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One of the pervasive themes in betting ads seems to be contempt for their audience.
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
One of the pervasive themes in betting ads seems to be contempt for their audience.
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Every hand can help.
So far they have built 7000 wood burning stoves for Ukraine.
So far they have built 7000 wood burning stoves for Ukraine.
Swedes send wood-burning stoves to help Ukrainans stay warm: ”The need is immense” - Radio Sweden
As Ukrainians struggle with power outages in their homes due to Russian attacks, thousands of free-standing wood-burning stove-tops have been sent to them ...
www.sverigesradio.se
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Every hand can help.
So far they have built 7000 wood burning stoves for Ukraine.
So far they have built 7000 wood burning stoves for Ukraine.
I see a lot of these takes, but I’m not so sure.
There is a strong theory that Trump voters saw him as a rich successful guy because he was on “The Apprentice”. Well, if they believed that, why wouldn’t they believe this speech?
It seems like every Trump rant going back 10 years has people saying:
There is a strong theory that Trump voters saw him as a rich successful guy because he was on “The Apprentice”. Well, if they believed that, why wouldn’t they believe this speech?
It seems like every Trump rant going back 10 years has people saying:
i suspect that speech will convince absolutely nobody
December 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I see a lot of these takes, but I’m not so sure.
There is a strong theory that Trump voters saw him as a rich successful guy because he was on “The Apprentice”. Well, if they believed that, why wouldn’t they believe this speech?
It seems like every Trump rant going back 10 years has people saying:
There is a strong theory that Trump voters saw him as a rich successful guy because he was on “The Apprentice”. Well, if they believed that, why wouldn’t they believe this speech?
It seems like every Trump rant going back 10 years has people saying:
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
The inverse is true in Polish politics. Look at Slawomir Mentzen and Grzegorz Braun.
"Chrupalla" by the way is the Germanised form of the Polish last name "Chrupała"
In German politics the most german, German, to ever german, is always a Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz
In German politics the most german, German, to ever german, is always a Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz
A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Russia doesn’t pose a threat to his country — but that Poland potentially does.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The inverse is true in Polish politics. Look at Slawomir Mentzen and Grzegorz Braun.
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there's a portrait in RFK's attic that just keeps getting younger and better-looking
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
there's a portrait in RFK's attic that just keeps getting younger and better-looking
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It amuses me how low the Conehead has fallen. open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It amuses me how low the Conehead has fallen. open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I speak to the always insightful Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social about the battle for Pokrovsk and what it means for the broader trajectory of Russia's war against Ukraine. www.powervertical.org/2025/11/07/t...
THE POKROVSK ENDGAME – AND AFTERMATH
powervertical · THE BATTLE OF POKROVSK Russia continues to focus its firepower on the strategic and battered eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said th…
www.powervertical.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I speak to the always insightful Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social about the battle for Pokrovsk and what it means for the broader trajectory of Russia's war against Ukraine. www.powervertical.org/2025/11/07/t...
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Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Honestly, one of the great American poems. Arguably the great American poem.
Really great conversation between @timmiller.bsky.social and @ryan-holiday.bsky.social. It’s illuminating as well. Ryan’s opinion on Silicon Valley dinner parties is quite interesting.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Ryan Holiday: Life Is Too Short to Be a Bootlicker
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 10/24/2025 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Really great conversation between @timmiller.bsky.social and @ryan-holiday.bsky.social. It’s illuminating as well. Ryan’s opinion on Silicon Valley dinner parties is quite interesting.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
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Glad to have a safe haven like Bluesky sometimes. Have been getting harassed non-stop by bullies on Twitter for suggesting that so-called "adults" should grow up, and stop celebrating Halloween for two weeks straight.
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Glad to have a safe haven like Bluesky sometimes. Have been getting harassed non-stop by bullies on Twitter for suggesting that so-called "adults" should grow up, and stop celebrating Halloween for two weeks straight.
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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american humanities education has done a very big disservice by training students to look at art and play "spot the social allegory"
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
american humanities education has done a very big disservice by training students to look at art and play "spot the social allegory"
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Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
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Every angry screed about how Biden blew it just does not acknowledge the whole reason Biden was unpopular was because he did the exact economic policy they claimed to want instead of pummeling the workers with austerity until Doordash servants worked for pennies and Subway footlongs were $5 again.
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Every angry screed about how Biden blew it just does not acknowledge the whole reason Biden was unpopular was because he did the exact economic policy they claimed to want instead of pummeling the workers with austerity until Doordash servants worked for pennies and Subway footlongs were $5 again.
Totally melted brain.
As if Tyler flew too close to the sun.
As if Tyler flew too close to the sun.
Love how a supposed libertarian read how China is trying to censor ‘excessively pessimistic sentiment’ and conclude that - yes, US can use a bit of this
Jesus christ
October 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Totally melted brain.
As if Tyler flew too close to the sun.
As if Tyler flew too close to the sun.
It’s a really interesting discussion.
My podcast interaction with @erep.csis.org on Russia-India relations just dropped.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfrn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfrn...
The Russia-India Relationship with Tina Dolbaia and Vasabjit Banerjee
YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It’s a really interesting discussion.
Interesting thread by Neil.
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Interesting thread by Neil.
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Middle management keeps the world running.
October 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Middle management keeps the world running.
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Tyler Cowen already pretending that Trump II isn’t happening as it is day to day, no reason that would change the moment the entire movement fails lol.
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Tyler Cowen already pretending that Trump II isn’t happening as it is day to day, no reason that would change the moment the entire movement fails lol.
This is the exact moment I knew I could no longer take Nassim Taleb seriously.
It is just you, Nassim.
It is just you, Nassim.
September 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is the exact moment I knew I could no longer take Nassim Taleb seriously.
It is just you, Nassim.
It is just you, Nassim.