Kristian
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I really like pickled Herring, and I don't do debates. Representation matters structurally, not just symbolically - different governance structures select for different competencies.
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Why Mamdani Won and The New York Times is so Confused
The information environment is better than it has been in 5000 years
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Why Mamdani Won and The New York Times is so Confused
Yes, and this is Evolutionary Economics 101. Necessary goods require price controls and rationing to achieve group functional outcomes. Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek were political philosophers. Not scientists.
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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/...
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yes, and this is Evolutionary Economics 101. Necessary goods require price controls and rationing to achieve group functional outcomes. Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek were political philosophers. Not scientists.
Steve Witkoff, not an elected official or civil servant, is advising foreign powers on how to manipulate the cognitively impaired President of the United States.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Steve Witkoff, not an elected official or civil servant, is advising foreign powers on how to manipulate the cognitively impaired President of the United States.
The Trump Administration's Ukraine peace plan is the culmination of 25 years of Russian intelligence targeted manipulation of American and European Conservatives. Conservatives are now a threat to American and European security; they are almost universally indoctrinated by Russian propaganda.
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Trump Administration's Ukraine peace plan is the culmination of 25 years of Russian intelligence targeted manipulation of American and European Conservatives. Conservatives are now a threat to American and European security; they are almost universally indoctrinated by Russian propaganda.
Evolution selects for groups that adapt. Evolution selects against conservatives, reactionaries and radicals.
P. S. If you have been around, you know that failed states implode because of a lack of independent administrative state oversight and enforcement. And that the first domino to fall isn't the military but the civil service. Into that vacuum rushes domestic police forces...and then it's game over.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Evolution selects for groups that adapt. Evolution selects against conservatives, reactionaries and radicals.
Right! Special Operations Forces will remain critical to American defense. Yes, I wrote defense. Not war. The issue is, as with all other agencies and branches of government in our 18th century institutional structure, lack of independent administrative state oversight and enforcement.
You - yes, you Ds specifically - will need SOF & just because the SEALs have cultivated a far right internal culture it doesn’t warrant disbanding a critical strategic asset.
75RR is fine. Others too.
Infantry can’t do HR, hard target defeat, sensitive SI. Stop claiming it can, it’s wishcasting.
75RR is fine. Others too.
Infantry can’t do HR, hard target defeat, sensitive SI. Stop claiming it can, it’s wishcasting.
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Right! Special Operations Forces will remain critical to American defense. Yes, I wrote defense. Not war. The issue is, as with all other agencies and branches of government in our 18th century institutional structure, lack of independent administrative state oversight and enforcement.
Snowballs
In my Nordic culture we call tough talking wannabe heroes Snowballs because when the heat comes down they either melt or roll everyone up in tragedy
In my Nordic culture we call tough talking wannabe heroes Snowballs because when the heat comes down they either melt or roll everyone up in tragedy
perhaps not surprisingly, combat vets in Congress are generally on a whole other level in terms of their willingness to fight
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Snowballs
In my Nordic culture we call tough talking wannabe heroes Snowballs because when the heat comes down they either melt or roll everyone up in tragedy
In my Nordic culture we call tough talking wannabe heroes Snowballs because when the heat comes down they either melt or roll everyone up in tragedy
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About that cost of living piece—insofar as the single biggest cost item is childcare for a dual-income family at 32k annually (which may be too high but still), its a reminder of how things might have been different had Nixon not vetoed a national childcare bill in 1971 that passed the Senate 63-17.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
About that cost of living piece—insofar as the single biggest cost item is childcare for a dual-income family at 32k annually (which may be too high but still), its a reminder of how things might have been different had Nixon not vetoed a national childcare bill in 1971 that passed the Senate 63-17.
Exactly right! By removing the most law-abiding people in America, we mathematically and in all practical terms, raise the probability of being victims of crime.
New York will always be a city of immigrants. When we protect the communities who keep this city running and uphold our sanctuary laws, we create a future that’s safer for every New Yorker.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Exactly right! By removing the most law-abiding people in America, we mathematically and in all practical terms, raise the probability of being victims of crime.
It's really not very difficult to stop celebrating things that you learned to be abusive.
Periodic reminder that the Sooners and that wagon celebrates the illegal settlement of indigenous lands before those treaties were formally broken by our govt.
They were legally prohibited, broke the treaty deliberately, and are celebrated for it.
They were legally prohibited, broke the treaty deliberately, and are celebrated for it.
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Oklahoma’s iconic mascot, the Sooner Schooner, has been running onto the field after OU scores at home games since 1964, becoming the official mascot in 1980. It’s pulled by ponies named Boomer and Sooner. Despite its share of mishaps, Sooner fans love the wagon.
Oklahoma’s iconic mascot, the Sooner Schooner, has been running onto the field after OU scores at home games since 1964, becoming the official mascot in 1980. It’s pulled by ponies named Boomer and Sooner. Despite its share of mishaps, Sooner fans love the wagon.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's really not very difficult to stop celebrating things that you learned to be abusive.
This is so important right now. AI is not intelligent. AI are immensely powerful and fast word processors that quite literally reflect the ignorance (yes, we are all ignorant) of the user. A fool will get AI foolishness. A domain expert will get AI expertise.
A student cannot learn from AI
A student cannot learn from AI
Problem is: Neither our work culture nor our education culture incentivizes deep learning. Instead, we're incentivized to economize--to learn only what's needed to finish the task or get the answer right on the test.
So, people use ChatGPT, even when they know they could learn more by other means.
So, people use ChatGPT, even when they know they could learn more by other means.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is so important right now. AI is not intelligent. AI are immensely powerful and fast word processors that quite literally reflect the ignorance (yes, we are all ignorant) of the user. A fool will get AI foolishness. A domain expert will get AI expertise.
A student cannot learn from AI
A student cannot learn from AI
The reason that many people hang out with antisocial people in modern Westernized society is because they are conditioned to categorize human beings along totally subjective political lines that make no sense in the information/network age.
It's very symmetric! Just like how the centrists on Twitter get pulled to the far right because they don't want to risk their social standing by denouncing it, a lot of progressives here get pulled the other direction because they don't want to risk their social standing criticizing the left
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The reason that many people hang out with antisocial people in modern Westernized society is because they are conditioned to categorize human beings along totally subjective political lines that make no sense in the information/network age.
Lots of self identified "Liberals" are Patriarchal Conservatives that view women as disembodied sex objects
Lawrence Summers’ extraordinary fall from grace
The reputation of one of America’s leading economists is in tatters since the emergence of emails to Jeffrey Epstein
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November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lots of self identified "Liberals" are Patriarchal Conservatives that view women as disembodied sex objects
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there are a lot of people i’d could work in concert with who i wouldn’t want to share a sleeping bag — or a tent, or even a big tent — with.
we need more tents.
we need more tents.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
there are a lot of people i’d could work in concert with who i wouldn’t want to share a sleeping bag — or a tent, or even a big tent — with.
we need more tents.
we need more tents.
Why it's imperative to defeat Republicans in 2028 and shift our resources from supporting destabilizing nations like Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Pakistan, to supporting Ukraine and the European Union in their fight with Russia.
Peace is a reflection of justice, and peace fosters free trade.
Peace is a reflection of justice, and peace fosters free trade.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Why it's imperative to defeat Republicans in 2028 and shift our resources from supporting destabilizing nations like Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Pakistan, to supporting Ukraine and the European Union in their fight with Russia.
Peace is a reflection of justice, and peace fosters free trade.
Peace is a reflection of justice, and peace fosters free trade.
Ken Burn's 'The American Revolution,' does a good job of showing the original conflict at the heart of the American experiment; egalitarianism versus patriarchy. What we need is institutional evolution. The hierarchical structure of our Constitution is in direct conflict with the network age.
Ken Burns on ‘The American Revolution,’ Going on Joe Rogan and the Future of Our Country: ‘We Can Get Better’
The PBS documentary director speaks on his new film 'The American Revolution'
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November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ken Burn's 'The American Revolution,' does a good job of showing the original conflict at the heart of the American experiment; egalitarianism versus patriarchy. What we need is institutional evolution. The hierarchical structure of our Constitution is in direct conflict with the network age.
The kind of pervasive fear that exists in America, fear that is seen everywhere in endless status seeking, posturing and bullying, is a product of the hierarchical structure of our institutions. It's a choice. Not a human universal.
As a child in an indigenous egalitarian culture I noticed something about males from patriarchal cultures; they were fearful but overconfident bullies obsessed with guns, big cars, clothes, bling, power and money. The belief that chauvinism is a human universal is itself a product of patriarchy.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The kind of pervasive fear that exists in America, fear that is seen everywhere in endless status seeking, posturing and bullying, is a product of the hierarchical structure of our institutions. It's a choice. Not a human universal.
As a child in an indigenous egalitarian culture I noticed something about males from patriarchal cultures; they were fearful but overconfident bullies obsessed with guns, big cars, clothes, bling, power and money. The belief that chauvinism is a human universal is itself a product of patriarchy.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
As a child in an indigenous egalitarian culture I noticed something about males from patriarchal cultures; they were fearful but overconfident bullies obsessed with guns, big cars, clothes, bling, power and money. The belief that chauvinism is a human universal is itself a product of patriarchy.
There's nothing new about Social Democracy
Jen Psaki and Other Top Dem Strategists On How To Beat Trump and MAGA
Pod Save America 11/19/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3K...
Pod Save America 11/19/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3K...
Jen Psaki and Other Top Dem Strategists On How To Beat Trump and MAGA
YouTube video by Pod Save America
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
There's nothing new about Social Democracy
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If you've taught graduate students in a music program in the US or Canada, you know that there is a huge difference in what an MM, an MA, and a PhD offer. That's not a value judgment, it's an assessment based on experience.
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you've taught graduate students in a music program in the US or Canada, you know that there is a huge difference in what an MM, an MA, and a PhD offer. That's not a value judgment, it's an assessment based on experience.
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
I grew up in Scandinavia in the 1960s. Everyone was educated about the nature of mind manipulation by political and religious propaganda and mass marketing.
Why is the science of mind manipulation not taught to American children?
Why is the science of mind manipulation not taught to American children?
Watching the Epstein survivor admit that she voted for Trump really fucked with my head. The brainwashing against the left that apparently people endure from birth, must be way deeper than I ever imagined. A victim voting for a rapist, who has also been accused by 26 other women? Over a woman? WTAF?
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I grew up in Scandinavia in the 1960s. Everyone was educated about the nature of mind manipulation by political and religious propaganda and mass marketing.
Why is the science of mind manipulation not taught to American children?
Why is the science of mind manipulation not taught to American children?
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This appears to have been taken in a way I didn't intend. For the record I'm not opposed to marital sex (except in one specific case). Just making the point that Nuzzi's relationship was not that unusual and her real offence was the greatest sin of all; becoming embarrassing.
the Americans are giving it that about Olivia Nuzzi but it's worth remembering that in Westminster it is really quite common for political correspondents and journalists in general to be having sex with government ministers or spokespeople, if only because they are married to them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This appears to have been taken in a way I didn't intend. For the record I'm not opposed to marital sex (except in one specific case). Just making the point that Nuzzi's relationship was not that unusual and her real offence was the greatest sin of all; becoming embarrassing.
It's time for America to leave dysfunctional British institutions behind and reform our Constitution and legal system on the basis of modern knowledge and science.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It's time for America to leave dysfunctional British institutions behind and reform our Constitution and legal system on the basis of modern knowledge and science.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Functional Democracies abolished juries decades ago because the concept is in conflict with modern knowledge and science, and thus doesn't serve justice. They are also disruptive to the lives of those that justice is supposed to serve.
Teaching about the jury today and reading “Why Jury Duty Matters” again.
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
It is a book that should be at the center of civic and democracy debates. Perhaps today more than when it was written, it offers a path forward. #Books
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Functional Democracies abolished juries decades ago because the concept is in conflict with modern knowledge and science, and thus doesn't serve justice. They are also disruptive to the lives of those that justice is supposed to serve.
Demand for financial asset yield (rent) is effectively infinite relative to any potential private market supply.
The price of a home in America has nearly doubled in the last 10 years.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Demand for financial asset yield (rent) is effectively infinite relative to any potential private market supply.