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Interesting to see a right wing conservative critique of financialization. Sure there are some extra swipes at Warren in the article and linked plan, but maybe there's room for a cross cutting policy in the intersection of the Warren/Bernie/Khan side with some of Cass's quite sensible proposals.
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Interesting to see a right wing conservative critique of financialization. Sure there are some extra swipes at Warren in the article and linked plan, but maybe there's room for a cross cutting policy in the intersection of the Warren/Bernie/Khan side with some of Cass's quite sensible proposals.
Goodreads tracks that, as much as it gets your books, for 2025 it claims I've read 87 books made up of 47,971 pages, so 551 pages is the average book read (shortest 246, longest 1,201). This is about 50-75% more than the last few years before this.
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Goodreads tracks that, as much as it gets your books, for 2025 it claims I've read 87 books made up of 47,971 pages, so 551 pages is the average book read (shortest 246, longest 1,201). This is about 50-75% more than the last few years before this.
Also the 2% target is suspect, arbitrary, and not based on anything real. Long term average inflation has been above 3%, close to 3.5%, so changing the 2% target to 3% (or even 2-3%) would likely make sense and help concentrate more on the employment part of the mandate.
December 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Also the 2% target is suspect, arbitrary, and not based on anything real. Long term average inflation has been above 3%, close to 3.5%, so changing the 2% target to 3% (or even 2-3%) would likely make sense and help concentrate more on the employment part of the mandate.
That's a cool way to review the year in movies. I've only seen about half the movies I normally would, but for me that Sinners moment is such a standout it is a shoe in on such a list for the decade, let alone the year. Sinners, One Battle After Another, and KPop Demon Hunters are prob my top 3.
December 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
That's a cool way to review the year in movies. I've only seen about half the movies I normally would, but for me that Sinners moment is such a standout it is a shoe in on such a list for the decade, let alone the year. Sinners, One Battle After Another, and KPop Demon Hunters are prob my top 3.
Moxy Fruvous - Bargainville
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Moxy Fruvous - Bargainville
Missed hearing you in vague republican bickering due to accent (5)
Could that be a legit clue for the same?
Could that be a legit clue for the same?
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Missed hearing you in vague republican bickering due to accent (5)
Could that be a legit clue for the same?
Could that be a legit clue for the same?
You should also be able to rank *all* the candidates if you want, not just some of them. Also, I think you should be able to say after your explicit rank is done, you want to follow one of the candidates rankings rather than no vote. Then candidates themselves can have an official rank to follow.
July 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
You should also be able to rank *all* the candidates if you want, not just some of them. Also, I think you should be able to say after your explicit rank is done, you want to follow one of the candidates rankings rather than no vote. Then candidates themselves can have an official rank to follow.
A good overall bill as multimember RC is the way to go. Rounding to the nearest odd number of seats isn't clear to me (999,999=1 seat,1,000,001=3seats). Encouraging multimember districts with 5-7 elected seems ideal. RC should be allowed when not multimember too.
July 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A good overall bill as multimember RC is the way to go. Rounding to the nearest odd number of seats isn't clear to me (999,999=1 seat,1,000,001=3seats). Encouraging multimember districts with 5-7 elected seems ideal. RC should be allowed when not multimember too.
Is there now a crimson coward organization to parallel crimson courage?
July 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Is there now a crimson coward organization to parallel crimson courage?
Obviously depends on maturity level but I think something like Narnia; Wrinkle in Time; Fionavar Tapestry; He Who Fights Monsters might be reasonable recommendations on a continuum from appropriate for youngest/pre-teen to older-teen maturities.
July 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Obviously depends on maturity level but I think something like Narnia; Wrinkle in Time; Fionavar Tapestry; He Who Fights Monsters might be reasonable recommendations on a continuum from appropriate for youngest/pre-teen to older-teen maturities.
No, not in my opinion. There are some traumatic events and mature themes covered (but not explicitly or graphically), but I think it would be more PG-13 than R if we were using US movie ratings.
June 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
No, not in my opinion. There are some traumatic events and mature themes covered (but not explicitly or graphically), but I think it would be more PG-13 than R if we were using US movie ratings.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Lived up to the hype, well worth reading. A little outside my genre as I'm usually more SF/F than contemporary fiction, but I understand why this was the book of 2022.
June 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Lived up to the hype, well worth reading. A little outside my genre as I'm usually more SF/F than contemporary fiction, but I understand why this was the book of 2022.
I regularly read in public (on kindle, so a little harder to start talk about the book), so we aren't extinct. Technically when I did it today I was reading non-fiction (Abundance on Libby), but 95+% of what I read are novels. It is true that sig. more women read novels than men, but such men exist!
June 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I regularly read in public (on kindle, so a little harder to start talk about the book), so we aren't extinct. Technically when I did it today I was reading non-fiction (Abundance on Libby), but 95+% of what I read are novels. It is true that sig. more women read novels than men, but such men exist!
Do we need more Mothmas, or do we need more Luthen, Kleya, and Saw and less Dedra, Partagaz, Krennic, and Syrils?
May 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Do we need more Mothmas, or do we need more Luthen, Kleya, and Saw and less Dedra, Partagaz, Krennic, and Syrils?
Good take, in both cases the shows took series/properties in more adult/mature and darker directions, that were both true to the original, but also different/more than the original. Although I think Andor is actually more similar to Babylon 5 in terms of theme and message.
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Good take, in both cases the shows took series/properties in more adult/mature and darker directions, that were both true to the original, but also different/more than the original. Although I think Andor is actually more similar to Babylon 5 in terms of theme and message.
Nearing $20,000 / person over the past two days (I think right about $19,000 / person if the rough $6.4 trillion news reports are right).
April 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Nearing $20,000 / person over the past two days (I think right about $19,000 / person if the rough $6.4 trillion news reports are right).
Another way to put that in perspective is if that amount was sent as a dividend to every person of any age in the US, that would be about $6,000 / person.
April 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Another way to put that in perspective is if that amount was sent as a dividend to every person of any age in the US, that would be about $6,000 / person.
And if anything I think it gets even better through season four. You go til you can't go no more. And then when you don't know where to go, go where you're needed.
They still have the chirping that you'd expect from Shoresy, but they amp up the family/friendship/teamwork significantly.
They still have the chirping that you'd expect from Shoresy, but they amp up the family/friendship/teamwork significantly.
April 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
And if anything I think it gets even better through season four. You go til you can't go no more. And then when you don't know where to go, go where you're needed.
They still have the chirping that you'd expect from Shoresy, but they amp up the family/friendship/teamwork significantly.
They still have the chirping that you'd expect from Shoresy, but they amp up the family/friendship/teamwork significantly.
This is a good project idea. If you don't already follow Rebecca Watson (@skepchick.org), she does this too in a number of youtube videos (most recently about the mis-reporting of the covid vax pre-print articles which would be one candidate). Transgenic != transgender would be another timely topic.
March 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is a good project idea. If you don't already follow Rebecca Watson (@skepchick.org), she does this too in a number of youtube videos (most recently about the mis-reporting of the covid vax pre-print articles which would be one candidate). Transgenic != transgender would be another timely topic.
I read this as part of Life's Library book club 4 years ago. It was a prophetic selection.
January 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I read this as part of Life's Library book club 4 years ago. It was a prophetic selection.
Welcome to blue sky Matt! So far I've found this much better than the alternative sites.
If you haven't already, I'd recommend going to Feeds and searching starter packs and browsing some of those in topics/people you might like. Following (and/or blocking) can be easy from that.
If you haven't already, I'd recommend going to Feeds and searching starter packs and browsing some of those in topics/people you might like. Following (and/or blocking) can be easy from that.
January 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Welcome to blue sky Matt! So far I've found this much better than the alternative sites.
If you haven't already, I'd recommend going to Feeds and searching starter packs and browsing some of those in topics/people you might like. Following (and/or blocking) can be easy from that.
If you haven't already, I'd recommend going to Feeds and searching starter packs and browsing some of those in topics/people you might like. Following (and/or blocking) can be easy from that.
Congrats, how does one actually vote for this? The call to action on the web page is to vote but clicking on the podcast doesn't seem to vote and just takes you to the iheartradio page for that podcast. Is there a fan vote ballot page somewhere?
January 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Congrats, how does one actually vote for this? The call to action on the web page is to vote but clicking on the podcast doesn't seem to vote and just takes you to the iheartradio page for that podcast. Is there a fan vote ballot page somewhere?
So it isn't a general policy. And certainly for authors whose works I've liked in the past I'll often start reading their newest works right away, even if the start of an as yet incomplete series. It isn't a 1 size fits all, but I don't think it is crazy to sometimes wait on incomplete works. 5/5
January 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So it isn't a general policy. And certainly for authors whose works I've liked in the past I'll often start reading their newest works right away, even if the start of an as yet incomplete series. It isn't a 1 size fits all, but I don't think it is crazy to sometimes wait on incomplete works. 5/5
All that said, I do read lots of series that are incomplete or new, some because I don't know it is the start of a series (best when a book is both complete in a story and also part of a series), some because it comes highly recommended from awards or booktube or the like. 4/x
January 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
All that said, I do read lots of series that are incomplete or new, some because I don't know it is the start of a series (best when a book is both complete in a story and also part of a series), some because it comes highly recommended from awards or booktube or the like. 4/x