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Something that I think might explain a bit of the mainstream liberal kowtowing to MAGA in the post-Kirk environment comes from Paul Berman's Terrorism and Liberalism book, where he argues that liberals have a rationalistic sense of proportionality about the world.
What he means is that if/
What he means is that if/
September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Something that I think might explain a bit of the mainstream liberal kowtowing to MAGA in the post-Kirk environment comes from Paul Berman's Terrorism and Liberalism book, where he argues that liberals have a rationalistic sense of proportionality about the world.
What he means is that if/
What he means is that if/
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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Looking for a way to take action? Are you a content creator who thinks Dems could do better?
On Saturday, come see us at the anthracite miners memorial in a county Trump won by 40 points. Not a bad drive from most places in the mid-Atlantic and this is where we need to be. Details below…
On Saturday, come see us at the anthracite miners memorial in a county Trump won by 40 points. Not a bad drive from most places in the mid-Atlantic and this is where we need to be. Details below…
July 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Looking for a way to take action? Are you a content creator who thinks Dems could do better?
On Saturday, come see us at the anthracite miners memorial in a county Trump won by 40 points. Not a bad drive from most places in the mid-Atlantic and this is where we need to be. Details below…
On Saturday, come see us at the anthracite miners memorial in a county Trump won by 40 points. Not a bad drive from most places in the mid-Atlantic and this is where we need to be. Details below…
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"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
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Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
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John Rawls on why we must believe that a just society is possible - especially in moments where it seems most in doubt
June 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
John Rawls on why we must believe that a just society is possible - especially in moments where it seems most in doubt
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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
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You think you’ve got a read on what’s going on here and then a M Night Shyamalan twist gets dropped on you out of nowhere
June 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
You think you’ve got a read on what’s going on here and then a M Night Shyamalan twist gets dropped on you out of nowhere
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"A much more promising path to abundance than the one this book offers is to embrace a twenty-first-century New Deal. That is the tried-and-true model for a “liberalism that builds” in the United States" ~Sandeep Vaheesan
// this really is an excellent piece.
// this really is an excellent piece.
This is such a careful, thoughtful essay by Sandeep (who literally wrote the book of the moment on the new deal electrification project). I hope its arguments get the serious consideration they deserve from those who are interested in these issues.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Real Path to Abundance - Boston Review
To deliver plentiful housing and clean energy, we have to get the story right about what’s standing in the way.
www.bostonreview.net
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"A much more promising path to abundance than the one this book offers is to embrace a twenty-first-century New Deal. That is the tried-and-true model for a “liberalism that builds” in the United States" ~Sandeep Vaheesan
// this really is an excellent piece.
// this really is an excellent piece.
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I've said this before, but the problem is that the acceptable rate of wrong answers depends *heavily* on the task in question.
Counterintuitively, the simpler and less important the task, the *lower* the acceptable failure rate!
Counterintuitively, the simpler and less important the task, the *lower* the acceptable failure rate!
Bluesky lives in a fantasy world were LLMs are useless plagiarism machines. When the reality is they generally work. Just not well enough for the way the masses are using them. Most people can’t handle something that is sometimes wrong.
I encounter more and more people in real life lately who think AI genuinely is some kind of truth machine and it feels like they are living on a different planet in a way that is just incredibly distressing
May 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I've said this before, but the problem is that the acceptable rate of wrong answers depends *heavily* on the task in question.
Counterintuitively, the simpler and less important the task, the *lower* the acceptable failure rate!
Counterintuitively, the simpler and less important the task, the *lower* the acceptable failure rate!
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“the act is the message” bsky.app/profile/davi...
The trip in particular seems to have operationalized @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's idea that "the act is the message" in a very effective way.
April 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“the act is the message” bsky.app/profile/davi...
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I worked on this story for a decade and he just said it out loud on Fox News
Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign from the left…It's like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.
February 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I worked on this story for a decade and he just said it out loud on Fox News
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Biden’s great mistake was to think that, in politics, seeing is believing, delivering goods would deliver votes.
In contrast, Trump understands that believing is seeing, with enough celebrity and media support, many voters opt for an imagined politics that has little bearing in reality.
In contrast, Trump understands that believing is seeing, with enough celebrity and media support, many voters opt for an imagined politics that has little bearing in reality.
it is beyond clear that for many americans trump is a blank slate who stands for whatever they personally want
February 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Biden’s great mistake was to think that, in politics, seeing is believing, delivering goods would deliver votes.
In contrast, Trump understands that believing is seeing, with enough celebrity and media support, many voters opt for an imagined politics that has little bearing in reality.
In contrast, Trump understands that believing is seeing, with enough celebrity and media support, many voters opt for an imagined politics that has little bearing in reality.
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Musk killed these people.
February 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Musk killed these people.
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I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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inoreader (my preferred RSS reader) now integrates BlueSky feeds. www.inoreader.com/blog/2025/02...
Introducing Bluesky integration
In recent months, Bluesky has emerged as a rapidly growing social media platform, attracting users seeking alternatives...
www.inoreader.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
inoreader (my preferred RSS reader) now integrates BlueSky feeds. www.inoreader.com/blog/2025/02...
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Trump is a One-Dimensional Negotiator
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
January 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trump is a One-Dimensional Negotiator
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
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“Who goes Nazi” from 1941 harpers.org/archive/1941...
January 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“Who goes Nazi” from 1941 harpers.org/archive/1941...
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genuinely staggering how bad the non-AOC examples are. just like complete inability to write without tying themselves in knots
Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
January 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
genuinely staggering how bad the non-AOC examples are. just like complete inability to write without tying themselves in knots
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Fucking stormtroopers.
Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.
January 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fucking stormtroopers.
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I’m sorry but the “ahhh geez, the blowback, they may say good things about Trump” shit (including/especially Biden admin losing their nerve)…do people want power or not? you think Sinclair broadcasting or Facebook or any of the other cancers that should be excised would go quietly into the night?
January 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I’m sorry but the “ahhh geez, the blowback, they may say good things about Trump” shit (including/especially Biden admin losing their nerve)…do people want power or not? you think Sinclair broadcasting or Facebook or any of the other cancers that should be excised would go quietly into the night?