The worst people you know feel emboldened by the Trump II cultural moment to use slurs with relish. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, feels emboldened to stop being a quirky cipher and lean into being aggressively basic
you gotta have someone in your life who will take you aside and tell you no
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The worst people you know feel emboldened by the Trump II cultural moment to use slurs with relish. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, feels emboldened to stop being a quirky cipher and lean into being aggressively basic
I’ve seen the charts of global infant mortality and stuff so I accept that this is not the worst time in human history, but I do think it is possibly the most embarrassing time in human history. Dignity and self-respect nearing all-time lows
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve seen the charts of global infant mortality and stuff so I accept that this is not the worst time in human history, but I do think it is possibly the most embarrassing time in human history. Dignity and self-respect nearing all-time lows
CEO of gambling website is pro-gambling, believes in markets for everything, proposes that the social value of sports betting (notably not even pretending to be a market) is: people want to do it. Good stuff.
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
CEO of gambling website is pro-gambling, believes in markets for everything, proposes that the social value of sports betting (notably not even pretending to be a market) is: people want to do it. Good stuff.
I want to believe that Davante Adams really does have his own personal Taco Bell
September 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I want to believe that Davante Adams really does have his own personal Taco Bell
For a while the consensus seemed to be that Vance had no juice, then there was this trend where the savvy thing was to say that the left dangerously underestimated his appeal, but the man simply has no charisma so that always seemed too contrarian to me. Anyway
L, and might I add, MAO. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For a while the consensus seemed to be that Vance had no juice, then there was this trend where the savvy thing was to say that the left dangerously underestimated his appeal, but the man simply has no charisma so that always seemed too contrarian to me. Anyway
The Matrix, Existenz, and Dark City came out within 14 months of each other. Incredible run for gothic allegory of the cave movies. What was in the zeitgeist in 1998 that made this happen?
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Matrix, Existenz, and Dark City came out within 14 months of each other. Incredible run for gothic allegory of the cave movies. What was in the zeitgeist in 1998 that made this happen?
Thank god wokeness is over and the D&D episode of Community is back on Hulu
September 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank god wokeness is over and the D&D episode of Community is back on Hulu
People are being a bit slippery about the concept of persuasion, if you ask me. In the broad sense sure, it includes propaganda, peer pressure, stoking fear, offering incentives… then there’s *rational* persuasion—giving reasons—which Kirk was clearly not in the business of
September 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
People are being a bit slippery about the concept of persuasion, if you ask me. In the broad sense sure, it includes propaganda, peer pressure, stoking fear, offering incentives… then there’s *rational* persuasion—giving reasons—which Kirk was clearly not in the business of
On the one hand I’m really regretting wasting my first-round pick on JJMcCarthy’s #1 target, but I will enjoy seeing the Packers clinch the division by thanksgiving
September 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
On the one hand I’m really regretting wasting my first-round pick on JJMcCarthy’s #1 target, but I will enjoy seeing the Packers clinch the division by thanksgiving
What if the Bears were good lol
September 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
What if the Bears were good lol
Elon Musk would likely innovate a solution before giving his life for a woman on the Titanic
September 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Elon Musk would likely innovate a solution before giving his life for a woman on the Titanic
I wasn’t watching yet at 12:55—what did Hanson say instead of “seven hours of commercial-free football” now that they have ads? Seven hours of football? Seven hours of less commercials than usual football?
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I wasn’t watching yet at 12:55—what did Hanson say instead of “seven hours of commercial-free football” now that they have ads? Seven hours of football? Seven hours of less commercials than usual football?
I don’t know if I would hire a 41-year-old quarterback but if I did I think I’d try to find some guys to stand in front of him and get in the way of the ones trying to break him in half, but then I’m not the Steelers’s GM
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I don’t know if I would hire a 41-year-old quarterback but if I did I think I’d try to find some guys to stand in front of him and get in the way of the ones trying to break him in half, but then I’m not the Steelers’s GM
I guess you probably need a Matt Yglesias to pull that kind of funding but man he’s gonna drag the average quality of political analysis down
August 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I guess you probably need a Matt Yglesias to pull that kind of funding but man he’s gonna drag the average quality of political analysis down
Protest Song #00 (downloaded from xmulletx)
August 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Protest Song #00 (downloaded from xmulletx)
Anyone have a read on the Gravel boy that went in-house at Andreesen as a podcaster? Is this some strange attempt at entryism? Thiel-ite red-brown fusion, like the tech futurist wing of Compact? Pure payday? Or did he just have an ordinary political conversion?
August 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Anyone have a read on the Gravel boy that went in-house at Andreesen as a podcaster? Is this some strange attempt at entryism? Thiel-ite red-brown fusion, like the tech futurist wing of Compact? Pure payday? Or did he just have an ordinary political conversion?
I was looking for a population density map of Long Island and this late-stage Web 1.0 relic was the third google result lol
August 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I was looking for a population density map of Long Island and this late-stage Web 1.0 relic was the third google result lol
Really glad my firm is going to 4 days/week in office. I get a lot of mentorship and culture out of wasting an hour commuting, having some zoom meetings, then going home without talking to anyone
July 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Really glad my firm is going to 4 days/week in office. I get a lot of mentorship and culture out of wasting an hour commuting, having some zoom meetings, then going home without talking to anyone
I thought maybe I’d practice law for a few years and find my way back to academia—teach tax classes in a law school but keep publishing my silly papers on moral psychology, recognition, alienation, etc. Lately I’m less sure there will be a recognizable thing that is “academia” by then time I’m ready
July 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I thought maybe I’d practice law for a few years and find my way back to academia—teach tax classes in a law school but keep publishing my silly papers on moral psychology, recognition, alienation, etc. Lately I’m less sure there will be a recognizable thing that is “academia” by then time I’m ready
Someone should make a Lee Buchheit movie. International intrigue, courtroom drama, heavy-handed political commentary about vulture funds and the conflict between markets and sovereignty, big personalities... feels like a Felix Salmon/Adam McKay script could really play
July 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Someone should make a Lee Buchheit movie. International intrigue, courtroom drama, heavy-handed political commentary about vulture funds and the conflict between markets and sovereignty, big personalities... feels like a Felix Salmon/Adam McKay script could really play
Who are my Brooklyn lawyer friends on this website… @ruthmensch.bsky.social ?
Planning to pretty much vote the WFP slate but they didn’t endorse for Brooklyn civil court judge. Anyone have a read on any of the candidates?
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Who are my Brooklyn lawyer friends on this website… @ruthmensch.bsky.social ?
Planning to pretty much vote the WFP slate but they didn’t endorse for Brooklyn civil court judge. Anyone have a read on any of the candidates?
June 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Planning to pretty much vote the WFP slate but they didn’t endorse for Brooklyn civil court judge. Anyone have a read on any of the candidates?