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To the extent my country is exceptional it is because we are a country of all people and none. The world made manifest. A nation of nations. A people united in truly radical ideas of freedom, equality, and justice for all. Any attempt to undo this is treason and also seeks to make us ordinary.
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this genuinely is socialism in miniature. the idea is good, but it all depends on competent execution
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
this genuinely is socialism in miniature. the idea is good, but it all depends on competent execution
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this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
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Just apropos of some ongoing discourse, I think the political class is describing way more salient to the “Kamala is for they them” ad then is actually warranted
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Just apropos of some ongoing discourse, I think the political class is describing way more salient to the “Kamala is for they them” ad then is actually warranted
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seeing a lot of this kind of claim but did you know that hippos actually kill more people every year than Isaac Chotiner?
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
seeing a lot of this kind of claim but did you know that hippos actually kill more people every year than Isaac Chotiner?
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nitrate pollution is a problem. most data centers aren't. that doesn't make them Good, but it's not comparable
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
nitrate pollution is a problem. most data centers aren't. that doesn't make them Good, but it's not comparable
Yeah the social harms of AI, imo, are so grave and grand it justifies the complete and total abolition of the technology, or failing that, great restrictions on its use. The pogroms it could cause are much more immediate threat than electricity usage on increasingly green grids.
a) The social harms of AI are vastly under-appreciated and go far beyond displacement of labor
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
weird header for an article about the very real dangers of modern industrial agriculture
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Yeah the social harms of AI, imo, are so grave and grand it justifies the complete and total abolition of the technology, or failing that, great restrictions on its use. The pogroms it could cause are much more immediate threat than electricity usage on increasingly green grids.
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a lot of falsehoods are getting repeated about b) by people who rightly believe a), and it doesn't help credibility.
a) The social harms of AI are vastly under-appreciated and go far beyond displacement of labor
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
weird header for an article about the very real dangers of modern industrial agriculture
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
a lot of falsehoods are getting repeated about b) by people who rightly believe a), and it doesn't help credibility.
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Okay, I had no idea vaginoplasties are older than Penicillin
Next time transphobes call trans healthcare "experimental" you can show them this
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Okay, I had no idea vaginoplasties are older than Penicillin
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ICYMI: One of the most interesting things about sci-fi is that ideas like a space elevator or an O'Neil cylinder can "exist" as discrete, almost Platonic concepts without ever taking on physical manifestation.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows
On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.
heat-death.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ICYMI: One of the most interesting things about sci-fi is that ideas like a space elevator or an O'Neil cylinder can "exist" as discrete, almost Platonic concepts without ever taking on physical manifestation.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
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it's seven pages long, adobe
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
it's seven pages long, adobe
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amazing that I and everyone else on the left somehow get to keep being an Eagle Scout as part of the national cultural divorce. I wasn't even attached to that one because it's a lot of repressed homophobic trauma but they're insisting I keep it
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
amazing that I and everyone else on the left somehow get to keep being an Eagle Scout as part of the national cultural divorce. I wasn't even attached to that one because it's a lot of repressed homophobic trauma but they're insisting I keep it
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M...Maryland…M-Mentioned???
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
M...Maryland…M-Mentioned???
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Suddenly remembered a conference paper that argued that those northern praire states were deliberately marginalised in US Army Draft draws during 1940-45 because they were politically suspect
Anyways
Anyways
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Suddenly remembered a conference paper that argued that those northern praire states were deliberately marginalised in US Army Draft draws during 1940-45 because they were politically suspect
Anyways
Anyways
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As someone who first watched "best of simpsons" clips on you tube before watching the actual show it is astounding how if you watch enough you've seen entire episodes of classic Simpsons just out of order. Every scene is someone's favorite.
I feel like it is culturally important to note that I recently played an old episode of the Simpsons on Disney+ for some kids and then a random newer episode and the kids, unprompted, were like “how come this isn’t as funny?” so it’s not just nostalgia we are correct
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As someone who first watched "best of simpsons" clips on you tube before watching the actual show it is astounding how if you watch enough you've seen entire episodes of classic Simpsons just out of order. Every scene is someone's favorite.
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Complying with EU regulations by putting “fuck you Poland” on every gay wedding rsvp
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Complying with EU regulations by putting “fuck you Poland” on every gay wedding rsvp
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The reactionary cali expat wave really showing impacts in montana huh
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The reactionary cali expat wave really showing impacts in montana huh
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clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
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an underrated part of the British crisis is that the justice system is under massive strain, not least because criminal barristers are often being paid *less for taking a case than their costs in doing so.*.
www.theguardian.com/law/2022/aug...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2022/aug...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
an underrated part of the British crisis is that the justice system is under massive strain, not least because criminal barristers are often being paid *less for taking a case than their costs in doing so.*.
www.theguardian.com/law/2022/aug...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2022/aug...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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The Aubrey-Maturin Saga (18 movies)
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Aubrey-Maturin Saga (18 movies)
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The Pritzker Star Wars rankings are broadly correct. Asking for similar from Newsom seems unfair given this. Gavin, I'd like to see your rankings of Trader Joe's reds in the $50-75 range.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Pritzker Star Wars rankings are broadly correct. Asking for similar from Newsom seems unfair given this. Gavin, I'd like to see your rankings of Trader Joe's reds in the $50-75 range.
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god damn I love being an American
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
god damn I love being an American
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YOU’RE LIVING IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC IDAHO
LIVING IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC IDAHO
LIVING IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC IDAHO
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
YOU’RE LIVING IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC IDAHO
LIVING IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC IDAHO
LIVING IN YOUR OWN PUBLIC IDAHO
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
If you're in DC and have nothing to do come watch a very good movie and enjoy a discussion where I will use the term "Cold War Liberalism".
On Tuesday the 25th at the Washington Ethical Society, I'll be presenting the film A Face in the Crowd for WES Film Club at 630 PM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you're in DC and have nothing to do come watch a very good movie and enjoy a discussion where I will use the term "Cold War Liberalism".