natalie
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small business? SMH could’ve been a co-op. Rather 1000 unionized big box stores than one mom and pop with no worker power
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What do people think the 90s were
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What do people think the 90s were
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Eh, a lot of "FOSS" contributions are happily vacuumed up into propriety net-negative products without much recompense for their maintainers.
weird example, given that the fact that we live in a universe where nearly all technology infrastructure is dependent on an operating system developed as FOSS is not a gift that fell out of the sky.
mass linux tinkering and experimentation very materially *has* helped democratize technology.
mass linux tinkering and experimentation very materially *has* helped democratize technology.
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Eh, a lot of "FOSS" contributions are happily vacuumed up into propriety net-negative products without much recompense for their maintainers.
If nothing else we need to reopen USAID and fund it more than domestic welfare programs as we have a growing debt to the world that is almost impossible to repay
Russia is far too poor to make America as a whole substantially richer. But it’s definitely got enough to make the president and his friends richer.
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If nothing else we need to reopen USAID and fund it more than domestic welfare programs as we have a growing debt to the world that is almost impossible to repay
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Like the usual thing is dumb, but "hey video games might get really good someday" is way dumber
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Like the usual thing is dumb, but "hey video games might get really good someday" is way dumber
HOLY FUCK THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY HOLY SHIT
Ok so the Your Party Conference has ended with - and I promise you I am not making this up -
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
HOLY FUCK THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY HOLY SHIT
Experts are good and we should listen to them actually and something being popular isn’t the same thing as it being good. The Swiss style of referendum democracy led to them banning minarets because the majority of people were Islamophobic
I think making a boogeyman out of technocracy is a bad idea for the left.
I think to the extent that MAGA is a backlash against experts telling people to take their vaccines, or to tolerate immigration, these are just things we're going to have to live with. I don't want democracy on these issues.
I think to the extent that MAGA is a backlash against experts telling people to take their vaccines, or to tolerate immigration, these are just things we're going to have to live with. I don't want democracy on these issues.
A return to technocratic liberal centrism would be the death knell of democracy.
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Experts are good and we should listen to them actually and something being popular isn’t the same thing as it being good. The Swiss style of referendum democracy led to them banning minarets because the majority of people were Islamophobic
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I don't want reactionary policies and I don't care how popular they are.
I think part of the point of government is saying no to reactionaries.
I think part of the point of government is saying no to reactionaries.
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I don't want reactionary policies and I don't care how popular they are.
I think part of the point of government is saying no to reactionaries.
I think part of the point of government is saying no to reactionaries.
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I think making a boogeyman out of technocracy is a bad idea for the left.
I think to the extent that MAGA is a backlash against experts telling people to take their vaccines, or to tolerate immigration, these are just things we're going to have to live with. I don't want democracy on these issues.
I think to the extent that MAGA is a backlash against experts telling people to take their vaccines, or to tolerate immigration, these are just things we're going to have to live with. I don't want democracy on these issues.
A return to technocratic liberal centrism would be the death knell of democracy.
Revenge of the Technocrats Could Be the End of Democracy
A Response to Ruy Teixeira
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I think making a boogeyman out of technocracy is a bad idea for the left.
I think to the extent that MAGA is a backlash against experts telling people to take their vaccines, or to tolerate immigration, these are just things we're going to have to live with. I don't want democracy on these issues.
I think to the extent that MAGA is a backlash against experts telling people to take their vaccines, or to tolerate immigration, these are just things we're going to have to live with. I don't want democracy on these issues.
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“If we let the fascists win enough eventually they will be defeated by the righteous ppl led revolu- I mean revolt!”
“How will the fascists be ousted once they seize total power”
“Violently!”
“With what army?”
“uhhhh the morally just Peoples army“
“How will the fascists be ousted once they seize total power”
“Violently!”
“With what army?”
“uhhhh the morally just Peoples army“
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“If we let the fascists win enough eventually they will be defeated by the righteous ppl led revolu- I mean revolt!”
“How will the fascists be ousted once they seize total power”
“Violently!”
“With what army?”
“uhhhh the morally just Peoples army“
“How will the fascists be ousted once they seize total power”
“Violently!”
“With what army?”
“uhhhh the morally just Peoples army“
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The even worse part is that if you try and apply this to any situation other than politics people will rightly laugh at you and call you a fool.
"It's not the drunk driver's fault I lost my kids in that car accident, I blame the paramedics who couldn't save them at the scene!"
"It's not the drunk driver's fault I lost my kids in that car accident, I blame the paramedics who couldn't save them at the scene!"
All joking aside, the fundamental flaw with some people's view of politics is that no bad result is ever the fault of the bad actor who did it. It's always the fault of every other actor who "failed to stop them". The obvious drawbacks to this way of thinking are somehow obscured to its adherents.
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The even worse part is that if you try and apply this to any situation other than politics people will rightly laugh at you and call you a fool.
"It's not the drunk driver's fault I lost my kids in that car accident, I blame the paramedics who couldn't save them at the scene!"
"It's not the drunk driver's fault I lost my kids in that car accident, I blame the paramedics who couldn't save them at the scene!"
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And that student's name? Graham Platner.
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
And that student's name? Graham Platner.
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Teacher: so as the Nazis began rounding up the Jewish, political rivals, a--
Student: feckless Weimar again, god I hate them so much
Teacher: huh?
Student: if it weren't for them giving power to Hitler this wouldn't have happened
Teacher: the voters did that
Student: yeah because Weimar was ASS
Student: feckless Weimar again, god I hate them so much
Teacher: huh?
Student: if it weren't for them giving power to Hitler this wouldn't have happened
Teacher: the voters did that
Student: yeah because Weimar was ASS
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Teacher: so as the Nazis began rounding up the Jewish, political rivals, a--
Student: feckless Weimar again, god I hate them so much
Teacher: huh?
Student: if it weren't for them giving power to Hitler this wouldn't have happened
Teacher: the voters did that
Student: yeah because Weimar was ASS
Student: feckless Weimar again, god I hate them so much
Teacher: huh?
Student: if it weren't for them giving power to Hitler this wouldn't have happened
Teacher: the voters did that
Student: yeah because Weimar was ASS
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Teacher: and then Hitler and the Nazis were able to seize power away from the Weimar Republic
Student: man, the Weimar government sucked
Teacher: well some scholars do say their failures opened a door for Hitler, but--
Student: feckless Weimar, they're the real bad guys, I'm glad they lost
Student: man, the Weimar government sucked
Teacher: well some scholars do say their failures opened a door for Hitler, but--
Student: feckless Weimar, they're the real bad guys, I'm glad they lost
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Teacher: and then Hitler and the Nazis were able to seize power away from the Weimar Republic
Student: man, the Weimar government sucked
Teacher: well some scholars do say their failures opened a door for Hitler, but--
Student: feckless Weimar, they're the real bad guys, I'm glad they lost
Student: man, the Weimar government sucked
Teacher: well some scholars do say their failures opened a door for Hitler, but--
Student: feckless Weimar, they're the real bad guys, I'm glad they lost
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I do like watching the weird American sportsball game with the special band at a place that usually is for learning actually
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I do like watching the weird American sportsball game with the special band at a place that usually is for learning actually
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Yeah and we have the best universities in the world, so
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yeah and we have the best universities in the world, so
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“And why do they even make movies, Die Hard lost a jillion dollar”
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“And why do they even make movies, Die Hard lost a jillion dollar”
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Too many takes boil down to pointing out “America different” and implying it proves “America bad”
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Too many takes boil down to pointing out “America different” and implying it proves “America bad”
I also disagree here just because a football field, even a modest one is so much more expensive than anything a book club is going to ask for
sports at universities should be treated like every other extra-curricular: they get their share of the student activities budget just like the drama club and the movie club. if they want more, hold a bake sale.
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I also disagree here just because a football field, even a modest one is so much more expensive than anything a book club is going to ask for
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Republicans say everything should be left to the private sector and yet they love their multi-billion dollar state-owned pro sports league run through the NCAA.
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Republicans say everything should be left to the private sector and yet they love their multi-billion dollar state-owned pro sports league run through the NCAA.
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The European and South American soccer model is literally an academy model, and they play in minor leagues. And yes, some of those teams did grow out of universities! Europe has been doing this almost as long as the US has.
I’m not excusing coach buyouts but please be accurate here.
I’m not excusing coach buyouts but please be accurate here.
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The European and South American soccer model is literally an academy model, and they play in minor leagues. And yes, some of those teams did grow out of universities! Europe has been doing this almost as long as the US has.
I’m not excusing coach buyouts but please be accurate here.
I’m not excusing coach buyouts but please be accurate here.
I’m not entirely sure if this is a problem. Like this is true but that isn’t necessarily much of a bad thing.
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I’m not entirely sure if this is a problem. Like this is true but that isn’t necessarily much of a bad thing.
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when we say that we want equal rights for trans people we mean that we don’t want to get placed on administrative leave for giving an university essay with no citations a bad grade
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
when we say that we want equal rights for trans people we mean that we don’t want to get placed on administrative leave for giving an university essay with no citations a bad grade
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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Really don't want to ask that particular cohort of the left that question 👀
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Really don't want to ask that particular cohort of the left that question 👀