Nathan
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seems like one of the main use cases for genAI is to eliminate the joy that other people take in thinking and actually doing things www.thecut.com/article/woul...
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
seems like one of the main use cases for genAI is to eliminate the joy that other people take in thinking and actually doing things www.thecut.com/article/woul...
what?
anti arab racism was really bad after 9/11 but the mamdani stuff is worse, at least at the elite level
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
what?
God knows I’ve done my share of “I’m right and the world is wrong” takes but usually re athletes or writers. If you find yourself reasoning backwards like this wrt democratically rejected politicians, that should prob spark some self reflection
The reason I “can’t let Biden go” is that by all usual measures he had a very successful presidency, and his popularity was more akin to a completely failed presidency, and that tells us something about how voters get their ideas about the world.
I don’t understand why you can’t let Biden go…the guy wasn’t some FDR. His whole argument for why he should be elected was that the Republicans are my friends and they will vote for my agenda.
That didn’t happen, so people were resentful. But Yes. We get it. the economy was ok while he was prez.
That didn’t happen, so people were resentful. But Yes. We get it. the economy was ok while he was prez.
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
God knows I’ve done my share of “I’m right and the world is wrong” takes but usually re athletes or writers. If you find yourself reasoning backwards like this wrt democratically rejected politicians, that should prob spark some self reflection
one movie talk after another ntj.substack.com/p/viva-la-re...
VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN
Notes on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
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October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
one movie talk after another ntj.substack.com/p/viva-la-re...
french movie talk open.substack.com/pub/ntj/p/br...
BRAVO. JE T'AIME. ANNE.
Notes on UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME (A MAN AND A WOMAN)
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May 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
french movie talk open.substack.com/pub/ntj/p/br...
new story fivesouth.net/our-theseus-...
Our Theseus by Nathan Jefferson
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April 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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We know exactly what we’re doing lol, there’s nothing better than clowning on a former power trying to cling to their long-gone greatness. Look at how people treat the Dallas Cowboys!
I think at least part of why bad food discourse is so irritating is it's a reminder that everyone still thinks dunking on Britain is punching up. And man it absolutely does not feel like we are in a position where anyone would have to punch up to reach us, at this point
April 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We know exactly what we’re doing lol, there’s nothing better than clowning on a former power trying to cling to their long-gone greatness. Look at how people treat the Dallas Cowboys!
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St. Louis and Kansas City would both have fewer restrictions on their powers of democratic self-governance as occupied territories of Canada than they do as cities in Missouri
Justin Trudeau please send Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks to St. Louis, Mo my people yearn for freedom
February 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
St. Louis and Kansas City would both have fewer restrictions on their powers of democratic self-governance as occupied territories of Canada than they do as cities in Missouri
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Hello, we would like to continue to be the world’s dominant military power (which may involve annexing some things) and retain the central currency in the system, but not run large trade deficits or export much physical capital. Also, you really need to pay us more for this.
April 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hello, we would like to continue to be the world’s dominant military power (which may involve annexing some things) and retain the central currency in the system, but not run large trade deficits or export much physical capital. Also, you really need to pay us more for this.
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The United States incarcerates over 100,000 more people than China despite having a billion fewer residents than China
The really crazy thing is that as bad as things are in the United States - and they're really, really scary and bad - this is still a dramatically freer country than China, our supposed socialist competitor state
April 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The United States incarcerates over 100,000 more people than China despite having a billion fewer residents than China
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i love to feel a sense of totally unearned accomplishment at finishing a bag of rice
March 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
i love to feel a sense of totally unearned accomplishment at finishing a bag of rice
sporadic shooting pains somewhere behind my right eye for a few days now. probably nothing
March 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
sporadic shooting pains somewhere behind my right eye for a few days now. probably nothing
aj liebling on earl long is a great writer/subject combo, this was a really fun read
UNCLE EARL
Notes on A.J. Liebling's THE EARL OF LOUISIANA
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January 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
aj liebling on earl long is a great writer/subject combo, this was a really fun read
no way to say this without coming off as a moralizing scold but the "lighting one up for david lynch" sentiment i keep seeing... come on
January 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
no way to say this without coming off as a moralizing scold but the "lighting one up for david lynch" sentiment i keep seeing... come on
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love this image of libgen as the true stalwart repository of human work that the parasites have to feed on. because it's true
![According to Meta's testimony, as relayed by plaintiffs' counsel, Zuckerberg cleared the use of LibGen to train at least one of Meta's Llama models despite concerns within Meta's Al exec team and others at the company. The filing quotes Meta employees as referring to LibGen as a "data set we know to be pirated," and flagging that its use "may undermine [Meta's] negotiating position with regulators."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dbhskpq7hv7s73pxcy4tbmr/bafkreicf5t65w4t6rwlbfo7fnmetogmghaj264pftnmg3epntl66h6id7q@jpeg)
January 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
love this image of libgen as the true stalwart repository of human work that the parasites have to feed on. because it's true
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heavy-handed exposition is a kind of moral hazard in that it reminds viewers that they can continue to not pay attention. It tells them that the movie is watching itself
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
December 16, 2024 at 11:29 PM
heavy-handed exposition is a kind of moral hazard in that it reminds viewers that they can continue to not pay attention. It tells them that the movie is watching itself
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
I don’t think a 19th c American would have any trouble grasping “speculative asset bubble that led to people losing the savings they held in an unregulated banking sector” lol
Imagine explaining the Hawk Tuah crypto scandal to Abraham Lincoln
December 6, 2024 at 11:39 PM
I don’t think a 19th c American would have any trouble grasping “speculative asset bubble that led to people losing the savings they held in an unregulated banking sector” lol
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Colombia postage stamp television_screen, 1980.
October 19, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Colombia postage stamp television_screen, 1980.
kinda crazy it's been three us election cycles now without a concession speech on election night
November 6, 2024 at 7:45 AM
kinda crazy it's been three us election cycles now without a concession speech on election night
Terrible post, product of a feeble mind
extremely normal daycare prices (this is like a 30% YoY increase from what they were charging last year, which was already extortionately high)
wHy ArEn'T MiLleNniAlS hAvInG kIdS
wHy ArEn'T MiLleNniAlS hAvInG kIdS
March 20, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Terrible post, product of a feeble mind
i think the demographic most likely to use bluesky is completely unaware how many ppl remember 2020 as “the summer i was flush w cash thanks to stimulus/ppp/expanded ui”
run with this, definitely run with this. everyone says 2020 was the best year of their lives, more and more you’re hearing how great 2020 was
March 13, 2024 at 6:51 AM
i think the demographic most likely to use bluesky is completely unaware how many ppl remember 2020 as “the summer i was flush w cash thanks to stimulus/ppp/expanded ui”