Thimbleberry
@robber-fly.bsky.social
I don’t consent to your infection.
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To give that maximum sacred cow butchering phrasing: "efficiency is bad, actually." It precludes redundancy, flexibility, unused reserves, and preemptive maintainance. A maximally efficient system in one set of conditions is extremely fragile when conditions change.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
To give that maximum sacred cow butchering phrasing: "efficiency is bad, actually." It precludes redundancy, flexibility, unused reserves, and preemptive maintainance. A maximally efficient system in one set of conditions is extremely fragile when conditions change.
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"What kind of future are we leaving for our children" is no longer asked. Billionaires and their cronies have evolved into beings that can't think more than six months out. Nobody is building anything to last or endure. Kids today are raised in a world where humans are sacrificed eagerly for profit.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"What kind of future are we leaving for our children" is no longer asked. Billionaires and their cronies have evolved into beings that can't think more than six months out. Nobody is building anything to last or endure. Kids today are raised in a world where humans are sacrificed eagerly for profit.
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JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
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Yes and it is notable that attacking “cancel culture” is pretty obviously an attack on cultivation of pro-social values, and an attack on social consequences for speech supporting bad values.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yes and it is notable that attacking “cancel culture” is pretty obviously an attack on cultivation of pro-social values, and an attack on social consequences for speech supporting bad values.
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Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
I’m always flummoxed by photos of ID/immunology experts gathering at conferences with nary a mask in sight. Do folks assume they themselves are not at risk for long Covid and other infections? Can we assume robust clean-air measures were taken?
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I’m always flummoxed by photos of ID/immunology experts gathering at conferences with nary a mask in sight. Do folks assume they themselves are not at risk for long Covid and other infections? Can we assume robust clean-air measures were taken?