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that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
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i was sitting around despairing about all the shit i Endured this year until i listed all the stuff i did that i liked and i'm feeling a lot better. you guys ever hear about the power of positive thinking. pretty crazy. i think i'm the first one to ever do this
December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
i was sitting around despairing about all the shit i Endured this year until i listed all the stuff i did that i liked and i'm feeling a lot better. you guys ever hear about the power of positive thinking. pretty crazy. i think i'm the first one to ever do this
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The maga divide summarized: does the gutter racism that is the mortar of our coalition apply to Jews or not? And if it doesn’t do we mean that or are we just pretending for the moment?
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The maga divide summarized: does the gutter racism that is the mortar of our coalition apply to Jews or not? And if it doesn’t do we mean that or are we just pretending for the moment?
Correct. It is about labor power within white collar professions. Can the associates tell the partners they don’t want to be hit on at the holiday drinks party? Everything flows from that.
The entire american "free speech" panic was about elites being criticized, which is why anyone who ever took it seriously should be ignored forever
Freedom of speech, in the liberal ideal, was about limiting the power of the elites.
Now, in this twisted form, it is about forcing us to listen to elites and silencing the masses.
Now, in this twisted form, it is about forcing us to listen to elites and silencing the masses.
December 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Correct. It is about labor power within white collar professions. Can the associates tell the partners they don’t want to be hit on at the holiday drinks party? Everything flows from that.
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The way people are being vile and rude to me is actually unacceptable and is disproportionate to what is in reality a very mild critique: that symbols outlive their usefulness which is why different political factions want to alter them. One of those factions is successful while the other isn’t.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The way people are being vile and rude to me is actually unacceptable and is disproportionate to what is in reality a very mild critique: that symbols outlive their usefulness which is why different political factions want to alter them. One of those factions is successful while the other isn’t.
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It is also unambiguously true that the White House is a symbol of oppression and suffering for a massive percentage of the world
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It is also unambiguously true that the White House is a symbol of oppression and suffering for a massive percentage of the world
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I could see myself voting for someone who campaigns on “I will burn the current White House to the ground and salt the earth where it stood”
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I could see myself voting for someone who campaigns on “I will burn the current White House to the ground and salt the earth where it stood”
I think most people making fun of the provocative essay about public architecture are doing so because they are yokels and a provocative essay in a small publication frightens and confuses them. The sort impressed by the Sokal hoax, who volubly prefer figurative paintings, that sort of thing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I think most people making fun of the provocative essay about public architecture are doing so because they are yokels and a provocative essay in a small publication frightens and confuses them. The sort impressed by the Sokal hoax, who volubly prefer figurative paintings, that sort of thing.
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Yeah, the problem with what I guess I'll call Ezra Klein-style liberalism is that it holds that ideas work like tokens that do not have any inherent moral valence, you can trade them and exchange them and they do not actually say anything about the person holding them
if you ever, at any point, thought marjorie taylor greene was maybe secretly a good person get your instincts checked
December 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Yeah, the problem with what I guess I'll call Ezra Klein-style liberalism is that it holds that ideas work like tokens that do not have any inherent moral valence, you can trade them and exchange them and they do not actually say anything about the person holding them
Bear Down
If I ever have a child, they'll be forced to follow in my footsteps: go to the no name state school that offers the biggest scholarship
I cannot stress this enough: if you or your child or you on behalf of your child treat admissions as a validation exercise rather than what amounts to a lottery you are begging for a massive hit to your ego. No matter how exemplary or impressive an applicant is it's just numerically punishing.
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Bear Down
Going to the Lego store with my heaviest credit card. It’s a celebration. Everyone in the store gets a Star Wars set on me.
Everyone's out here talking about what they'll do on The Day It Happens and I'd just like to say, think of the children!
You gotta make sure they can get in on it too, so buy some sparkling cider or something for them. It's important that we all celebrate together.
You gotta make sure they can get in on it too, so buy some sparkling cider or something for them. It's important that we all celebrate together.
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Going to the Lego store with my heaviest credit card. It’s a celebration. Everyone in the store gets a Star Wars set on me.
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This sort of thing is the reason I no longer write for Jacobin.
Jacobin 🤜🤛 Rod Dreher
“What if the Combahee River Collective is to blame for Nick Fuentes?”
“What if the Combahee River Collective is to blame for Nick Fuentes?”
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This sort of thing is the reason I no longer write for Jacobin.
I understand that Hanukkah is not actually an important religious holiday, but it is a really cool historical event! I accidentally know about it because of our popular culture and I want there to be movies and video games and stuff about it.
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I understand that Hanukkah is not actually an important religious holiday, but it is a really cool historical event! I accidentally know about it because of our popular culture and I want there to be movies and video games and stuff about it.
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Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics
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also there's the whole angle that the inciting incident was a vaguely comical act of hellenized-jew-on-hellenized-jew violence!
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
also there's the whole angle that the inciting incident was a vaguely comical act of hellenized-jew-on-hellenized-jew violence!
Colorado’s is Coors Banquet
Every state in the United States has a disgusting soda that only they know about and that’s kind of beautiful
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Colorado’s is Coors Banquet
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cookie monster, crying, as the body of christ just crumbles and falls from his mouth
the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god
December 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
cookie monster, crying, as the body of christ just crumbles and falls from his mouth
It’s fun to do Avatar discourse when an Avatar movie comes out. Because everyone has forgotten it by the time the next one comes out because they are incredibly masterful movies that captivate audiences but they aren’t any good and nobody cares about them 6 weeks later.
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s fun to do Avatar discourse when an Avatar movie comes out. Because everyone has forgotten it by the time the next one comes out because they are incredibly masterful movies that captivate audiences but they aren’t any good and nobody cares about them 6 weeks later.
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
Not important but Stephen Fry is the perfect model of a British pseud. As or more interested in the performance of wit than the substance of knowing. The former redounds to the performer, the later demands solidarity and humility.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Not important but Stephen Fry is the perfect model of a British pseud. As or more interested in the performance of wit than the substance of knowing. The former redounds to the performer, the later demands solidarity and humility.
Over the next year, The Atlantic is going to stir up hatred of Somali-Americans. I predict at least 8 articles between now and Christmas ‘26.
Good to know that David Frum is always on the wrong side
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Over the next year, The Atlantic is going to stir up hatred of Somali-Americans. I predict at least 8 articles between now and Christmas ‘26.
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My nuclear hot take is that every car should have an interlock device, even with no history of DUI. No concerns about disparate applications or "wealth extraction".
The California ACLU is staunchly opposed to the ignition interlock device program and is a big reason that it has not been expanded. Despite the fact that California heavily subsidizes the cost for low-income drunk drivers, the ACLU says that the program is a form of "racialized wealth extraction."
December 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My nuclear hot take is that every car should have an interlock device, even with no history of DUI. No concerns about disparate applications or "wealth extraction".