub/immortal...
Film Review: The Order
It Somehow Managed to Bore Me and Piss Me Off at the Same Time
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January 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM