Theory: Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice is grumpy because he was an analytic philosopher born several generations too early.

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

Dr Oz: "We should make you so healthy that you flourish in life and you engage the workplace. Getting America back to work full speed, getting you to work longer if you desire, that builds trillions of dollars of value to the GDP. That's the goal of the health system."

A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.

That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

wow, which common vaccine was it?

Des decks preconstruits spéciaux pour le format Twin Suns

Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

On one day's notice, thousands of New Yorkers marched in NYC today for immigrants and against ICE.

More photos soon!

The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is

“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”

🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

This ties in perfectly with the kind of absolutely bizarre behaviour we see among antis in fandom spaces, though I wouldn't tie it to *religiosity* so specifically there.

Instead, it's radical moral conservatism & the associated moral incongruence that results, with the additional dimension —1/4🧵

I like the second part to this coda more, myself.