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Auerspergian-bushido-liberal.
manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
“True Strength lies in Right’; save this, all is transitory” - Klemens von Metternich
manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
“True Strength lies in Right’; save this, all is transitory” - Klemens von Metternich
Pinned
“May hosts of heroes cluster
That scorn to wear a chain.
And blast the venal sycophants
Who dare our rights betray;
Assert yourselves, yourselves, yourselves
For brave America,”
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"The “mania for [historical] parallels” distorted real history by separating the individual “from the setting in which he was placed, and the circumstances under which he acted.” The specificities of times and situations “admit of no analogy.”
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"The “mania for [historical] parallels” distorted real history by separating the individual “from the setting in which he was placed, and the circumstances under which he acted.” The specificities of times and situations “admit of no analogy.”
It may have cost Meta $77 billion but it gave us “legendary misadventure”, and that’s priceless.
It got overshadowed by companies getting excited by something with a degree of substance, but that year or so, where tech enthusiasts would act like you were a Luddite for questioning the value of virtual reality shopping, was mad
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It may have cost Meta $77 billion but it gave us “legendary misadventure”, and that’s priceless.
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them: oh, you're a YIMBY, so you'd be cool with them building a NUKE PLANT next door
me: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
me: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
if AI compels us to build 3 new nuclear reactors in Georgia it’s worth it imo
Georgia's largest utility wants to spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve data centers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
them: oh, you're a YIMBY, so you'd be cool with them building a NUKE PLANT next door
me: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
me: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
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chat what’s a hemisphere
It really is not that widespread in the “western hemisphere” (whatever that means). There are serious restrictions on it in most of the larger EU countries, if they even have it at all.
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
chat what’s a hemisphere
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The 22nd MEU has been providing assistance to Jamaica for the last month. Just because no one pays attention to US disaster response doesn’t mean the it’s not routine for Marines. It’s why they’re based forward.
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The 22nd MEU has been providing assistance to Jamaica for the last month. Just because no one pays attention to US disaster response doesn’t mean the it’s not routine for Marines. It’s why they’re based forward.
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
www.22ndmeu.marines.mil/News/Press-R...
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self-driving cars are a huge safety win, we were never going to get everyone on board with public transit (speaking as someone who loves metro trains!!), and yes, the people trying to get them banned have blood on their hands
getting kinda negatively polarized on self driving (waymo, not Tesla) bans. they do cost
like the technology clearly works and is viable for at least intra-city transit, at a certain point the distracted, drunk, et. driving deaths are in fact actively on the people seeking to delay it's deployment
like the technology clearly works and is viable for at least intra-city transit, at a certain point the distracted, drunk, et. driving deaths are in fact actively on the people seeking to delay it's deployment
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
self-driving cars are a huge safety win, we were never going to get everyone on board with public transit (speaking as someone who loves metro trains!!), and yes, the people trying to get them banned have blood on their hands
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i just don’t give a shit. USPS works fine. it costs money. it’s a universal federal service. it’s not supposed to be revenue neutral.
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
i just don’t give a shit. USPS works fine. it costs money. it’s a universal federal service. it’s not supposed to be revenue neutral.
We hit the pinnacle with Liberalism and people started madly thrashing around refusing to accept that.
it really just does feel like endless variations on a very small number of themes
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We hit the pinnacle with Liberalism and people started madly thrashing around refusing to accept that.
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The Supreme Court is an insult. Get rid of the damn thing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The Supreme Court is an insult. Get rid of the damn thing.
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We gotta clean house at SOCOM. Everyone who was cool with this open and shut murder needs a new career—and those actually responsible ought to face capital trials.
Something to remember in all this reporting that USSOUTHCOM’s CDR resigned and a USSOUTHCOM JAG raised concerns and was overruled.
The SOCOM commander ordered the strike and SOCOM JAG supported him in the strikes.
The SOCOM commander ordered the strike and SOCOM JAG supported him in the strikes.
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We gotta clean house at SOCOM. Everyone who was cool with this open and shut murder needs a new career—and those actually responsible ought to face capital trials.
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this manages to legitimately be way worse than all the leaks that were being fed to the papers last night
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
this manages to legitimately be way worse than all the leaks that were being fed to the papers last night
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There’s an established penalty for ordering the killing of shipwrecked sailors (even during a war, which we are manifestly not in) and we should apply that penalty. I would say it’s vitally important to apply that penalty, in fact.
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There’s an established penalty for ordering the killing of shipwrecked sailors (even during a war, which we are manifestly not in) and we should apply that penalty. I would say it’s vitally important to apply that penalty, in fact.
“A tribunal of blood and of crimes… A dishonor to a free nation.”
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“A tribunal of blood and of crimes… A dishonor to a free nation.”
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i’m on my “congress needs to repeal and replace scotus once we lock in a trifecta” bullshit again. for no particular reason
repeal scotus and replace it with 9 federal judges who agree that the era is rightfully and legally the 28th amendment
Many young men are angry that selective service is gendered; but also many want to blame a woman for this.
The solution is painfully obvious. The ERA would have made this unconstitutional. Therefore, we must blame Phyllis Schlafly for all of this. This will save the Democratic Party.
The solution is painfully obvious. The ERA would have made this unconstitutional. Therefore, we must blame Phyllis Schlafly for all of this. This will save the Democratic Party.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
i’m on my “congress needs to repeal and replace scotus once we lock in a trifecta” bullshit again. for no particular reason
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Suddenly remembering that time I mocked Elon for claiming he was "exactly aligned" with the DSA back in early 2022. www.techdirt.com/2022/05/10/w...
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Suddenly remembering that time I mocked Elon for claiming he was "exactly aligned" with the DSA back in early 2022. www.techdirt.com/2022/05/10/w...
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This is going to set of a chain reaction of stupid.
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is going to set of a chain reaction of stupid.
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I have friends who are in exile and the actions their governments took that drove them into exile were cheered on by these people and many of them ended up fleeing to places that want to send them back
I think I'm allowed to be extremely angry at the prospect of breaking bread with those people
I think I'm allowed to be extremely angry at the prospect of breaking bread with those people
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I have friends who are in exile and the actions their governments took that drove them into exile were cheered on by these people and many of them ended up fleeing to places that want to send them back
I think I'm allowed to be extremely angry at the prospect of breaking bread with those people
I think I'm allowed to be extremely angry at the prospect of breaking bread with those people
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NEW: Democrats will force a Senate vote on a 3-year extension of Affordable Care Act funds
Per Schumer, every Dem will vote YES.
It needs 60. Won't happen. Most Republicans want these Covid-era funds gone.
It'll becomes a 2026 issue when premiums soar.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Per Schumer, every Dem will vote YES.
It needs 60. Won't happen. Most Republicans want these Covid-era funds gone.
It'll becomes a 2026 issue when premiums soar.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats will force a Senate vote on a 3-year extension of Affordable Care Act funds
The legislation is all but guaranteed to fail next week, due to widespread Republican opposition, and become a key issue in the 2026 elections as insurance premiums rise.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NEW: Democrats will force a Senate vote on a 3-year extension of Affordable Care Act funds
Per Schumer, every Dem will vote YES.
It needs 60. Won't happen. Most Republicans want these Covid-era funds gone.
It'll becomes a 2026 issue when premiums soar.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Per Schumer, every Dem will vote YES.
It needs 60. Won't happen. Most Republicans want these Covid-era funds gone.
It'll becomes a 2026 issue when premiums soar.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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How about there is a ship and it "treks" around the galaxy exploring new worlds, investigating phenomena, and occasionally being called on to serve a diplomatic or military role in various border spats, treaty negotiations, first contact events, etc.?
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How about there is a ship and it "treks" around the galaxy exploring new worlds, investigating phenomena, and occasionally being called on to serve a diplomatic or military role in various border spats, treaty negotiations, first contact events, etc.?
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Everyone waiting for Empire 2
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Everyone waiting for Empire 2
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There is simply no excuse for the DSA, which is larger than CodePink and PSL by several orders of magnitude, to feel like they absolutely *must* partner with openly tankie/entryist/campist organizations.
*Especially* when some of these orgs are explicitly not "anti-war" when it comes to Russia.
*Especially* when some of these orgs are explicitly not "anti-war" when it comes to Russia.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There is simply no excuse for the DSA, which is larger than CodePink and PSL by several orders of magnitude, to feel like they absolutely *must* partner with openly tankie/entryist/campist organizations.
*Especially* when some of these orgs are explicitly not "anti-war" when it comes to Russia.
*Especially* when some of these orgs are explicitly not "anti-war" when it comes to Russia.
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going to war with venezuela would be stupid and evil and also i think allying with russian stooges and weird cults is not a good way to make that point
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
going to war with venezuela would be stupid and evil and also i think allying with russian stooges and weird cults is not a good way to make that point
“Legendary misadventure”
*META’S ZUCKERBERG PLANS UP TO 30% CUTS FOR METAVERSE EFFORTS
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Legendary misadventure”