Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
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Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
· Nov 10
"I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I WILL HOLD."
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
I'm in the middle of reading @catherinebracy.com's excellent World Eaters on how VCs are killing the tech economy, and this paper will fit in here nicely.
🚀 I’ve just released a new working paper on SSRN that tells a different story of how corporate law shapes the startup and VC landscape.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm in the middle of reading @catherinebracy.com's excellent World Eaters on how VCs are killing the tech economy, and this paper will fit in here nicely.
Hegseth's most recent idiocy has put me in mind of a story from OCS. Late one night/early one morning, during our night land nav exercises, I was among a dozen or so other candidates from my platoon who had just successfully finished our lanes, and were instructed to wait for the others. /1
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hegseth's most recent idiocy has put me in mind of a story from OCS. Late one night/early one morning, during our night land nav exercises, I was among a dozen or so other candidates from my platoon who had just successfully finished our lanes, and were instructed to wait for the others. /1
These folks are doing critical work in these times. Please consider supporting them.
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
These folks are doing critical work in these times. Please consider supporting them.
The publisher of the Pentagon Papers has been reduced to its "What's the deal with airplane peanuts?" stage of regression.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The publisher of the Pentagon Papers has been reduced to its "What's the deal with airplane peanuts?" stage of regression.
Anthony gets mail.
I missed Bonecrusher Bob. It’s been a year or two since he’s written.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Anthony gets mail.
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"Ira" has worked for the last 50 years CAs fields. "I'm proud of the work I do cultivating the land. My hard work brings produce like these heads of fresh lettuce to people's tables. Without farm workers, consumers won't have fresh vegetables." #WeFeedYou
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Ira" has worked for the last 50 years CAs fields. "I'm proud of the work I do cultivating the land. My hard work brings produce like these heads of fresh lettuce to people's tables. Without farm workers, consumers won't have fresh vegetables." #WeFeedYou
Alan "It was just a massage, and I kept my underwear on the entire time" Dershowitz
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Alan "It was just a massage, and I kept my underwear on the entire time" Dershowitz
Thinking of @radiofreetom.bsky.social's The Death of Expertise for some reason.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
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www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thinking of @radiofreetom.bsky.social's The Death of Expertise for some reason.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Any list of “masculine values” must contain, at their core, things like trustworthiness, friendliness, courtesy, and kindness, which the Scout Oath requires, but are anathema to the guys in this administration.
Is it a 'masculine value' to melt down about some new fake shit every week?
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Any list of “masculine values” must contain, at their core, things like trustworthiness, friendliness, courtesy, and kindness, which the Scout Oath requires, but are anathema to the guys in this administration.
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Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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"The Eagles raced out to a 21-0 lead, looking like the far better team on both sides of the ball. Their offense then took one of its customary naps while their defense held on for dear life."
miketanier.substack.com/p/week-12-wa...
miketanier.substack.com/p/week-12-wa...
Week 12 Walkthrough: The Eagles Stink, are Doomed, Should Fire Everyone, and Stink
Level-headed reactions to the Eagles meltdown in Dallas, Shedeur Sanders' performance in the Browns victory over the Raiders, and other Week 12 chaos.
miketanier.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"The Eagles raced out to a 21-0 lead, looking like the far better team on both sides of the ball. Their offense then took one of its customary naps while their defense held on for dear life."
miketanier.substack.com/p/week-12-wa...
miketanier.substack.com/p/week-12-wa...
This is an administration of emotionally and intellectually stunted people with sociopathic ideas about what personal characteristics we should honor and encourage.
Imagine picking fights about duty and honor with this man.
They’re so fucking stupid.
They’re so fucking stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is an administration of emotionally and intellectually stunted people with sociopathic ideas about what personal characteristics we should honor and encourage.
And here we see yet another example of the difference between rule _of_ law and rule _by_ law.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
And here we see yet another example of the difference between rule _of_ law and rule _by_ law.
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
You can immediately recognize the sheer genius of this guy
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You can immediately recognize the sheer genius of this guy
I'm trying to imagine the levels of sociopathy--both individually, and as a society--necessary to voluntarily do this to someone.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm trying to imagine the levels of sociopathy--both individually, and as a society--necessary to voluntarily do this to someone.
Excellent essay on originalism from @espinsegall.bsky.social
"Although most people usually trace originalism to responses to the Warren Court, the original intentions of the Constitution actually began as a racist response to Brown v. Board of Education"
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
"Although most people usually trace originalism to responses to the Warren Court, the original intentions of the Constitution actually began as a racist response to Brown v. Board of Education"
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
Originalism's Racist Birth and Subsequent Death
A few weeks ago at the Federalist Society National Convention, Judge Patrick Bumatay of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decla...
www.dorfonlaw.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Excellent essay on originalism from @espinsegall.bsky.social
"Although most people usually trace originalism to responses to the Warren Court, the original intentions of the Constitution actually began as a racist response to Brown v. Board of Education"
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...
"Although most people usually trace originalism to responses to the Warren Court, the original intentions of the Constitution actually began as a racist response to Brown v. Board of Education"
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/11/orig...