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Within the last 12 months: Parable of the Sower. Finished reading it during my commute by train in LA about a month before the wildfires.
Within calendar year 2025: Reread Ursula K LeGuin's The Dispossessed
Within calendar year 2025: Reread Ursula K LeGuin's The Dispossessed
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Within the last 12 months: Parable of the Sower. Finished reading it during my commute by train in LA about a month before the wildfires.
Within calendar year 2025: Reread Ursula K LeGuin's The Dispossessed
Within calendar year 2025: Reread Ursula K LeGuin's The Dispossessed
Thanks for the patreon option!
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Thanks for the patreon option!
On the plus side, this likely means the review was actually double blind
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On the plus side, this likely means the review was actually double blind
What is being complained about that involves being sworn in as mayor? In fact, where is the 'complaint' in screenshoted post?
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
What is being complained about that involves being sworn in as mayor? In fact, where is the 'complaint' in screenshoted post?
There was zero in the post about his "job performance!" If this were months ago during the campaign, Talia's post would still be reasonable!
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
There was zero in the post about his "job performance!" If this were months ago during the campaign, Talia's post would still be reasonable!
Staning for a politician - even one i like as much as mamdani - against a simple statement of fact really isn't a good look.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Staning for a politician - even one i like as much as mamdani - against a simple statement of fact really isn't a good look.
Asked the Alibaba LLM. My "favorite" terrible one was:
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Asked the Alibaba LLM. My "favorite" terrible one was:
I was going to complain about this post but then I looked up the actor who played him
November 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I was going to complain about this post but then I looked up the actor who played him
How is this from 2013? Did not realize we were more than a dozen years into the podcast era
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How is this from 2013? Did not realize we were more than a dozen years into the podcast era
Ah yes, Fani Willis, the thug that tried to railroad Young Thug
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ah yes, Fani Willis, the thug that tried to railroad Young Thug
I like flasks though they definitely make me less productive
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I like flasks though they definitely make me less productive
So far my only experience is a bad one. Voters in LA County were fooled by Villanueva who ran as a progressive (in name only), but was really the voice of the corrupt rank-and-file (those who feared or were demoted or fired for corruption/illegal behavior/use-of-force). Would love a better example!
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
So far my only experience is a bad one. Voters in LA County were fooled by Villanueva who ran as a progressive (in name only), but was really the voice of the corrupt rank-and-file (those who feared or were demoted or fired for corruption/illegal behavior/use-of-force). Would love a better example!
The pluralization is Ashleys Jugg, because still only one boob each
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The pluralization is Ashleys Jugg, because still only one boob each
It's also trivial to get past their paywall
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's also trivial to get past their paywall
Why are you announcing this
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Why are you announcing this
Oh lol I just assumed this referred to a different loathsome plagiarizer Ben, Benny Johnson
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Oh lol I just assumed this referred to a different loathsome plagiarizer Ben, Benny Johnson
Corollary to that is hygiene is more comfortable and is actually a reasonable externality, so, you know, maximize how clean you and your clothes are within reason.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Corollary to that is hygiene is more comfortable and is actually a reasonable externality, so, you know, maximize how clean you and your clothes are within reason.
*shoved into the tiniest seat possible in a hot plane after we are boarded in close to the least efficient way possible* "glad i dressed up instead of wearing clothes that maximize comfort!"
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
*shoved into the tiniest seat possible in a hot plane after we are boarded in close to the least efficient way possible* "glad i dressed up instead of wearing clothes that maximize comfort!"
See also:
I was recently reminded of the English origins of the term soccer reading le Carre's "A Murder of Quality" (1962). Excerpt is a bunch of old-fashioned prep school asshole faculty talking about a 'less refined' colleague.
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
See also:
hellfired: UK-USA conflict over the phrase "fanny pack"
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
hellfired: UK-USA conflict over the phrase "fanny pack"
Actually it looks like it lowers prices for high-value parcels so scratch that last point (and don't tell the nimbys)
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Actually it looks like it lowers prices for high-value parcels so scratch that last point (and don't tell the nimbys)
The land price increase effect is naturally upstream of decreasing costs per unit (developer demand leads to higher prices), something the author of this post is pretty consistent about supporting! What this also does is weaken a NIMBY talking point that is hurting their property values.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The land price increase effect is naturally upstream of decreasing costs per unit (developer demand leads to higher prices), something the author of this post is pretty consistent about supporting! What this also does is weaken a NIMBY talking point that is hurting their property values.
land grant universities funded by federal land sales, sea grant universities initially planned to be funded by offshore leases, space grant universities funded by...uh... selling moon parcels, and sun grant universities funded installing sun blockers and making farms pay to get unblocked
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
land grant universities funded by federal land sales, sea grant universities initially planned to be funded by offshore leases, space grant universities funded by...uh... selling moon parcels, and sun grant universities funded installing sun blockers and making farms pay to get unblocked