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As a reminder, this is the guy the NYT wanted to water down and edit into uselessness. He quit.
That the NYT had a Nobel laureate economist on staff with a popular column and they felt they to edit it down, while dipshits like Douthat and Stephens get column inches tell you everything about the NYT
That the NYT had a Nobel laureate economist on staff with a popular column and they felt they to edit it down, while dipshits like Douthat and Stephens get column inches tell you everything about the NYT
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As a reminder, this is the guy the NYT wanted to water down and edit into uselessness. He quit.
That the NYT had a Nobel laureate economist on staff with a popular column and they felt they to edit it down, while dipshits like Douthat and Stephens get column inches tell you everything about the NYT
That the NYT had a Nobel laureate economist on staff with a popular column and they felt they to edit it down, while dipshits like Douthat and Stephens get column inches tell you everything about the NYT
This has to be bait.
There's no way this isn't an attempt to shift the discussion away from the NYT burying "Epstein went to the NYT about Trump raping children"
There's no way this isn't an attempt to shift the discussion away from the NYT burying "Epstein went to the NYT about Trump raping children"
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This has to be bait.
There's no way this isn't an attempt to shift the discussion away from the NYT burying "Epstein went to the NYT about Trump raping children"
There's no way this isn't an attempt to shift the discussion away from the NYT burying "Epstein went to the NYT about Trump raping children"
I mean, Claudine Gay's not-actually-plagiarizing was headline news for a month.
Well-connected New York socialite accused of raping children by the person pimping said children? Non-story apparently.
You can't tell me there's not some Eyes Wide Shut shit with Sulzberger.
Well-connected New York socialite accused of raping children by the person pimping said children? Non-story apparently.
You can't tell me there's not some Eyes Wide Shut shit with Sulzberger.
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I mean, Claudine Gay's not-actually-plagiarizing was headline news for a month.
Well-connected New York socialite accused of raping children by the person pimping said children? Non-story apparently.
You can't tell me there's not some Eyes Wide Shut shit with Sulzberger.
Well-connected New York socialite accused of raping children by the person pimping said children? Non-story apparently.
You can't tell me there's not some Eyes Wide Shut shit with Sulzberger.
She really did Nazi that coming.
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
She really did Nazi that coming.
Two, I'm old enough to remember when Halo was demoed at Macworld, before Microsoft bought Bungie and broke my Marathon-loving heart.
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Two, I'm old enough to remember when Halo was demoed at Macworld, before Microsoft bought Bungie and broke my Marathon-loving heart.
Here's how old I am
One, I bought both CE and the original Xbox when I was getting surgery, with the intent that I'd play it through while recovering.
Didn't end up doing that because it hurt to move.
One, I bought both CE and the original Xbox when I was getting surgery, with the intent that I'd play it through while recovering.
Didn't end up doing that because it hurt to move.
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here's how old I am
One, I bought both CE and the original Xbox when I was getting surgery, with the intent that I'd play it through while recovering.
Didn't end up doing that because it hurt to move.
One, I bought both CE and the original Xbox when I was getting surgery, with the intent that I'd play it through while recovering.
Didn't end up doing that because it hurt to move.
"Controversial"
That's the word choice they're making?
That's the word choice they're making?
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Controversial"
That's the word choice they're making?
That's the word choice they're making?
Hint:
On the right, there's a permission structure that excuses paedophila, sexism and racismm.
There's a permission structure on the left to call what's happening in Palestine a genocide.
Which, according to Ben Mulroney, is much worse.
On the right, there's a permission structure that excuses paedophila, sexism and racismm.
There's a permission structure on the left to call what's happening in Palestine a genocide.
Which, according to Ben Mulroney, is much worse.
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hint:
On the right, there's a permission structure that excuses paedophila, sexism and racismm.
There's a permission structure on the left to call what's happening in Palestine a genocide.
Which, according to Ben Mulroney, is much worse.
On the right, there's a permission structure that excuses paedophila, sexism and racismm.
There's a permission structure on the left to call what's happening in Palestine a genocide.
Which, according to Ben Mulroney, is much worse.
What are the abhorrent things the left is saying, Ben? Versus the stuff the Right says?
Oh do tell, Ben!
Oh do tell, Ben!
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What are the abhorrent things the left is saying, Ben? Versus the stuff the Right says?
Oh do tell, Ben!
Oh do tell, Ben!
"I need an APB on a pimp-mobile" is such a great line.
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"I need an APB on a pimp-mobile" is such a great line.
The turbo button is a nice touch.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The turbo button is a nice touch.
Moonraker was my favourite, but this is up there
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Moonraker was my favourite, but this is up there
Reposted
"how institutions are *using* Trump threats to do much of what their leadership (including boards & investors) want to do"
"We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2020"
"like an example of Harvard using the Trump administration's assault as an opportunity to undermine campus unions"
"We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2020"
"like an example of Harvard using the Trump administration's assault as an opportunity to undermine campus unions"
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"how institutions are *using* Trump threats to do much of what their leadership (including boards & investors) want to do"
"We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2020"
"like an example of Harvard using the Trump administration's assault as an opportunity to undermine campus unions"
"We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2020"
"like an example of Harvard using the Trump administration's assault as an opportunity to undermine campus unions"
A question: did the NYT run the Nuzzi piece to take attention off their catch-and-kill about Epstein and Trump?
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I mean this seriously, but what the fuck are you on about?
You're defending someone who has a Nazi tattoo, showed it off, and doesn't seem to understand the right response is to get it lasered off the same day.
And you're bringing up Hinduism? What the fuck is wrong with you?!
You're defending someone who has a Nazi tattoo, showed it off, and doesn't seem to understand the right response is to get it lasered off the same day.
And you're bringing up Hinduism? What the fuck is wrong with you?!
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I mean this seriously, but what the fuck are you on about?
You're defending someone who has a Nazi tattoo, showed it off, and doesn't seem to understand the right response is to get it lasered off the same day.
And you're bringing up Hinduism? What the fuck is wrong with you?!
You're defending someone who has a Nazi tattoo, showed it off, and doesn't seem to understand the right response is to get it lasered off the same day.
And you're bringing up Hinduism? What the fuck is wrong with you?!
But we *must do it* because it will make rich people money, and that's the yardstick by which policy is decided now.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
But we *must do it* because it will make rich people money, and that's the yardstick by which policy is decided now.
Betting is the penultimate stage of this: there's literally no upside, no argument you can make that it spurs innovation or generates real value.
It's as pure a rent-seeking activity as real-estate hoarding or stock manipulation, only with worse social outcomes.
It's as pure a rent-seeking activity as real-estate hoarding or stock manipulation, only with worse social outcomes.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Betting is the penultimate stage of this: there's literally no upside, no argument you can make that it spurs innovation or generates real value.
It's as pure a rent-seeking activity as real-estate hoarding or stock manipulation, only with worse social outcomes.
It's as pure a rent-seeking activity as real-estate hoarding or stock manipulation, only with worse social outcomes.
Same with public transit. "It'll never make money!", "it's not profitable!". Point that out to them and they're actually confused and in some cases, angry, like the idea that it doesn't need to make money is heresy.
And healthcare? LOL.
And healthcare? LOL.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Same with public transit. "It'll never make money!", "it's not profitable!". Point that out to them and they're actually confused and in some cases, angry, like the idea that it doesn't need to make money is heresy.
And healthcare? LOL.
And healthcare? LOL.
If you try to talk to modern politician or civil servant about a public good, they look at you like you've grown a second head. The idea that, eg, the post office should do nothing more than offer guaranteed timely delivery everywhere for a modest fee is incomprehensible.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you try to talk to modern politician or civil servant about a public good, they look at you like you've grown a second head. The idea that, eg, the post office should do nothing more than offer guaranteed timely delivery everywhere for a modest fee is incomprehensible.
It's infected public policy: public services that provide a benefit but aren't cost-neutral, like transit, postal services and such? We're past "can't afford it" and well into "it's evil that we're losing money!".
Like, when did a public good need to be a revenue generator?
Like, when did a public good need to be a revenue generator?
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's infected public policy: public services that provide a benefit but aren't cost-neutral, like transit, postal services and such? We're past "can't afford it" and well into "it's evil that we're losing money!".
Like, when did a public good need to be a revenue generator?
Like, when did a public good need to be a revenue generator?
I've been watching this attitude in boardrooms for a while: the idea that it's not just unwise but *immoral* to "leave money on the table", and that investors aren't just expecting but are *entitled to* a 14% ROI. It's not even a "they took to the risk so they deserve the reward" anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I've been watching this attitude in boardrooms for a while: the idea that it's not just unwise but *immoral* to "leave money on the table", and that investors aren't just expecting but are *entitled to* a 14% ROI. It's not even a "they took to the risk so they deserve the reward" anymore.