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I am absolutely loving press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... by
@lkatfield.bsky.social
Completely engrossing, terrifying, and so well-written.
@lkatfield.bsky.social
Completely engrossing, terrifying, and so well-written.
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press.princeton.edu
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I am absolutely loving press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... by
@lkatfield.bsky.social
Completely engrossing, terrifying, and so well-written.
@lkatfield.bsky.social
Completely engrossing, terrifying, and so well-written.
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"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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trumpcensorship.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Is there a term for when you asked the LLM to do something, it did it wrong, and now it's taking you more time to re-orient the LLM than it would have taken to do it yourself?
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Is there a term for when you asked the LLM to do something, it did it wrong, and now it's taking you more time to re-orient the LLM than it would have taken to do it yourself?
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The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer with a lot more courage than many titans industry and brokers of power
My life is too short to read another Olivia Nuzzi think piece.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My life is too short to read another Olivia Nuzzi think piece.
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Bone-sawed body parts don't just "happen."
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bone-sawed body parts don't just "happen."
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
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Brilliant @nytopinion.nytimes.com piece by Kyla Scanlon, one of our best economic thinkers. The ultimate expression of neoliberalism is where the rich do all the gambling and everybody else takes on all the risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Brilliant @nytopinion.nytimes.com piece by Kyla Scanlon, one of our best economic thinkers. The ultimate expression of neoliberalism is where the rich do all the gambling and everybody else takes on all the risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
So many things blatantly wrong, illegal, and batshit about this. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay
White House and military officials will not say who the donor is or whether the gift has been properly vetted.
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So many things blatantly wrong, illegal, and batshit about this. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Good to know.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Good to know.
Somewhat confused re: the Bari Weiss freakout. CBS News–already distressed inventory–is just a thing Skydance owns, and Skydance drive meh content like Mission Impossible and Spykids: Armageddon. They brought in a right-winger to make their news more right-wing, so... still not getting it.
October 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Somewhat confused re: the Bari Weiss freakout. CBS News–already distressed inventory–is just a thing Skydance owns, and Skydance drive meh content like Mission Impossible and Spykids: Armageddon. They brought in a right-winger to make their news more right-wing, so... still not getting it.
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How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
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The weakest president I’ve ever seen. While he has the Senate, the House barely has a governing majority.
A smart man, like Bill Clinton post ‘94, would see this and trim his ambitions and work with opposition towards common goals.
But Trump has no understanding of politics other than GOP good,
A smart man, like Bill Clinton post ‘94, would see this and trim his ambitions and work with opposition towards common goals.
But Trump has no understanding of politics other than GOP good,
I think there's an additional presumption about Trump here, that he's in some sense deeply/authentically perceived as a "strong" leader and it's perilous to challenge *that* notion. But it's his own creation. There's no reason to accept it as baked into the background conditions of our politics.
September 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The weakest president I’ve ever seen. While he has the Senate, the House barely has a governing majority.
A smart man, like Bill Clinton post ‘94, would see this and trim his ambitions and work with opposition towards common goals.
But Trump has no understanding of politics other than GOP good,
A smart man, like Bill Clinton post ‘94, would see this and trim his ambitions and work with opposition towards common goals.
But Trump has no understanding of politics other than GOP good,
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Why even have a congress
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Why even have a congress
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We cannot wait for the markets or the midterms.
September 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We cannot wait for the markets or the midterms.
We knew the moment would come when he told us how science worked. cf. "by injection inside or almost a cleaning?"
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We knew the moment would come when he told us how science worked. cf. "by injection inside or almost a cleaning?"
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
WASHINGTON—Despite the president’s sagging approval rating overall, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday confirmed that Donald Trump’s support remained overwhelmingly strong among working-class American ped...
theonion.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
This, so very this.
In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there
September 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This, so very this.
I listened to this. Ezra said “we can learn things when we talk to people we don’t agree with “ and I learned that Shapiro is a small intellect. youtu.be/EAqG00FUOK8?...
We Are Going to Have to Live Here With Each Other | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I listened to this. Ezra said “we can learn things when we talk to people we don’t agree with “ and I learned that Shapiro is a small intellect. youtu.be/EAqG00FUOK8?...
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/
September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/