She may or may not be in good faith, but I have a lot of friends who reflexively believe the received wisdom that the only problem with housing is greed/capitalism—thing is, they hold the beliefs lightly (cos it's received wisdom) so treating them like rational adults has worked pretty well
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
She may or may not be in good faith, but I have a lot of friends who reflexively believe the received wisdom that the only problem with housing is greed/capitalism—thing is, they hold the beliefs lightly (cos it's received wisdom) so treating them like rational adults has worked pretty well
Here's an old piece on this that is funny and rings true. I don't feel like 100% I'm a "mistake theorist," as the description of "hard conflict theorist" at the end also feels pretty right slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/c...
Conflict Vs. Mistake
Jacobite – which is apparently still a real magazine and not a one-off gag making fun of Jacobin – summarizes their article Under-Theorizing Government as “You’ll never hear…
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June 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Here's an old piece on this that is funny and rings true. I don't feel like 100% I'm a "mistake theorist," as the description of "hard conflict theorist" at the end also feels pretty right slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/24/c...
No, it gets full sun during the middle of the day. Here's what does great under a tree in my yard: it's a dogwood of some shrubby sort. It has nice flowers and good fall color.
May 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
No, it gets full sun during the middle of the day. Here's what does great under a tree in my yard: it's a dogwood of some shrubby sort. It has nice flowers and good fall color.
I do think it's a spurge of some kind, however!
May 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I do think it's a spurge of some kind, however!
The photo sure looks like it but I don't think that's it because Eggleaf Spurge is (apparently) a "noxious weed" and I bought this at a nursery - they typically do not sell noxious weeds :)
May 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The photo sure looks like it but I don't think that's it because Eggleaf Spurge is (apparently) a "noxious weed" and I bought this at a nursery - they typically do not sell noxious weeds :)
That's my greatest fear!
May 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
That's my greatest fear!
It's so much more common than I realized! I got yelled at on another forum (someone just needed to blame me, it's less scary than accepting bad luck happens), which made me realize why people don't share their stories.
May 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's so much more common than I realized! I got yelled at on another forum (someone just needed to blame me, it's less scary than accepting bad luck happens), which made me realize why people don't share their stories.
He's doing well, though, at least! The benefit of a big snake, I'm told, is they are judicious. They meter their venom. The little ones are like ALL THE VENOM RIGHT NOW OMG PANIC
May 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
He's doing well, though, at least! The benefit of a big snake, I'm told, is they are judicious. They meter their venom. The little ones are like ALL THE VENOM RIGHT NOW OMG PANIC