John Soo 🏳️🌈
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Host of the Orange Combinator meetup
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There is no such thing as conservative thought!
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Host of the Orange Combinator meetup
https://meetup.com/orange-combinator
cis/het
There is no such thing as conservative thought!
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John Soo 🏳️🌈
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· Jun 3
I know I don't have a pfp but default yellow at symbol is pretty good, tbh
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swear jar for those of you who keep sharing freepress garbage and ragebait essays from the cut, atlantic et al. also the whole n*zzi/l*zza/rfkj drama
This will be a thread of the most widely read essays we've published since the 2024 election, by author. Hopefully this will give you a good view into the kind of publication we're asking you to support. gofund.me/9779a6cb8
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
swear jar for those of you who keep sharing freepress garbage and ragebait essays from the cut, atlantic et al. also the whole n*zzi/l*zza/rfkj drama
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I’ve seen a worrying number of readers angry when a book is not exactly what they expected, which is a way to trap yourself permanently.
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’ve seen a worrying number of readers angry when a book is not exactly what they expected, which is a way to trap yourself permanently.
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela?”
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BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela?”
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Q: so this will solve the drug problem if all goes well?
A: lol no
A: lol no
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Q: so this will solve the drug problem if all goes well?
A: lol no
A: lol no
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“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela” should really be on at least a couple of chyrons
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela” should really be on at least a couple of chyrons
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The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
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I encountered these in Tucson, on and adjacent to the U of A campus,and they seemed clunky but serviceable, and of course infinitely preferable to a full-sized sedan that it would be replacing.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I encountered these in Tucson, on and adjacent to the U of A campus,and they seemed clunky but serviceable, and of course infinitely preferable to a full-sized sedan that it would be replacing.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
We finally have Ethical Burrito Taxi Under Capitalism and these fools can't see it.
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The leftism we need: automation is awesome as it eliminates human drudgery.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
Marx cheered industrialization and the elimination of human drudgery as he thought it hastened the day of revolution.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The leftism we need: automation is awesome as it eliminates human drudgery.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
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Marx cheered industrialization and the elimination of human drudgery as he thought it hastened the day of revolution.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Marx cheered industrialization and the elimination of human drudgery as he thought it hastened the day of revolution.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
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Old Bay. Ranch. Goldfish.
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Old Bay. Ranch. Goldfish.
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The Kevin Spacey return tour is going to actually give me a coronary
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Kevin Spacey return tour is going to actually give me a coronary
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Easy to ask for money, hard to summarize the work we've done to earn your trust over the past year (never mind the seven before that). A thread that highlights some of the essays that took off since Trump was reelected.
This will be a thread of the most widely read essays we've published since the 2024 election, by author. Hopefully this will give you a good view into the kind of publication we're asking you to support. gofund.me/9779a6cb8
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Easy to ask for money, hard to summarize the work we've done to earn your trust over the past year (never mind the seven before that). A thread that highlights some of the essays that took off since Trump was reelected.
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I wish it was more well known/believed that Republicans want to destroy public education. Everybody hates paying for and dealing with all the private school headaches with their daycare and it would just be that through 12th grade
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I wish it was more well known/believed that Republicans want to destroy public education. Everybody hates paying for and dealing with all the private school headaches with their daycare and it would just be that through 12th grade
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What's often missed about early mass surveillance (e.g. Germany + Berlin during the cold war) is that the wiretaps etc. were far less essential and successful than human informants and people who turned in family + neighbors.
This remains largely true of dragnet surveillance today.
This remains largely true of dragnet surveillance today.
New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
"Something doesn't sound right"
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What's often missed about early mass surveillance (e.g. Germany + Berlin during the cold war) is that the wiretaps etc. were far less essential and successful than human informants and people who turned in family + neighbors.
This remains largely true of dragnet surveillance today.
This remains largely true of dragnet surveillance today.
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So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
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Lincoln's Cooper Union address
"... what will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done ... in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated – we must place ourselves avowedly with them."
"... what will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done ... in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated – we must place ourselves avowedly with them."
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lincoln's Cooper Union address
"... what will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done ... in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated – we must place ourselves avowedly with them."
"... what will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done ... in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated – we must place ourselves avowedly with them."
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it's interesting because right wingers won't shut up about triggering the libs, liberal tears, etc etc but on a deep level what they want isn't for us to be angry, what they want is for us to apologize and admit they were right all along
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
it's interesting because right wingers won't shut up about triggering the libs, liberal tears, etc etc but on a deep level what they want isn't for us to be angry, what they want is for us to apologize and admit they were right all along
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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seeing as these are becoming weirdly popular, how's this -
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
seeing as these are becoming weirdly popular, how's this -
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
for every additional supporter i get towards my goal of 100, i'll post a recipe
www.patreon.com/c/PoliticalP...
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And, just a side note, but disrupting the supply chain for addictive drugs does nothing to decrease demand. Addicts have run individual experiments on this countless times, trying to get sober by limiting their own access to their favorite drug. Ask a sober person if that worked for them.
The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
And, just a side note, but disrupting the supply chain for addictive drugs does nothing to decrease demand. Addicts have run individual experiments on this countless times, trying to get sober by limiting their own access to their favorite drug. Ask a sober person if that worked for them.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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The hat they drew these names out of needs to be doused in holy water and shot into the sun
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The hat they drew these names out of needs to be doused in holy water and shot into the sun
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The thread around this post is good and worth reading, and I think the thing is that given the distractions and stuff of today, I, a student of decades ago, would probably be performing like shit too.
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The thread around this post is good and worth reading, and I think the thing is that given the distractions and stuff of today, I, a student of decades ago, would probably be performing like shit too.