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Wasn't she dating that guy from Chrome Koran?
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If ya know, ya know! :)
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
They meant "daft". I'm sure they'll issue a correction.
April 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Make it a time-traveling car, and you've got a novel!
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Well... Bluesky put Tor's thread in my timeline (even though I wasn't following him, which is sort of odd), and I can see now from reading the whole thread that these are _not_ Tim Snyder quotes. Je me rétracte! Those little Snyder videos are great reminders, though. Strong recommend!
January 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Funnily enough, Tor and I were briefly flatmates in San Francisco in the late eighties. I recall him as a very smart, very left person; the antithesis of Weev. Don't know how he got to where he is now, or even where that is, exactly.
January 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm pretty sure these are just quotes from Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny". I've been listening to one lesson a day while making lunch every day for the past week or so, just to get a refresher.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9toc...
LESSON 1: Do Not Obey In Advance
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This would have happened no matter who was in the White House. But, most Americans drew the entirely wrong conclusion about what caused it. Trump is what happens when Americans draw the wrong conclusion for 40 years.
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Morning in America" back in 1983-1984 was just the anticipated, massive recovery following a prolonged, very deep recession.
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Also, the LLM approach to AI has probably ceilinged out, or will do so shortly. What is the great, cost-saving thing that roughly the current level of LLM capability can do reliably, without hallucinating? This is starting to feel a lot like 1999.
January 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
PRRI and others have done some great work on sizing up the Qanon phenomenon (basically, 20% of Americans/25% of Republicans affected). How widespread is this "resist libs" phenom? This is the first I've heard of this. But, maybe it's huge, and I just don't know. Any numbers on this? Thanks.
November 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
It's not an echo chamber, though. It's a place where expertise isn't dead, and it's civil. And the jokes are funny.
November 14, 2024 at 7:50 AM
We need new cultural productions that get the oxytocin pumping and inspire us to do brave things together. Nowadays, it might not be music. Video games, something totally new, ??? But, I'm certain that this will prove indispensable to our survival and success.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGx...
The Youngbloods - Get Together (Audio)
YouTube video by LegacyRecordingsVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Maybe!

"Most recently as of 2024, JWST observations have ruled out the rock vapor atmosphere scenario and provided evidence for a substantial atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_Canc...
55 Cancri e - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 4, 2024 at 9:27 PM
My guess is that it took less time for people to make the mental adjustment back then because no Fox News, etc.
October 30, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Yes, I realize that. What I meant to ask was whether popular sentiment was similar to what we're seeing now. What I seem to recall is that it took a while for people to realize that higher absolute prices were actually lower in adjusted terms. But, what's happening now may be very different. IDK.
October 30, 2024 at 5:01 PM
How does this compare to the period following the second oil shock and Volker's subsequent savagery? I've been wondering about this recently. I was only 14 in 1981. But, I recall a lot of sticker shock then, too. Of course, it was morning in America by 1984. But, not so much in '81. Do you know?
October 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
All of this has happened before
And all of this will happen again
October 27, 2024 at 7:00 AM
So much so that the German parliament may ban the party. No such option here in the US (for better or worse).

www.dw.com/en/will-germ...
Will Germany's far-right AfD party be banned? – DW – 10/18/2024
German lawmakers from across the political spectrum are working together to ban the Alternative for Germany party, which has been classified as partly right-wing extremist. Can they succeed?
www.dw.com
October 22, 2024 at 5:24 PM
What about the role of demographic shifts and generational turnover? Attitude surveys disaggregated by age cohort seem to suggest that the electorate will look very different in 2028 and 2032. Could this, in fact, be the last hurrah? Would love to hear from some demographers about this.
October 18, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Wow. Sweet. I'll have to check out their new album. Thanks.
October 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This so good. Didn't realize he was touring. That's his daughter? Amazing. Thanks for posting!
October 18, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Here's a vote-buying case was brought by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, e.g. TIL

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/forme...
Former Louisiana Police Chief and City Councilmember Plead Guilty in Vote-Buying Conspiracy
A former police chief in Amite City and current Amite City councilmember pleaded guilty yesterday in New Orleans, Louisiana, to criminally violating federal election laws as part of a conspiracy to pa...
www.justice.gov
October 18, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Is it the FEC that would have to bring a case like this? If so, I stand corrected. (Though, I do wish Garland had prosecuted Trump a whole lot earlier.)
October 18, 2024 at 6:26 PM