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I want a browser extension to tell me what it said where I opened that tab 3 weeks ago: what was the paragraph I clicked on, in whose post on what site?
January 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I want a browser extension to tell me what it said where I opened that tab 3 weeks ago: what was the paragraph I clicked on, in whose post on what site?
And Renee Good was a small woman who wasn't scared of them, which emasculated them, so they killed her.
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
And Renee Good was a small woman who wasn't scared of them, which emasculated them, so they killed her.
I mean, he's a mealy-mouthed politician, so I wouldn't expect any better. Just saying his attitude might not be as defeatist as the quote by itself makes it sound.
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I mean, he's a mealy-mouthed politician, so I wouldn't expect any better. Just saying his attitude might not be as defeatist as the quote by itself makes it sound.
The question was, looking forward to a possible Dem Congress in 2027, would you impeach then? So, interpreting generously, maybe he meant he hopes Republicans will join him to stop this now so we don't have to wait until "that far" in the future (rather than "that far" meaning impeachment).
January 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The question was, looking forward to a possible Dem Congress in 2027, would you impeach then? So, interpreting generously, maybe he meant he hopes Republicans will join him to stop this now so we don't have to wait until "that far" in the future (rather than "that far" meaning impeachment).
The next Dem admin should take heed of MMT and create endowments to permanently fund all the important agencies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_3...
December 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The next Dem admin should take heed of MMT and create endowments to permanently fund all the important agencies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_3...
And the segment itself, courtesy of a friendly Canadian: bsky.app/profile/jaso...
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And the segment itself, courtesy of a friendly Canadian: bsky.app/profile/jaso...
That yahoo page is still up here (no video, though): archive.is/U2kJy
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December 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
That yahoo page is still up here (no video, though): archive.is/U2kJy
I'm not sure how it might work. Maybe the software would allow community moderation similar to bluesky. Maybe some communities can be invitation-only. Maybe if open public forums are a necessity, we form a public moderation utility that can't be sued for its decisions.
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm not sure how it might work. Maybe the software would allow community moderation similar to bluesky. Maybe some communities can be invitation-only. Maybe if open public forums are a necessity, we form a public moderation utility that can't be sued for its decisions.
I hear you. Online spaces can be great. But maybe people could then move to truly P2P platforms (such as nostr) that have no company in the middle to either manipulate an algorithm or be sued. (Could ATproto be made to work that way too, or does it require a Bluesky corp for hosting?)
December 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I hear you. Online spaces can be great. But maybe people could then move to truly P2P platforms (such as nostr) that have no company in the middle to either manipulate an algorithm or be sued. (Could ATproto be made to work that way too, or does it require a Bluesky corp for hosting?)
The horror! Might actually have to speak IRL in order to be heard. More seriously... you make a good argument that it would be chaos, but if it really would mean the end of Facebook and Xitter forever (though sadly I'm sure TPTB wouldn't let that happen), that could be a godsend for society.
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The horror! Might actually have to speak IRL in order to be heard. More seriously... you make a good argument that it would be chaos, but if it really would mean the end of Facebook and Xitter forever (though sadly I'm sure TPTB wouldn't let that happen), that could be a godsend for society.
Not just the images.
LLMs make it much more difficult than in the past to distinguish sincere hard effort from automated boilerplate, so that it is harder to tell a sincere boss committed to helping you work better from one who is lazy and couldn't care less about you. There are similar dynamics for other situations.
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not just the images.
Part of a proper high school civics education should cover how pushing for a good society against your own financial interest is still in your own self-interest. Life would be way better with policies like, say, Finland with somewhat higher taxes & better education & healthcare & more vacation time.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Part of a proper high school civics education should cover how pushing for a good society against your own financial interest is still in your own self-interest. Life would be way better with policies like, say, Finland with somewhat higher taxes & better education & healthcare & more vacation time.
Part of a proper high school civics education should cover how pushing for a good society against your own financial interest is still in your own self-interest. Life would be way better with policies like, say, Finland with somewhat higher taxes & better education & healthcare & more vacation time.
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Part of a proper high school civics education should cover how pushing for a good society against your own financial interest is still in your own self-interest. Life would be way better with policies like, say, Finland with somewhat higher taxes & better education & healthcare & more vacation time.
But we still need to yell at Congress and make it clear that we're furious about the Big Ugly Bill's ACA cuts, so that Republicans and Dems both will see that the Dems will have no choice but to hold out for restoring the ACA subsidies after the January 31 shutdown.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
But we still need to yell at Congress and make it clear that we're furious about the Big Ugly Bill's ACA cuts, so that Republicans and Dems both will see that the Dems will have no choice but to hold out for restoring the ACA subsidies after the January 31 shutdown.
So we're rescuing the 42M people who rely on SNAP, and we'll get a cleaner shot at restoring ACA subsidies in just 2.5 months. Plus: swearing in Grijalva, getting a vote on Epstein, and restoring air traffic through the holidays. Sucky for a couple months for people on ACA, but a good deal overall.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So we're rescuing the 42M people who rely on SNAP, and we'll get a cleaner shot at restoring ACA subsidies in just 2.5 months. Plus: swearing in Grijalva, getting a vote on Epstein, and restoring air traffic through the holidays. Sucky for a couple months for people on ACA, but a good deal overall.
This isn't the "cave" it sounds like: it funds SNAP through next Oct but most of the govt will likely shut down again on Jan 30. When that happens, (a) people will already be seeing their health insurance premiums soar and (b) Dems won't need to cave again to save SNAP since it will still be funded!
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This isn't the "cave" it sounds like: it funds SNAP through next Oct but most of the govt will likely shut down again on Jan 30. When that happens, (a) people will already be seeing their health insurance premiums soar and (b) Dems won't need to cave again to save SNAP since it will still be funded!
Dem-led states, on the other hand, could do a lot with a little boldness: moneyontheleft.org/2025/05/09/b...
Blue Bonds: A Fiscal Strategy for Overcoming Trump 2.0
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective The Trump Administration has plunged the United States into a constitutional crisis. The President’s destructive executive orders and Elon Musk’s…
moneyontheleft.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Dem-led states, on the other hand, could do a lot with a little boldness: moneyontheleft.org/2025/05/09/b...
Could you give one or two examples of searches you think would have been easy and aren't any more?
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Could you give one or two examples of searches you think would have been easy and aren't any more?
I'm old enough too, just haven't been paying enough attention for as long.
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I'm old enough too, just haven't been paying enough attention for as long.
Excellent article! One minor critique, though to be fair the article kind of acknowledges this: it sounds more like an ordinary business failure than intentional enshittification, which would normally involve bigger success/profits while the quality declined. Sad story, though.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Excellent article! One minor critique, though to be fair the article kind of acknowledges this: it sounds more like an ordinary business failure than intentional enshittification, which would normally involve bigger success/profits while the quality declined. Sad story, though.
I really appreciate when you sometimes post these kinds of concise summaries of pieces of history I basically know about but haven't wrapped my mind around on my own (with more interpretation than a site like wikipedia would allow but still true enough). Thank you.
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I really appreciate when you sometimes post these kinds of concise summaries of pieces of history I basically know about but haven't wrapped my mind around on my own (with more interpretation than a site like wikipedia would allow but still true enough). Thank you.
Can you even imagine the Republican outrage if Biden had bulldozed the east wing to build himself a ballroom funded by his donors?
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Can you even imagine the Republican outrage if Biden had bulldozed the east wing to build himself a ballroom funded by his donors?
For staples/utliity items, the same products should be available forever. If I like a particular, say, toothpaste, underwear, or word processor, I should be able to keep buying/using it. And if I buy it again, it should *be the same*, not new and improved with different ingredients or fibers, etc.
October 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
For staples/utliity items, the same products should be available forever. If I like a particular, say, toothpaste, underwear, or word processor, I should be able to keep buying/using it. And if I buy it again, it should *be the same*, not new and improved with different ingredients or fibers, etc.
Taking photos/videos without the express permission of everyone in the frame should be considered rude, and posting/publishing such photos should be assumed to endanger them. (Reasonable exceptions for, e.g., professional press, police body cams, people documenting crimes, etc.)
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Taking photos/videos without the express permission of everyone in the frame should be considered rude, and posting/publishing such photos should be assumed to endanger them. (Reasonable exceptions for, e.g., professional press, police body cams, people documenting crimes, etc.)