often said that despite all of the performative radicalism of certain subsets of academics university is still a pretty (small c) conservative institution & I think that's correct, but I think that makes the performing look worse, not better, because it's engendering a backlash *for nothing*

The best pragmatic advice I implemented this year was that reading must now be accomplished with the same directed energy and sense of pure purpose as physical exercise. You allocate a certain block of time each day entirely to the task of reading on paper (preferably a book). The gains accumulate.

Harris lost because they haven’t made more FEAR games. The elites want us in managed decline. They fear what doing sick as hell scissor kicks while firing an assault rifle will awaken in us.

yeah I liked Montreal *a lot* but Quebec is very strange. Canada is fine, Canada is just another country. Quebec is like visiting an alternate timeline where Napoleon won WW1 or something.

Fukuyama ending up a middlebrow joke because he picked an evocative title for his book, even though (imo) it increasingly looks like he got *a lot* right in addition to his misses is sorta funny.

On balance, a liberal democracy with functional rule of law is a lot better place to be wealthy than any of the alternatives. Feel like a lot of rich Americans have forgotten this and are going to get a very rude awakening.

Bashar al-Assad succumbed to the global anti-incumbent trend driven by inflation

I'll say this again:

If your reaction to the murder of a CEO is to start lecturing us on how it's understandable or even good that such a CEO has been murdered, you're a bad person. You should block me or identify yourself so I can block you. I don't ever want to interact with you. Go away.

Part of having a more positive masculinity is actively mocking this kind of stuff as unfuckable loser shit tbh

When I say that the right is dominating the left on almost all platforms, this is what I mean. I hope Democratic officials take this into account every day. If you want an ecosystem that will advocate for YOU, then YOU need to help build it. Give interviews to creators, break news with creators...

I spent the weeks since the election running Trump policy and cabinet picks by the MAGA Republican dude I know. I’ve now heard some of Trumps own words could be AI generated.

I don’t think this is fixable.

Once the sleeve is done I am never getting another tattoo

Recommend this bad boy for those dooming about our democratic future.

It is a sober historical view of the strength of liberal democracies

Destiny breaks the code. Time to only vote for republicans

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#dgg
#dggL
#daliban

Got tired of the long hair

Couldn’t be happier with the new coat

Anyone you see on your timeline right now praising RFK Jr. is a person you never need to take seriously on anything ever again.

It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.

I'm gonna give Bluesky a try but so far it's still dominated by what I can best describe as "theater kid energy" or "the vibes of an RA trying to organize a dorm activity"