Sharon
@sharonk.bsky.social
political theologian at the ministry for the future
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan)
words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics, foreign policy, climate change, east asia (korea + japan)
words: Foreign Policy + LiberalCurrents
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Moving the book thread further down:
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If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
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nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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Taking my unscientific university hallway surveys to my unscientific social media networks to ask if educators have noticed if students, particularly undergrads, have become "needier" in the past semester or two. As in, they require more hand-holding, basic requirements are shirked more often, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Taking my unscientific university hallway surveys to my unscientific social media networks to ask if educators have noticed if students, particularly undergrads, have become "needier" in the past semester or two. As in, they require more hand-holding, basic requirements are shirked more often, etc.
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Holy crap this isn't a joke
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Holy crap this isn't a joke
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I think this is an underrated source of the extent to which Bluesky is in a false consensus about public AI hatred. If you are a power user on a microblogging site you are basically by definition not going to see the "take the effort out of reading and writing" machine as being useful
I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
It's pretty much mandatory at work that I appear to be using it, so I've doe a few functional things with it, and it's a moderate time-saver if used right. But nowhere near worth it's stock value, energy cost.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think this is an underrated source of the extent to which Bluesky is in a false consensus about public AI hatred. If you are a power user on a microblogging site you are basically by definition not going to see the "take the effort out of reading and writing" machine as being useful
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Big week for fans of longwinded and generally pointless diplomatic posturing
“One must imagine the Federation Diplomatic Corps happy.” – Verna Parnell
CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.
CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.
Chapter Twenty Two
"90% of conversations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea." - Lorna McClaren
"'The Premier says war with the Federation will end in immediate, total vi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Big week for fans of longwinded and generally pointless diplomatic posturing
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ALEX GARLAND DOING PRESS FOR “CIVIL WAR”:
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ALEX GARLAND DOING PRESS FOR “CIVIL WAR”:
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This is the kind of thing I had Diet members telling me they were afraid of earlier this month.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is the kind of thing I had Diet members telling me they were afraid of earlier this month.
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This is very different from how it has been reported in the Japanese press, but this is *exactly* what they've been worried about in Tokyo.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is very different from how it has been reported in the Japanese press, but this is *exactly* what they've been worried about in Tokyo.
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COMPANIES SAY NEXT YEAR’S GRADUATE HIRING MARKET IS LIKELY TO BE WORSE THAN THIS YEAR’S, PER WSJ
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
COMPANIES SAY NEXT YEAR’S GRADUATE HIRING MARKET IS LIKELY TO BE WORSE THAN THIS YEAR’S, PER WSJ
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There is some *extraordinarily good* near-future espionage fiction happening in this thread.
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There is some *extraordinarily good* near-future espionage fiction happening in this thread.
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there's no way Lizza and Nuzzi are the biggest freaks in that incestuous mess, and I feel all the more certain given how they've circled the wagons
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
there's no way Lizza and Nuzzi are the biggest freaks in that incestuous mess, and I feel all the more certain given how they've circled the wagons
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this is cope unfortunately.
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
this is cope unfortunately.
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New NDS to drop: Strategy of Soybeans
uhhhhhh
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New NDS to drop: Strategy of Soybeans
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Yeah my thoughts include:
*NYPD budget going up
*We're gonna need to do charter revisions every year because ain't no way a Menin council gonna do what we need to
*NYPD budget going up
*We're gonna need to do charter revisions every year because ain't no way a Menin council gonna do what we need to
That’s basically every ‘no’ vote on City of Yes, plus the votes got by nixing the specific eastern Queens R varieties from the ADU requirements … plus Manhattan. I’d suggest this has the makings of a very anti-building/pro-neighborhood-character Council. (Charter revisions look set to be a *bfd*)
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yeah my thoughts include:
*NYPD budget going up
*We're gonna need to do charter revisions every year because ain't no way a Menin council gonna do what we need to
*NYPD budget going up
*We're gonna need to do charter revisions every year because ain't no way a Menin council gonna do what we need to
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Part 3: Nuzzi goes to North Korea
There comes a point with someone’s scandalous personal life where it’s like late 1990’s Dennis Rodman — we know you’re weird, it’s just not interesting anymore.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Part 3: Nuzzi goes to North Korea
Tokyo's gotta be wondering whether they need to start worrying about the value of the treaty relationship
uhhhhhh
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tokyo's gotta be wondering whether they need to start worrying about the value of the treaty relationship
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That statement to WSJ makes it so much worse...just saying it out loud that it's all about the US-China trade deal
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That statement to WSJ makes it so much worse...just saying it out loud that it's all about the US-China trade deal
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God this is so depressing given the political response to it
"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
At Groundwork: Lessons from the September Jobs Report – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
God this is so depressing given the political response to it
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if only there was a story about a blonde amoral starfucker journalist from new york city who is proactive in facilitating the rise of fascism getting her just desserts that could provide us with some form of catharsis
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
if only there was a story about a blonde amoral starfucker journalist from new york city who is proactive in facilitating the rise of fascism getting her just desserts that could provide us with some form of catharsis
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People say that RSS feeds are great, but mine was just full of pro-Modi stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
People say that RSS feeds are great, but mine was just full of pro-Modi stuff.
"The Republicans in America long imagined that they were enthusiastic about the Republic, the church, and the beauties of the old American Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about soybean sales."
“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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www.wsj.com/world/china/...
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"The Republicans in America long imagined that they were enthusiastic about the Republic, the church, and the beauties of the old American Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about soybean sales."
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If any of the allegations are true, Nuzzi covering for RFK Jr. directly played a role in the gutting of America's public health infrastructure, the defenestrating of the CDC and the promotion of the lie that vaccines causing autism.
If the Nuzzi blast radius doesn't impact both the new editor of VF and the NYT profiler, then something wrong. Holy shit.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If any of the allegations are true, Nuzzi covering for RFK Jr. directly played a role in the gutting of America's public health infrastructure, the defenestrating of the CDC and the promotion of the lie that vaccines causing autism.
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People constantly justify “move fast and break things” attitudes around AI because supposedly it will cure cancer one day but cancer research is currently getting crowded out by AI! Makes me so fucking mad.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
People constantly justify “move fast and break things” attitudes around AI because supposedly it will cure cancer one day but cancer research is currently getting crowded out by AI! Makes me so fucking mad.