@rillzb.bsky.social
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Instead of considering whether an event would be good or bad for Democrats, for example, you would ask whether an event is good or bad for American democracy.
June 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Instead of considering whether an event would be good or bad for Democrats, for example, you would ask whether an event is good or bad for American democracy.
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Like we get it, you need conflict and drama for narrative structure. But how about the conflict between authoritarianism and American democracy? That’s a pretty fucking big conflict right now.
June 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Like we get it, you need conflict and drama for narrative structure. But how about the conflict between authoritarianism and American democracy? That’s a pretty fucking big conflict right now.
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Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize
June 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
Evergreen principle to keep in mind: you never "gotta hand it" to fascists, which also means you must never feel compelled to grasp for a charitable interpretation of fascists' actions.
“In today’s climate, a military parade could offer an opportunity to counter misperceptions about the armed forces. It could bring Americans closer to service members and juice military recruitment—all of which is sorely needed,” @kschake.bsky.social writes:
June 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Evergreen principle to keep in mind: you never "gotta hand it" to fascists, which also means you must never feel compelled to grasp for a charitable interpretation of fascists' actions.
“In today’s climate, a military parade could offer an opportunity to counter misperceptions about the armed forces. It could bring Americans closer to service members and juice military recruitment—all of which is sorely needed,” @kschake.bsky.social writes:
Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade
Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy.
bit.ly
June 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Evergreen principle to keep in mind: you never "gotta hand it" to fascists, which also means you must never feel compelled to grasp for a charitable interpretation of fascists' actions.
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![Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]: 26 and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6waxgers6k753hgsmh2prmv7/bafkreicwreql25fxq3hliczfe3pgz6djdjbrvwbax2d2oyevjm73tb3voy@jpeg)
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Turns out that totally insane behavior from the leaders of personality cults can evoke radically different reactions from those outside the cult compared to those in its thrall.
Newton’s Third Law of Politics on display in Australia and Canada: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, except in the United States Congress.
This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.
May 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Turns out that totally insane behavior from the leaders of personality cults can evoke radically different reactions from those outside the cult compared to those in its thrall.
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Ironically, this is Big Pharma's wet dream. Rather than a preventative vaccine that costs a few dollars a dose twice a lifetime, they can sell expensive new in-patent drugs for hundreds a dose that you need to keep taking.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ironically, this is Big Pharma's wet dream. Rather than a preventative vaccine that costs a few dollars a dose twice a lifetime, they can sell expensive new in-patent drugs for hundreds a dose that you need to keep taking.
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This is true in the same way that everybody with an iPhone got a shit U2 album
ALPHABET CEO: AI OVERVIEWS NOW HAS OVER 1.5B MONTHLY USERS NEARLY ONE YEAR AFTER US LAUNCH
April 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is true in the same way that everybody with an iPhone got a shit U2 album
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Why So Many MAGA Men Look Like Joe Rogan
The slim-fit uniform of grindset entrepreneurs and right wing podcasters can be traced back decades.
www.bloomberg.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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omfg
Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
omfg
imagine if we had the chutzpah to (legally) reshape govt. this quickly and radically? Punish/reward for a green economy, walkable affordable cities, livable minimum wage, maternity leave, single payer healthcare, kill corporate lobbying, adopt a 1970s tax scheme, public funds for elections, etc.
April 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
imagine if we had the chutzpah to (legally) reshape govt. this quickly and radically? Punish/reward for a green economy, walkable affordable cities, livable minimum wage, maternity leave, single payer healthcare, kill corporate lobbying, adopt a 1970s tax scheme, public funds for elections, etc.
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Reason number 223.06 on why not to privatize social security.
April 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reason number 223.06 on why not to privatize social security.
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This is the predictable result of Trump's threats against Greenland, Canada, Gaza, and Panama: Dictators elsewhere feel licensed to do the same.
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
Marco Rubio Warns Venezuela Against Attacking Guyana Over ExxonMobil Deal
As ExxonMobil produces oil offshore in Guyana, Venezuela has asserted claims to a large region of the country, recently sending a naval vessel into the waters.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is the predictable result of Trump's threats against Greenland, Canada, Gaza, and Panama: Dictators elsewhere feel licensed to do the same.
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
Eroding the foundational principle of the international legal order has consequences--and everyone will pay the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.
April 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.
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We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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Paul Weiss: "Fight for you? Oh, honey, we don't even fight for ourselves!"
March 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Paul Weiss: "Fight for you? Oh, honey, we don't even fight for ourselves!"
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So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.
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Trump (idiotically) objects to maps w "artificial lines drawn through them."
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
March 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump (idiotically) objects to maps w "artificial lines drawn through them."
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?