Gary Alexander
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Gary Alexander
@garyalexander.bsky.social
· Jan 27
If I'm correct it's because Democratic electeds and consultants want to win by default, that is reach a political equilibrium in which the GOP are seen as too extreme to govern, and a plurality of voters have no choice but to elect Democrats. This results in sliding right and taking the temperature.
Think this is why KCD1 and 2 land for me. They convey the *feeling* of playing Henry so well, the stories themselves are respectively pretty simple or kind of convoluted. But that's in part because Henry is just some dope or, later, knows just enough to be misled.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Think this is why KCD1 and 2 land for me. They convey the *feeling* of playing Henry so well, the stories themselves are respectively pretty simple or kind of convoluted. But that's in part because Henry is just some dope or, later, knows just enough to be misled.
I think Hollywood should try making Wing Commander again.
FX has announced a Far Cry anthology series by the creators of Alien: Earth and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. gameinformer.com/2025/11/25/f...
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I think Hollywood should try making Wing Commander again.
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One good thing about Bari Weiss is that she articulates the worldview of the 0.00001% with total clarity, and thereby makes it obvious that they are dangerously out of their minds.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One good thing about Bari Weiss is that she articulates the worldview of the 0.00001% with total clarity, and thereby makes it obvious that they are dangerously out of their minds.
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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This whole interview was basically just an excuse for them to talk about Arsenal lol
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This whole interview was basically just an excuse for them to talk about Arsenal lol
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The blog post is generally correct (poverty line is an outdated measurement that doesn't adequately capture actual cost of sustenance) but I'm charmed that this economist is discovering that long-standing left observations are true... and being precious about it www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The blog post is generally correct (poverty line is an outdated measurement that doesn't adequately capture actual cost of sustenance) but I'm charmed that this economist is discovering that long-standing left observations are true... and being precious about it www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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Is one of the Dems centrist CIA ghouls not against extralegal murders? Color me shocked!
Sen. Slotkin said today—to my surprise—that she's unaware of any illegal orders *so far*.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wee...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wee...
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Is one of the Dems centrist CIA ghouls not against extralegal murders? Color me shocked!
As a guy currently GMing two different tabletop games of West End Games' Star Wars, I am the only one doing Star Wars correctly.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As a guy currently GMing two different tabletop games of West End Games' Star Wars, I am the only one doing Star Wars correctly.
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👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
I think the "centrist compromise" here would be something like, sure Abolish ICE but then we replace it with a new immigration enforcement agency that employs investigators and not thugs. I'm an ~open borders radical~ who'd hate this too, but it says something I doubt they'd even support that.
There appears to be massive grassroots support for Abolish ICE and basically no interest whatsoever from Democratic electeds.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I think the "centrist compromise" here would be something like, sure Abolish ICE but then we replace it with a new immigration enforcement agency that employs investigators and not thugs. I'm an ~open borders radical~ who'd hate this too, but it says something I doubt they'd even support that.
There appears to be massive grassroots support for Abolish ICE and basically no interest whatsoever from Democratic electeds.
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There appears to be massive grassroots support for Abolish ICE and basically no interest whatsoever from Democratic electeds.
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if the greens managed to be the opposition, the BBC would still have guest numbers ranked 1) reform 2) con 3) labour 4) some right wingers who think reform are too woke 5) greens
📊 Estimated seats on latest Lord Ashcroft poll:
➡️ REF – 289 (+284)
🟢 GRN – 77 (+73)
🟠 LD – 77 (+5)
🔵 CON – 76 (-45)
🟡 SNP – 45 (+36)
🔴 LAB – 41 (-370)
Based on @LordAPolls poll, 13-17 Nov (+/- vs GE24)
➡️ REF – 289 (+284)
🟢 GRN – 77 (+73)
🟠 LD – 77 (+5)
🔵 CON – 76 (-45)
🟡 SNP – 45 (+36)
🔴 LAB – 41 (-370)
Based on @LordAPolls poll, 13-17 Nov (+/- vs GE24)
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
if the greens managed to be the opposition, the BBC would still have guest numbers ranked 1) reform 2) con 3) labour 4) some right wingers who think reform are too woke 5) greens
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A movie that takes place where you’re from
Learned from this prompt that there are no movies that feature the Battle of Yorktown, which is frankly bizarre.
Learned from this prompt that there are no movies that feature the Battle of Yorktown, which is frankly bizarre.
A movie that takes place where you’re from
For better or for worse
For better or for worse
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
Learned from this prompt that there are no movies that feature the Battle of Yorktown, which is frankly bizarre.
Learned from this prompt that there are no movies that feature the Battle of Yorktown, which is frankly bizarre.
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
two random zoomers tried to bring back filibustering? ?
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
two random zoomers tried to bring back filibustering? ?
are arsenal too reliant on open play goals
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
are arsenal too reliant on open play goals
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Eze is a bad man
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Eze is a bad man
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
stupid goals arent as bad if you already have 3!
Even a great defense isn't safe from giving up stupid, fluke, or wonder goals; but if you can't score 2 you're going to draw every time you do.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
stupid goals arent as bad if you already have 3!
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
"defensive mid" merino with a killer assist into the box you love to see it
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"defensive mid" merino with a killer assist into the box you love to see it
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Indeed. In 1790, they were clear who had the right to ascend to citizenship.
immigrationhistory.org/item/1790-na...
immigrationhistory.org/item/1790-na...
Nationality Act of 1790 - Immigration History
This was the first law to define eligibility for citizenship by naturalization and establish standards and procedures by which immigrants became US citizens. In this early version, Congress limited th...
immigrationhistory.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Indeed. In 1790, they were clear who had the right to ascend to citizenship.
immigrationhistory.org/item/1790-na...
immigrationhistory.org/item/1790-na...