Res ipsa locutus of borg
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Civil rights lawyer in the south. Opinions are product of my genes, environment, and culture.
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“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
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i cannot imagine being so addicted to failure that you will not allow your enemies to deliver an unconditional surrender
The more important thing is that Mamdani is not the type of politician that Liz Cheney would want to campaign for. It was bad that Harris campaigned with her, it is even worse that she was someone Liz Cheney wanted to campaign for
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
i cannot imagine being so addicted to failure that you will not allow your enemies to deliver an unconditional surrender
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Ok, pretty funny of Zohran’s people to put out the absolute model of the sort of statement that drives Bluesky absolutely *insane* to be studiously ignored On Here because of the source
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ok, pretty funny of Zohran’s people to put out the absolute model of the sort of statement that drives Bluesky absolutely *insane* to be studiously ignored On Here because of the source
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they spent $100M to arrest only 3,300 people, train up a highly effective insurgency, and make sure an extra million or two come out to vote against them next year
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
they spent $100M to arrest only 3,300 people, train up a highly effective insurgency, and make sure an extra million or two come out to vote against them next year
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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again I point you to 'predator trophy hunter theory.' the Yautja are mostly just Guys and the predators we see are the equivalent of guys who pay tens of thousands of dollars to go kill some poor animal in Africa.
Nobody has ever done anything interesting or unexpected with the culture of the Predators onscreen, that they probably aren't ever going to, and I think I've just made my peace with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
again I point you to 'predator trophy hunter theory.' the Yautja are mostly just Guys and the predators we see are the equivalent of guys who pay tens of thousands of dollars to go kill some poor animal in Africa.
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Have to admit it’s weird that a lot of this site’s users lose their minds every other day over anodyne Times stories just because every other line isn’t “To be clear, the now-vanished Manhattan power elite of elderly sex predators who reeked of Ben-Gay and lube and ate in bad restaurants was Bad.”
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Have to admit it’s weird that a lot of this site’s users lose their minds every other day over anodyne Times stories just because every other line isn’t “To be clear, the now-vanished Manhattan power elite of elderly sex predators who reeked of Ben-Gay and lube and ate in bad restaurants was Bad.”
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it is absolutely incredible that PsychCentral decided to put up an article about anatidaephobia
i assume someone on the Internet has already diagnosed themself with anatidaephobia, set up a support group, and is out there trying to win internet arguments by referencing their duck-related suffering
i assume someone on the Internet has already diagnosed themself with anatidaephobia, set up a support group, and is out there trying to win internet arguments by referencing their duck-related suffering
Is Anatidaephobia a Real Phobia?
Created by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1988, anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere, a duck could be watching you — constantly. But is this a real phobia?
psychcentral.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
it is absolutely incredible that PsychCentral decided to put up an article about anatidaephobia
i assume someone on the Internet has already diagnosed themself with anatidaephobia, set up a support group, and is out there trying to win internet arguments by referencing their duck-related suffering
i assume someone on the Internet has already diagnosed themself with anatidaephobia, set up a support group, and is out there trying to win internet arguments by referencing their duck-related suffering
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As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
In which Rod Dreher says that 30-40 percent of GOP staffers are Groypers and then complains that they don't believe in Democracy (call is coming from inside the house in Hungary that you live in my dude!) and that it's silly to hate Jews because they should instead hate Muslims:
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In which Rod Dreher says that 30-40 percent of GOP staffers are Groypers and then complains that they don't believe in Democracy (call is coming from inside the house in Hungary that you live in my dude!) and that it's silly to hate Jews because they should instead hate Muslims:
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Let me be the first to say, as the Active Measures, LLC, that I believe Epstein *may not* be a credible source of information about things Epstein does, including with Russia.
But, we haven't gotten Bleemer and Gorpman in ages, and we deserve a little (as a treat).
But, we haven't gotten Bleemer and Gorpman in ages, and we deserve a little (as a treat).
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Let me be the first to say, as the Active Measures, LLC, that I believe Epstein *may not* be a credible source of information about things Epstein does, including with Russia.
But, we haven't gotten Bleemer and Gorpman in ages, and we deserve a little (as a treat).
But, we haven't gotten Bleemer and Gorpman in ages, and we deserve a little (as a treat).
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Also, I will note that Grivalja did actually get sworn in and the people telling me on this here website that it would never happen and democracy was doomed forever really need to take a nap, imho
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Also, I will note that Grivalja did actually get sworn in and the people telling me on this here website that it would never happen and democracy was doomed forever really need to take a nap, imho
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Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
I'd like to see Ol' Donny Trump wriggle his way out of this one.
Wait, you're telling me that's not the first time someone has said that?
Wait, you're telling me that's not the first time someone has said that?
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'd like to see Ol' Donny Trump wriggle his way out of this one.
Wait, you're telling me that's not the first time someone has said that?
Wait, you're telling me that's not the first time someone has said that?
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Weird how at some point the ACA subsidies went from meaningless technocrat babble that it was obviously incredibly stupid for Democrats to try protecting to being incredibly important for helping people avoid suffering.
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Weird how at some point the ACA subsidies went from meaningless technocrat babble that it was obviously incredibly stupid for Democrats to try protecting to being incredibly important for helping people avoid suffering.
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
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This is wild, just how LITTLE the NYPD shoots.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is wild, just how LITTLE the NYPD shoots.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
People will just post on here demonstrating basic reading comprehension failures and ... nobody notices in the replies bc it affirms their priors. OP here is very dumb but the map he is posting is of counties, yet here is a thread doing numbers dunking on him as if he was talking about states.
California alone produces a third of all the food America eats. So this is a lie.
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
People will just post on here demonstrating basic reading comprehension failures and ... nobody notices in the replies bc it affirms their priors. OP here is very dumb but the map he is posting is of counties, yet here is a thread doing numbers dunking on him as if he was talking about states.
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“Most voters don’t pay attention to politics like I do. They can probably only name four of the eight democratic senators who voted for the deal.”
“And Schumer of course.”
“Of course.”
“And Schumer of course.”
“Of course.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“Most voters don’t pay attention to politics like I do. They can probably only name four of the eight democratic senators who voted for the deal.”
“And Schumer of course.”
“Of course.”
“And Schumer of course.”
“Of course.”
Unprecedented levels of bluesky behavior here (you will not guess what movies this is about):
How shocking that a writer for The New York Times is so pissy about a trilogy of movies that deal with political corruption
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Unprecedented levels of bluesky behavior here (you will not guess what movies this is about):
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I disagree because the level the general public operates at is that bad things happened while a Republican is in the White House. Most people here are quartz-posting.
Average Familiarity
xkcd.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I disagree because the level the general public operates at is that bad things happened while a Republican is in the White House. Most people here are quartz-posting.
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Oh yeah, just about EVERYTHING on this site is quartz-posting and always has been! I knew the cartoon of course and that this idea was essential to understanding Us, but I've never seen it distilled to that one specific term and I think that's excellent.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Oh yeah, just about EVERYTHING on this site is quartz-posting and always has been! I knew the cartoon of course and that this idea was essential to understanding Us, but I've never seen it distilled to that one specific term and I think that's excellent.
Very funny that the line on here was that making the shutdown about ACA funding was a catastrophic blunder but then it worked so well that everyone who said that is now furious that the deal is ending without resolving ACA funding. Nobody knows anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Very funny that the line on here was that making the shutdown about ACA funding was a catastrophic blunder but then it worked so well that everyone who said that is now furious that the deal is ending without resolving ACA funding. Nobody knows anything.
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if the break is as reported- a short term CR- seems like we might want to do this again in January
I think if senate mods want to break, they will break, but it's really important they do it without cover from the caucus or leadership
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
if the break is as reported- a short term CR- seems like we might want to do this again in January
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Amid the talk about Dems "caving," we can also imagine senators hearing from anguished SNAP recipients who can't feed their kids, fed'l employees who can't pay their rent, and constituents who can't go home for T'giving, and figuring, we'll fight this battle another day www.axios.com/2025/11/09/s...
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Amid the talk about Dems "caving," we can also imagine senators hearing from anguished SNAP recipients who can't feed their kids, fed'l employees who can't pay their rent, and constituents who can't go home for T'giving, and figuring, we'll fight this battle another day www.axios.com/2025/11/09/s...