wildflowersong.bsky.social
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I think filling the top ranks of our education system with people who got there in part by abusing a system designed to help disabled people will select morally deficient people for leadership positions in our society and is worth taking steps to avoid bsky.app/profile/padr...
I mean if the only risk is some kids getting extra time on tests it seems like not such a big deal
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I think filling the top ranks of our education system with people who got there in part by abusing a system designed to help disabled people will select morally deficient people for leadership positions in our society and is worth taking steps to avoid bsky.app/profile/padr...
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honestly I think that once you've lived under the governance of evil men - as most people did, historically! - that last part starts to sound a lot more appealing. tell me, honestly, that you wouldn't smile just a little at the thought of RFK being eaten alive by beetles.
People tend to blame the things they don't like about Christianity on Calvin. Did he invent the doctrine of hell? No. Did he invent the idea that most people were going there? No. Did he invent the idea that the saved take pleasure in the tortures of the damned? Also no.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
honestly I think that once you've lived under the governance of evil men - as most people did, historically! - that last part starts to sound a lot more appealing. tell me, honestly, that you wouldn't smile just a little at the thought of RFK being eaten alive by beetles.
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it is *part of your responsibility as a leader* to exercise judgment, there’s nothing more to investigate here, this whole situation simply does not merit your involvement at all, and if you believe it does, you are unqualified for leadership and should resign from it in disgrace
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
it is *part of your responsibility as a leader* to exercise judgment, there’s nothing more to investigate here, this whole situation simply does not merit your involvement at all, and if you believe it does, you are unqualified for leadership and should resign from it in disgrace
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All joking aside, the fundamental flaw with some people's view of politics is that no bad result is ever the fault of the bad actor who did it. It's always the fault of every other actor who "failed to stop them". The obvious drawbacks to this way of thinking are somehow obscured to its adherents.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
All joking aside, the fundamental flaw with some people's view of politics is that no bad result is ever the fault of the bad actor who did it. It's always the fault of every other actor who "failed to stop them". The obvious drawbacks to this way of thinking are somehow obscured to its adherents.
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You can devise solutions for individual incentives, for corruption, for power balancing, but if it is the People themselves who are corrupt...you can't fix that.
The only solution I see is for the People to relearn the virtue of not touching the stove by virtue of stove-touching.
The only solution I see is for the People to relearn the virtue of not touching the stove by virtue of stove-touching.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You can devise solutions for individual incentives, for corruption, for power balancing, but if it is the People themselves who are corrupt...you can't fix that.
The only solution I see is for the People to relearn the virtue of not touching the stove by virtue of stove-touching.
The only solution I see is for the People to relearn the virtue of not touching the stove by virtue of stove-touching.
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The core problem is that in a state, something has to be sovereign - in a democracy, it is the people - and you can design and tinker as much as you like but there is no way to design around a loss of virtue in that sovereign entity.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
one of the things dr schake and i were both wrestling with in this conversation--i think not really conclusively--is how you maintain the norm of civilian supremacy when the civilians are issuing objectively illegal, murderous orders
Neon Liberalism #54: Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of "The State and the Soldier," as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how that relationship is being pushed to the breaking point. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The core problem is that in a state, something has to be sovereign - in a democracy, it is the people - and you can design and tinker as much as you like but there is no way to design around a loss of virtue in that sovereign entity.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
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Freedom means the ability to choose your own life down to very small details. The state doesn't have a vested interest in telling you how to dress.
Also here's the thing: it doesn't matter if trans-ness is real. I believe in the fundamental freedom of people. As part of that freedom you can do what you want to your body and express yourself as you wish so long as you're not hurting others. You have a right to wear a skirt *because you want to*.
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Freedom means the ability to choose your own life down to very small details. The state doesn't have a vested interest in telling you how to dress.
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it's interesting because right wingers won't shut up about triggering the libs, liberal tears, etc etc but on a deep level what they want isn't for us to be angry, what they want is for us to apologize and admit they were right all along
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
it's interesting because right wingers won't shut up about triggering the libs, liberal tears, etc etc but on a deep level what they want isn't for us to be angry, what they want is for us to apologize and admit they were right all along
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but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
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Children’s books in particular should be weird and challenging and inappropriate. All the best ones are.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Children’s books in particular should be weird and challenging and inappropriate. All the best ones are.
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
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I genuinely think colleges need to expel students who do this pour encourager les autres
At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I genuinely think colleges need to expel students who do this pour encourager les autres
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I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
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 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
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I never weigh in too hard on AI on here because I don't want dumb arguments, but I will say my answer to "well what are you gonna do when it's so widespread everyone accepts it as part of daily life, huh??" is not "begrudgingly join in", it's "feel bad for them and then continue to do my own thing".
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I never weigh in too hard on AI on here because I don't want dumb arguments, but I will say my answer to "well what are you gonna do when it's so widespread everyone accepts it as part of daily life, huh??" is not "begrudgingly join in", it's "feel bad for them and then continue to do my own thing".
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That's the thing about criticism. It teaches you about yourself. What you value, how you feel about certain things, what in a piece of art matters to *you,* specifically.
And the more you do it, the better you understand yourself. It teaches you who you are and what you believe.
And the more you do it, the better you understand yourself. It teaches you who you are and what you believe.
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
That's the thing about criticism. It teaches you about yourself. What you value, how you feel about certain things, what in a piece of art matters to *you,* specifically.
And the more you do it, the better you understand yourself. It teaches you who you are and what you believe.
And the more you do it, the better you understand yourself. It teaches you who you are and what you believe.
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One of the best things you can learn to say is "I don't know" or "I haven't tried it." Remain curious and open and make sure your opinions are *yours.*
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
One of the best things you can learn to say is "I don't know" or "I haven't tried it." Remain curious and open and make sure your opinions are *yours.*
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
That's really hard to do in a world designed to tell you how to feel about everything, but goddamn is it crucial to like... being a person.
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I get a lot of hate for this view and in turn I'd only ask if you've ever had a pie as good as a typical cheesecake. The answer is no, you have not. Cheesecake invalidates the whole pie category. Hell, regular cake barely survives the cheesecake onslaught on the strength of carrot cake alone.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I get a lot of hate for this view and in turn I'd only ask if you've ever had a pie as good as a typical cheesecake. The answer is no, you have not. Cheesecake invalidates the whole pie category. Hell, regular cake barely survives the cheesecake onslaught on the strength of carrot cake alone.
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
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Underrated solution to housing crisis is “build more mid apartments” tbh. I’d take like 300 sq ft and a one burner stove if it meant paying $1000 less in rent per month
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Underrated solution to housing crisis is “build more mid apartments” tbh. I’d take like 300 sq ft and a one burner stove if it meant paying $1000 less in rent per month
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Just for completeness sake, the now correctly named “reverse bors” is when someone says they hate capitalism but actually reveals they just hate living in a society with responsibilities to other people
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just for completeness sake, the now correctly named “reverse bors” is when someone says they hate capitalism but actually reveals they just hate living in a society with responsibilities to other people
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After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
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Some people really want there to be some sort of policy ratchet mechanism that exists outside of politics, government, and human society in general. No, sorry, that can't exist, there will always be barbarians at the gates and we will need to be eternally vigilant
In your view, is there a plan we should be asking Democrats for to protect abortion and trans rights, other than never losing a Presidential election for the next 40 years and winning a SCOTUS majority?
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some people really want there to be some sort of policy ratchet mechanism that exists outside of politics, government, and human society in general. No, sorry, that can't exist, there will always be barbarians at the gates and we will need to be eternally vigilant
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call me a “carceral urbanist” or whatever but I think that the guy who stole copper out of the subway and fucked up millions of commutes should go to prison for a long long time
“MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays” gothamist.com/news/mta-bla...
MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays
The MTA said the vandal singlehandedly delayed 755 subway trains over the course of three days in October.
gothamist.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
call me a “carceral urbanist” or whatever but I think that the guy who stole copper out of the subway and fucked up millions of commutes should go to prison for a long long time
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He will always have faults, same as any politician, but I don't think any leader of the current age of human history has displayed comparable dignity, dedication, and will to represent his people than Volodymyr Zelensky. In many ways, I am in awe of him every day.
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
He will always have faults, same as any politician, but I don't think any leader of the current age of human history has displayed comparable dignity, dedication, and will to represent his people than Volodymyr Zelensky. In many ways, I am in awe of him every day.