James [November] Harbeck
@sesquiotic.bsky.social
Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com
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Here, watch some music www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYw...
Master Of Puppets／Metallica｜クラシック・ギター1本で描く、ロックの世界（著・猪居亜美）【模範演奏】
YouTube video by 猪居 亜美 Ami Inoi
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November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Here, watch some music www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYw...
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I just don't understand the theory that removing some of the time pressure will magically transmit knowledge to someone's brain
If you don't know the material, all the time in the world won't help you!
bsky.app/profile/mada...
If you don't know the material, all the time in the world won't help you!
bsky.app/profile/mada...
I think he needs to be educated about how to read graphs.
But seriously, the ability to produce work at a certain pace is a metric that could be measured, but the “pace” is pretty far ranging in most subjects. The accommodations for most kids is not that much extra time.
But seriously, the ability to produce work at a certain pace is a metric that could be measured, but the “pace” is pretty far ranging in most subjects. The accommodations for most kids is not that much extra time.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I just don't understand the theory that removing some of the time pressure will magically transmit knowledge to someone's brain
If you don't know the material, all the time in the world won't help you!
bsky.app/profile/mada...
If you don't know the material, all the time in the world won't help you!
bsky.app/profile/mada...
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
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For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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Trump & Epstein were named as co-defendants in a lawsuit accusing them of raping 13 year old Katie Johnson. She ended up dropping the lawsuit after receiving death threats for her & her family.
This is not new evidence.
This cannot be covered up.
#PedoPresident
This is not new evidence.
This cannot be covered up.
#PedoPresident
July 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump & Epstein were named as co-defendants in a lawsuit accusing them of raping 13 year old Katie Johnson. She ended up dropping the lawsuit after receiving death threats for her & her family.
This is not new evidence.
This cannot be covered up.
#PedoPresident
This is not new evidence.
This cannot be covered up.
#PedoPresident
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HOLY SHIT ONE THOUSAND GIRLS
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
HOLY SHIT ONE THOUSAND GIRLS
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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A perfect example of capitalist incentives leading to worse outcomes is checked baggage on planes.
To squeeze more money out of passengers, airlines now charge exorbitant fees for checked bags – so everyone brings carry-on rollers instead, so there’s never enough room in the overhead bins.
To squeeze more money out of passengers, airlines now charge exorbitant fees for checked bags – so everyone brings carry-on rollers instead, so there’s never enough room in the overhead bins.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A perfect example of capitalist incentives leading to worse outcomes is checked baggage on planes.
To squeeze more money out of passengers, airlines now charge exorbitant fees for checked bags – so everyone brings carry-on rollers instead, so there’s never enough room in the overhead bins.
To squeeze more money out of passengers, airlines now charge exorbitant fees for checked bags – so everyone brings carry-on rollers instead, so there’s never enough room in the overhead bins.
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
I swear there’s someone in Toronto teaching drivers that the brake is the button in the middle of the steering wheel
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I swear there’s someone in Toronto teaching drivers that the brake is the button in the middle of the steering wheel
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People post so much randomly silly shit, 🤣.
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
People post so much randomly silly shit, 🤣.
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What I’ve seen so many people say and what I can’t get over is how many of them don’t seem to get that the Epstein story and affordability *are in fact the same goddamn issue*, which is that this wildly corrupt man thinks he can exploit and prey on people and get away with everything
“Do Democrats really want to enter divided government with the meaning of the election unclear? After spending a year treating Trump’s corruption as immaterial? Where Trump can concede $20 billion in health-insurance subsidies and call it even with the voters?” www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What I’ve seen so many people say and what I can’t get over is how many of them don’t seem to get that the Epstein story and affordability *are in fact the same goddamn issue*, which is that this wildly corrupt man thinks he can exploit and prey on people and get away with everything
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This whole thread is gold. Read the alt-text! It's magnificent! 🤣
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This whole thread is gold. Read the alt-text! It's magnificent! 🤣
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
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NO. Dems do not get to back down on this or I will ask for my corpse to be cut into a gazillion pieces and mailed to each one. The "usual suspects" are carrying water for pedophiles. And if the pedos wanted to hide, they should have hid behind SNAP and the ACA. Because now they and we have nothing.
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NO. Dems do not get to back down on this or I will ask for my corpse to be cut into a gazillion pieces and mailed to each one. The "usual suspects" are carrying water for pedophiles. And if the pedos wanted to hide, they should have hid behind SNAP and the ACA. Because now they and we have nothing.
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Best literary analysis ever
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Best literary analysis ever
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Speaking of Wu-Tang, a new family moved into the neighborhood and put this in their yard. I’m gonna fry up a pound of Bacon and give it to them as a housewarming gift.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Speaking of Wu-Tang, a new family moved into the neighborhood and put this in their yard. I’m gonna fry up a pound of Bacon and give it to them as a housewarming gift.
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