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the american left has a consumerism problem, part the infinity
I will crawl through broken glass to vote against a a Republican bc my life depends on it.
February 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
the american left has a consumerism problem, part the infinity
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between 2018 and now I believe over 80 percent of Chinese EV firms went bankrupt.
I was also thinking that very likely European and American automakers have been more successful than Chinese, even at making EVs. If you take Chinese EV companies operating in 2015 the median one is probably bankrupt.
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
between 2018 and now I believe over 80 percent of Chinese EV firms went bankrupt.
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The answer is they don’t like the US, they like the Confederacy. Explicit, codified, unashamed racism ruled by oligarchic elites. Strict social codes and mores that buttress the entire thing who themselves were built on misremembered imagined histories.
February 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The answer is they don’t like the US, they like the Confederacy. Explicit, codified, unashamed racism ruled by oligarchic elites. Strict social codes and mores that buttress the entire thing who themselves were built on misremembered imagined histories.
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It was inflation not stagnation...getting this stuff right matters
AOC on why Trump returned to office: "when you have economic stagnation, for the working class that, especially in an environment where GDP is growing, that is the stuff of populist movement. The choice is what direction those populist movements can go."
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It was inflation not stagnation...getting this stuff right matters
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Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.
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Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
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Again, the contrast between professionals who actually deal with consumer spending, and Very Online Communists, is striking. The communists are like "people are ultra-rational utility maximizers" and the professionals are like "people will forget how much money they make and buy a boat"
I'm a financial advisor.
Humans are *very bad* at tracking, contextualizing, and understanding spending.
Like 80%+ of my clients who claim to live "paycheck to paycheck" have also immediately upgraded [car/house/electronics] significantly after minor pay increases.
Humans are *very bad* at tracking, contextualizing, and understanding spending.
Like 80%+ of my clients who claim to live "paycheck to paycheck" have also immediately upgraded [car/house/electronics] significantly after minor pay increases.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Again, the contrast between professionals who actually deal with consumer spending, and Very Online Communists, is striking. The communists are like "people are ultra-rational utility maximizers" and the professionals are like "people will forget how much money they make and buy a boat"
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it's very strange to me to see guys like this blathering about how america has no common culture. america has so much common culture. we are drowning in american culture. what are they talking about. it's like he saw quesabirria once and thought "this is the end of the republic." psychotic
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
it's very strange to me to see guys like this blathering about how america has no common culture. america has so much common culture. we are drowning in american culture. what are they talking about. it's like he saw quesabirria once and thought "this is the end of the republic." psychotic
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The Noble Savaging of rural Trump voters always pretends like the internet is some luxury out of their reach and they haven't been marinating their brains in Facebook for 15 straight years at this point.
Your average rural 50 y/o farmer or horse trainer isn’t on Bluesky seeking the opinions of enlightened liberals.
They’re watching football and 70’s/80’s reruns on TV and getting shitfaced so they can face another day of manual labor tomorrow.
They’re watching football and 70’s/80’s reruns on TV and getting shitfaced so they can face another day of manual labor tomorrow.
February 15, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The Noble Savaging of rural Trump voters always pretends like the internet is some luxury out of their reach and they haven't been marinating their brains in Facebook for 15 straight years at this point.
People vastly underestimate how American culture being boring and extremely flexible is a strength, not a curse.
I can assure you that you do not in fact want that.
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 AM
People vastly underestimate how American culture being boring and extremely flexible is a strength, not a curse.
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Telling us Gavin Newsom is a far right transphobe who wants to literally murder us would probably be more believable if you hadn't already made that same claim about Kamala Harris and Sarah McBride.
February 15, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Telling us Gavin Newsom is a far right transphobe who wants to literally murder us would probably be more believable if you hadn't already made that same claim about Kamala Harris and Sarah McBride.
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The problem is the information environment is shit because the news is evil.
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The problem is the information environment is shit because the news is evil.
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The recutting anecdote in British prisons is that a lot of white men who go in as neo-Nazis find God inside and come out as Islamic fundamentalists
February 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The recutting anecdote in British prisons is that a lot of white men who go in as neo-Nazis find God inside and come out as Islamic fundamentalists
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A lot of people are searching for an ideology to facilitate their subrational libidinal desires, whether that be for violence, or abuse, or prejudice. These people are all kind of the same at the end of the day: looking for reason to indulge rather than following any kind of self-restrictive creed.
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
A lot of people are searching for an ideology to facilitate their subrational libidinal desires, whether that be for violence, or abuse, or prejudice. These people are all kind of the same at the end of the day: looking for reason to indulge rather than following any kind of self-restrictive creed.
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This is why the people who show up to protests ready to burn things down aren’t “allies” with “different tactics.” Overwhelmingly they’re there for the thrill of rationalized violence; they will find some way to commit some violence against somebody if they have the thinnest excuse.
Had an IC class where I read a bunch of interviews with former warlord/terrorist recruits and it was very interesting how many of them were using ideology as a vehicle for violence instead of using violence to pursue an ideology. "Excitement" was one of the main reasons a lot of them joined!
Yes. This is it. Some people believe their politics; other people adopt politics as an excuse to hurt other people for fun and tell themselves it’s for a good cause and they can’t be blamed.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
The internet has let all the people in the latter group find each other and make better rationalizations.
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This is why the people who show up to protests ready to burn things down aren’t “allies” with “different tactics.” Overwhelmingly they’re there for the thrill of rationalized violence; they will find some way to commit some violence against somebody if they have the thinnest excuse.
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The UN was founded because the previous 40 years had seen the most destructive conflicts in human history. The UN charter is written in the blood of millions.
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The UN was founded because the previous 40 years had seen the most destructive conflicts in human history. The UN charter is written in the blood of millions.
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The fundamental issue is that too many people see politics as an avenue of personal expression, and thus view personal expression as an avenue of politics.
Now their are politics that I feel it is *logical* to have if you're LGBT+ but since when has logic dominated politics?
Now their are politics that I feel it is *logical* to have if you're LGBT+ but since when has logic dominated politics?
Just chiming in to second this from the enby experience; I have been explicitly accused of being a gender traitor for both a. Being a member of the Bergen county democratic committee and b. Being an economist in manufacturing. I’ve also been accused of straight up “faking it” which is…. Not fun!
it is absolutely a thing that happens that if a trans person is trying to be a regular person who belongs to the normal political party that supports their rights, members of The Community will "call them in" and tell them that their insufficient radicalism should embarass them
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The fundamental issue is that too many people see politics as an avenue of personal expression, and thus view personal expression as an avenue of politics.
Now their are politics that I feel it is *logical* to have if you're LGBT+ but since when has logic dominated politics?
Now their are politics that I feel it is *logical* to have if you're LGBT+ but since when has logic dominated politics?
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This is why I will never trust tankies nor take them seriously.
February 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is why I will never trust tankies nor take them seriously.
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As MPDC's headcount has shrunk, the number of HQ staff has grown.
dclocal.substack.com/p/dcs-police...
dclocal.substack.com/p/dcs-police...
DC's police force didn't just shrink. It moved indoors.
MPD has lost 658 sworn officers since 2018. But the real story is where the remaining ones went.
dclocal.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
As MPDC's headcount has shrunk, the number of HQ staff has grown.
dclocal.substack.com/p/dcs-police...
dclocal.substack.com/p/dcs-police...
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white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP
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Via the "Mortgage Interest Deduction", Oregon subsidizes vacation homes and other second homes
Government subsidies are best directed towards people who need help, rather than the already wealthy.
If you agree, write in to support this bill: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/M...
Government subsidies are best directed towards people who need help, rather than the already wealthy.
If you agree, write in to support this bill: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/M...
HB4136 2026 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
February 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Via the "Mortgage Interest Deduction", Oregon subsidizes vacation homes and other second homes
Government subsidies are best directed towards people who need help, rather than the already wealthy.
If you agree, write in to support this bill: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/M...
Government subsidies are best directed towards people who need help, rather than the already wealthy.
If you agree, write in to support this bill: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/M...
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The pro-life movement spreading measles across the land is a bit on the nose.
Florida law says colleges have to allow an opt-out on mandatory vaccinations.
And so the measles that came back on the buses from DC in January are currently ripping through Ave Maria University in Florida.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
And so the measles that came back on the buses from DC in January are currently ripping through Ave Maria University in Florida.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...
Measles Outbreak Hits Florida College
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The pro-life movement spreading measles across the land is a bit on the nose.
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The costs of anti-vax shit really needs to be a bigger part of the conversation. Ask Kennedy about his plan to expand hospital capacity when his favorite diseases come back? What is the budget for it where will it come from? How are schools to prepare?
“More than 40 measles cases have been reported at Ave Maria University in southwest Florida, the largest outbreak on a college campus in recent history.
The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
The outbreak at the private Catholic college has raised concerns among university leaders and public health experts” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Measles Outbreak Hits Florida College
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The costs of anti-vax shit really needs to be a bigger part of the conversation. Ask Kennedy about his plan to expand hospital capacity when his favorite diseases come back? What is the budget for it where will it come from? How are schools to prepare?
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I don’t disagree that, eg, Exxon is bad for democracy, and yet my off the cuff reaction is that individual billionaires are far, far worse. Most corporations are diverse orgs w/ employees & customers to please. Musk is just insane.
Still, I have no problem reducing the political influence of both.
Still, I have no problem reducing the political influence of both.
February 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I don’t disagree that, eg, Exxon is bad for democracy, and yet my off the cuff reaction is that individual billionaires are far, far worse. Most corporations are diverse orgs w/ employees & customers to please. Musk is just insane.
Still, I have no problem reducing the political influence of both.
Still, I have no problem reducing the political influence of both.