Scott Dietz
@scottdietz.bsky.social
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my main takeaway looking back on 2020 from today and considering <gestures broadly> has been that the main lesson here is DONT HAVE A PANDEMIC
even if you could put aside the massive human toll, basic societal functioning depends on a million little things that a shutdown mucks up
even if you could put aside the massive human toll, basic societal functioning depends on a million little things that a shutdown mucks up
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
my main takeaway looking back on 2020 from today and considering <gestures broadly> has been that the main lesson here is DONT HAVE A PANDEMIC
even if you could put aside the massive human toll, basic societal functioning depends on a million little things that a shutdown mucks up
even if you could put aside the massive human toll, basic societal functioning depends on a million little things that a shutdown mucks up
Change to “justify it to *outsiders*” and I think we are ready to go to print lol
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Change to “justify it to *outsiders*” and I think we are ready to go to print lol
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This is correct but I'd also add that if you are an insecure, unconfident man, the biggest curse you can possibly give yourself is dating a woman that is impressively attractive to the shittiest dudes in our society - a recipe for being endlessly consumed with paranoid jealousy
This and they're only really interested in very attractive women who use all the artifices to pander to men (often to manipulate them) because ultimately they care more about what other men think about the women they want to fuck/possess than they do about their own (to them unknown/denied) desires.
I think an important thing to understand about brofluencer ideology is that they do not just deny that being toxic and shitty makes you a less appealing partner, they insist that women are only genuinely attracted to toxic and shitty men and being kind will instead make women lose respect for you.
December 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is correct but I'd also add that if you are an insecure, unconfident man, the biggest curse you can possibly give yourself is dating a woman that is impressively attractive to the shittiest dudes in our society - a recipe for being endlessly consumed with paranoid jealousy
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
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yeah, that's true. it's not 'dominant meta' precisely but something about how recognition of the meta (or the 'solvedness' of the particular game?) allows the space to be flooded with effectively worthless versions
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
yeah, that's true. it's not 'dominant meta' precisely but something about how recognition of the meta (or the 'solvedness' of the particular game?) allows the space to be flooded with effectively worthless versions
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The most insidious thing about slop is that it puts pressure on you the consumer to lower *your* standards
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The most insidious thing about slop is that it puts pressure on you the consumer to lower *your* standards
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putting it in gaming terms maybe youd say slop is the 'dominant meta' of whatever field
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
putting it in gaming terms maybe youd say slop is the 'dominant meta' of whatever field
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"Brett Kavanaugh had six figures in credit card debt shortly before he was confirmed to the Supreme Court" is one of those things that will live rent-free in my head forever because I quite literally have represented someone in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy over substantially less debt.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Brett Kavanaugh had six figures in credit card debt shortly before he was confirmed to the Supreme Court" is one of those things that will live rent-free in my head forever because I quite literally have represented someone in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy over substantially less debt.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
dred scott, in their minds, established the united states as a place of tiered citizenship and permanent inequality among americans. it was a ruling that said, in effect, that all men *were not* created equal and would *never* be treated as such.
That one and below are fighting to the death in my heart
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
That one and below are fighting to the death in my heart
Critical support to Dino’s, The Villager, and Springwater!
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Critical support to Dino’s, The Villager, and Springwater!
One problem re: Williamson Co. is that it’s ground zero for where the MAGA suburban vote from blue states is fleeing to.
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One problem re: Williamson Co. is that it’s ground zero for where the MAGA suburban vote from blue states is fleeing to.