Loren King
@lorenking.org
"Ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross"
Dad, professor, marathon swimmer.
Not nearly as smart as @kimdej.bsky.social
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www.lorenking.org
www.greatlakestrust.org
Dad, professor, marathon swimmer.
Not nearly as smart as @kimdej.bsky.social
@[email protected]
www.lorenking.org
www.greatlakestrust.org
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Trump should be (won’t be, but should be) embarrassed by the Witkoff transcript. W says to Ushakov “the way to deal with Trump is with obsequious flattery” and U replies “yeah, we obviously know that” [paraphrases].
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Trump should be (won’t be, but should be) embarrassed by the Witkoff transcript. W says to Ushakov “the way to deal with Trump is with obsequious flattery” and U replies “yeah, we obviously know that” [paraphrases].
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This was an assessment by a fighter pilot. Gripen seems to be the winner in most categories.
nordicdefencesector.com/en/article/g...
nordicdefencesector.com/en/article/g...
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask
Mikael Grev is a former Gripen pilot and co-founder and CEO of Avioniq. In this column for Nordic Defence Sector, he compares the Gripen E and the F-35, arguing for a more nuanced view of fighter capa...
nordicdefencesector.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This was an assessment by a fighter pilot. Gripen seems to be the winner in most categories.
nordicdefencesector.com/en/article/g...
nordicdefencesector.com/en/article/g...
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Water belongs to the people!
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation - CUPE Ontario
TORONTO – The Ford Conservatives rushed to pass Bill 60 today, a move the Keep Water Public coalition says will make water less safe and less affordable for all Ontarians. Keep Water Public is a campa...
cupe.on.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Water belongs to the people!
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
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actually a bigger estimate for the amount of potential food production than I'd have guessed. add the fact that you can use some of these to make solar panels even more effective and you've got a winner imo
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
actually a bigger estimate for the amount of potential food production than I'd have guessed. add the fact that you can use some of these to make solar panels even more effective and you've got a winner imo
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The cowardly tautological bullshit behind all those people still being there drives me insane.
Been thinking about this line all day and the history it represents, which feels both brief (15 years! That’s all!) and frustratingly impossible to imagine a world beyond, somehow.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The cowardly tautological bullshit behind all those people still being there drives me insane.
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I generally agree that the profit motive provides incentives to innovate to reduce costs. However this “innovation” frequently looks like cutting very important corners.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I generally agree that the profit motive provides incentives to innovate to reduce costs. However this “innovation” frequently looks like cutting very important corners.
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“If passed, this would give the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing the power to make municipalities give water and wastewater infrastructure to corporations..”
Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
pressprogress.ca
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“If passed, this would give the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing the power to make municipalities give water and wastewater infrastructure to corporations..”
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I feel seen
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I feel seen
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Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge
The Finnish government announces the migration of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to international gauge (1,435 mm) from 2032. The change aims to improve military mobility and regional ...
www.trenvista.net
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
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COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
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There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.
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😯
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
😯
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You can now preview the book, which means you can look and search inside, and I think read the acknowledgements (the most personal part of it by far) and the preface - there's a 'preview book' button below the cover:
Epistemic Injustice: An Introduction
Epistemic injustice is one of the most important yet complex subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years. It refers to the idea that a person can be wronged when they are not properly belie...
www.routledge.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You can now preview the book, which means you can look and search inside, and I think read the acknowledgements (the most personal part of it by far) and the preface - there's a 'preview book' button below the cover:
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Fantastic piece that avoids naivete while offering a needed defense of condo living in the national discourse. The preening condescencion from comfortably housed progressives in Canada about "shoebox" living is often insuffocating, and presumptuous about the choices they think people should make.
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream
My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Fantastic piece that avoids naivete while offering a needed defense of condo living in the national discourse. The preening condescencion from comfortably housed progressives in Canada about "shoebox" living is often insuffocating, and presumptuous about the choices they think people should make.
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chow yun fat in A BETTER TOMORROW is the coolest a dude has ever looked on film
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
chow yun fat in A BETTER TOMORROW is the coolest a dude has ever looked on film
"The plan was negotiated by Steve Witkoff, a real-estate developer with no historical, geographical, or cultural knowledge of Russia or Ukraine, and Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund and spends most of his time making business deals."
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"The plan was negotiated by Steve Witkoff, a real-estate developer with no historical, geographical, or cultural knowledge of Russia or Ukraine, and Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund and spends most of his time making business deals."
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Humans enjoy gossip. It's funny to me when some pretend they are above that. You aren't. One particular kind of gossip might not interest you but you do enjoy other kinds.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Humans enjoy gossip. It's funny to me when some pretend they are above that. You aren't. One particular kind of gossip might not interest you but you do enjoy other kinds.
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This is a wonderful time to support journalists who do the work, don’t fuck sources, and actually have moral clarity.
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is a wonderful time to support journalists who do the work, don’t fuck sources, and actually have moral clarity.
Honestly? Same.
I've spent much of my adult life around academics and I feel honestly cheated that I have not yet met one of the eccentric professors of occult and eldritch lore that television shows, horror movies, and the works of HP Lovecraft promised me.
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Honestly? Same.