Menno
@menno.bsky.social
Bad Pacifist, passable writer.
Meritocracy is a myth. Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact. American was never great, but it's over now.
He/Him
Meritocracy is a myth. Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact. American was never great, but it's over now.
He/Him
Conservatives make calls for "intellectual diversity" because their originality ended in middle school but their parents can't force your parents to make you hang out with them.
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Conservatives make calls for "intellectual diversity" because their originality ended in middle school but their parents can't force your parents to make you hang out with them.
The Culture is one of my favorite series. The fact that Elon said the future will have "high income" is a pretty good sign he didn't actually read it.
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The Culture is one of my favorite series. The fact that Elon said the future will have "high income" is a pretty good sign he didn't actually read it.
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Penn Economics Dept should donate free economic lessons to the entire country to compensate for the harms this one and Trump have done to the discipline.
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Penn Economics Dept should donate free economic lessons to the entire country to compensate for the harms this one and Trump have done to the discipline.
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I'm pretty sure that at this point in time, the remaining opposition to renewables are nothing but the tantrums of those with interest in fossil fuels and/or could not get the logic of "there's no cost to obtaining the fuel" to sink into the brain.
Hell yeah: @science.org's official Breakthrough of the Year for 2025 is ... [drumroll] ...
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'm pretty sure that at this point in time, the remaining opposition to renewables are nothing but the tantrums of those with interest in fossil fuels and/or could not get the logic of "there's no cost to obtaining the fuel" to sink into the brain.
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Do it boss
Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Do it boss
So much of the discussion around AI would be vastly different if it was built and marketed around what it excels at (an extremely potent tool to augment human work) and not as something that can *replace* that human labor
But "you can fire your staff" gets VCs happier
But "you can fire your staff" gets VCs happier
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So much of the discussion around AI would be vastly different if it was built and marketed around what it excels at (an extremely potent tool to augment human work) and not as something that can *replace* that human labor
But "you can fire your staff" gets VCs happier
But "you can fire your staff" gets VCs happier
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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What happened in 2008?
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What happened in 2008?
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Bernie kills kids with cancer.
NEW: A bill restoring money for pediatric cancer therapies was defeated in the Senate.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Bernie kills kids with cancer.
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I think there’s some unproductive AI-Luddism (colloquial usage, you know what I mean, don’t be annoying), but also it’s extremely obvious where it came from and AI companies share a large portion of the blame with how they’ve framed things.
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I think there’s some unproductive AI-Luddism (colloquial usage, you know what I mean, don’t be annoying), but also it’s extremely obvious where it came from and AI companies share a large portion of the blame with how they’ve framed things.
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Yess yessss
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Yess yessss
It me.
Conservatives are very vocal about what they want. Most don't even try and couch it in the "economic anxiety" bullshit you see published.
The *ONLY* conservatives that do that are the ones who are talking to "liberals" who are easy marks.
Conservatives are very vocal about what they want. Most don't even try and couch it in the "economic anxiety" bullshit you see published.
The *ONLY* conservatives that do that are the ones who are talking to "liberals" who are easy marks.
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It me.
Conservatives are very vocal about what they want. Most don't even try and couch it in the "economic anxiety" bullshit you see published.
The *ONLY* conservatives that do that are the ones who are talking to "liberals" who are easy marks.
Conservatives are very vocal about what they want. Most don't even try and couch it in the "economic anxiety" bullshit you see published.
The *ONLY* conservatives that do that are the ones who are talking to "liberals" who are easy marks.
Not related to this per say and I can't remember the Dutch, but in PA Dutch they have a phrase for someone who always ditches when it comes to trying to complete a task / clean up.
The translation is they have the "Dish room Shits"
The translation is they have the "Dish room Shits"
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Not related to this per say and I can't remember the Dutch, but in PA Dutch they have a phrase for someone who always ditches when it comes to trying to complete a task / clean up.
The translation is they have the "Dish room Shits"
The translation is they have the "Dish room Shits"
I love this
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I love this
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A man who hopped out of a taxi and ran towards danger as two shooters terrorised Bondi faces the threat of deportation after rushing to help.
www.msn.com/en-au/societ...
www.msn.com/en-au/societ...
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A man who hopped out of a taxi and ran towards danger as two shooters terrorised Bondi faces the threat of deportation after rushing to help.
www.msn.com/en-au/societ...
www.msn.com/en-au/societ...
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Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
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my post about persuadable audiences on social media drove some of you insane
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
December 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
my post about persuadable audiences on social media drove some of you insane
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This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Bought our daughter a hannukkah candle set. She enjoys it, maybe little too much. Has already started hiding the wooden candles because it's a fun game
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Bought our daughter a hannukkah candle set. She enjoys it, maybe little too much. Has already started hiding the wooden candles because it's a fun game
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Hey, guys! If you need a reason to *not* go back to Twitter, see below.
I QT’d the first post with what I think is an uncontroversial historical point. It blew up, and out of the woodwork came the neoconfederates, antisemites, white nationalists, and other racists.
I QT’d the first post with what I think is an uncontroversial historical point. It blew up, and out of the woodwork came the neoconfederates, antisemites, white nationalists, and other racists.
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hey, guys! If you need a reason to *not* go back to Twitter, see below.
I QT’d the first post with what I think is an uncontroversial historical point. It blew up, and out of the woodwork came the neoconfederates, antisemites, white nationalists, and other racists.
I QT’d the first post with what I think is an uncontroversial historical point. It blew up, and out of the woodwork came the neoconfederates, antisemites, white nationalists, and other racists.
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I believe the Court is communicating ex parte with the White House about this case and has been for months.
US TREASURY'S BESSENT: EXPECTS SUPREME COURT RULING ON TARIFFS TO BE NUANCED
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I believe the Court is communicating ex parte with the White House about this case and has been for months.
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Starting to think that nobody is going to learn anything from the catastrophic collapse of UK Labour.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Starting to think that nobody is going to learn anything from the catastrophic collapse of UK Labour.
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I am reminded of Lincoln's famous letter to Joshua Speed in 1855
quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
![Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty-to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kok4aqdr3qnsj6ktfkq76kqz/bafkreibv56orcjfhjc2czd5kkydlzapnuem3xkzbhna4fia27pyajprzvq@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am reminded of Lincoln's famous letter to Joshua Speed in 1855
quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
It's amazing how much of corporate America is "I am going to pay this person the absolute minimum I can get away with to treat them like shit"
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's amazing how much of corporate America is "I am going to pay this person the absolute minimum I can get away with to treat them like shit"
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.