Kawoold
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My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”
Right, I forgot about that. I hate that questions like whether Congress controls the purse boils down to "only if they actually wanted to" and there's no way to make them do their jobs.
I feel like a loon grumbling about consent of the governed, but no one consented to congress dissolving itself
I feel like a loon grumbling about consent of the governed, but no one consented to congress dissolving itself
January 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Right, I forgot about that. I hate that questions like whether Congress controls the purse boils down to "only if they actually wanted to" and there's no way to make them do their jobs.
I feel like a loon grumbling about consent of the governed, but no one consented to congress dissolving itself
I feel like a loon grumbling about consent of the governed, but no one consented to congress dissolving itself
Would a claim have to come from the majority of either chamber, or would individual senators/reps have standing?
Also I realize it's mostly a way for the SC to weasel out of making decisions, but it's so dumb for standing to be the reason constitutional violations like this can't be reviewed
Also I realize it's mostly a way for the SC to weasel out of making decisions, but it's so dumb for standing to be the reason constitutional violations like this can't be reviewed
January 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Would a claim have to come from the majority of either chamber, or would individual senators/reps have standing?
Also I realize it's mostly a way for the SC to weasel out of making decisions, but it's so dumb for standing to be the reason constitutional violations like this can't be reviewed
Also I realize it's mostly a way for the SC to weasel out of making decisions, but it's so dumb for standing to be the reason constitutional violations like this can't be reviewed
Given the context that started all this, you'd think these people would understand everything about Bingo
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Given the context that started all this, you'd think these people would understand everything about Bingo
There's also pi-hole, which does the same thing pi-hole.net
Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking
pi-hole.net
January 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
There's also pi-hole, which does the same thing pi-hole.net
I use Adguard home adguard.com/en/adguard-h....
Works like Adguard for your browser, but you can set it up so all your requests go through it. It's a little technical to set up, but not too bad if you're comfortable playing around with your router settings
Works like Adguard for your browser, but you can set it up so all your requests go through it. It's a little technical to set up, but not too bad if you're comfortable playing around with your router settings
AdGuard Home | Network-wide software for any OS: Windows, macOS, Linux
AdGuard Home is a network-wide software for blocking ads & tracking. After you set it up, it’ll cover ALL your home devices, and you don’t need any client-side software for that.
adguard.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I use Adguard home adguard.com/en/adguard-h....
Works like Adguard for your browser, but you can set it up so all your requests go through it. It's a little technical to set up, but not too bad if you're comfortable playing around with your router settings
Works like Adguard for your browser, but you can set it up so all your requests go through it. It's a little technical to set up, but not too bad if you're comfortable playing around with your router settings
Network-wide adblocking has done so much to make the Internet usable, and whenever I'm off my home network it's a shock. So many sites are just completely unreadable
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Network-wide adblocking has done so much to make the Internet usable, and whenever I'm off my home network it's a shock. So many sites are just completely unreadable
Not trusting anyone who makes a big deal about being pro-natalist continues to be a winning move
January 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Not trusting anyone who makes a big deal about being pro-natalist continues to be a winning move
Statues of soldiers on horseback was some of the animal kingdoms best PR work
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Statues of soldiers on horseback was some of the animal kingdoms best PR work
A horse's answer for a stomach ache is to lay down and die
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A horse's answer for a stomach ache is to lay down and die
The difference between how horse people and non-horse people feel about them might be the biggest for any animal. "Healthy as a horse" means something completely different if you know how badly horses are actually built
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The difference between how horse people and non-horse people feel about them might be the biggest for any animal. "Healthy as a horse" means something completely different if you know how badly horses are actually built
Also to be totally clear, I wouldn't want to try to do any of this by law. Compulsory voting isn't great, and poll testing is just begging to be used to discriminate.
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Also to be totally clear, I wouldn't want to try to do any of this by law. Compulsory voting isn't great, and poll testing is just begging to be used to discriminate.
Fully admit that I'm just going off my personal experience, but it's easier for me to track VA elections and fed elections separately, instead of having them all packed on one ballot every other year.
I don't know how we move away from being both low-info and low-turnout compared to other countries
I don't know how we move away from being both low-info and low-turnout compared to other countries
December 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Fully admit that I'm just going off my personal experience, but it's easier for me to track VA elections and fed elections separately, instead of having them all packed on one ballot every other year.
I don't know how we move away from being both low-info and low-turnout compared to other countries
I don't know how we move away from being both low-info and low-turnout compared to other countries
Yeah, I'm not expecting anyone to have some deep knowledge of every candidate's policies, and for candidates in lower profile races, the party's positions are probably a good enough representation.
But for the president? At least be aware of what his deportations and tariffs would mean
But for the president? At least be aware of what his deportations and tariffs would mean
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yeah, I'm not expecting anyone to have some deep knowledge of every candidate's policies, and for candidates in lower profile races, the party's positions are probably a good enough representation.
But for the president? At least be aware of what his deportations and tariffs would mean
But for the president? At least be aware of what his deportations and tariffs would mean
I also feel like low turnout odd-year elections are probably more justifiable on the whole because of that.
December 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I also feel like low turnout odd-year elections are probably more justifiable on the whole because of that.
I guess where I land is being frustrated at voters and deeply angry that so few of our institutions even attempted to inform voters.
I also feel like I've started to move from "the important thing is to vote" to "if you can't describe any policy, maybe you should just stay home"
I also feel like I've started to move from "the important thing is to vote" to "if you can't describe any policy, maybe you should just stay home"
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I guess where I land is being frustrated at voters and deeply angry that so few of our institutions even attempted to inform voters.
I also feel like I've started to move from "the important thing is to vote" to "if you can't describe any policy, maybe you should just stay home"
I also feel like I've started to move from "the important thing is to vote" to "if you can't describe any policy, maybe you should just stay home"
I think it's hard to say that people were doing their societal obligation if they weren't aware of it. That's not to say that shaming is a thing that ever works, but there's a pretty straight line between his campaign and how his presidency is going.
News media and journalists should be shamed tho
News media and journalists should be shamed tho
December 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I think it's hard to say that people were doing their societal obligation if they weren't aware of it. That's not to say that shaming is a thing that ever works, but there's a pretty straight line between his campaign and how his presidency is going.
News media and journalists should be shamed tho
News media and journalists should be shamed tho
The biggest problem with LLMs and models like them boils down to them acting as a way for people to bypass accountability. Someone signed off on releasing a model that could be used to make deepfakes at scale, and they don't want to deal with the risks
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The biggest problem with LLMs and models like them boils down to them acting as a way for people to bypass accountability. Someone signed off on releasing a model that could be used to make deepfakes at scale, and they don't want to deal with the risks
If a print shop existed that would print and develop csam without reporting it, they would face liability concerns for distributing it, even if that's not the only thing they printed.
It's a hard problem to solve, obviously, but that doesn't mean we should just throw our hands up and let it exist
It's a hard problem to solve, obviously, but that doesn't mean we should just throw our hands up and let it exist
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If a print shop existed that would print and develop csam without reporting it, they would face liability concerns for distributing it, even if that's not the only thing they printed.
It's a hard problem to solve, obviously, but that doesn't mean we should just throw our hands up and let it exist
It's a hard problem to solve, obviously, but that doesn't mean we should just throw our hands up and let it exist
Sometimes it's just gotta be called out lol. I like Bo Burnham! I also think Burnham's wordplay is better than Welles's, and the Bob Dylan drawl is really only kind of acceptable from Dylan.
December 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sometimes it's just gotta be called out lol. I like Bo Burnham! I also think Burnham's wordplay is better than Welles's, and the Bob Dylan drawl is really only kind of acceptable from Dylan.
The lyrics are fun in the same way that Bo Burnham's lyrics are. That's more of the vein of music that he's making, which I think would be fine if people would just admit it to themselves. It's YouTube comedy the the style of Dylan
Also the chord progression is CFCG, it's as basic as you get
Also the chord progression is CFCG, it's as basic as you get
December 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The lyrics are fun in the same way that Bo Burnham's lyrics are. That's more of the vein of music that he's making, which I think would be fine if people would just admit it to themselves. It's YouTube comedy the the style of Dylan
Also the chord progression is CFCG, it's as basic as you get
Also the chord progression is CFCG, it's as basic as you get
FIRE has a lot of really great lawyers who seem genuinely committed to free speech, and also seem really touchy when people point out that Lukianoff uses their reputation like toilet paper for things like this.
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
FIRE has a lot of really great lawyers who seem genuinely committed to free speech, and also seem really touchy when people point out that Lukianoff uses their reputation like toilet paper for things like this.
What in your mind would be the argument that feminism has hurt women? The fact that they can leave abusive relationships? Their ability to be their own person? Their ability to have control of their bodies?
Anyone willing to "debate" any of those doesn't deserve to be taken seriously
Anyone willing to "debate" any of those doesn't deserve to be taken seriously
December 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What in your mind would be the argument that feminism has hurt women? The fact that they can leave abusive relationships? Their ability to be their own person? Their ability to have control of their bodies?
Anyone willing to "debate" any of those doesn't deserve to be taken seriously
Anyone willing to "debate" any of those doesn't deserve to be taken seriously
It's not asked in good faith. No one asking whether feminism has been bad for women will actually be convinced otherwise, it's why all the performative debate nonsense is mostly a waste of time
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's not asked in good faith. No one asking whether feminism has been bad for women will actually be convinced otherwise, it's why all the performative debate nonsense is mostly a waste of time