12355.bsky.social
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Yeah ok bud lets see what the parliamentarian has to say. People can and should comment whatever the hell they like. Zero knowledge of political bureaucracy should be every voter’s right. The excuse-making technocratic urge has imperiled all of us, quite possibly fatally. Get another play
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Yeah ok bud lets see what the parliamentarian has to say. People can and should comment whatever the hell they like. Zero knowledge of political bureaucracy should be every voter’s right. The excuse-making technocratic urge has imperiled all of us, quite possibly fatally. Get another play
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Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
January 23, 2026 at 8:50 AM
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
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Oh so this is why he keeps calling the DFL the Democratic party of MN instead of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
Holy shit. Simon Rosenberg, the longtime Dem lobbyist for Silicon Valley, has been trying to edit his own Wikipedia page under the user handle SimonWDC. Specifically, on March 13, 2025, he tried to delete this politically damaging paragraph from his biography:
January 18, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Oh so this is why he keeps calling the DFL the Democratic party of MN instead of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
I genuinely believe that this is what a meritocracy built on academic and economic achievement brings. That smart, well-heeled, connected people are and will always be useless as moral leaders
January 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I genuinely believe that this is what a meritocracy built on academic and economic achievement brings. That smart, well-heeled, connected people are and will always be useless as moral leaders
Good chance they’re the just peeved that the 2500 word essay they wrote the other day with the gist of “glass them all” now won’t get published
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Good chance they’re the just peeved that the 2500 word essay they wrote the other day with the gist of “glass them all” now won’t get published
It’s an accelerationist impulse. I am not immune
January 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
It’s an accelerationist impulse. I am not immune
lol how’s your 401k doing there buddy
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
lol how’s your 401k doing there buddy
If you keep adding sweeteners, it’s like clocking an old 90s game of Tetris with a 16-bit register; after 65536 it starts counting up from -65535. No longer is your beverage “too sweet”. Instead, every sip produces ripples in the fabric of space and time
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
If you keep adding sweeteners, it’s like clocking an old 90s game of Tetris with a 16-bit register; after 65536 it starts counting up from -65535. No longer is your beverage “too sweet”. Instead, every sip produces ripples in the fabric of space and time
I get 500 tiny fake sugar pills in a dispenser. This month I broke it by being a jackass. But now instead of Pez-dispensing 12 little clicks I just tip a whole bunch into my palm and slap those babies in. 15? 20? God is dead, who cares
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I get 500 tiny fake sugar pills in a dispenser. This month I broke it by being a jackass. But now instead of Pez-dispensing 12 little clicks I just tip a whole bunch into my palm and slap those babies in. 15? 20? God is dead, who cares
I get a mocha with five sweeteners in it. At home I put in like 12. 5 sweeteners gets you a look/chuckle at the coffee shop, 10 gets you ejected from the premises
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I get a mocha with five sweeteners in it. At home I put in like 12. 5 sweeteners gets you a look/chuckle at the coffee shop, 10 gets you ejected from the premises
My (Australian) wife gets all her news and current affairs via the the ITYSL subreddit. Everything in meme/joke form but it’s instantaneous and comprehensive
January 4, 2026 at 1:57 AM
My (Australian) wife gets all her news and current affairs via the the ITYSL subreddit. Everything in meme/joke form but it’s instantaneous and comprehensive
From the same people who brought you “nanna and pops hate everything now” and “my credit card in being used in Serbia”, this season’s smash hit is “your job is worthless now!”. From the people we all revile more than Wall Streeters - they’re not just rich, they’re ugly!
January 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
From the same people who brought you “nanna and pops hate everything now” and “my credit card in being used in Serbia”, this season’s smash hit is “your job is worthless now!”. From the people we all revile more than Wall Streeters - they’re not just rich, they’re ugly!
I think you’ve had a generation raised on the ethos the clear and open communication and/or safe and sober choices solves any and all problems. And those things absolutely do solve many problems. But, uh, not all of them, not even close.
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I think you’ve had a generation raised on the ethos the clear and open communication and/or safe and sober choices solves any and all problems. And those things absolutely do solve many problems. But, uh, not all of them, not even close.
less tacticool, more jousty
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
less tacticool, more jousty
Your bougie abs are fed on the honest labour of the people who fetch your meals and clean your toilets
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Your bougie abs are fed on the honest labour of the people who fetch your meals and clean your toilets
Having a gym body is stolen valour from construction, gig and hospitality workers, and is therefore class traitor scab behaviour
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Having a gym body is stolen valour from construction, gig and hospitality workers, and is therefore class traitor scab behaviour
If our meritocracy was fit for purpose, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Things gotta change
December 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If our meritocracy was fit for purpose, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Things gotta change
We had this incredible series of conflagrations, the resulted in the systems we had. The stewards we’ve had since then thought they were hitting home runs while being born on third base. We’re now all learning what the calculus really is and always has been.
December 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We had this incredible series of conflagrations, the resulted in the systems we had. The stewards we’ve had since then thought they were hitting home runs while being born on third base. We’re now all learning what the calculus really is and always has been.
Every other time, every other decade had challenges just as big as these ones. Sometimes the people then did ok, sometimes not. It’s pretty clear which bucket we’re currently in
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Every other time, every other decade had challenges just as big as these ones. Sometimes the people then did ok, sometimes not. It’s pretty clear which bucket we’re currently in
We’ve done this multiple-decade experiment where we’ve tested whether having good SAT scores, or an MBA, or a successful business, or a military career, makes you a good political operator and fit to meet the challenges of governance. The answer is clearly no.
December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We’ve done this multiple-decade experiment where we’ve tested whether having good SAT scores, or an MBA, or a successful business, or a military career, makes you a good political operator and fit to meet the challenges of governance. The answer is clearly no.
I don’t know that it is legal, at all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_.... I have this theory that we’ve been under anarchy for some time, like dogs barking next to an open gate. Law doesn’t mean what it used to
United States antitrust law - Wikipedia
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December 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I don’t know that it is legal, at all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_.... I have this theory that we’ve been under anarchy for some time, like dogs barking next to an open gate. Law doesn’t mean what it used to
They want the trappings of power, patronage, and prestige, as provided by their current sinecures within the party establishment. Thats it. They’re hoping they can sit on their hands and things will go back to ‘normal’ without any real effort on their part. Gutless strivers make poor stewards
December 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
They want the trappings of power, patronage, and prestige, as provided by their current sinecures within the party establishment. Thats it. They’re hoping they can sit on their hands and things will go back to ‘normal’ without any real effort on their part. Gutless strivers make poor stewards
Is that the one with Adrien Brody? Ever since, if I see him on screen in anything, it’s an immediate nope
December 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Is that the one with Adrien Brody? Ever since, if I see him on screen in anything, it’s an immediate nope