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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
It'd be hard for me not to work, because I really enjoy my work, but I'd be working on projects that fulfill me. I don't think he has that capability.
If I had even 1/10,000th the money that Musk has I would never be on this website, or working, I would be reading books and hiking in mountain hamlets or on beaches (flying commercial, first class, but commercial) the rest of my life, pick up guitar or piano or something
(She made a point about Musk that way too often goes without saying: He is a totally joyless man, so miserable he can hardly tolerate himself)
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It'd be hard for me not to work, because I really enjoy my work, but I'd be working on projects that fulfill me. I don't think he has that capability.
These guys have no idea how pissed off people are at them.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
These guys have no idea how pissed off people are at them.
I have to remind myself that the antipathy I feel towards the people I grew up with is stoked by the current brainrot: NYT-level analysis fantasizes that Hispanic voters are Traditionally Conservative and thus Included Towards Republicans and Especially Trump and are pleased to leave it at that.
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I have to remind myself that the antipathy I feel towards the people I grew up with is stoked by the current brainrot: NYT-level analysis fantasizes that Hispanic voters are Traditionally Conservative and thus Included Towards Republicans and Especially Trump and are pleased to leave it at that.
Fucking withering, wish we had more writing about @nytimes.com like this
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Fucking withering, wish we had more writing about @nytimes.com like this
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" compelling film
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" compelling film
In retrospect it should have been obvious that the guys who did abu ghraib would eventually do the same thing here
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
In retrospect it should have been obvious that the guys who did abu ghraib would eventually do the same thing here
Just being honest here, I thought Pelosi had already retired
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just being honest here, I thought Pelosi had already retired
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Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.
I too wonder if it pushes Trump to moderate, image unrelated
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I too wonder if it pushes Trump to moderate, image unrelated
These are demonic characters. Beyond redemption.
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
These are demonic characters. Beyond redemption.
We're going up up up
It's our moment
Gonna be gonna be golden
It's our moment
Gonna be gonna be golden
to maximize gains you have to turn dark red republican districts in to red ones and red ones into light red ones. in a very bad national environment for Rs, this could bring a total wipeout. this is why i specified incumbents.
...the Republicans who were engaging in partisan redistricting because they were afraid of being punished by voters for Trump's policies will stop redistricting because they're now even more afraid of being punished by voters?
I feel like I'm missing steps here.
I feel like I'm missing steps here.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We're going up up up
It's our moment
Gonna be gonna be golden
It's our moment
Gonna be gonna be golden
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there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
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The election analyst has entered the chat.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The election analyst has entered the chat.
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Matt Yglesias hardest hit
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Matt Yglesias hardest hit
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Imagine if Biden had pardoned some corrupt person and got billions of dollars from it based on what Hunter told him to do.
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Imagine if Biden had pardoned some corrupt person and got billions of dollars from it based on what Hunter told him to do.
Child rearing is a multi-year endeavor to answer the question "how much glitter can you glue to hardwood flooring?"
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Child rearing is a multi-year endeavor to answer the question "how much glitter can you glue to hardwood flooring?"
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There's also a weird conventional wisdom forming that the Democratic agenda is toxically unpopular and that Republicans are delivering what voters want.
This is laughably false. Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history and his entire agenda is underwater.
This is laughably false. Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history and his entire agenda is underwater.
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There's also a weird conventional wisdom forming that the Democratic agenda is toxically unpopular and that Republicans are delivering what voters want.
This is laughably false. Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history and his entire agenda is underwater.
This is laughably false. Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history and his entire agenda is underwater.
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you cannot keep doing this without eventually becoming misanthropic and feeling that the values you grew up with are meaningless and the people around you will excuse anything as long as it doesn’t personally inconvenience them
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
you cannot keep doing this without eventually becoming misanthropic and feeling that the values you grew up with are meaningless and the people around you will excuse anything as long as it doesn’t personally inconvenience them
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My latest is about the latest revelations on the failed prosecution of Donald Trump, and why you should blame Merrick Garland more than the Supreme Court.
You Should Blame Merrick Garland
Garland's incompetence gave the Supreme Court the chance to set Trump free
stringinamaze.net
November 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My latest is about the latest revelations on the failed prosecution of Donald Trump, and why you should blame Merrick Garland more than the Supreme Court.
if anything, the real headline is "Conservatives Slowly Realizing They Own A Nazi Bar"
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is receiving backlash from the GOP over his recent interview with white nationalist and far-right activist Nick Fuentes, reopening a debate in the party over how forcefully to condemn antisemitism.
Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist triggers GOP backlash
The appearance of far-right activist Nick Fuentes reopened a debate in the Republican Party over how forcefully to condemn antisemitism.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
if anything, the real headline is "Conservatives Slowly Realizing They Own A Nazi Bar"
I fucking hate Halloween, how do people put up with this.
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I fucking hate Halloween, how do people put up with this.
"I won't touch receipts, I never use a plastic cutting board" bro you instagrammed yourself cave diving
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"I won't touch receipts, I never use a plastic cutting board" bro you instagrammed yourself cave diving